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Video: Blue Jackets jump to early two-goal lead

Jenner goal

The Columbus Blue Jackets won their first playoff game in franchise history on Saturday. They would like to follow that up with their first postseason victory on home ice tonight.

Columbus got things started on a high note when Boone Jenner scored just 1:38 minutes into the contest. It was the 20-year-old rookie forward’s first career playoff goal.

Jack Johnson gave the Blue Jackets a 2-0 lead less than two minutes later and the Blue Jackets quickly followed that up by killing a two-minute holding penalty against David Savard.

There’s still a lot of time left in this game and the series, but Pittsburgh began the first round as the heavy favorites against the inexperienced Blue Jackets. Now it looks like this series could go either way.

Before the contest began, Mike Milbury and Keith Jones talked about the possibility of Columbus pulling off an upset:

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