COLUMBUS, Ohio — In the final minute of Saturday’s 4-3 loss to Chicago, Blue Jackets center Max Domi found Patrik Laine with a nifty pass at Laine’s favorite spot on the ice, the left faceoff dot.
Laine blistered the puck — a low burner through traffic — and accomplished something for the first time in a month: He scored a goal.
It shouldn’t be this way for Laine, one of the most gifted goal scorers in the NHL. It shouldn’t be 15 games between goals, long stretches where you barely notice he’s on the ice, entire games without a single shot on goal.
