First Period

The Columbus Blue Jackets came into Tuesday’s tilt with the New York Islanders in desperate need of a win. Sitting in 9th place in the East and two points behind Montreal for the last wild card spot, any other result would be disastrous. The teams have played three times already this season and the Jackets lost all of them, mustering only two total goals. The first period of Tuesday’s game started with the Blue Jackets playing nothing but defense for a few minutes. They weathered the storm and went to the power play when New York touched the puck with six skaters on the ice. Trade deadline-acquisition, Ryan Dzingel, fired a puck past Islanders’ net-minder, Thomas Greiss, to make it 1-0. The rest of the period was rather uneventful, one of the staples of the Islanders’ game plan. Sergei Bobrovsky had some great saves in the period following some defensive lapses. The period ended with 4-on-4 play as Pierre-Luc Dubois went down a weight class to tangle with Mathew Barzal. The linesmen quickly separated the two and both earned roughing minors. The Islanders outshot the Jackets 10-7 in the first and controlled most of the play.

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