No shutouts from Leclaire. No hat tricks from Nash. No razzle dazzle from Zherdev. No problem.
Why?
Two goals from Mike Peca. One goal, one assist from Sergei Fedorov. one goal, one assist from Joakim Lindstrom. Two assists from Jared Boll. Two assists from Jan Hejda. Two assists from Jason Chimera.
That's why.
Yes its true, the Jackets finally got some production from their secondary scorers last night and were able to hang on (just barely) to beat the LA Kings for their sixth road win of the season.
Things certainly didn't come easy though, as it was a ping-pong game back and forth that took some crazy bounces, some of which got past Norrena—but in the end the Jackets got some timely scoring from guys who haven't scored enough this season to win really a "must win" game against the league's worst team.
Lit it up
Secondary scoring
Peca, Feds, Lindstrom, Boll, Hejda, Chimera. They didn't all have great games but they scored...finally. Nash and Z can't do it every game, and to have this group of guys step up on the score sheet to grab this two points was huge.
Lets break some of these scorers down a bit:
Lindstrom
How bout this kid? He scored a beauty of a goal and also found Fedorov in the slot to get the Jackets that all-important first goal. In just seven games, this kid has four points (two goals, two assists). Gilbert Brule had four points in 31 total games this season to put that in perspective. Keep this kid up—he's finally looking like an NHLer out there and we need his offense, especially on the power play.
Boll
Finally notched his first assist and then added another. Both were fantastic plays as well, not the gimmes that players get sometimes. His pass to Peca in the goal crease was no fluke, this kid can play as well as drop the mitts and he proves it more and more by the game.
Peca
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