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Columbus Blue Jackets: 3 Things We’ve Learned Through 3 Games

By Preston Byers

COLUMBUS, OH - OCTOBER 6: A general view of Nationwide Arena before a game between the Columbus Blue Jackets and the New York Islanders on October 6, 2017 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Jamie Sabau/NHLI via Getty Images)
COLUMBUS, OH - OCTOBER 6: A general view of Nationwide Arena before a game between the Columbus Blue Jackets and the New York Islanders on October 6, 2017 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Jamie Sabau/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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COLUMBUS, OH – OCTOBER 06: Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Sergei Bobrovsky (72) looks on during warmups before a game between the Columbus Blue Jackets and the New York Islanders on October 06, 2017, at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, OH. (Photo by Adam Lacy/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

Bob is Still Good

After a Vezina Trophy-winning regular season in 2016-17, Sergei Bobrovksy had a meltdown in the postseason. The whole team did in the five-game series against the eventual champs, the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Bob was by and far the goaltender of the year in the regular season, posting a 41-17-5 record, .931 save percentage, 2.06 goals against average and a career-high seven shutouts.

But when it came time for the playoffs, our beloved goalie failed to keep up his lights-out play. In his five starts, Bob only came away with one victory and ended with the playoffs with .882 save percentage and 3.88 goals against average.

Despite that awful end to last season, he has not allowed it to carry over to this season. In his first two starts, Bobrovsky is 2-0-0 and has only allowed one goal–and even that shouldn’t have happened, but did due to a CBJ turnover.

Facing 67 shots so far, Bob has stopped 66 for a .985 save percentage and 0.48 goals against average. Obviously, he’ll keep that up for the rest of the season. No more goals against Bob this year.

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