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Jonathan Drouin Jersey , Ohio (AP) Short winning streaks are nothing to the Columbus Blue Jackets. They like getting victories in bunches.Sergei Bobrovsky
stopped 33 shots for his fifth shutout of the season, Cam Atkinson had a goal
and an assist, and the Blue Jackets shut out the Florida Panthers 4-0 on
Thursday night for their 10th straight win.Pierre-Luc Dubois had two assists for
the Blue Jackets, who improved to 42-28-5 and joined Philadelphia (1984-86) and
Pittsburgh (2010-13) as the only NHL franchises to record 10-game win streaks in
consecutive seasons.The shutout was the 24th of Bobrovsky’s career and his
seventh straight win. Sonny Milano, Seth Jones and Thomas Vanek – into an empty
net – also scored for Columbus, which moved into a second-place tie in the
Metropolitan Division with idle Pittsburgh, each with 89 points.”We were
disciplined, we were smart with the puck,” Bobrovsky said. ”We played as a unit,
one group, defense and offense. That’s how the game was built up, little
moments. We were disciplined, we were smart
http://www.officialcanadiensprostore.com/authentic-adidas-karl-alzner-jersey , we were together.”Florida dropped to 37-28-7. With 10 games left in the season,
the Panthers remained a point behind the idle New Jersey Devils for a playoff
spot.After a scoreless first, Atkinson got Columbus on the board at 59 seconds
of the second period, thanks to Artemi Panarin, who stole the puck just outside
the blue line and provided a perfect feed. Atkinson beat Roberto Luongo with a
one-timer low on the right side for his 18th goal of the season, while Panarin
recorded his team-leading 44th assist.The Blue Jackets made it 2-0 just 2:19
later, when Matt Calvert dug the puck out of the left corner and fed Milano for
his 13th goal, a top-shelf sniper shot driving through the left circle.
Pierre-Luc Dubois earned his 23rd assist and Calvert his 14th.”The game was lost
in the (first) 10 minutes of the second period,” Panthers coach Bob Boughner
said. ”They came at us hard and we made some mistakes. We hit a few posts. They
get a 3-0 lead with a goalie like that, it’s hard to come back.”The Blue
Jackets’ third goal came at 5:42 of the third period, 10 seconds after a
center-ice scrum sent Florida’s Frank Vatrano off on a double-minor for roughing
and interference, and Columbus’ Zach Werenski off for slashing. Jones, back
after missing three games with an upper-body injury
Jonathan Bernier Jersey Womens , scored his 15th of the season with a slap shot from just inside the blue line.It was Jones’ 50th point and sixth
power-play goal of the season for a team-leading 19th point with a man
advantage. Dubois recorded his ninth multipoint game. The goal ended Florida’s
streak of 24 straight penalty kills over 10 games.Vanek’s empty-netter at 17:35
of the third, his 21st goal of the season, made it 4-0.Despite his team’s
success, Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella is aiming to keep his the Blue
Jackets focused on the bigger prize: a trip to the playoffs for the second
straight season.”Nine teams are trying to get in, in both conferences, and we
are one of them,” he said. ”That far outweighs any thinking about
streaks.”NOTES: Columbus’ David Savard played in his 400th NHL game. …
Defenseman Alexander Petrovic returned to Florida’s lineup after missing three
of the last four games with a lower-body injury. … Jack Johnson and Brandon
Dubinsky were both healthy scratches for Columbus. The Blue Jackets have not
lost since March 2.UP NEXTPanthers: host the Coyotes on Saturday.Blue Jackets:
host the Blues on Saturday. DALLAS — The Anaheim Ducks and Dallas Stars know
each other well from their days as Pacific Division bunkmates, but Saturday will
mark their first meeting of the 2018-19 regular season.And first-year Stars
coach Jim Montgomery knows precisely what to expect in his fourth game behind an
NHL bench.“They’re a real good transition team offensively and defensively.
They’re a little young right now due to some injuries, but those players are
talented and they’re fast,” Montgomery said after practice on Friday.Article
continues below ...Dallas (2-1-0, 4 points) started the season with back-to-back
home victories over Arizona and Winnipeg, outscoring the Coyotes and Jets by a
combined 8-1.However, in Tuesday’s loss to Toronto
Mike Reilly Jersey , the Maple Leafs lit the lamp seven times in a 7-4 victory, leading Montgomery to start shuffling lines, except for his top line of
Jamie Benn, Tyler Seguin and Alexander Radulov.
