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Red-hot Blackhawks beat Jackets in OT
Nam Y. Huh / the associated press Columbus forward Nick Foligno (right) exchanges blows with Chicago tough guy Sheldon Brookbank during first-period action. (CP)
CHICAGO -- Brent Seabrook scored on a 2-on-1 break at 3:23 of overtime and the Chicago Blackhawks extended their NHL-record, season-opening point streak to 21 games with a 4-3 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday night.
Jonathan Toews carried the puck down left wing and dished a cross-ice pass to Seabrook, who fired in a shot from the right circle before goalie Steve Mason could slide across the crease.
Patrick Sharp and Bryan Bickell scored 59 seconds apart late in the second period, and Viktor Stalberg also connected in regulation for Chicago (18-0-3), which won its eighth straight overall and has earned 39 out of a possible 42 points this season.
Ray Emery made 19 saves for the win.
Ryan Johansen scored with 7:37 left in regulation to tie it at 3 for Columbus, snapping his 37-game goal drought. Vinny Prospal and Artem Anisimov also had goals for injury-depleted Columbus (5-12-4), which has a league-low 14 points.
Vinny Prospal and Artem Anisimov also had goals for injury-depleted Columbus (5-12-4), which has a league-low 14 points.
The Blackhawks posted their 10th consecutive win against the Blue Jackets, dating to Feb. 18, 2011. Chicago also has a point in its last 27 regular-season games since a regulation loss on March 25, 2012, to Nashville.
Mason stopped 31 shots as he faced the Blackhawks for the second time in less than a week. He made 26 saves in a 1-0 loss to Chicago on Sunday.
Anisimov scored in his first game after he missed three because of an upper-body injury. He was hurt in Detroit on Feb. 21 when his head struck the ice.
Columbus has lost seven of eight, with all but one of the defeats by one goal.
Emery relieved Corey Crawford after the first period in St. Louis on Thursday as the two combined to shut out the Blues 3-0. Crawford was forced out by an upper-body injury.
Crawford was back on the bench Friday, serving as Emery's backup.
The Blue Jackets were without centres Brandon Dubinsky and Derick Brassard and defencemen Jack Johnson James Wisniewski and John Moore.
--The Associated Press
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition March 2, 2013 C4
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