Boone Jenner scored 40 seconds into overtime and the Blue Jackets rallied to beat the Isles on Friday night for their second straight win.
— Boone Jenner scored 40 seconds into overtime and the Columbus Blue Jackets rallied to beat theJohnny Gaudreau, Liam Foudy, Kent Johnson and Eric Robinson also scored, and Jack Roslovic added two assists for Columbus, which is tied with San Jose for the worst record in the NHL. Michael Hutchinson stopped 34 shots in his first win with the Blue Jackets.
Brock Nelson had two goals, Kyle Palmieri had a goal and an assist, and Zach Parise also scored for the Islanders who moved three points ahead of Pittsburgh for the Eastern Conference's first wild card. Ilya Sorokin stopped 22 shots. " are in a dogfight for points and the importance of this game for them — it forces you to get engaged," Blue Jackets coach Brad Larsen said."You can't dip your toe in. I thought we had a real good start to this game. I really loved how we started. Even though we came out down, there were some real good things in that period."
New York, however, dominated the third period, Palmieri scored at 3:34 and Nelson's second of the night at the 8-minute mark, on the power play, forced overtime.
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