The Blue Jackets had a meltdown in the second period that ultimately did them in
Kent Johnson(13-PPG) scored the only goal for Columbus, and Elvis Merzļikins stopped 22 of 25 Isles shots in a 3-1 loss Monday night.
The Jackets played a decent first period and led after one, but it was a completely different story when the second came around.
The New York Islanders special teams are typically awful, but on Monday night, they used them to bury the CBJ in the second period. The NYI scored an even-strength goal, a power-play goal, and tacked on a shorthanded goal for good measure. Bo Horvat scored a PPG 5:47 into the third which would be the final nail in Monday's coffin.
It was ugly on Monday night.
Mathieu Olivier said after the game, "It's a playoff race. Teams are gonna tighten it up, so we can't have any lapses like we had in the second. We gotta be dialed in for a full 60 minutes here."
Dean Evason said, "We didn't have any pop in tonight's hockey game. We were slow in all areas. We thought slow, we skated slow, we passed slow. It looked like we were stuck in a bit of mud."
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What's Next - The Blue Jackets travel to Toronto to play the Maple Leafs on Wednesday night.
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