After a 16-game winning streak, the Columbus Blue Jackets had lost two straight games and were not interested in a third.
On Sunday night, they fought off a stingy Philadelphia Flyers to take a 2-1 overtime win.
Nick Foligno scored game-winner in OT – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
Nick Foligno scored midway through extra time to give the Jackets the win.
“It was a good answer,” Foligno said. “We knew it was going to be hard to come back and get wins. Sometimes when you’re on a streak, everything comes easy. You have to find ways to get dirty ones again. That’s the way it was tonight.”
Columbus almost had visions of the previous night when they surrendered a three-goal lead in a loss to the New York Rangers.
“It was pretty emotional [Saturday] night, as far as that game. We always want them dead-on, ready to go, but there’s some physiology that goes with this, as far as the emotion of it and what happened [Saturday] night. But to scratch away and get the two points and get them in the bank is very important,” Columbus head coach John Tortorella said of the Saturday loss and its impact on Sunday.
Brayden Schenn scored with 16 seconds left in regulation to force overtime.
Schenn had missed two earlier glorious chances to tie before finally potting the goal.
“That first one should happen, right?” Schenn said. “You just wait for the next chance. I got two more after that and was lucky to put one in.”
David Savard scored in the middle frame for the Jackets.
Columbus’ Sergei Bobrovsky made 25 saves for the win.
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The Flyers had a goal disallowed on an goalie interference penalty.
“I’m battling [to be in front of the net]. I didn’t really bump into him hard. He was coming from behind and fighting for a lane as well. I think that’s hockey,” Flyers forward Michael Raffl said of the call and his effort to screen Bobrovsky. “I tried to take my lane, and obviously the D is trying to get behind me so the closer I get to the goalie, the less space the D-man has. Eventually, he has to bump into me.”
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