Russian “St. Louis” mocked “Columbus”: double Tarasenko, Barbashev and Buchnevich scored a goal – NHL Entertainment – Blogs
So far, the Blue Jackets are in bad shape.
St. Louis started the 2022/23 season rather late – 8 days after the official opening. The same “Columbus” – the first rival – managed to play two matches by Saturday (although it seemed that he did not play according to the points scored).
But it seems that the Blues have added time to use: Craig Berubi has definitely decided on the location of the Russians in troikas and special teams – and for his team this is already half the success. He did not reshape the link Buchnevich – Thomas – Tarasenko, Barbasheva determined the turn to Schenn and Neighbors, and Toropchenko, Accari and Walker had to hold back the opponent while the rest were resting. And in the end, Berubi was pleased with everyone.
The score was opened by Pavel Buchnevich already in the 6th minute – and he did it in most cases when Tarasenko, Barbashev, Thomas and Krug were on the ice. The defender provided the assist.
If Tarasenko’s first goal – and there were two of them – was a logical result of team actions, then the second one already belongs entirely to Vladimir himself: he went, took it away, threw it away. Be sure to check out both:
Ivan Barev has one year, but perhaps the most important one this evening. First, he is victorious. Secondly, it really became a turning point – Columbus was taken aback and after 20 seconds Neighbors made the score 4:2.
“Obviously, we scored a couple of people goals at the beginning of the period,” Berubi praised the third trio. – This is just a very hardworking link, ready to go in a tough selection, and climb on the gate. They can change the pace of the game if you need it.”
“I think we started playing the way we wanted only at the beginning of the period,” Barbashev summed up. “If we’re going to play like this, I think it’s going to be a great season for the three of us.”
Toropchenko meets among the Russian “bluesmen” was left without points, but he did his job: despite the “-1”, he has 5 hits, 1 1 throw, 1 blocked and 1 tackle at 11:33 on the ice (0:49 – in the minority). But Alexey had to miss the beginning of the season – in the summer he moved the compressor on his shoulder and had to recover by November-December. But the player’s organ finished by the start of the season, which came as a surprise even to the Blues.
“He’s just healthy,” Berubi said of his player. He is fast, he is always in the right place at the right time. The opponent has the puck, but he takes it away by using his size correctly. He was good.”
Blues captain Ryan O’Reilly handed Toropchenko the puck in the locker room as one of the best pucks of the game, a token of the hard work he’d put in to get back on the ice as soon as possible.
But the Russians in the Blue Jackets have nothing to grab. After a powerful pre-season, Yegor Chinakhov suspiciously calmed down (0 points, “-2” for the evening and only “-5”), and Vlad Gavrikov is simply not going to work for everyone in defense (0 points and “+1” in the match, 0 and “ -2″ in the season). Obviously, they are not the reason for the losses of Columbus, but more is expected from these guys here too. It is unlikely that the club showed up with the first matches of the struggle for Bedard-Michkov in the 2023 draft.
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