In Denver, Josh Anderson, Alexander Wennberg and Pierre-Luc Dubois scored in the third period to break open a 3-3 game and send the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 6-3 win over the struggling Colorado Avalanche.
Anderson;s goal was reviewed and counted.
Pierre-Luc Dubois scored twice for Columbus in win in Denver – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
“I don’t know if it was offside or not,” Anderson said. “I guess we got lucky there at the end. Finally got the bounce we wanted and got the power play too and capitalized on that, which was big.”
The Jackets needed a win to stem a five-game slide.
“We’re fortunate we score a goal and we ended up taking advantage of the situation,” Columbus head coach John Tortorella said. “For us to get a break our way, it’s a really good sign.”
Oliver Bjorkstrand and Cam Atkinson also scored for Columbus; the Jackets improved to 2920-3.
“This one was real big for us,” Wennberg said. “I don’t know if it’s must-win, but you had to find a way to get off this losing streak. Yeah, it was important.”
Sergei Bobrovsky made 27 saves to get the win.
Erik Johnson, Nikita Zadorov and Samuel Girard were the Avs’ goal scorers.
The Avs dropped to 22-22-8.
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Philipp Grubauer made 30 saves in the loss.
“As a group, we still made some bonehead mistakes at times that are just uncalled for, the forwards and the defensemen. I think we’re all under the same microscope there,” Gabriel Landeskog said after the loss.
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