Yegor Chinakhov, Jake Christiansen, Kent Johnson, and Dante Fabbro provided the offense, and Jet Greaves stopped 24 of 25 Pens shots in the 4-1 CBJ win on Wednesday night.
Jet Greaves got to play the entire 60 minutes and played really well at times, flashing his lightning-quick glove more than a few times.
Head Coach Dean Evason raved about the play of defenseman Jake Christiansen's play the last two nights. Evason said, "We just had a lengthy conversation about how well he played yesterday and today, how hard he played, how detailed he played, how gritty he played." Kent Johnson also said that although he has an offensive side to his game, he knows his role in the NHL and does it well.
Jake Christiansen is going to make Don Waddell and Dean Evason's jobs hard.
Final Stats
Courtesy of CBJ APPPlayer Stats
- Yegor Chinakhov scored his first goal of the preseason and had an assist.
- Jake Christiansen scored his first goal, which was on the power play.
- Kent Johnson scored a power play goal.
- Dante Fabbro scored a shorthanded empty net goal and had an assist.
- Zach Werenski recorded two assists.
- Kirill Marchenko had an assist.
- Charlie Coyle tallied his first assist.
- Jet Greaves made 24 saves on the night.
Team Stats
- The Jackets power play went 2/7 on the night.
- The Columbus PK stopped all five Penguin power plays.
- Columbus won 52% of the faceoffs.
Up Next: The Blue Jackets travel to Pittsburgh on Saturday night to take on Marc-André Fleury and the Pens.
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