Blue Jackets top Capitals in overtime

Sergei Bobrovsky made 54 saves, Matt Calvert scored the winner 12:22 into overtime and the Blue Jackets overcame two goals from Alex Ovechkin beat the Capitals, 5-4,to take a 2-0 lead in their series.

• Sergei Bobrovsky made 54 saves, Matt Calvert scored the winner 12:22 into overtime and the visiting Blue Jackets overcame two goals from Alex Ovechkin beat the Capitals, 5-4, in Game 2 on April 15 to take a 2-0 lead in their first-round playoff series. Calvert’s goal held up after the NHL situation room reviewed the play for a possible offside. Calvert was just onside when Josh Anderson brought the puck into the zone. Columbus heads home for Games 3 and 4 on April 17 and April 19 two victories away from advancing to the second round for the first time in franchise history. The Blue Jackets stunned the Metropolitan Division-champion Capitals with back-to-back overtime wins and have the advantage thanks in large part to the play of Bobrovsky. The two-time Vezina Trophy-winning continued his goaltender playoff reputation rehab tour by keeping his team in the game. Bobrovsky, who entered the arena in a beige trenchcoat as sharp as his play in net, entered these playoffs 3-10 with a 3.73 goals-against average and .887 save percentage but has now stopped 81 of 88 shots through two games. Cam Atkinson scored twice, Anderson had a goal at even strength and Zack Werenski added one on the power play for the Blue Jackets, who have the odds on their side. In Stanley Cup playoff history, 86.4 percent of teams that take a 2-0 lead in a best-of-seven series have gone on to win it. Ovechkin looked like a man on a mission trying to tie the series for Washington three nights after coach Barry Trotz called him out for not making enough of an impact in Game 1. Jay Beagle’s early goal and Ovechkin’s two on the power play put Washington up 3-1 before undisciplined play took its toll. Penalties to Tom Wilson and Devante Smith-Pelly allowed Columbus to tie the score and take the lead. But a delay of game penalty on Werenski set the stage for T.J. Oshie’s tying goal on the power play with 3:35 left. • Sidney Crosby had a goal and three assists and Matt Murray stopped 26 shots to help the visiting Penguins silence a raucous Philadelphia crowd and beat the Flyers, 5-1, to take a 2-1 lead in the first-round playoff series. • Mikael Granlund and Zach Parise scored power-play goals in the first period for the spark Minnesota was missing on the road, and the Wild used a four-goal second to roar back against Winnipeg the Western Conference series, 6-2.

NICK WASS — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Blue Jackets right wing Cam Atkinson collides into Capitals goaltender Philipp Grubauer during the first period April 15 in Washington. Also seen is Capitals defenseman Matt Niskanen (2).