In Play Magazine
In a goaltending duel that lasted into the final two minutes of overtime, the Columbus Blue Jackets snapped their loosing streak by dropping the Detroit Red Wings in a 1-0 victory.
The only goal of the game came three minutes into overtime when Fredrik Modin backhanded in his own rebound.
The story of this game was the goaltending clique that was being put on at both ends of the ice. Jimmy Howard stopped 39 shots of the 40 that he faced and finished the night with a .975 save percentage, a number that normally would end up with a check going into the win column. However, and maybe unfortunately for the rest of the Central Division, Chris Mason played with the poise that won him a Calder Trophy last season and stopped all 36 shots he faced.
In Play! Man of the Game: Jimmy Howard. Despite the loss, Howard played a better game than counterpart Mason and made 39 saves. The only goal that beat him he might have had a chance to get if Drew Miller hadn’t pushed a Blue Jacket into Howard.
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