For the second straight game, the Columbus Blue Jackets spotted its opponent a 4-1 lead. And, for the second straight game, the Blue Jackets scored three unanswered goals to force overtime.
This time, they won.
In a crucial matchup against the Detroit Red Wings that had all the trappings of a classic “weird game”—a pregame tornado watch, Alex Broadhurst making a surprise NHL debut and half the team recovering from the flu—Artemi Panarin scored a record-setting game-tying goal with 2:16 left in regulation and Pierre-Luc Dubois finished the job in overtime to give Columbus a 5-4 win on Tuesday night.