In Columbus, the Calgary Flames scored a goal in each period and David Rittich made 43 saves as the Flames beat the Blue Jackets, 3-0.
“We played well, but in the third we stepped back again,” Rittich said. “We have to figure out we have to play 60 minutes.” 
He was close to his career high, 44, on the night.
“Every night, he’s in the zone whether or not we put on the performance we need to,” Calgary’s Sean Monahan (goal) said. “When we’re not, he steps up in a big way and responds.”
Sam Bennett and Matthew Tkachuk also scored for Calgary.
“I was kind of shocked how much open net I had,” Bennett said. “I wanted to make sure I put it in on the backhand. Sometimes with a spinning puck it’s tough.”
Columbus dropped to 5-6-3.
“We’ve got to get ourselves out of it,” Columbus coach John Tortorella said. “We need to get back to where we were playing. We will. That’s just how the League is. There’s no explanation. You lose your game.
“There’s a number of guys really squeezing their sticks.”
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Joonas Korpisalo made 26 saves in the loss.
“The real tale of the game, honestly, was our start,” Columbus captain Nick Foligno said. “For whatever reason, we have a difficult time in our own rink setting the tone in how we want to play. That was the difference.”
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