Ollie my man love you to death but please don’t make me incarcerate you again, it hurts my heart.

I wanted to include matey in the princesses but ran out of room, so pretend he’s a uh idk a majestic monarch or something.

You don’t often see a two-on-zero rush in the NHL. It happened twice for the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday, and it allowed them to escape with a 4-3 overtime win after a wild night in Philadelphia.

Adam Fantilli and Kent Johnson perfectly executed their two-man advantage on Flyers goaltender Dan Vladař at 2:22 of OT, with Fantilli forcing Vladař to commit to him before feeding Johnson for the easy finish, his second goal of the game.

“Kind of a funky game,” said Johnson, who now has five points (2-3-5) in his last two games. “(Flyers defenseman Cam) York was trying to crash the net and I was able to poke it away, and we were off to the races. Great pass from Fants. He gave me the whole net to look at.”

Only 48 seconds earlier, Cole Sillinger and Zach Werenski had a two-on-one that ended with Vladař making an excellent glove save on Werenski.

At that point, you had to wonder if the Blue Jackets just weren’t meant to win, especially after they dominated the first period and took a 3-0 lead — only to spend the final two periods chasing the game.

“Such a dominant first period, and that’s how we want to play,” Blue Jackets coach Rick Bowness said. “We knew they were going to come at us in the second, and we just didn’t handle it well. You take your foot off the gas … We just didn’t handle it as well as I thought we would. We’re better than that, obviously. We found a way to win. We got two points. We’ll get ready for Thursday (vs. Carolina).”

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The Randomizer has spoken. Today’s selection is Tomas Popperle.

Tomas Popperle had a very, very, brief NHL career. He made two relief appearances in the 2006-2007 season, saving 12 out of 13 shots. A 5th round pick in 2005, he had a respectable season and a half in the AHL before turning to Europe.

Lived in Columbus my whole life, grew up going to CBJ games, vaguely remember the old logo. This whole time, I didn't know the flag on the logo was supposed to be a C for Columbus... Am I just stupid or is this just another strike against our poor branding?

Blue Jackets 4, Flyers 3

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Scoring

Penalties

🌟 Three Stars of the Game

1. ★ K. Johnson · 2 G · 1 A
2. ★★ C. Talbot · Goalie
3. ★★★ J. Drysdale · 1 G · 0 A

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Blue Jackets 4, Flyers 3

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Metropolitan

• CAR 10-2-2, 22 pts
• NJD 8-4-0, 16 pts
• NYR 7-6-1, 15 pts
• NYI 6-4-2, 14 pts
• WSH 6-4-0, 12 pts
• PIT 5-6-1, 11 pts
• CBJ 5-5-0, 10 pts
• PHI 3-7-4, 10 pts

Injury Report

PHI

• Rasmus Ristolainen (D), IR, hand
• Owen Tippett (RW), IR, upper body
• Travis Konecny (RW), IR, lower body
• Nikita Grebenkin (RW), IR, back

Roster Moves This Week

CBJ

• Reinstated D Dante Fabbro from injured reserve.

PHI

• Reinstated D Cam York from injured reserve. Placed D Rasmus Ristolainen on injured reserve, retroactive to Oct. 24. Recalled F Jacob Gaucher from Lehigh Valley (AHL).
• Assigned C Jacob Gaucher to Lehigh Valley (AHL).
• Activated RD Rasmus Ristolainen off waivers.
• Placed F Garrett Wilson on waivers.

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I thought this was really interesting to see. I thought a few of you might find this interesting as well, but one of the risk factors they call out is in order to not incur operating loss the Rangers essentially need to make it into the playoffs.

Generally, this filing provides interesting insights into how NHL team financials work. Of course it will vary team by team, but further proves that deep playoff runs are crucial to profitability and revenue growth for the organization.

We'd love if you tuned in and be part of the chaos show!

I’ll admit he’s looked more active and driving play the last couple of games… but woof.

Why doesn’t the media ask Don about this? Plenty of head scratching moves that he doesn’t have to answer any questions about.

Source Portzline athletic article.

So the background color seems to be the primary color of the jersey and the color of each letter/number is the color it appears on the jersey. Thoughts?

Welcome to the Game Winning Goal Challenge! We’re glad you’re here. Please, comment your answers to the three questions below to participate. 1 point will be awarded for each correct answer. Make sure your answers are in before puck drop or they will not be counted. Cumulative scores will be posted at the end of every 10 games. You do not have to play every game to be considered in the cumulative totals. Good luck, have fun, and go Jackets!

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GWG CHALLENGE Game #71 10/27/26- Columbus Blue Jackets @ Philadelphia Flyers

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1. Who will score the game winning goal?
2. CBJ's total shots on goal (+/-1)?
3. CBJ's face-off win percentage (+/-1%)?

Hey CBJ! Since the NHL decided to schedule games on Election Day, please vote early (before Nov 1) or vote early on Election Day. That way you are ready to help the Jackets melt the Avalanche. Want to know more? https://www.ohiosos.gov

John, if you see this buddy, you might be wondering what happened to the new Blue Jackets hat you bought Sunday morning. After what I could count was your 6th or 7th Jamo and coke, you gave it to my daughter.

I’ve sat next to a lot of people at a lot of games. Thanks for making it a memorable one for us, I’ll always be able to remind my daughter of you and she’ll know exactly who I’m talking about. It was an overly priced hat to you, but is now a memory for my daughter. Thanks for being special. Hope your “mate” got you home safe! Go Jackets!

The Randomizer has spoken. Today’s selection is Kevin Stenlund.

A 2nd round pick by the Blue Jackets in 2015, Kevin Stenlund saw some meaningful games during the COVID seasons, including one goal in the 2020 playoffs. In the 2022 offseason he signed as a free agent with Winnipeg. Currently, he plays for the Utah Mammoth.

Do we think he’s going to turn it around or was it actually just him benefiting from the talent in Toronto . Someone please put me outta my misters

Bobby Mac is taking your questions on the Clear Breakaway YouTube Channel!

So, I screwed up, my wife, who is a huge fan of the peanuts, came to the game with me on Saturday. I thought the bobble heads were the giveaway for the night only to find that you had to purchase them in advance or get them as part of a package…

She was pretty bummed out.

Unfortunately, as a season ticket holder, I didn’t realize that these were the only options and therefore I didn’t secure one. If anyone has an extra and is willing to sell it, please send me a direct message.

Thank you!

Didn’t get to watch, so these are courtesy of u/trumps_tossed_salad!!
Random man in jail is bangoura of the crew, who got a red card!! Eeeek!!

PROS:

Fantilli scored.

We scored on the power play

Knies passes the eye test; a shame he wasn't on the score sheet.

KJ is him this year. Good lord, so excited for him.

Fantilli/Nichuskin line looks good.

Cam looked excellent.

Only ONE penalty.

CONS:

26 years of dump-and-chase hockey.

Carson Soucy, I am sure, is a nice guy, but I cannot wait for him to be replaced by Fabbro.

Under any circumstance, it would have been a beautiful goal. But, given how badly the Columbus Blue Jackets needed a win — not to mention a power-play goal — the goal that ended Saturday’s game carried a certain amount of heft.

Adam Fantilli’s blistered one-timer from the right circle 59 seconds into overtime sent the Blue Jackets to a 2-1 win over the Vegas Golden Knights before 16,451 in Nationwide Arena.

The arena erupted when Fantilli scored his third goal of the season and the third overtime goal of his career, but amid the jubilation there was also a sense of relief.

The Blue Jackets needed this win after dropping four of their previous five games. And they needed a power-play goal after going — gulp! — 0-for-22 with the man-advantage since the season-opening win versus the Buffalo Sabres.

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First before anyone comes for me in the comments, this is only like a quarter serious. My daughter and I are both aware that these players owe us nothing and have much more important things to think about before games. But...

I think Connor Garland may have beef with my child.

It started at the Maple Leafs game.My daughter made a sign asking Garland to trade a puck or stick for somw shark gummies, something I've been told are his favorite candy. Garland looked at my daughter several times but looked absolutely pissed each time. No big deal, a lot of the players look angry when they are on the ice. Outside of the looks, though, he ignored her. Also no big deal, because like I said, we know they ha e bigger things going on than fan interactions during warmup. Not every player is Charlie Coyle, who had already tossed over like 4 pucks at that point. We wrote the whole experience off as a "we'll get em next time".

Move forward to last night, we are in the Tunnel of Pride and my daughter is waiting against the barrier. The team comes out and everyone is giving out fist bumps and high fives, but when Garland got to my daughter, HE PUT HIS ARM DOWN. She has a video of him dapping the kid directly in front of her and then immediately moving his hand to his side. Now I will admit, we did not pay atrention to what he did with the person after her, but all in all, evidence is pointing to the fact that my kid may be in a feud with a professional hockey player.

I love a mystery, so I plan to have some fun getting to tbe bottom of this, but my working theory is that he has heard me yell "short king" a few times when he's gotten on the ice, but only noticed my daughter when he looked in the direction it came from (she has bright pink hair and kind of stands out among the usual hockey fan).