Saturday, October 28, 2017

Columbus Blue Jackets vs St. Louis Blues - Game 12 Recap

Blues Take Blue Jackets to Cleaners in 4-1 Victory at Scottrade
Goals: Sobotka (1), Upshall (1), Edmundson (3) and Brodziak (2)
Record 9-2-1

My Thoughts on Tonight's Game
  • Jake Allen was superb tonight in goal.  He stopped 36 of 37 shots, including several breakaways and rebounds.  He was all over the place.
  • Columbus really put the pressure on in 2nd period and into the 3rd with lots of tough shots and legitimate scoring chances but Allen said "No!"  Their only goal came on a play where Oskar Sundqvist was tripped not once but twice and didn't get the call, resulting in a rush back the other way, a crisp pass across the ice and shot that Jake just couldn't react to in time.
  • The SSS line of Steen, Stastny and Sobotka almost looks like our "enforcer line" as much as they forecheck and go after the puck.  It's fun to watch them. 
  • Power play was not good tonight. Thankfully, we didn't need it. We gave them shorthanded chances to score and wasted quite a lot of time when we had the man advantage and didn't really have many shots on goal with our power play unit.
  • The line of Upshall, Brodziak and Jaskin has really stepped up their play.  They've been aggressive on the forecheck and made a lot of things happen tonight. They combined for 7 points tonight. (2 G and 5 A)
  • The defense added to the score sheet once again when Edmundson scored his 3rd goal of the season.  The D has scored 13 goals thus far.
  • Brodziak's goal came on a rebound after Jaskin's screamer hit the crossbar for the final score of 4-1. 
  • Tarasenko, Schwartz and Schenn seem to be struggling to find space the past few games.  I'm sure that other teams scouting and film sessions have contributed to this as they adjust and put more focus on their line.  I'm sure all the Blues fans want to see Tarasenko get things rolling and I'll bet he's getting a bit frustrated too.  I saw Yeo talking to him at the start of the 3rd period, hopefully encouraging him to keep doing what he's doing and his time will come.  The good news is we aren't having to rely on him to do all of our scoring and we are winning in other ways.
#AllTogetherNowStL #LGB

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