Welcome to the second edition of mood Mondays, where we will cover the week that was and is with there being no game action. With the back to back at home against two Atlantic Division teams; let’s cover the most recent before the beginning of the home stand. Afterwards, we will cover the final games and their first road game since November 12th.

CBJ P17 — Michigan

The Columbus Blue Jackets got annihilated by the Detroit Red Wings, 6-1.

Dylan Larkin opened the scoring with his 8th goal of the season. The power play goal was assisted by David Perron and Mortiz Seider.

Emil Bemstrom evened the game with his second of the season; Boone Jenner and Johnny Gaudreau had the helpers.

Filip Hronek put up his third of the season. Ben Chariot’s second came from Lucas Raymond and Andrew Copp. Hronek’s second of the game was supported from Dylan Larkin and Mortiz Seider. Dominik Kubalik’s 9th was from Seider and Larkin. Bertuzzi’s first was from Cooo and Raymond.

Dylan Larkin was my Detroit player to watch, having a goal and 2 assists.

Ville Husso stopped 27 of 28 shots for a 0.964 save percentage.

Kent Johnson was my Columbus player to watch, being a -2 with 2 shots on goal in 13:38TOI.

Joonas Korpisalo stopped 31 of 37 shifts for a 0.838 save percentage.

CBJ THREE STARS OF THE GAME

1. Emil Bemstrom — goal (2)

2. Boone Jenner — assist (6)

3. Johnny Gaudreau — assist (9)


CBJ P18 — Upset Cats

Matthew Tkachuk opened the scoring with his 8th of the season; Gustav Forsling had the lone helper.

Yegor Chinakov evened the game with his third of the season, and was unassisted.

Kent Johnson’s goal ahead goal was his fourth of the season; Johnny Gaudreau and Marcus Bjork had the assists.

Aaron Ekblad’s second of the season; Forsling and Nick Cousins had the helpers.

Sean Kuraly’s short handed goal is his 6th of the year; the deflection was assisted by Eric Robinson and Andrew Peeke.

Johnny Gaudreau would get the credit for the game winning goal. His 7th of the season was assisted by Gustav Nyquist.

Captain Boone Jenner’s power play goal is his team’s leading 8th goal of the year; Gaudreau and Bemmer got the helpers.

Florida closes out the scoring with Colin White’s 5th from Cousins and Josh Mahura.

Matthew Tkachuk was my player to watch for Florida, being the biggest offseason acquisition for the franchise, having one goal on 3 shots; 1 hit; and 22:16 TOI.

Sergei Bobrovsky allowed 5 goals on 23 shots faced for a 0.783 save percentage.

Johnny Gaudreau was my Columbus player to watch, having the game winning goal against the Panthers. He also has 2 assists and was a -1 with a hit and block shot in 15:43 TOI.

Daniil Tarasov was in between the pipes after a brief stint in Cleveland, having 47 saves on 50 shots for a 0.940 save percentage.

CBJ THREE STARS OF THE GAME

1. Daniil Tarasov — W, 94% SV

2. Johnny Gaudreau — GWG (7), 2 assists (11)

3. Boone Jenner —PPG (8)

In my other blogs this week, we saw the conclusion of the Columbus four game point streak, with wins over Philadelphia and Montreal.

This week is American Thanksgiving week, the beginning of the tire holiday season. There’s two home games and one road game that round this week, including a back-to-back with travel. Wednesday is Montreal; Black Friday is the New York Islanders; and Saturday is in DC against the Capitals.

The Jackets have made some financial moves by placing Zach Werenski on LTIR; Elvis Merzlikins on the IR; and recalling forward Trey Fix-Wolansky as a result of 10 points in his last 3 games with the AHL. This gives the Jackets more roster space to have depth to rotate and analyze what is available with most of the regulars out on defense and their primary scores additionally be unavailable.

With moving out of the basement and being 4-1-2 on their previous 6 games, they have jumped out of the basement and passed the Senators and Sabres. Next is Nashville
, and may happen this weekend.

It’ll be interesting to see if the Jackets can get Jack Roslovic back after missing the weekend games due to illness and also being a healthy scratch last week.

The rest of the injuries are still some time away, I’d say expect more as the beginning of December approaches.

Thoughts on the week upcoming?

More to come…

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