Foligno, Anderson help Blue Jackets rout Islanders
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Nick Foligno and Josh Anderson scored two goals apiece as the Columbus Blue Jackets routed the New York Islanders 7-0 Saturday evening at Nationwide Arena.
Columbus showed little ill effects from coming off its five-day break as they peppered the Islanders with 45 shots. On the other end, Joonas Korpisalo turned aside all 24 Islanders' shots for his fourth shutout of the season.
David Savard added a goal and two assists, while Boone Jenner contributed a goal and an assist as the Blue Jackets reached the seven-goal plateau for the sixth time this year.
Foligno notched his 22nd goal of the season with 13:54 left in the game, off assists from Savard and Alexander Wennberg. Savard finished the scoring with 6:30 left off as Sam Gagner and Brandon Saad assisted on the defenseman's third goal of the season.
Jack Johnson fired a shot into the slot that deflected off Islanders defenseman Nick Leddy and into the goal at 5:19 of the first period. It was Johnson's third goal of the season.
Columbus doubled its lead 7:02 later. Cam Atkinson led a 2-on-1 break and fired a shot from the right side at Thomas Greiss. The puck trickled out from between his legs, and Jenner, who had been charging to the crease, was first to the puck and slammed it in for his 12th of the year.
The Blue Jackets, who outshot New York 17-9 in the first period, weren't done. Foligno netted his 21st of the season with 1:43 remaining, receiving a pass from Wennberg in the slot and backhanding it past Greiss.
Greiss finished the period, but was replaced by Jean-Francois Berube to start the second.
Columbus got to the backup goalie 4:31 into the second as Anderson fired a one-timer between the face-off circles past Berube. Jenner and William Karlsson assisted on Anderson's 12th of the season.
Anderson added another, unassisted, with 2:16 left in the second.
NOTES: Columbus scratched LW Matt Calvert, D Dalton Prout and D Scott Harrington... The Blue Jackets still have plenty of games left against their Metropolitan Division rivals. Counting Saturday's game against the Islanders, 13 of their final 24 games are against divisional foes... RW Josh Anderson tied a season-best with his two goal performance, equaling his outburst against Montreal on Nov. 4... The Blue Jackets now lead the season series with New York 2-1-0. They will pay again in March 18 in Brooklyn... New York scratched RW Cal Clutterbuck and D Adam Pelech... Saturday marked the 12th time this season the Islanders gave up at least five goals in a game. They are 1-10-1 in those games.