Resilient Blue Jackets have crazy comeback victory over Canucks
- On Friday night at Nationwide Arena, the Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Vancouver Canucks 7-6 in a shootout, with Kent Johnson scoring the decisive goal.
- The high-scoring affair saw the Blue Jackets rally from a 3-0 deficit early in the game, as well as a 5-3 deficit in the third period, to ultimately tie the Montreal Canadiens for the final Eastern Conference wildcard position.
- Vancouver's offense included two goals from Aatu Raty and goals from Linus Karlsson, Brock Boeser, Jake DeBrusk, and Tyler Myers, while Boone Jenner also scored twice for Columbus, along with goals from Kirill Marchenko, Dante Fabbro, Denton Mateychuk, and Mathieu Olivier.
- Columbus captain Boone Jenner, who had two goals and an assist, acknowledged the team's recent struggles with giving up leads, stating, "it’s happened a few games in a row here, and it’s something we need to fix."
- Elvis Merzlikins earned the win for Columbus with 31 saves, while Kevin Lankinen stopped 33 shots for Vancouver, who earned a point and moved within four points of St. Louis for the final Western Conference wildcard spot, as they finish their six-game road swing against Winnipeg on Sunday.
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Resilient Blue Jackets remain in wild-card chase after crazy comeback victory over Canucks
Falling behind by three goals 14 minutes into a game would rattle most teams. With everything the Columbus Blue Jackets have faced in the past seven months though, it was just another night at the office. The Blue Jackets staged…
Jenner scores twice, Blue Jackets rally for 7-6 victory over Canucks in shootout
Boone Jenner had two goals, Kent Johnson had the lone score of the shootout and the Columbus Blue Jackets rallied from a pair of multi-goal deficits to beat the Vancouver Canucks 7-6 on Friday night and move into a tie for the final wild card in the Ea...

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