After blowing a late two goal lead to the defending Stanley Cup champion Penguins the Blue Jackets started this week with a visit to Washington to play Alex the Great and the Capitals. Not normally a place you go to get back on track as a hockey team. With two game tying goals in the third period by Raffi Torres and a beautiful cross crease pass in overtime by Rick Nash to R.J. Umberger the Blue Jackets escaped with a win though.
Up next the Jackets had last years Presidents Cup(best overall regular season record) winning San Jose Sharks coming into the friendly confines of Nationwide arena. After a somewhat boring and defensive game played by both teams the Shark wound up taking the extra point in a shootout on a goal by Dan Boyle, as Evgeni Nabokov stood tall stopping all three shooter ...
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