In a game between the Columbus Blue Jackets and the New York Islanders, Emil Bemstrom scored his 4th goal of the season, tying the game at 1-1 with 5:54 left in the second period. Adam Fantilli and Kent Johnson provided the assists. Later, Fantilli scored his 6th goal of the season, putting the Blue Jackets ahead 2-1. With 13 points, Fantilli moved into a tie for sixth among NHL rookies in points. His exceptional play included a between-the-legs pass in the neutral zone and a remarkable goal. The game ended with the Blue Jackets winning 2-1.
#CBJ take the lead, 2-1, 10:08 into the 2nd. Adam Fantilli scores his 6th of the season off the rush. Recording an assist on the 1st goal, it's his 2nd multi-point effort of the campaign. Kent Johnson and Zach Werenski collect the assists on the play.
What Fantilli did there in the neutral zone, with a between-the-legs pass to advance the puck, might've been more impressive than his goal ... which he ripped into the net just under the bar and out. Damn, kid. #CBJ
#CBJ Fantilli, who assisted on Bemstrom's 1-1 goal, rips a one-timer home from the right circle to make it 2-1 #CBJ at the midpoint of the second period.
#Isles get caught yet again, allowing their third odd-man rush of the period as Fantilli pots home a gorgeous tic-tac-toe passing play. Kent Johnson had the time to whiff in high slot and still get puck to Fantilli in time. 2-1 #CBJ with 9:49 to play in the second.
🚨 #CBJ goal: Adam Fantilli lololol don't even know what to say there. That was sick. He makes a between the legs pass in the neutral zone to get the attack going, then gets on the end of Kent Johnson's pass to rip home a goal to make it 2-1 Jackets with 9:47 left in the second
Fantilli just did some incredible stuff there ... capped by his sixth goal of the season to put the #CBJ up 2-1 on #Isles with 9:49 left 2nd.
Fantilli and Johnson with the assists on Bemstrom's goal. #CBJ
#CBJ Emil Bemstrom scores off a puck fired by Adam Fantilli off the end boards. It's 1-1 now at 5:54 of the second. #Isles Varlamov had stopped 47 consecutive shots against #CBJ this season before Bemstrom's goal.
Kent Johnson and Adam Fantilli get the assists on the Bemstrom goal. With 13 points, Fantilli moves into a tie for sixth among NHL rookies in points. #CBJ
That was Bemstrom's fourth goal in 13 NHL games this season. #CBJ
Emil Bemstrom ties the game at 1-1 with his 4th of the season 5:54 into the 2nd period. Adam Fantilli and Kent Johnson pick up the assists on the goal. #CBJ
GOAL JACKETS! Fresh outta Cleveland, Bemstrom finds the back of the net! 1-1 #CBJ
🚨 #CBJ goal: Emil Bemstrom It had to be Bemmer. Jackets win a neutral zone battle and get it in the zone, where Adam Fantilli's shot missed wide, but Bemstrom collects the bank off the wall and rips it home. Jackets tie it 1-1 with 14:04 left in the second.