- Cory Schneider absolutely robbed Cam Atkinson twice in a row three and a half minutes in—once on a dot-to-dot one-timer shot—and the first thoughts of "Oh no, not this kind of night—began to creep in.
- Stephen Gionta’s stick went high at 6:25 for the game’s first power play. Columbus created some incredible chances, including a David Savard point-blank shot off a Boone Jenner no-look feed to the top of the crease. No score on the PP but…
- …Columbus broke through soon after.