Vancouver Canucks at Columbus Blue Jackets

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Vancouver Canucks

34-26-13

Final
6 - 7

Columbus Blue Jackets

33-29-9

Jenner scores twice, Blue Jackets rally for 7-6 victory over Canucks in shootout

Vancouver Canucks vs. Columbus Blue Jackets: Game Highlights

The Blue Jackets trailed 3-0 less than 14 minutes into the game, but evened it midway through the second period. Vancouver scored the next two to go up 5-3 before Columbus rallied again.

Jenner, who also had an assist, has scored in three straight games. The Blue Jackets are tied with Montreal and the New York Rangers for the second wild card with 75 points.

It is the first time since 2016 Columbus has trailed 3-0 after the first period and come back to win.

Columbus’ Dante Fabbro had a goal and two assists while Olivier, Denton Mateychuk and Kirill Marchenko each had a goal and an assist. Elvis Merzlikins made 31 saves.

Aatu Raty had two goals, Brock Boeser scored for the sixth time in six games and Tyler Myers notched his seventh career short-handed goal for Vancouver.

Pius Suter tied a career high with three assists and posted his third straight multi-point game.

Linus Karlsson and Jake DeBrusk also had goals for Vancouver. Kiefer Sherwood also had three assists, and Quinn Hughes and Dakota Joshua had two apiece. Kevin Lankinen stopped 33 shots

Takeaways Canucks: Myers moved past Pittsburgh's Kris Letang (6) and Edmonton's Darnell Nurse for most short-handed goals by an active defenseman.

Blue Jackets: With Fabbro's score, Columbus has had 44 goals come from defensemen, second in the league to Colorado's 45.

Key moment Jenner's power-play goal with 3:14 remaining in regulation tied it at 5-all and started a wild sequence where the Blue Jackets and Canucks scored three times in 45 seconds. Jenner's goal also snapped Columbus' 0-for-25 drought with the man advantage. Olivier gave Columbus their first lead of the night with 2:52 remaining, but Raty evened it at 6-all with his second goal of the third period.

Key stat The Blue Jackets have eight three-goal comeback wins in franchise history, including two this season. They beat Tampa Bay 7-6 in overtime on Nov. 21.

Up next Blue Jackets travel to Ottawa on Saturday while the Canucks are at Winnipeg on Sunday.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 8:51	Linus Karlsson Goal (2) Tip-In, assists: Kiefer Sherwood (16), Conor Garland (26)
Goal	1st Period 10:35	Brock Boeser Goal (24) Wrist Shot, assists: Quinn Hughes (53), Pius Suter (18)
Goal	1st Period 13:26	Jake DeBrusk Goal (24) Snap Shot, assists: Brock Boeser (22), Pius Suter (19)
Goal	2nd Period 0:34	Boone Jenner Goal (3) Deflected, assists: Denton Mateychuk (5), Erik Gudbranson (1)
Goal	2nd Period 4:54	Kirill Marchenko Goal (27) Wrist Shot, assists: Sean Monahan (30), Dante Fabbro (13)
Goal	2nd Period 8:44	Dante Fabbro Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Cole Sillinger (21), Mathieu Olivier (12)
Goal	2nd Period 11:23	Tyler Myers Goal (6) Tip-In, assists: Kiefer Sherwood (17), Pius Suter (20)
Goal	3rd Period 6:42	Aatu Raty Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Dakota Joshua (5), Quinn Hughes (54)
Goal	3rd Period 7:03	Denton Mateychuk Goal (4) Slap Shot, assists: Boone Jenner (10), Adam Fantilli (22)
Goal	3rd Period 16:46	Boone Jenner Goal (4) Deflected, assists: Kirill Marchenko (38), Zach Werenski (50)
Goal	3rd Period 17:08	Mathieu Olivier Goal (17) Wrist Shot, assists: Dante Fabbro (14), Justin Danforth (10)
Goal	3rd Period 17:31	Aatu Raty Goal (5) Snap Shot, assists: Dakota Joshua (6), Kiefer Sherwood (18)
Goal	5 0:00	Kent Johnson Goal Backhand

Statistics

VAN		CBJ
14	Blocked Shots	12
23	Hits	22
4	Takeaways	6
37	Shots	38
2	Power Play Goals	1
2	Power Play Opportunities	4
100.0	Power Play Percentage	25.0
1	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
23	Faceoffs Won	48
32.4	Faceoff Win Percent	67.6
13	Giveaways	15
4	Total Penalties	3
10	Penalty Minutes	6