“They chipped the puck deep and got after it, but the goalies stuck with it and played great. “We’re a young team and they worked hard,” said Boqvist, whose goal early in the third put the Blue Jackets up 2-0. Scoring the Blue Jackets' goals were rookie forward Yegor Chinakhov, defenseman Adam Boqvist and Emil Bemstrom, who polished off the victory by scoring into Pittsburgh's vacated net with 2:17 left to play. You get called. I thought Berube played really well tonight and the second half was a little better.” That’s what happens when you chase the game. “We were chasing it and they were all over us. “We certainly didn’t have our legs for the first half of that game,” Blue Jackets coach Brad Larsen said. The Blue Jackets (1-0-0) blanked the Penguins (0-1-0) after being outshot 22-12 in the first two periods - including 13-3 in the first - and taking five penalties. Columbus went 5 of 5 killing those penalties, led by goalies Jean-Francois Berube (20 saves) and Jet Greaves (eight saves). Leaving with a 3-0 victory against the Pittsburgh Penguins was nice, not to mention a rarity for Columbus in this building, but their resilience while chasing the puck most of the first two periods was most important. – It wasn’t pretty, but the Blue Jackets got what they wanted out of their first preseason game Monday at PPG Paints Arena.
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