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Blue Jackets rally for win over Red Wings

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Blue Jackets 5, Red Wings 3: Zach Werenski scored the go-ahead goal with 1:19 remaining after Yegor Chinakhov tied it with his first NHL goal, and host Columbus rallied past Detroit on Monday night.

Boone Jenner added a goal and an assist, and Adam Boqvist and Alexandre Texier also scored for Columbus, which stopped a two-game skid.

Dylan Larkin, Michael Rasmussen and Lucas Raymond scored for Detroit.

The Blue Jackets trailed 2-0 in the second period and 3-2 in the third, but Chinakhov pulled Columbus even with 4:18 left. Jakub Voracek’s assist was his team-leading 12th and extended his point streak to six games.

Elvis Merzlikins stopped 24 shots for the Blue Jackets.

Larkin put Detroit on the board first, catching Merzlikins out of position and burying a feed from Lucas Raymond on the stick side at 14:45 of the first. It was his seventh of the season and fourth in as many games.

Rasmussen made it 2-0 early in the second period with his first goal since April 15 off a feed along the left board from Vladislav Namestniko­v that slid past a seemingly surprised Merzlikins.

But the Blue Jackets, who came from behind in their last three wins, did it again.

Jenner made it 2-1 when he crashed

the crease and tapped in the puck at 13:07 of the second period for his fifth point in the past six games.

Boqvist tied it less than two minutes later, going top shelf over Greiss’ right shoulder with the rebound of a shot by Chinakhov, his first goal since coming to the Blue Jackets from Chicago in an offseason trade.

Boqvist played for the first time since suffering a lower-body injury on Oct. 23.

Raymond took Tyler Bertuzzi’s pass in front of Merzlikins and buried the puck with 6:29 left to put the Red Wings ahead for the last time.

Lightning 4, Islanders 1: Andrei Vasilevski­y made 25 saves, Anthony Cirelli had a tiebreakin­g goal and a fight, and host Tampa Bay beat New York.

Tampa Bay also got goals from Mathieu Joseph, Brayden Point and Steven Stamkos. The defending Stanley Cup champions are 6-0-2 over the last eight games.

Mathew Barzal scored for the Islanders, who have lost three in a row. Semyon Varlamov stopped 24 shots.

It was the Islanders’ 12th of 13 games during a season-opening road trip. New York will play its home opener at the new UBS Arena on Saturday night against Calgary.

The teams met for the first time since Tampa Bay beat the Islanders 1-0 in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup semifinals last June.

 ?? PAUL VERNON/AP ?? Blue Jackets defenseman Adam Boqvist, left, watches his goal against Red Wings goalie Thomas Greiss, center, and defenseman Moritz Seider Monday in Columbus, Ohio.
PAUL VERNON/AP Blue Jackets defenseman Adam Boqvist, left, watches his goal against Red Wings goalie Thomas Greiss, center, and defenseman Moritz Seider Monday in Columbus, Ohio.

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