Down 2-0 after giving up a goal with 12 seconds left in the second period, the Blue Jackets could easily have played out the final ticks of the clock and tried to mount a big rally in the third.
But they didn’t entertain the thought.
William Karlsson scored a significant goal in the game, bringing Columbus within a goal by scoring on the very next shift, and going into the dressing room, the Blue Jackets had a much different outlook.
They fell behind 3-1 early in the third but scored two of their own to force overtime and prevail in a shootout, earning their third win in four games – this one a 4-3 shootout victory over the Anaheim Ducks at Nationwide Arena.