COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Columbus Blue Jackets again showed the resilience they often displayed last year during the best season in franchise history.
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over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night for their sixth straight
win.Columbus recovered after scoring twice in the third period to take the lead
and then giving up the tying goal with 11 seconds remaining.That was kind of our
M.O. last year, Columbus coach Todd Richards said. The resiliency, finding a
way. Through these six games, I think weve found different ways to win hockey
games.Sergei Bobrovsky had 33 saves through overtime, then stopped Evgeni Malkin
and Brandon Sutter in the tiebreaker to preserve the win.Nick Foligno, Boone
Jenner and Jack Johnson scored in regulation for the Blue Jackets. Jenners score
came on a penalty shot with 7:55 remaining in the third period. David Savard
added two assists for Columbus, which has gone beyond regulation in four of
their wins during their streak.This was the teams first meeting since the
Penguins beat the Blue Jackets in six games in the first round of the playoffs
last season.Thats still in your mind, Jenner said. Doing those handshakes after
Game 6. Its always in your mind. It doesnt go away. To play them here the first
time this year, the crowd was electric.Kris Letang had two goals — including the
tying score with 11 seconds remaining in regulation — and Blake Comeau also
scored for the Penguins, and Thomas Greiss finished with 24 saves. Letang also
scored in the shootout.Pittsburgh was without star Sidney Crosby for a second
straight game because of swelling to the right side of his face that team
officials said doesnt appear to be mumps as they await results from additional
tests.The Penguins came in 10-1-1 in their last 12 regular season games against
the Blue Jackets, including a 5-0 mark last season.Letangs short-handed goal
gave the Penguins a 2-1 lead at 7:22 of the third as he scored on a 2-on-1 break
with a high flick shot over Bobrovsky.As the game went along, physically we met
the challenge and we started to take over the game, Penguins coach Mike Johnston
said. Puck possession-wise through the last half of the game it was certainly in
our favour.Columbus countered with two goals in 5:44 to take the lead. After
being hauled down on a break by Simon Depres, Jenner beat Greiss with a shot
under his blocker on a penalty shot for his sixth goal of the season.Then with
the teams skating 4-on-4, Johnson followed with a shot from the left circle into
the far corner of the net to make it 3-2 with 3:11 remaining.Pittsburgh kept
pushing down the stretch. With Greiss pulled for an extra attacker, Columbus
twice was called for icing with under 25.5 seconds left bringing the face off
back into the Blue Jackets zone. Letang finally made took advantage with a
one-timer from the left circle for his seventh goal.I think we played really
well in the third period, Letang said. We were after them and dictating the
play. We deserved the point.The Blue Jackets jumped ahead 1-0 on the power play
at 3:02 of the first period partly because a series of odd bounces that put
Pittsburgh flat-footed. Jenner got a step and fed a centring pass to Foligno,
who stopped it with his skate before snapping home his team-best 14th into an
open net.Throughout the period there were hard checks all over the ice,
culminating with two simultaneous fights with just under 5 minutes to go set off
by Columbus Brandon Dubinksy charging Steve Downie hard into the boards near the
Pittsburgh bench. Veteran Jordan Leopold and Penguins call-up Bobby Farnham,
playing his first NHL game, continued to punch as they fell and rolled along the
ice. Downie and Dalton Prout scuffled near the glass.It was a hard fought win
and it feels good, Jenner said.Pittsburgh tied the score with 4:54 left in the
period when Comeau ripped a high shot from the left circle past Bobrovsky for
his 11th.Weve got to be happy with the overall effort, Foligno said. I thought
everybody was outstanding. The fights, the emotion and the solid play again from
Bob and then the timely goals. Were coming around and playing the right
way.NOTES: Both teams are dealing with a slew of injury issues. Columbus is the
league leader in man-games lost and has six players out. Pittsburgh has seven
players sidelined, headlined by Crosby. ... Todd Richards coached his 200th game
for the Blue Jackets.
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serve in the 12th game of the match.The plan for some Toronto Blue Jays players
to defer their salaries in order to sign free agent pitcher Ervin Santana was
beyond the planning stages. First reporting on the proposal on Thursday, FOX
Sports Ken Rosenthal now indicates that the wheels were in motion to a greater
extent than previously thought and that the MLBPA had already signed off on the
plan. "Everyone had signed off," a source told Rosenthal of the plan. "It was
already done." In the past the MLBPA has been reticent to allow its players to
forego a contractual benefit, which includes deferral of salary, without
commensurate return. It remains unclear where the impetus for the proposal came
frrom, but its likely that the players would not have conceived of such an idea
had they not been led to believe that the team could not afford or were not
interested in Santana.
Swingman Nik Stauskas Jersey. According to the Associated Press, the Blue Jays $132.6 million salary for 2014 is the
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salary if the need were to arise. The 31-year-old Santana eventually turned down
a one-year, $14 million offer from the Jays to accept the same deal from the
Atlanta Braves, who were looking to shore up their rotation following the loss
of Kris Medlen to Tommy John surgery. He is scheduled to make his first start
for the Braves on Wednesday night.
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