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The Blue Jackets, winners of three straight, moved into a tie with Montreal for the second wild card and they hold the tie-breaker with five games remaining. Carolina, which lost to Washington on Thursday, is one point ahead in the first slot.Brett Kulak had a goal and an assist, and Jeff Petry also scored for Montreal, which was 4-0-1 in the last five before the Columbus trip. Carey Price finished with 24 saves.
Meanwhile, Kulak snapped in a shot from the point 1:15 in, the first goal against Bobrovsky in three games. Bjorkstrand's redirection of a shot by Seth Jones knotted the game again. Columbus took the lead to stay 5:36 into the second when Panarin scored on a one-timer from the left circle off a splendid cross-ice pass from Matt Duchene.
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