Trailing 2-0 after one period, the Blue Jackets showed growth by stunning the Toronto Maple Leafs in 4-3 comeback road win
TORONTO — Growth and maturation have become staple talking points for the Blue Jackets, but evidence of those things is tough to find.
“It’s a tough building and this is a top five team in the NHL,” Blue Jackets coach Brad Larsen said. “ have been building for years. It’s not like they just got themselves on the map. This has been coming for a while, this core they have, so we’ve got to slowly build here — and it’s been tough sledding with the injuries and everything we’ve gone through. But there’s moments within these seasons where we can grow.
After being outshot 11-4 and falling behind 2-0 in a rough first period, the Blue Jackets flipped a switch in the second to completely turn the game upside down. They outshot the Maple Leafs 21-10, took a 3-2 lead and had Toronto players more worried about retaliating physically and getting off the ice to rest than scoring goals.
“We’ve been caught in that spin cycle before in the second period,” Larsen said. “It was nice to be on the other side of it, but that was a really good rebound period after the first.”goal of the season, which was set up by Marchenko’s first career assist to cut the deficit to 2-1 just 4:21 into it. Marchenko tied it 11 minutes later with a follow-up of Johnny Gaudreau’s backhand and Kuraly pushed Columbus ahead 3-2 just 57 seconds after that one.
, the Canadian-born forward began a lengthy immigration process that didn’t end until Friday. Pederson, 25, met the Blue Jackets in Toronto and went through a lengthy skate with skills coaches Kenny McCudden and Jared Boll to start getting his legs and lungs back in playing shape.
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