The Blue Jackets were not happy with how they started Sunday’s game.
As John Tortorella said afterward: “You never know what the hell’s going to be happen in a 12:30 game.”
The first team to awaken usually has a leg up, but today, the Capitals’ quick start was quickly nullified by the Blue Jackets’ gradual improvement in team play.
They fell behind twice but rallied in the third period, holding the Capitals to a respectable 21 shots on goal and in the meantime dictating play in the offensive zone. Brandon Dubinsky scored the equalizing goal 14 seconds into the third period, and on a power play late in regulation, Alexander Wennberg broke a 2-2 tie to give Columbus its fourth straight win.
Now at 10-4-2, the Blue Jackets begin a busy Thanksgiving week with four games in their next six days, the next coming Monday night at Nationwide Arena against the Colorado Avalanche. The players and Tortorella spoke about it post-game, but their focus has and will remain on the task at hand – and that’s how they weathered an early storm today at Verizon Center.
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