The Calgary Flames venture inside Nationwide Arena tonight to battle the Columbus Blue Jackets. Tonight’s meeting marks the third time this season these two teams have locked sticks. The Jackets got the better of Calgary in the first matchup, claiming a hard-fought 2-1 win in Columbus, Oct. 13.
The Flames, however, would return the favor a week later in Calgary, netting six goals in a 6-3 rout of Columbus.
Tonight also marks the first home game for the Jackets since a 3-2 shootout victory over Edmonton nearly two weeks ago.
The recently completed road-trip was nothing shy of brutal for the CBJ and it was important the team get off to a good start tonight against Calgary.
The first period saw no scoring, though that is not to suggest it was devoid of action by any stretch of the imagination.
The Jackets defense was the source of much criticism while the team was away, surrendering 18 goals in four losses last week. Jackets netminder Steve Mason stopped 10 shots in the first period and the defense did a pretty nice limiting the number of giveaways to only four.
Offensively, Columbus was held to only five shots in the first period, but those five shots were legitimate scoring chances. As usual, Captain Rick Nash was in the thick of the action for Columbus; despite his best efforts though, he was unable to snap a scoring drought that has spanned now six periods.
Most of the scoring opportunities came in the latter half of the first period for Columbus and we’ll see if the team can parlay some of that momentum into the second 20 minutes.
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