Jackets storm back to beat Leafs in overtime

Artemi Panarin capped an improbable comeback with a goal at 3:11 of overtime Monday night as the Columbus Blue Jackets swiped a 3-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs at Air Canada Centre in Toronto.

Panarin tipped Zach Werenski’s shot past Frederik Anderson (22-12-2) for his 11th goal of the season as Columbus (25-16-3) passed New Jersey for second place in the Metropolitan Division with its second win in just over 24 hours.

With Toronto seemingly in control, Columbus forced overtime with two goals in a 1:48 span late in the third period. Jordan Schroeder started the comeback at 15:25 with his first goal, while Pierre-Luc Dubois equalized at 17:13, taking Seth Jones’ pass and pumping a 30-foot wrister by Andersen for his 10th marker.

The Maple Leafs’ James van Riemsdyk initiated scoring at 11:09 of the second. William Nylander added cushion at 16:02 of the second with the Blue Jackets’ Josh Anderson in the penalty box for slashing Auston Matthews.

Toronto (25-16-2) seemed only to get stronger in the first 12 minutes of the third period. But Sergei Bobrovsky (21-12-3) kept the Blue Jackets in contention until his teammates cracked the code on Andersen, who was less than five minutes from his fourth shutout of the season before Columbus flipped the script.

In other NHL news, Florida Panthers goaltender Roberto Luongo, who hasn’t played since December 4, is likely to be sidelined until February.

Luongo was carried off the ice in the second period of a 5-4 shootout loss against the New York Islanders on December 4 with a lower-body injury. He is 6-6-1 with a 2.61 goals-against average and a .928 save percentage in 15 games.

Luongo, 38, has 459 career wins and 74 shutouts. The totals place him first among active NHL goaltenders.