After scoring six goals in each of their first four wins, the Blue Jackets have scored a total of nine in the past five games to go 1-3-1 in that stretch. That's an average of 1.8 per game that's 2.3 goals per game lower than they averaged by scoring 33 goals in their first eight games.

The 7-8-1 Kraken won their second straight game after dropping four in a row, inching back toward .500 with a victory against the slumping Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night.