Columbus Blue Jackets News Clips April 21-22, 2018 Columbus Blue Jackets PAGE 02: Columbus Dispatch: Blue Jackets notebook | Playing with lead eludes Jackets PAGE 04: Columbus Dispatch: Caps goalie Holtby needs to face more shots PAGE 05: Columbus Dispatch: After two home losses, best-of-three series awaits PAGE 07: The Athletic: In a series with no home-ice advantage, Blue Jackets hope Game 4 loss was a lesson learned PAGE 10: The Athletic: Been there, won that: Stanley Cup champion Ian Cole trying to help young Blue Jackets manage emotions, conquer playoff adversity PAGE 13: Columbus Dispatch: Capitals win 4-3 over Blue Jackets in OT PAGE 14: Columbus Dispatch: Blue Jackets don’t seem to mind being so close to brink of elimination PAGE 16: Columbus Dispatch: Blue Jackets | Alexander Wennberg returns after injury PAGE 18: Columbus Dispatch: Blue Jackets | Matt Calvert gives offense boost PAGE 20: Columbus Dispatch: Capitals 4, Blue Jackets 3, OT | Tortorella guarantees win in next game PAGE 22: The Athletic: On the Blue Jackets' Matt Calvert, 'the hard way' and not looking too far into the future PAGE 25: The Athletic: 'We'll be back for Game 7′: After OT loss to Caps, Blue Jackets' Tortorella promises Game 6 win in Columbus PAGE 29: USA Today: Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella: 'We'll be back here for Game 7' Cleveland Monsters/Prospects NHL/Websites PAGE 30: The Athletic: Can Andrew Hammond rekindle the magic of 'The Hamburglar' for the Avs? PAGE 34: The Athletic: From Ken Dryden to Henrik Lundqvist: 'Imposing' Andrei Vasilevskiy is making a strong impression PAGE 37: Sportsnet.ca: Drew Doughty on free agency: I want to stay an L.A. King PAGE 39: USA Today: Former women's hockey player AJ Mleczko breaks the ice as TV analyst for NHL playoff games PAGE 41: The Athletic: Connection between Devils teammates goes way back to Texas PAGE 45: Sportsnet.ca: All eyes on Leafs' Auston Matthews, for better or worse PAGE 47: Sportsnet.ca: Maple Leafs will need more of Kadri's combative game to force a Game 7 1 http://www.dispatch.com/sports/20180420/blue-jackets-notebook--playing-with-lead-eludes-jackets Blue Jackets notebook | Playing with lead eludes Jackets By Steve Gorten – April 21, 2018 In a tightly contested best-of-seven series that’s tied after four games, three of which were decided after regulation, the Blue Jackets have led a total of 4 minutes, 43 seconds. The entirety of that advantage came in Game 2, when the Jackets stormed back from a 3-1 deficit to seize a 4-3 edge. With Game 5 on Saturday, does it matter that the Jackets hold a lead? It depends who you ask. “Getting the lead and not playing from behind in playoff hockey is so crucial,” captain Nick Foligno said. “You’re able to get your game going and feel good about yourself. We really haven’t done that enough in this series, and hopefully it’s a good lesson for everybody in here.” Coach John Tortorella downplayed its importance. “I am not going to put an emphasis on, ‘You have to score the first goal,’ ” Tortorella said. “What if we don’t score the first goal? ‘Oh s---, we didn’t score the first goal — we’re done.’ No. You play the game and just go about your business.” Added Tortorella: “We’re not going to blow up our game plan. We’re not going to get in a panic mode.” The Jackets have consistently shown an ability to rally the past two months, and came back from 2-0 deficits in games 1 and 2 wins. In the regular season, they were 30-10-6 in games they scored first, 15- 20-1 in games they didn’t. “It wouldn’t hurt, right?” right wing Cam Atkinson said of getting the first goal. “It’d be nice to get on the scoresheet first, but we’re a resilient club and whatever happens, happens. We’re never out of the fight.” Defenseman Zach Werenski said, “It’s a totally different feel” playing from behind. “When you’re down, you take more chances and try to make more plays,” he said. “I feel like when we’re down, we’re trying to be on the attack at all times to get that lead back. When you’re up by a goal, it’s just making the right decisions. You still want to attack, but maybe you play a little smarter.” Noted defenseman Ian Cole: “Every game they’ve scored the first goal and we’ve kind of been chasing it. For the most part, we’ve done a good job of staying consistent as far as how we want to play regardless of whether we’re up or down. But, certainly, scoring the first goal is huge in putting the pressure on them to have to score to catch up, instead of the other way around.” Wennberg practices Center Alexander Wennberg practiced Friday for the first time since suffering an upper-body injury in Game 1. Tortorella said he had no update on Wennberg’s status. Wennberg, who has missed three games, didn’t participate in line rushes. 2 “He looked great. He said he’s ready to go,” Atkinson said. “We’ll see what happens.” Slap shots Capitals coach Barry Trotz said left wing Andre Burakovsky, who hasn’t played the past two games because of an upper-body surgery, won’t return this series and will require minor surgery. … After going 4 for 8 on power plays the first two games of the series, the Jackets are 0 for 7 the past two games. The Capitals have scored at least one power-goal in every game. … Caps goalie Braden Holtby said many teammates were unaware of Alex Ovechkin’s guarantee that the Caps would win games 3 and 4, but added, “there was no other option.” 3 http://www.dispatch.com/sports/20180421/blue-jackets--caps-goalie-holtby-needs-to-face-more-shots Caps goalie Holtby needs to face more shots By Steve Gorten – April 21, 2018 After his team lost the first two games of a best-of-seven series against the Blue Jackets, Washington Capitals coach Barry Trotz swapped goalies. Braden Holtby replaced Philipp Grubauer as the starter for Game 3 and started again Thursday night. “He said he was going to stop the puck, and he’s stopping the puck,” Trotz said of Holtby after the Capitals’ 4-1 win over the Blue Jackets in Game 4. “He’s a man of his word.” Holtby has stopped nearly every shot he’s faced, making 23 saves Thursday after 33 in a 3-2 double- overtime win Tuesday. The problem for the Jackets, captain Nick Foligno said, is that they haven’t forced him to stop the puck more. “I don’t think we’ve tested him enough,” Foligno said. “Really, I just don’t feel like we’ve shot enough pucks and made it hard on him. The saves he’s made, he’s gotten lucky on a couple that just hit him. You start peppering him and over time you’re going to break him down.” The Jackets’ game-breaker, Artemi Panarin, had a rough game, finishing with more penalties (two) than shots on goal (one). Afterward, Panarin, via a Russian translator, said the team suffered from nervousness and “it felt like the puck was jumping all the time.” He added that the team’s shots on goal (24) were lower than they should be and “we should fight for the puck more.” Also, “there should be one guy standing in front of the goalie.” Foligno agreed the Jackets need to get more traffic in front of Holtby. “Sometimes you look for that perfect play, and right now it seems like we’re doing that,” Foligno said. “We drive down, we turn up, we look for the perfect guy that’s wide open. There’s no such thing in playoff hockey. You might have a couple of chances where there’s a breakdown and you can have a 2- on-1 or 3-on-2 and you can make a nice tic-tac-toe. But for the most part, it’s throw it on net, crash the net, and we have guys that can do that.” Added Foligno: “We haven’t done that enough. You really watch our game and those are few and far between. We have to get back to that, and I guarantee you we’ll start putting goals in. ... Once you get that mindset, man, it really starts to wear on their team and now they’re playing defense, and they don’t want to do that.” 4 http://www.dispatch.com/sports/20180420/blue-jackets--after-two-home-losses-best-of-three-series- awaits After two home losses, best-of-three series awaits By George Richards – April 21, 2018 John Tortorella had some harsh words to describe his team’s performance late Thursday night, describing it as “laying an egg.” The coach toned things down a bit on Friday, but he did repeat something he said the night before: The Blue Jackets will bounce back. They had better. On Thursday, the Jackets gave home-ice advantage back to the Washington Capitals in a 4-1 loss at Nationwide Arena in Game 4 of the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal. Game 5 is Saturday at Capital One Arena in Washington. “I want them to see that, if you would have said after four games we would be 2-2, we would be doing OK,” Tortorella said Friday afternoon.