"Yeah, he played good," Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella said. "It's his job. At this time of year, that's his job. I don't think we should keep saying it's spectacular. This is what goalies do for teams that are going to try to get there at the end of the year, so this is a responsibility. I though both of them tonight made some key saves for their team."
Tortorella refused to comment about the holding penalty called against Columbus defenseman Seth Jones in overtime. Blue Jackets captain Nick Foligno said the call was disappointing.
"I think that's a big game-changer at that point in the game," Foligno said. "I don't see a penalty, and I think in overtime especially it better be real blatant for it to be a call. Those guys are two good referees, so it was just surprising."
There was a lengthy delay for a video review at 1:11 of overtime. Referee Marc Joanette's on-ice ruling was upheld after he waved off a potential goal by Pacioretty, who raced down the ice to take a pass off the boards from Phillip Danault.
Montreal had a goal waved off in the first period when Joanette blew his whistle before Andrew Shaw shot a loose puck in the goal mouth past Bobrovsky.