The opening game of the series featured only three goals. All of them came in the first period. Nick Foligno scored just 11 seconds into the game for the 4th-seeded ’14-’15 Blue Jackets. Rick Nash then tied the game for the 5th-seeded ’10-’11 Blue Jackets with less than a minute and a half left in the period. Then, Foligno scored his second of the game with 15 seconds left in the period as the ’14-’15 Blue Jackets won 2-1. Three goals in the second period helped lead the ’14-’15 Blue Jackets to a 5-1 lead in Game 2. The ’10-’11 Blue Jackets scored two goals in the third to bring it to a 5-3 lead, but that would be the final. In Game 4, after a goal from Nash in the first period, goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky would shut the door the rest of the way as the ’14-’15 Blue Jackets took a 3-0 series lead with a 3-1 win. Goaltender Steve Mason then posted a 36-save shutout performance in Game 4 as the ’10-’11 Blue Jackets won 4-0. R. J. Umberger, Nash and defenseman Fedor Tyutin all posted multi-point games in the win. In Game 5, Scott Hartnell gave the ’14-’15 Blue Jackets a 4-2 lead early in the third. After an Umberger goal for the ’10-’11 Blue Jackets, defenseman Kevin Connauton scored a PP goal with five plus minutes left to retake a 5-3 lead. Nash then scored just 12 seconds later, but Connauton’s goal would be the series clincher.
| 1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
| ’10-’11 Blue Jackets | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 |
| ’14-’15 Blue Jackets | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’14-’15 CBJ – 2 ’10-’11 CBJ – 0 (1-0 ’14-’15 CBJ)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: G – Sergei Bobrovsky (’14-’15 CBJ) – W 1.00 GAA .977 SV% (42 SV’s)
2nd Star: LW – Nick Foligno (’14-’15 CBJ) – 2 G 0 A 2 P +2 8 S
3rd Star: C – Ryan Johansen (’14-’15 CBJ) – 0 G 2 A 2 P +2 1 S
| 1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
| ’10-’11 Blue Jackets | 1 | 0 | 2 | — | 3 |
| ’14-’15 Blue Jackets | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 5 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’14-’15 CBJ – 5 ’10-’11 CBJ – 3 (2-0 ’14-’15 CBJ)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: C – Ryan Johansen (’14-’15 CBJ) – 2 G 2 A 4 P +4 8 S
2nd Star: LW – Nick Foligno (’14-’15 CBJ) – 2 G 1 A 3 P +4 4 S
3rd Star: G – Sergei Bobrovsky (’14-’15 CBJ) – W 3.00 GAA .940 SV& (47 SV’s)
| 1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
| ’14-’15 Blue Jackets | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 3 |
| ’10-’11 Blue Jackets | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’14-’15 CBJ – 3 ’10-’11 CBJ – 1 (3-0 ’14-’15 CBJ)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: G – Sergei Bobrovsky (’14-’15 CBJ) – W 1.00 GAA .977 SV& (43 SV’s)
2nd Star: G – Steve Mason (’10-’11 CBJ) – L 2.00 GAA .957 SV% (45 SV’s)
3rd Star: C – Ryan Johansen (’14-’15 CBJ) – 1 G 1 A 2 P +2 5 S
| 1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
| ’14-’15 Blue Jackets | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| ’10-’11 Blue Jackets | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’10-’11 CBJ – 4 ’14-’15 CBJ – 0 (3-1 ’14-’15 CBJ)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: G – Steve Mason (’10-’11 CBJ) – W 0.00 GAA 1.000 SV% (36 SV’s) SO
2nd Star: LW – R.J. Umberger (’10-’11 CBJ) – 1 G 1 A 2 P +3 4 S
3rd Star: D – Fedor Tyutin (’10-’11 CBJ) – 1 G 1 A 2 P +3 5 S
| 1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
| ’10-’11 Blue Jackets | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 4 |
| ’14-’15 Blue Jackets | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 5 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’14-’15 CBJ – 5 ’10-’11 CBJ –4 (4-1 ’14-’15 CBJ)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: D – Kevin Connauton (’14-’15 CBJ) – 1 G 2 A 3 P +3 4 S
2nd Star: G – Sergei Bobrovsky (’14-’15 CBJ) – W 4.00 GAA .927 SV& (51 SV’s)
3rd Star: LW – Nick Foligno (’14-’15 CBJ) – 1 G 1 A 2 P +2 4 S
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