Doomed by relentless turnovers and poor puck protection, the Blue Jackets lost 6-1 to the Red Wings on Saturday.
— The first damaging turnover gifted Detroit defensemen Filip Hronek a wide-open scoring chance from mere feet in front of goaltender Joonas Korpisalo. Marcus Bjork attempted to softly pass the puck to Olivier to begin the breakout, but Olivier couldn't corral the puck and it bounced directly to Hronek. His bar-down slapshot was the first goal off a turnover by Columbus, but it wouldn't be the last.
— Not every turnover became a goal for Detroit, which further demonstrates how loose the Jackets were with the puck. The Red Wings could easily have scored seven or eight goals, if not for several saves by Korpisalo on dangerous rush chances that were initiated by careless turnovers or poor puck protection.The Jackets' 3-0-1 record over their last four games somewhat disguised the fact that beneath the wins, their defense hadn't really improved from their 3-9-0 start to the season.
Detroit goaltender Ville Husso played a role in the Jackets' minimal offensive production with 27 saves, including one on a breakaway by Cole Sillinger that would've tied the game in the first period., the Jackets generated 2.51 expected goals but were only able to beat Husso once. "They did exactly what they wanted to do in this building tonight," Gudbranson said."We fed into that. We turned over a lot of pucks tonight. That just kills your momentum. To do that consistently for two periods, it’s going to be really hard to win a hockey game that way."
Larsen was particularly bothered by the turnover before Hronek's first goal, 6:35 into the second period.
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