RALEIGH, N.
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more than 60 minutes, the Columbus Blue Jackets just couldnt manage to give
their power-play unit a chance. Once they finally went up a man in overtime,
Ryan Johansen made it count. Johansen scored a power-play goal at 2:40 of the
extra session to lead Columbus past the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 on Saturday
night. "I was talking to the ref, I was like, Come on, we need a power play,"
Johansen said with a laugh. "We have confidence in our power play, so if we get
opportunities, we feel were at least going to get a lot of momentum out of it
and get some chances." Artem Anisimov had a goal and an assist and Matt Calvert
also scored to help the Blue Jackets earn an important two points in their push
for the second playoff berth in club history and first since 2009. "We can pat
ourselves on the back for this one, but starting (Sunday) and the day after,
weve got to move on," defenceman Dalton Prout said. "Theres still lots of work
to be done, and for the most part, we control our own fate. Its a good feeling."
Jeff Skinner and Andrei Loktionov scored and Riley Nash had two assists for the
Hurricanes, who fell to 6-11 since the Olympic break. "We seem to be finding
ways ... to lose," Carolina captain Eric Staal said. "Its not like were
completely out of it every night. Were in the battle. "For whatever reason, we
cant seem to get that one that falls for us and it goes the other direction,"
Staal added. "Our compete, our work ethic, for the most part has been there.
Weve got guys that care. Weve got guys that try. Thats not our problem."
Curtis McElhinney made 25 saves for Columbus in his second straight start in
place of flu-stricken starter Sergei Bobrovsky. The decisive sequence started
midway through OT when Brandon Dubinsky rang the left post. Goalie
Anton Khudobin couldnt cover the puck, but forward Jiri Tlusty did -- drawing a
delay of game penalty and giving the Blue Jackets their first power play of the
night at 1:54. Johansen then ended it with a snap shot from between the circles
that trickled past Khudobin, who stopped 29 shots in his second consecutive
start for Carolina. Loktionov put the Hurricanes up 2-1 when he took a feed from
Nash in the circle and snapped the puck past McElhinney with 13:22 left. But for
the second time in the game, the Blue Jackets struck back quickly to tie it.
This time it was Anisimov, who pushed the rebound of Nathan Hortons shot past
Khudobin 50 seconds later. "We found a way to claw back," Johansen said. These
teams entered on opposite ends of the playoff spectrum, with the Blue Jackets
taking the ice in a four-way tie for two Eastern Conference wild cards. Carolina
is mathematically alive for just its second post-season berth since winning the
2006 Stanley Cup, but the Hurricanes -- who entered seven points behind that
cluster of four teams -- have a long way to go to catch up. "We dont think were
out yet," coach Kirk Muller said. "Were going to push." For much of this game,
offensive chances were few for both teams. Khudobin made the save of the night
midway through the first period when he slid across the net to thwart
Blake Comeau on a 2-on-1. "They knew we were on a back-to-back with travel,"
Prout said. "They came out hard and I think they carried the play. But we
weathered the storm and I think we fought back." The scoring pace picked up near
the end of the second: Skinner finally broke through for Carolina when he scored
with 3:31 left in the second. He snatched the rebound of rookie Elias Lindholms
shot and chipped the puck over defenceman David Savard for his team-leading
third goal this season against Columbus. Calvert tied it with 1:14 left in the
period when he snapped the puck past Khudobin after a takeaway -- the first goal
allowed by the Hurricanes goalie in a span of 121 minutes, 49 seconds. NOTES:
Calvert has goals in two straight games. ... Skinner has a four-game points
streak and has four points in five games against the Blue Jackets this season.
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made a couple of mistakes with his pitches and gave up the lead in the seventh
inning.
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one of the goals we wanted to create is when teams come into this building
theres no more of this two points, kiss your relatives and go home,” said Randy
Carlyle following a fifth straight victory at the Air Canada Centre on Tuesday
night.As the Toronto Maple Leafs return from their Olympic break,
Jonathan Bernier appears firmly entrenched as their starter while James Reimer
is filling the back-up role. Reimer told TSNs Mark Masters on Tuesday that he
doesnt know if he will be moved leading up to the March 5 trade deadline but
added he wasnt interested in discussing it. "Who knows whats going to happen on
the horizon here and right now I dont know if I want to talk about it too much."
Reimer said he is at a juxtaposition, between being happy in Toronto yet
yearning to start games. "I love playing here and obviously I want to be a
starter, so its been an interesting year." The 25-year-old added that would be
hard on him to leave the Maple Leafs organization. "This is the team I was
drafted by and this is definitely a place I dreamed of playing my whole career."
Reimer has played in 24 of the Leafs 60 games this season and started 33 of 48
games in the Leafs lockout-shortened 2013 campaign. He also started all seeven
2013 playoff games.
DeSean Jackson Jersey. Reimer admitted that
seeing a large reduction in playing time has not been easy on him. "Anytime you
go from playing a lot of games to not its a hard pill to swallow. You want to
play, you want to be the guy & you want to give your team the best chance to
win. Theres no feeling like that other then when youre in there," Reimer told
Masters. When he asked if he has proven himself as a starter in the NHL, Reimer
said he didnt believe there was any question. "As far as Im concerned, I dont
think its up for debate. I feel like Ive had a couple of solid years where Ive
played really well. And obviously, last year went to the playoffs and led a team
to the playoffs when probably a lot of people didnt expect us to go. Yeah, I
feel like Ive played well and I dont think theres much debate for it. Maybe
other people think so. I dont know." Reimer has a 10-6-1 record with 3.25 goals
against average and a .911 save percentage with the Leafs this season.
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