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Robbed by Bob: Blue Jackets blank Hurricanes 3-0

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James OBrien

The Carolina Hurricanes seemed to fight off fatigue pretty well on Friday in playing back-to-back games, but they couldn’t solve Sergei Bobrovsky. The Columbus Blue Jackets’ goalie stopped all 36 shots to power his team past the Canes by a score of 3-0 tonight.

Columbus’ other Friday hero Cam Atkinson (one goal, one assist) put it simply enough after the win.

“That’s the Bob we all know and love,” Atkinson said.

“Bob” seems like he’s indeed starting to heat up, at least when injuries aren’t getting in the way. The Russian netminder has won four games in a row and five of his last six games; unfortunately, that streak includes two games in January, one in December and three in November, so maybe it’s not fair to call it a streak at all.

Carolina came into today with what was definitely a strong streak, though, as the Hurricanes had won four consecutive contests. This represents an end of a streak for surging backup Anton Khudobin, too, as he saw his 2013-14 record drop to 6-1-0.

(Actually, make that at least three runs that end for Carolina. Jeff Skinner’s six-game point streak is finished, although not for a lack of trying, as he fired seven shots on goal.)

Could this be the spark that Columbus needs to be better than the .500 (20-20-4) team they are? That’s anyone’s guess, as people were left pondering similar thoughts about Carolina (now 19-17-9) on Thursday night.

If nothing else, Blue Jackets fans can at least point back to this dazzling save:

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