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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1802446" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/hockey/professional/quick-hits-ivan-barbashev-takes-the-tension-out-of-season-opener-in-5-2-blues/article_24abd9f2-2cf2-5007-b6ab-bcee7d9ca100.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/jthomas" target="_blank">Jim Thomas</a></p><p>For openers, it was too close for comfort. Columbus limped into town 0-2-0, minus the injured Patrik Laine, and having played at home (and lost) on Friday night.</p><p>But you would’ve never known it by what transpired for the first 2 1/2 periods of Saturday’s Blues season opener at Enterprise Center. After the Blues squandered a 2-0 lead, things settled into a tight, tense checking affair at 2-2.</p><p>The Blue Jackets were scratching and clawing and checking, and with rare exception the Blues had trouble generating much sustained offense. Home openers were supposed to be more fun than this, right?</p><p>As the third period wound down, the sellout crowd was nervous. The Blues themselves looked a little tight. But there would be no heartbreak at the House of Blues on this night. Just when things were at their most tense, along came Ivan Barbashev — taking a short pass from Brayden Schenn and beating Columbus goalie Elvis Merzlikins to make it a 3-2 game.</p><p></p><p>Barbashev scored a career-high 26 goals a year ago, and since that was almost twice as many as his career high of 14 set during the Blues’ Stanley Cup season, conventional wisdom said he wouldn’t be anywhere near 26 this season.</p><p>Barbashev, always a positive thinker, told the Post-Dispatch during the team’s bonding trip to Charleston, S.C., that maybe he’d do better than that this season. Well, he’s got one goal. And counting. The game-winner in a season-opening 5-2 win over the Blue Jackets.</p><p>Just 20 seconds after the Barbashev goal, Jake Neighbours provided some insurance with some nifty maneuvering through traffic in the slot and a backhand past Merzlikins.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1802446, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/hockey/professional/quick-hits-ivan-barbashev-takes-the-tension-out-of-season-opener-in-5-2-blues/article_24abd9f2-2cf2-5007-b6ab-bcee7d9ca100.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/jthomas']Jim Thomas[/URL] For openers, it was too close for comfort. Columbus limped into town 0-2-0, minus the injured Patrik Laine, and having played at home (and lost) on Friday night. But you would’ve never known it by what transpired for the first 2 1/2 periods of Saturday’s Blues season opener at Enterprise Center. After the Blues squandered a 2-0 lead, things settled into a tight, tense checking affair at 2-2. The Blue Jackets were scratching and clawing and checking, and with rare exception the Blues had trouble generating much sustained offense. Home openers were supposed to be more fun than this, right? As the third period wound down, the sellout crowd was nervous. The Blues themselves looked a little tight. But there would be no heartbreak at the House of Blues on this night. Just when things were at their most tense, along came Ivan Barbashev — taking a short pass from Brayden Schenn and beating Columbus goalie Elvis Merzlikins to make it a 3-2 game. Barbashev scored a career-high 26 goals a year ago, and since that was almost twice as many as his career high of 14 set during the Blues’ Stanley Cup season, conventional wisdom said he wouldn’t be anywhere near 26 this season. Barbashev, always a positive thinker, told the Post-Dispatch during the team’s bonding trip to Charleston, S.C., that maybe he’d do better than that this season. Well, he’s got one goal. And counting. The game-winner in a season-opening 5-2 win over the Blue Jackets. Just 20 seconds after the Barbashev goal, Jake Neighbours provided some insurance with some nifty maneuvering through traffic in the slot and a backhand past Merzlikins. [/QUOTE]
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