Trent Vogelhuber got his first win as a coach in the tournament opening game, by the final scorer of 7-1.
Jordan Dumais opened the scoring just 89 seconds into the game. Stanislav Svozil had the lone assist.
The third rounder from July’s draft followed up 3 minutes later with his second of the game of a rebound from Kent Johnson.
Samuel Knazko, the third round pick from 2020, made it 3-0 late in the first period.
PTO forward Liam Hawel makes it 4-0 early in the second period.
Captain Kent Johnson’s wrist shot makes it 5-0 for his team this tournament.
Landon Sim beats Jet Graves 27:32 into the game for the Blues only goal.
Second rounder Luca Del Bel Belluz responded moments later to recover the 5 goal lead for Columbus.
With 2 minutes left in the game, alternate captain Kirill Marchenko potted the 7th and final goal of the game from a beauty flip pass from Captain KJ.
Speaking of 7, Ben Boyd had a minor and a fight for 7 penalty minutes. Number 73, Jet Graves, had 22 saves on 23 shots faced for a 0.957 save percentage.
CBJ Three Stars of the Game
1. Jordan Dumais — 2 goals (2)
2. Kent Johnson — goal (1), 2 assists (2)
3. Jet Graves — 22 saves (95.7 SV%)
Next game is today at 3pm against the Detroit Red Wings. Games can be streamed on https://www.nhl.com/bluejackets and on Twitter @BlueJacketsNHL