Blue Jackets top Bruins in OT
NEW YORK: Cam Atkinson scored the game-winning goal with 2:05 remaining in overtime to lead the Columbus Blue Jackets back from two goals down to beat the Boston Bruins 5-4 on Monday night in Boston.
Artemi Panarin netted his team-leading 22nd goal and Thomas Vanek (20 goals), Sonny Milano (12) and Boone Jenner (11) each had a goal for Columbus.
Joonas Korpisalo recorded 34 saves as the Blue Jackets won their season-high eighth straight game.
Brad Marchand scored his team-leading 31st goal while David Krejci (17), Riley Nash (15) and Ryan Donato (1) also scored for the Bruins. Tuukka Rask made 20 saves as the Bruins failed to build off of Saturday’s 3-0 win at Eastern Conference-leading Tampa Bay.
At Minnesota, Jeff Carter’s second goal of the game at 4:26 of overtime gave the Los Angeles Kings a critical 4-3 win over the Wild.
Carter’s eighth tally of the season came on a wrister from the slot over the blocker of Devan Dubnyk, enabling Los Angeles to start a four-game road trip with two points.
They have 86 points, tying it with Anaheim for third place in the Pacific Division.
Los Angeles forced overtime with Dustin Brown’s 22nd goal at 19:13, about a minute after they pulled goalie Jonathan Quick for a sixth attacker. Brown deflected Drew Doughty’s wrister from the right point into the top right corner.
At Buffalo, Pekka Rinne made 35 saves and picked up his league-leading eighth shutout to lead the Nashville Predators past the Buffalo Sabres 4-0.
Rinne (40-9-4) extended his personal win streak to 11 games. It was the 51st career shutout for Rinne, who also moved into a tie with Tampa Bay’s Andrei Vasilevskiy for most victories in the NHL this season.