In a game between the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Montreal Canadiens, Elvis Merzlikins made a crucial save, preventing a goal by Patrik Laine. The game was tied 2-2 in the third period. Zach Werenski and Boone Jenner scored for the Blue Jackets, with Werenski assisting on both goals. Laine also scored a power-play goal, cutting the deficit to 2-1. The Blue Jackets secured a 4-2 lead with four unanswered goals, including Jenner's 12th of the season. Gaudreau also contributed with assists for the Blue Jackets.
Second game of the season with multiple power-play goals for #CBJ Werenski and Gaudreau get the assists on the Jenner goal and each have two helpers tonight.
Jenner scores his 12th goal of the season on the power play 8:54 into the second period to give #CBJ a 4-2 lead. Assists to Werenski and Gaudreau.
🚨 #CBJ goal: Boone Jenner The boys are buzzin now. The Jackets get their second power-play goal of the night as Zach Werenski fires from the center point and Jenner tips it by Korpisalo for his team-best 12th goal. 4-2 Jackets, 11:06 left in the second.
4-2 ...Werenski the shot from the point, Jenner with the tip in the low slot. It's the captain's team leading 12th. goal and the Jackets' second PPG of the game. #CBJ
#CBJ Jenner gets his stick on a Werenski wrister at 8:54, and it's 4-2. That's four unanswered by the home club, Jenner's 12th of the season.
Laine scores his 5th goal of the season on the power play 14:53 into the game to cut Ottawa's lead to 2-1. Assists to Gaudreau and Werenski. #CBJ
🚨 #CBJ goal: Patrik Laine He can still do that. Laine beats his countryman Korpisalo clean with a snipe from the top of the right circle on a Jackets power play. He's scored in two straight games now. Jackets cut the deficit to 2-1 with 5:07 left in the first.
#CBJ Elvis Merzlikins just saved Patrik Laine's bacon. In a 2-2- game, now well into the third, Laine tried to sneak a pass through a teammate from behind the net, but the puck hit off a leg and turned over to the Canadiens.