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01-17-2004
Dateline: COLUMBUS, Ohio
Los Angeles Kings' Brad Chartrand, right and Columbus Blue Jackets' Anders Eriksson chase a loose puck during the third period Friday, Jan. 16, 2004, in Columbus, Ohio. The Blue Jackets won, 3-2, in overtime. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
Rick Nash scored his second goal of the game in overtime to give Columbus a 3-2 victory over Los Angeles on Friday night, snapping the Blue Jackets' eight-game home winless skid.
Nash, the NHL's leading goal scorer with 27, took a pass from Darryl Sydor at center ice, skated in alone and chipped a shot over Roman Chechmanek's shoulder with two minutes left.
The Blue Jackets won at home for the first time since Dec. 2.
Nash put Columbus ahead 2-1 earlier in the period, but the Kings' Alexander Frolov tied it about a minute later.
Geoff Sanderson scored Columbus' other goal, and Josef Stumpel added a goal for the Kings, winless in their last 14 games _ three short of tying the team record set in 1970.
The game was Gerrard Gallant's first at home since becoming the Blue Jackets' interim coach. Gallant, promoted when president and general manager Doug MacLean relinquished the coaching duties Jan. 1, guided the team to a 2-3-2-0 mark on a road trip.
Sanderson opened the scoring early in the first period, beating Chechmanek on a breakaway off a pass from Scott Lachance,
The Kings, winless in their last seven against Columbus, tied it with 11 seconds left in the second period on Stumpel's stuff from beside the right post.
Columbus rookie Nikolai Zherdev spun out of the left corner, beat two Los Angeles defenders and feed a pass to Nash for a one-timer at 7:22 of the third period to make 2-2. Frolov responded, redirecting Jaroslav Modry's shot from the left circle.
Notes:@ The Blue Jackets' 13 one-goal defeats are the second most in the league. ... Columbus is 3-4-2-1 on the road after starting the season without a road win in their first 14 games. ... The game was the third of a four-game road trip for Los Angeles, 8-8-4-3 away from Staples Center. ... Scott Barney, the Kings' 1997 second- round draft pick, assisted on Stumpel's goal and scored Wednesday night in his first game back since missing three years with a severe back injury.
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Blue Jackets Edge Kings 3-2 in OT
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01-17-2004
Dateline: COLUMBUS, Ohio
Los Angeles Kings' Brad Chartrand, right and Columbus Blue Jackets' Anders Eriksson chase a loose puck during the third period Friday, Jan. 16, 2004, in Columbus, Ohio. The Blue Jackets won, 3-2, in overtime. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
Rick Nash scored his second goal of the game in overtime to give Columbus a 3-2 victory over Los Angeles on Friday night, snapping the Blue Jackets' eight-game home winless skid.
Nash, the NHL's leading goal scorer with 27, took a pass from Darryl Sydor at center ice, skated in alone and chipped a shot over Roman Chechmanek's shoulder with two minutes left.
The Blue Jackets won at home for the first time since Dec. 2.
Nash put Columbus ahead 2-1 earlier in the period, but the Kings' Alexander Frolov tied it about a minute later.
Geoff Sanderson scored Columbus' other goal, and Josef Stumpel added a goal for the Kings, winless in their last 14 games _ three short of tying the team record set in 1970.
The game was Gerrard Gallant's first at home since becoming the Blue Jackets' interim coach. Gallant, promoted when president and general manager Doug MacLean relinquished the coaching duties Jan. 1, guided the team to a 2-3-2-0 mark on a road trip.
Sanderson opened the scoring early in the first period, beating Chechmanek on a breakaway off a pass from Scott Lachance,
The Kings, winless in their last seven against Columbus, tied it with 11 seconds left in the second period on Stumpel's stuff from beside the right post.
Columbus rookie Nikolai Zherdev spun out of the left corner, beat two Los Angeles defenders and feed a pass to Nash for a one-timer at 7:22 of the third period to make 2-2. Frolov responded, redirecting Jaroslav Modry's shot from the left circle.
Notes:@ The Blue Jackets' 13 one-goal defeats are the second most in the league. ... Columbus is 3-4-2-1 on the road after starting the season without a road win in their first 14 games. ... The game was the third of a four-game road trip for Los Angeles, 8-8-4-3 away from Staples Center. ... Scott Barney, the Kings' 1997 second- round draft pick, assisted on Stumpel's goal and scored Wednesday night in his first game back since missing three years with a severe back injury.
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