The Vancouver Canucks struck first tonight at Rogers Arena, but the Blue Jackets battled back and Scott Hartnell’s power play goal in the third period leveled the score, 1-1, for the Jackets.
And, after 3-on-3 overtime expired (during which Columbus successfully killed off a Vancouver power play), Alexander Wennberg scored the game-deciding shootout goal on Canucks’ goaltender Ryan Miller and sealed a 2-1 victory for the Jackets.
“Chasing from behind and then tying up the game, that’s huge,” Wennberg said after the game. “And, after that, we want to win for sure. We want two points in this game and I mean (Joonas Korpisalo) had a great game and just finishing it off with a shootout… that’s big for us.