The Blue Jackets led in shots 22-14 after two periods.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey have a lot of skill,\u201d Thompson said. \u201cLike we saw earlier in preseason, they shoot a lot of pucks, so I think from a goalie standpoint, those are easy games to get up for knowing you’re going to see a lot of rubber.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know they had a decent amount of shots tonight, but I thought the guys in front of me did a good job of letting me see everything.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ovechkin extended the lead to 2-0 with a shot from just above the right circle after Dylan Strome<\/a> won a face-off.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s one of those plays that I think we might have had one last year, maybe two, but I think it was one,\u201d Strome said. \u201cJust one of those that sometimes you get lucky on and we’ll take it for now.\u201d<\/p>\n Justin Sourdif<\/a> then pushed it to 3-0 on a breakaway at 2:40 of the third with Thompson getting the secondary assist.<\/p>\n \u201cWe felt we put a lot of good minutes in in the first and second, but we weren\u2019t able to get one by them,\u201d Blue Jackets captain Boone Jenner<\/a> said. \u201cThat’s up to us to stay with it. Stay patient. It’s going to come if we keep playing like that, but it got away from us there.<\/p>\n \u201cWe just gave them too many chances. A win off the draw and then a breakaway after that.\u201d<\/p>\n