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http://www.officiallightningprostore.com/authentic-adidas-anton-str... , Ohio (AP) The Columbus Blue Jackets are starting to look in front of them to see who they can catch.Only a week ago, Columbus was simply aiming at hanging onto the final Eastern Conference wild-card playoff spot and hoping some teams behind in the standings would help out.A 3-2 win over Detroit on Friday night, their fourth straight, put the Blue Jackets in the first wild-card spot with a one-point lead over New Jersey and just two points behind Philadelphia for third place in the Metropolitan Division.Seth Jones scored twice in the second period and Sergei Bobrovsky returned from an illness to make 22 saves as the Blue Jackets beat the Red Wings to sweep a back-to-back. They have won six of the last eight.”We always talked about how we just want to make sure we’re hitting our stride at the right time,” Columbus captain Nick Foligno said. ”We’ve got a little ways to go, but we feel more and more confident about our game as we get closer to the stuff that really matters. That’s kind of always been our focus.”Jones got his tallies after winning Thursday night’s game against Colorado with a goal 59 seconds into overtime.”The puck’s just going in,” shrugged the 23-year-old defenseman, who has 13 goals and 33 assists. ”You get stretches like that. Sometimes it goes in and sometimes you go 15 to 20 games without a point. That’s just the way hockey is. It’s a good time for me to be producing right now in the situation we’re in.”Columbus coach John Tortorella gives him way more credit than that.”He’s had a hell of a year offensively
Womens Brayden Point Jersey , but the most important part about Jonsesy’s game is becoming a leader,” Tortorella said. ”He doesn’t say too much during the game, but just the way he carries himself right now, he knows he’s part of that leadership group. All facets of the game, he just keeps improving.”Darren Helm and Andreas Athanasiou scored, and Jared Coreau, in just his second start of the season, had 33 stops for the reeling Red Wings
Braydon Coburn Jersey , losers of six straight.The Blue Jackets started with a short-handed goal near the end of the first period when Alexander Wennberg carried the puck around the back of the net and chipped it out to Calvert, who poked it by Coreau.The lead didn’t last long. Just 21 seconds later, Helm caught Bobrovsky leaning the wrong way and got an easy goal to make it 1-1.Columbus went back up early in the second period when Jones rifled in a shot from the left circle off a sweet cross-ice pass from Artemi Panarin. Jones struck again at 8:15 when he put back Boone Jenner’s rebound.”As the game went along, they started to grind us a little bit and we had trouble getting out of our end too many times,” Detroit coach Jeff Blashill said.Athanasiou beat Bobrovsky between the pads late in the third period to make it a one-goal game. Helm had a potential tying shot in the final seconds, but Bobrovsky made a nifty save to preserve the win.NOTES: Jones has five goals and five assists in the last eight games. … Panarin has seven points in his last four games. … Bobrovsky missed two games with illness during which backup Joonas Korpisalo picked up a pair of wins. … Healthy scratches for Columbus included D Scott Harrington, D Taylor Chorney, F Markus Hannikainen and F Lukas Sedlak. … Detroit F Frans Nielsen missed his second game with an injury. Other scratches for the Red Wings included F David Booth and D Xavier Ouellet.UP NEXTDetroit: Plays at San Jose on Monday.Columbus: Hosts Montreal on Monday.—Follow Mitch Stacy at
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J.T. Miller Jersey , Ohio (AP) Columbus backup goalie Joonas Korpisalo had lost three straight starts since his last victory on Jan. 18. He found out Tuesday morning he’d be playing in place of a sick Sergei Bobrovsky against the Pacific Division-leading Vegas Golden Knights, and he turned in a gem.The 23-year-old Finn stopped 37 shots, and the Blue Jackets beat Vegas 4-1 and hung onto the second wild card in the Eastern Conference.”The team likes playing in front of him,” Columbus coach John Tortorella said. ”There have been a few struggles here and there, but he was solid right from the get-go tonight.”Korpisalo got some offensive help in a tight-checking game that reflected the urgency for the Blue Jackets, who are battling Florida and Carolina – both of which lost Tuesday – for the final wild card.Artemi Panarin and Pierre Luc-Dubois each had a goal and two assists, and Zach Werenski and Ian Cole also scored for the Blue Jackets, winners of two straight and four of their last six.”A lot of times this year
Womens Charlie McAvoy Jersey , I think, (Korpisalo) went in and he was playing well but we weren’t playing our best hockey,” Dubois said. ”For him to play so good tonight and to get that win, I know everybody in here is happy for him.”Marc-Andre Fleury – a Blue Jacket-killer in the playoffs last year for Pittsburgh – had 17 saves for the Golden Knights, who have lost four of five.”Overall I think we got better and better as game went on,” Vegas winger David Perron said. ”We just couldn’t get that second goal.”Panarin slammed in a rebound for his team-leading 21st goal of the season just 16 seconds after the opening faceoff.Vegas, in its first visit to Columbus, knotted the score 90 seconds into the second period when Erik Haula snapped in a shot from the slot for his 24th goal. Haula is one of five Vegas forwards to have 20 or more goals this season.Werenski put the Blue Jackets up 2-1 at 8:01 of the second when he powered a one-timer through Fleury’s pads from beyond the left circle after a pass from Panarin. The tally by the 20-year-old Werenski was his 13th of the season
Authentic Louis Domingue Jersey , a franchise record for defensemen.Cole made it 3-1 at 9:47 of the second with his first goal as a Blue Jacket after being acquired at the trade deadline. Dubois capped the scoring with an empty-net goal with 2:21 left.”It’s been tough the last four weeks,” Korpisalo said. ”To finally get a win and help the team, it felt good. It’s something I can build on right now.”NOTES: Vegas’ leading scorer, William Karlsson, was cheered during first trip back to Columbus after being snagged from the Blue Jackets in the expansion draft. … Vegas F Reilly Smith left the game in the second period and didn’t return after taking a hit from Columbus D David Savard. His condition was not available. … A goal by Dubois at 6:14 in the first period was waved off after a replay determined Cam Atkinson was offside when he carried the puck into the zone. … G Jeff Zatkoff dressed after an emergency recall from Cleveland of the American Hockey League to back up Korpisalo. … Vegas F Pierre-Edouard Bellemare returned after missing seven games with a hand injury. … Atkinson has 15 points in his last 19 games after missing 11 games with a fractured foot suffered in late December.UP NEXTVegas: Plays at Detroit on Thursday night.Columbus: Hosts Colorado on Thursday night.—