I thought up against the 0-6 Blue Jackets would be a classic trap game for the Isles, but they took it 4-0. Kulemin, Hickey, Clutterbuck & Tavares (en) with goals. Halak with 37 saves. Kulemin's goal was awesome. He was battling Prout in front, trading slashes to the stick with him for a while, when the puck came out front Kulemin put it in and Prout kept going after Kulemin who stood stoic, looking bored with Prout, while Grabovski came in to hockey-homey-hug Kulemin. Prout suddenly realized Kulemin had scored and looked embarrassed.
Hickey with a nice steal to score on a breakaway. Clutterbuck scored on another breakaway. He said after the game he had to double check that he was really that alone.
Hartnell, who has always killed the Isles, hit Nielsen when the Franzinator was looking back over his shoulder for a loose puck. Yes, Hartnell held up a little, but Boychuk apparently hates Hartnell, so he fought him. I was in the car & the radio announcers were like "Johnny Boychuk fighting? He never fights. He must be really upset about that hit. His last fight was, uhhhhhhhhhhh, in early 2014, against, hmm, Scott Hartnell. Aaaaaaand before that his previous fight was in 2011 against, oh, there's some history here, one Scott Hartnell."
So apparently Boychuk hates Hartnell almost as much as I do.