Jackets' 8th straight win means Tortorella goes for No. 500 in Vancouver
Well, isn't this interesting.
The Columbus Blue Jackets won again Friday, because that's what they do now. It was their eighth win in a row, a 4-1 decision over the Calgary Flames.
#CBJ win 8th-straight game to improve to 19-5-4 (42 points). Win streak tied for 2nd longest in club history (Jan. 6-23, 2014).
— CBJ Public Relations (@BlueJacketsPR) December 17, 2016
As the club racks up Ws, so too does head coach John Tortorella, now sitting on 499 career victories. And Columbus' next stop on its three-game Canadian road trip is Vancouver - where Tortorella used to coach - on Sunday.
Tortorella spent one season behind the Canucks' bench, in 2013-14, and was fired after a playoffs-less 36-35-11 season. He signed a five-year, $10-million contract when he joined the club. As Sportsnet's John Shannon pointed out on the Canucks' broadcast Friday night, Vancouver's still paying half his salary.
On Sunday, the Blue Jackets will aim to tie their club record with a nine-game win streak. And they'll be no doubt doing it for their coach, who would certainly love nothing more than earning win No. 500 against the team that fired him.