Blue Jackets' Captain, Boone Jenner, Shines Bright at 2024 NHL All-Star Game

It's an honor to go to the NHL All-Star Game, and after paying his dues for eleven seasons and suffering many injuries he bounced back from, it was finally Captain Boone Jenner's turn. Going home to Toronto and being selected to Conner McDavid's Team added to what many hoped would be a great NHL All-Star Game. Sure enough, at 7:58 into the first half of his first NHL All-Star Game, Boone Jenner would score the first goal for Team McDavid! This would tie the game at 1-1. Nick Suzuki with the primary and Thomas Hertl with the secondary assist on Jenner's goal. Team MacKinnon would go up 3-1, but in the last minute of play a goal from David Pastrnak at 9:28, and a goal Conner McDavid at 9:54 would tie the game and force a shootout. With a goal from Pastrnak and McDavid and none for Team MacKinnon, Team McDavid would come back from a two-goal hole and move on to the finals! Former Blue Jackets goalie Sergei Bobrovsky would hold the net in the second period and allow two goals but had several incredible stops, too.  

A quick shoutout to former Blue Jackets' Oliver Bjorkstrand, who was there representing the Seattle Kraken. He was on Team MacKinnon and scored in the second half at 5:51.  

Team McDavid would get an extra long break before the final, as in the second game, Team Hughes and Team Mathews would head into a four-round shootout. Alex DeBrincat would finally put it away for Team Mathews. These two games were history makers as a shootout hasn't been needed to determine a winner in the qualifier games before, but tonight, we needed two! Incredible play and a setup for Team McDavid v.s. Team Mathews to be one of excitement.

Boone Jenner would do a repeat, scoring the first goal again for Team McDavid in the NHL All-Star Game Final! His goal would come at 5:06, and for the second time tonight, Nick Suzuki would have the primary assist on a Jenner goal, no secondary assist. This goal would tie the game at 1-1. Ultimately, Team Mathews would overtake Team McDavid 7-4. That said, what a huge showing for Boone Jenner in his first NHL All-Star Game as he went 2-0-2. Congratulations, BOOOOOOOONE! 

Our first game back from the All-Star break will be a week from today, on February 10th, at home. We play the Tampa Bay Lightning at 7:00 p.m. 

GO JENNER1  





 


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