Niedermayer sends Niewendyk off to a nice retirement by injuring him at 4:32 of the third. Niewendyk did however score in his final CPHL game as he tallied his 7th of the season 5:59 into the first period giving the Leafs a 2-0 lead at the time. But the Jackets responded with the games final 5 goals to take this one 5-2 winning their 2nd in a row and 4th in their last 5.
Erik Cole and Peter Cajanek returned from long layoffs on IR and both scored goals. Alexander "I am not a Khavanov, Miroslav Satan, and Cory Stillman also scored for the Jackets. Scott Niedermayer has woke up again and had 3 assists for the BJ's tonight before he realized that Joe Niewendyk is retired and shouldn't be playing and took matters into his own hands with the ever dangerous hooking minor and a game misconduct. Manny Legace also returned to the Jackets net and turned in a solid effort turning aside 27 of the 29 shots faced. With backup Brent Johnson having won 4 straight starts Legace is starting to feel a little pressure to keep his job as the number one goalie.
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