Blue Jackets power to win over Capitals

WASHINGTON >> The Columbus Blue Jackets’ NHLworst power play scored twice and Sergei Bobrovsky made 33 saves in a 2-1 victory over the Washington Capitals on Friday night.

Oliver Bjorkstrand scored in his return to the lineup and Anthony Duclair had his seventh goal of the season for Columbus, which has three power-play goals during its two-game winning streak. It entered the night 7 of 59 on the power play, an 11.9 percent conversion rate.

Bobrovsky bailed his teammates out on a turnover-filled night that saw him face 34 shots. Fellow Vezina Trophy winner Braden Holtby did the same for Washington, stopping 34 shots.

MAPLE LEAFS 6, DEVILS 1 >> John Tavares scored his ninth goal of the season, Patrick Marleau had his

600th NHL assist and Toronto beat New Jersey.

Nazem Kadri, Connor Brown, Andreas Johnsson, Morgan Rielly and Tyler Ennis also scored, and Frederik Andersen made 38 saves. Toronto improved to 11-5-0 with its third straight victory.

Marleau was involved in Kadri’s goal, becoming the 88th NHL player to reach the 600 assist milestone. The only other active player with 600 assists is San Jose’s Joe Thornton with 1,032.

RED WINGS 3, RANGERS 2 >> Dylan Larkin scored with

5.1 seconds remaining in overtime to lift Detroit past New York.

Andreas Athanasiou, who had tied the game with

2:02 remaining in the third period, backhanded a pass to Larkin, who redirected the puck past Henrik Lundqvist for his seventh goal of the season. The Rangers led 2-0 after two periods but had their four-game winning streak snapped.

Detroit has won five of six after winning just one of its first 10 games.

Kevin Shattenkirk and Neal Pionk scored 40 seconds apart during an extended New York power play late in the second period, but Justin Abdelkader began the Detroit rally with a goal early in the third. JETS 5, AVALANCHE 2 >> Blake Wheeler had an empty-net goal and four assists in Winnipeg’ victory over Colorado.

Wheeler extended his point streak to nine games. He has two goals and 15 assists during the run, and is second in the NHL with 18 assists overall — one behind Colorado’s Mikko Rantanen. BLUES 4, SHARKS 0 >> Chad Johnson made 33 saves for his first shutout with St. Louis, helping the Blues beat San Jose.

Alex Pietrangelo, Ryan O’Reilly, Jaden Schwartz, and Alexander Steen scored. The Blues have won four of five games after winning just two of their first eight to start the season.

Bruins’ Rask granted leave of absence

BOSTON >> The Boston Bruins say goaltender Tuukka Rask has been granted a leave of absence from the team for a personal matter.

The team didn’t offer an explanation, but general manager Don Sweeney said shortly after the announcement it was not health related. He also asked for privacy on behalf of Rask.

Rask has started only seven of the Bruins’ 15 games this season and acknowledged being outplayed recently by Jaroslav Halak.