COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Seth Jones scored twice in the second period and Sergei Bobrovsky returned from an illness to make 22 saves as the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 on Friday night.
Matt Calvert also scored for the surging Blue Jackets, who have won four in a row and remain firmly in the Eastern Conference playoff picture with 13 games to go. Columbus swept a back-to-back, surpassed New Jersey to grab the first wild-card spot and moved to within two points of Philadelphia for third place in the Metropolitan Division.
Darren Helm and Andreas Athanasiou scored, and Jared Coreau, in just his second start of the season, had 33 stops for the reeling Red Wings, losers of six straight.
Flames 2, Senators 1
OTTAWA, Ontario — Sam Bennett and Matt Stajan scored and David Rittich made 29 saves to lead the Calgary Flames to a victory over the Ottawa Senators.
The win was the second straight for the Flames, who ended a four-game losing streak with a victory in Buffalo on Wednesday night.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau spoiled Rittich’s bid for his first career shutout by scoring on a penalty shot with 7:05 left in the game.
Mike Condon made 35 saves for the Senators, including a breakaway stop on Johnny Gaudreau with the score still 1-0 in Calgary’s favor early in the third period.
Stajan gave the Flames a 2-0 lead at 11:42 of the third when he redirected a pass from Curtis Lazar past Condon.
Shortly after, Pageau was hooked by Dougie Hamilton while on a breakaway and awarded a penalty shot. He beat Rittich, who was making just his 19th career start, through the legs.
