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Blue Jackets captain is throwing no-look backhand assists like life is a video game

Nick Foligno is having himself a night.

by Patrick Iversen
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Nick Foligno ate his Wheaties on Thursday.

The Columbus Blue Jackets captain wasted no time dismantling the New Jersey Devils, scoring three goals for his second career hat trick before the midway point of the second period.

But that wasn’t even his finest highlight. No, he saved that for his fourth point:

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Yep. Foligno is feeling it so much tonight he’s just throwing no-look backhand passes to wide open teammates on the power play. Quite a night!

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