scratched F Jordan Nolan in place of a seventh defenceman, Matt Greene, who was on the ice for four San Jose goals.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Columbus Blue Jackets tempered their celebration
after a 1-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night. Erik Walden Jersey .
Sure, it was good to win. But at the same time the club lost its top
goaltender.
Sergei Bobrovsky, winner of the Vezina Trophy last year as the NHLs top
goalie, stopped all 18 shots before he left with what coach Todd
Richards called a leg injury 4:13 into the third period. He was replaced
by Curtis McElhinney, who made the last eight saves to preserve the
shutout.
"Tomorrow hes going to get an MRI. Well get more information," Richards
said. "Obviously it was a leg injury. When he comes off the ice like
that, youre a bit unsure. But within the next day or two we should have a
better idea."
Nick Foligno, who had the highlight-reel goal for the winner in the
second period, couldnt discuss his own role in the victory before
discussing the netminder his teammates simply call Bob.
"You hate to see Bob hurt. Hes been playing great and he made an
unbelievable save right before that," Foligno said. "Then you have
Curtis come in and do what he does, making sound saves. We have some
confidence in our goaltending."
Bobrovskys injury came on his most spectacular save of the night.
The Lightnings J.T. Brown took a stretch pass and was all alone behind
the defence. He tried to lift a wrist shot and Bobrovsky gloved it,
falling to the ice with his legs spread while his left leg jammed into
the goal post.
He had to be helped off the ice.
If Bobrovsky is sidelined for very long, it will be a daunting problem
for the Blue Jackets. Their top scoring threat, Marian Gaborik, is still
a couple of weeks away after spraining a knee, while big off-season
free-agent signing Nathan Horton is maybe a month from playing his first
games in a Columbus sweater after shoulder surgery.
Up until the time Bobrovsky left, the buzz was all about Folignos goal.
Ryan Johansen flicked the puck away from Valterri Filppula in the
offensive zone, then fed Foligno who was all alone swooping in on goalie
Ben Bishop. Foligno slid the puck back through his own legs -- backward
-- and then backhanded it past Bishop for his seventh goal at the 4:30
mark.
The fans oohed and ahead when the replay was flashed on the monitors
over centre ice.
"(That came from) practicing in your driveway or watching on YouTube,"
Foligno said with a laugh. "Its just one of those things that in the
spur of the moment you think of. Luckily, it went in."
After Bobrovsky departed, the Lightning made it interesting. Filppulas
shot just slid past the corner of the goal as time expired as the
Lightning were shut out for the second game in a row and third time in
five outings. They have lost their last five road games.
"You wont win in this league unless you get some goals," Tampa Bay coach
Jon Cooper said. "Our commitment to go to those areas where we need to
to score is not there. Its unfortunate. Its just not happening now. Were
learning by watching teams pass us in the standings."
The game was played before the smallest crowd of the year at Nationwide
Arena -- 10,223.
The Blue Jackets were content to just chip and chase the puck down the
stretch, but the Lightning still had chances.
Nate Thompson unleashed a hard wrist shot while moving in from the right
wing with 6 1/2 minutes left but McElhinney made the stop.
The crowd booed with 4:46 left when Jack Johnson was called for
tripping. Video replays clearly showed that Ondrej Palat fell down
without anyone coming close to him. Still, the Blue Jackets killed that
penalty.
With just over a minute left, Martin St. Louis went high with a backhand
shot that McElhinney smothered. Then came Filppulas close call at the
end.
"We have a big power play at the end and we dont even get a setup," St.
Louis said. "Its embarrassing. If youre not (ticked off) and frustrated,
somethings wrong with you right now."
The Blue Jackets came out timid but turned things around.
"Tonight was a good step," Richards said. "I think theres things we can
build off."
NOTES: The Lightning have gone 4-5-1 since major scoring threat
Steven Stamkos broke his leg on Nov. 11 at Boston. ... Bishop came in
with a 14-4-1 record, just a 2.08 goals-against average and a .931 save
percentage. He had stopped 110 of his last 113 shots before Folignos
goal. ... The Blue Jackets have not won back-to-back games since Oct. 25
when they beat Toronto 5-2 to extend a home winning streak to three in a
row. Since then they are 6-9-3. ... Brandon Dubinsky returned to the
Columbus lineup after missing six games with a bone bruise on his left
ankle.

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Browner announced the news via a lengthy statement on his Twitter page.
Browner was suspended indefinitely without pay by the league on Dec. 18.
The reinstatement will make Browner a free agent as his contract with
the Seahawks ended after this season.
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The San Jose Sharks got a spark from an unusual
place and turned a close game into another laugher against
Jonathan Quick and the Los Angeles Kings.
Fourth-liners Mike Brown and Raffi Torres scored second-period goals to
erase an early two-goal deficit and the Sharks rolled to a 7-2 victory
Sunday over the Los Angeles Kings and a 2-0 lead in their first-round
series.
"They got us going and everybody followed," coach Todd McLellan said.
"You need that to have success. Success has only been two games. Weve
got a lot left. But you need to have everybody stirring the drink if you
will."
Justin Braun, Patrick Marleau, Joe Pavelski, Logan Couture and
Joe Thornton also scored for the Sharks, who overcame a two-goal deficit
after the first period of a playoff game for just the third time in 26
tries in franchise history. Antti Niemi made 24 saves.
The Sharks matched a franchise playoff record with seven goals in a game
and have 13 goals through two games after managing just 10 in a
seven-game loss to Quick and the Kings last year.
"Hes probably the best goalie in the league, so to do that two games in a
row, its an oddity," Thornton said. "Weve been working hard for our
goals and the fourth line got this game back in our grip for us, but
scoring seven ... just a weird night."
Jake Muzzin and Trevor Lewis scored first-period goals before Quick
allowed seven goals in the final two periods. Los Angeles heads home for
Game 3 on Tuesday looking to get back into this series.
The Kings can take comfort in the fact that the home team has won 18 of
the previous 19 games between these teams, including nine in the
playoffs.
Los Angeles also overcame a 2-0 deficit in the first round against St.
Louis last year, but those were one-goal games instead of blowouts.
"I wouldnt exactly call it new," captain Dustin Brown said. "We were in
the same situation last year. We came up here twice and didnt get
anything that we wanted. ... Now we go home and we take care of our home
ice."
The Kings appeared poised to steal home-ice advantage when they scored
twice in the first period and Quick responded after allowing five goals
in two periods of a 6-3 loss in Game 1 on Thursday.
But the Sharks seized momentum inn the second period thanks to a
decision to drop Pavelski to the third line and a spark from the fourth
line. DQwell Jackson Jersey.
Known for their ability to deliver hard hits and get into fights, the
line of Andrew Desjardins, Torres and Brown has set the tone for the
Sharks this series.
Brown pushed Slava Voynov into Quick early in Game 1 and Torres added a
goal in that contest. They came through even more in Game 2 with Brown
scoring his first career playoff goal on a quick shot from the slot
after a turnover by Kyle Clifford to get the Sharks on the board early
in the second.
Midway through the period, Desjardins dropped a perfect pass to Torres,
who beat Quick up high for the equalizer. Torres missed the final six
games of last years series for a hit to the head of Jarret Stoll, but
has made his impact felt so far in the rematch.
"Any time the fourth line contributes with goals its always a bonus,"
Mike Brown said. "For us to put in a few here, its great for the team,
its great for the guys to kind of know they have that depth in the
fourth line that we can contribute."
The Sharks took the lead late in the period when Braun beat Quick with a
shot from the point through a screen by Tommy Wingels.
Marleau, Pavelski and Couture turned it into a blowout with goals off
odd-man rushes in the third before Thornton scored a power-play goal.
"If were not playing the way were supposed to, having the coverage were
supposed to then those types of things are going to happen," defenceman
Robyn Regehr said. "Weve really got to clean that up in a hurry."
The Kings were undisciplined in the final period, most notably when
Mike Richards speared Couture.
"He got me pretty good, a full-on spear right in front of the ref so
well see what happens," Couture said.
NOTES: San Joses only other playoff comebacks from two goals down after
the first period were on April 23, 1994, against Detroit, and April 19,
2011, against Los Angeles. The Sharks trailed that game to the Kings 3-0
after one and 4-0 in the second before rallying for a 6-5 overtime win.
... ... The Sharks beat Colorado 7-3 on April 30, 1999. ... The Kings
scratched F Jordan Nolan in place of a seventh defenceman, Matt Greene,
who was on the ice for four San Jose goals.

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