That was their first long road trip and it might have brought the team closer. They were fighting for each other. The Blues did not see the puck the first 5 minutes. I wonder if the accumulation of all these extra events have not made them stronger. May seem counter intuitive, given how Elvis (I'm a number 1), Jiricek (I mastered the AHL and deserve to play in the NHL), Laine (not sure it helps to scratch a player to increase his confidence) and Chinakov (they don't trust me enough here) went public about their distaste of CBJ management (and big ego for some of them), but it may also have bond the players together, as other less vocal players may share a bit of this distaste. Besides, Laine has severe mental issues to deal with, Jenner and Bodquist lost their front teeth for the team (unfortunate that their own teammate caused it), Fantili is cut and out for 8 more weeks. Mental issues and injuries are part of the sport, but they happened in a short span of time at Colombus and who knows, maybe the players decided that it was worth to get something decent out of this crappy season by showing more solidarity and resilience.
Of course, this was just a game, but as I wrote a couple of month earlier, they've never been so close to start a serie of wins. Answer in 10 days.