Quotebook: Columbus Blue Jackets Scratch Out 5-4 Overtime Win Against Boston Bruins

By Andy Anders on March 19, 2018 at 10:23 pm
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This was another game the Columbus Blue Jackets just found a way to win.

Despite feeling like they were outplayed most of the night, the Blue Jackets were able to beat the highly-touted Boston Bruins 5-4 in overtime.

That now makes it eight victories in a row.

Here's the reaction from John Tortorella and company.

John Tortorella

On Sonny Milano's goal at the end of period 2: "To get back and at least give us a chance going into the third, that was important."

On the game: "That game belongs to [Joonas Korpisalo]. It coulda been nine to four.

"I don't think we played well at all tonight, but they still found a way to score timely goals, made some key plays at key times, but let's face it guys. We stole two points tonight.

"We have played outstanding games and have lost, I thought we sucked tonight and we won."

On Pierre-Luc Dubois: "He was okay."

On Korpisalo: "I think [Ryan Murray] got the hat, they need to make another hat for the goalie, 'cause he's the mainstay tonight."

Nick Foligno

On the game: "Murr makes a hell of a pass to Sonny and that got us going into the third there and we kind of found our legs there in the third, I thought. For some reason we just did not want to learn from our mistakes tonight, but we got lucky and got a win."

On the faceoff goal involving himself and Artemi Panarin: "I normally don't really win it to the middle, I usually win it to the wall. But I just noticed [the defender] off [Panarin] so I just tried to win it over there. I just more was looking for an easier play for him to get it back and it just went right into his wheelhouse."

On the difference between now and the third period collapse against the Bruins three months ago: "Time of year. Can't crumble. We just gotta find ways to get wins."

Cam Atkinson

On his game winner: "[Panarin] had a good change, Murr made a great play to me, and I was gonna take it hard to the net but I saw a little daylight and luckily it went in."

On finding a way to win on the road: "We stuck with it, and that's what good teams do. It wasn't our prettiest, by no means, but found a way to get two huge points."

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