At the NHL level, when you win a game 6-2, sometimes it means you dominated, and sometimes it means you got lucky a few times and took advantage.

For the Blue Jackets, it was the former on Friday night at Nationwide Arena. Visiting Boston in both teams’ first game after the NHL holiday break, Columbus jumped out to a 5-1 lead over two periods en route to the win, but had big advantages in nearly every statistic.

Columbus outscored the Bruins in shots on goal (33-25) and shot attempts (71-51) over the course of the game and was good in all phases. The Blue Jackets were all over Boston at 5-on-5, posting a 15-4 edge in high-danger chances and a 3.28-1.16 edge in expected goals on three power plays and goals prevented, according to Natural Stat Trick both Boston chances.

Add to that the fact that the CBJ stars played like stars — top linemen Kirill Marchenko, Sean Monahan and Dmitri Voronkov and defenseman Zach Werenski combined for five goals and 12 points — and the Blue Jackets played perhaps their most complete in 2016 Game of the season in front of a sold-out crowd at Nationwide Arena.

“I just liked our game,” Werenski said. “I thought we kept it simple. Our transition game was good. Our breakouts were good. We didn’t give them too much there until the third period. I thought it was a solid game all around.”

Now the challenge is to do it again. A quirk in the NHL schedule means the Blue Jackets will get the exact same team at a different venue tonight, as both teams flew back to the hub to meet again exactly 24 hours later.

Suffice it to say, the Blue Jackets can expect an excited Boston team when the teams get back on the ice tonight, and Columbus looked to turn the tide right after Friday night’s win.

“We walked in and said, ‘It’s great. It’s a good win. “We have to do it again,” head coach Dean Evason said after the game. “We challenged the group. We have to travel better if we want to get where we want to go. We need to start establishing ourselves as an away team that plays the same way, so this game needs to happen tonight into tomorrow night.”

In fact, the difference between the Blue Jackets at home and away at Nationwide Arena was stark. In fact, the team has exactly opposite records in Columbus and on the road; The Blue Jackets are 11-4-3 at home and 4-11-3 in their white sweaters.

It will be a tall order to repeat the performance against the Bruins, but the chance is there.

“We have to do better on the road,” Monahan said. “It starts tomorrow and we have the chance. It’s a good challenge for us.”

Know the Enemy: Boston Bruins

Head Coach: Joe Sacco (First Season)

Team stats: Goals per game: 2.62 (26th) | Point defense: 3.11 (19th) | PP: 13.4 percent (31st) | PK: 75.4 percent (25th)

The narrative: The Bruins have been one of the most consistently successful franchises in the NHL. They made the playoffs 15 of the last 17 years, won the Stanley Cup in 2011 and also reached the Finals in 2013 and 2019. But the retirements of such key players as Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci have left some holes in the lineup that the Bruins are trying to fill with younger players, and this year has seen plenty of ups and downs, culminating in the firing of head coach Jim Montgomery after a November loss to the Blue Jackets.

Team leader: The two players at the top of the scoring list are certainly familiar names as David Pastrnak leads the way with 12 goals and 36 points while Brad Marchand is the team’s best with 15 goals and 31 points. Elias Lindholm follows with a 6-13-19 line, while Pavel Zacha has nine goals and eight assists and Charlie McAvoy leads the blue line with five goals and 11 assists.

In net, Jeremy Swayman leads the team with 25 starts and is 12-10-3 with a 3.05 GAA and .887 save percentage. He will be nominated tonight after Joonas Korpisalo’s start in Columbus.

What’s new: The firing of Montgomery — who led the Bruins to a historic 65-win season two years ago — had an immediate impact, as Boston went 8-9-3 under the coach but is now 11-5-1 in 17 games under Sacco . The defensive side of the puck had seen the most improvement over the first 16 games, with Boston allowing just 2.50 goals and 23.3 shots per game over that span, but the Blue Jackets scored six goals and 33 shots last night.

Trending: Columbus started the season with a 1-5-3 record against Boston over the last three years, but the Blue Jackets have outscored the Bruins 11-3 in two games this season after last night’s win.

Former CBJ: Korpisalo went to Boston in an offseason trade and is 7-4-1 this season, while defenseman Andrew Peeke has six assists in 31 games.