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Points In The Last 5 Games - Including a Win in TOR

October 22, 2019, 4:48 PM ET [5 Comments]
Thomas Townsend
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Last night's tilt was a back-and-forth-affair. There was some bad play on both sides. Strong goalie play at times and a controversial finish.

In the first the Jackets carried a 2-0 lead early despite some sloppy play in their own end. Both sides tallied a short handed goal and the period ended on a high note for the home team with Matthews scoring for TOR to tie the game 2-2 with under a minute.

The second period was a much tighter defensive game with both goalies standing strong. Again, the home team left their fans on high just before the end of the period with Nylander potting the go-ahead goal.

In the third Wenn broke an ugly 0-for streak for the Jackets power play unit and tied the game at three a piece. Some wide-open play near the end of the third didn't result in a deciding goal for either team.

As OT began PLD found himself on the receiving end of an outlet pass and in alone against Anderson, however Anderson was up to the task stopping his breakaway. The Jackets looked to strike again with Wennberg springing Nyquist for a mini-break. Marner committed a hook on Gus and the referee awarded him a penalty shot.

As I stated above it was a mini-break. Was Gus clear of Marner? Maybe. Did he still get a scoring chance? It looked like he did. Even as a Jackets fan, I think it was a stretch to award a penalty shot.



Nyquist went just under the glove, over the left pad to secure the come-from-behind OT victory. The Jackets have points in the last five games and are 3-0-2 during the current streak. They find themselves stuck behind the NYI in 5th place in the Metro with 10 points in 9 games. They next take the ice at NWA on Thursday against CAR.

Go Jackets, thanks for reading.
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