RECAP: Blue Jackets 1, Golden Knights 0

The Columbus Blue Jackets cooled off the red-hot Vegas Golden Knights in the friendly confines of Nationwide Arena on Monday night, earning a 1-0 victory to improve to 18-12-3 on the season. Vegas, which had won 10 of 13, fell to 19-15-2.
Game in a Paragraph
Neither team could find a goal in the first 40 minutes, but it took just 40 seconds of the third period before Nick Foligno broke the deadlock. From there, a Blue Jackets team without Artemi Panarin made the lead stand up with Sergei Bobrovsky making 28 saves on the night.

Quote of the Night
Blue Jackets captain Nick Foligno: "You play some really good games and you don't get the result, then you have to find a way to stick with it. The team that breaks and tries to do it on their own or individually, it tears you apart. I'm so proud of the guys the way we answered tonight. A solid game again, and we found a way to win the 1-0 game we talked about. It's a credit to everyone in the room who understands where we're trying to move this thing."
CBJ Notables
Quick Recap
For the first time all season, the Blue Jackets entered the third period of a game scoreless as neither team could find the breakthrough in the opening 40 minutes.
In the opening period, the Jackets held an 8-7 edge in shots. The best chances were put together by Anthony Duclair, who had a breakaway stopped by Vegas goaltender Malcolm Subban and also sprung Cam Atkinson on a 2-on-1 that Subban turned aside as well. Duclair spent the game on the team's top line with Pierre-Luc Dubois and Atkinson.
The Blue Jackets also had the better of things in the second period, but neither team could get on the board. The best opportunity came 11 minutes in, as Atkinson found Seth Jones streaking to the net right down broadway, but his shot pinged the left post.
A few minutes later, Vegas' Tomas Nosek drove the net and redirected a puck from in close, but Sergei Bobrovsky was there for the stops. In the period, Columbus had a 13-7 edge in shots on goal.
It didn't take Columbus long to break the deadlock in the third as Nick Foligno scored on the first shift. He had a good chance early in the shift and was denied, but his second effort got the job done as he jumped over a blue-line slap shot from Seth Jones and buried the rebound between the wickets of Subban.
"I had a way better chance actually earlier in that shift, and he made a heck of a save," Foligno said of Subban. "I was happy to get a second opportunity."

Vegas pushed throughout the third period for the tying goal but Bobrovsky was solid down the stretch, turning aside 14 chances in the final frame to earn his 13th win of the season, including a pad save in the final minute with Vegas playing with an empty net.
"I just played my game and guys helped me out," Bobrovsky said. "They boxed out, they had good blocked shots, so they allowed me to see the shots. It was fun."
By the Numbers
Subban finished with 30 saves in his first action since Nov. 19. Marc-Andre Fleury had started 13 straight games. ... Columbus is 5-0-0 over the past two seasons when going to the third period scoreless. … The Blue Jackets have gone six games without allowing a power-play goal, holding Vegas to 0-1 on the power play. ... Columbus was 0-2 on the power play. … Columbus played just its fourth scoreless first period of the season. ... The Blue Jackets improved to 2-2-1 on their six-game homestand. … The teams split the season series last year in Vegas' inaugural season.
Roster Report
Anthony Duclair entered the lineup after two consecutive games as a healthy scratch thanks to the lower-body inury suffered by Artemi Panarin. Panarin is day-to-day. Dean Kukan was recalled from Cleveland of the AHL on Monday to end a conditioning stint, but he was a healthy scratch.
Up Next
The Blue Jackets finish their six-game homestand Thursday by going back to Eastern Conference play. The New Jersey Devils will visit Nationwide Arena for a 7 p.m. faceoff (Fox Sports Ohio, Fox Sports app, 97.1 The Fan).