Blue Jackets 6, Oilers 3
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- David Savard had the first two-goal game of his career, and the Columbus Blue Jackets answered the Edmonton Oilers at every turn in a 6-3 victory Friday at Nationwide Arena.
Cam Atkinson, Boone Jenner, Scott Hartnell and Fedor Tyutin also scored for the Blue Jackets, who are 12-5-4 since Jan. 13.
Tyutin's goal was his first of the season and his first in 65 games, dating back to last season.
Blue Jackets rookie goaltender Joonas Korpisalo finished with 33 saves to improve to 13-8-4 on the season.
The Oilers got goals from Connor McDavid, Taylor Hall and Leon Draisaitl, while goaltender Laurent Brossoit, making only his third NHL start, made 21 saves.
Every time the Oilers scored, the Blue Jackets responded quickly with a goal of their own.
When the Oilers cut the lead to 2-1, the Jackets responded 10 seconds later. When they pulled to 4-2, the Jackets scored 43 seconds later. When Edmonton cut it to 5-3, the Jackets scored 35 seconds later.
Brossoit steadied after allowing goals on his first two shots, but was under siege all night.
The Blue Jackets took a 1-0 lead 1:54 into the game. Atkinson was on the doorstep when a spinning, backhand pass from Nick Foligno made it through traffic and landed on Atkinson's blade for the easy finish.
Only 50 seconds later, it was 2-0. Savard skated the puck in and released a wrister from atop the left circle that whizzed past Brossoit's glove.
The Oilers made a push later in the first period and early in the second, and they were rewarded.
Draisaitl scored his 17th of the season when he redirected Adam Pardy's shot, sending it off Korpisalo and into the Blue Jackets' net.
Only 10 seconds after Draisatl's goal, Tyutin took a pass from Hartnell off the rush and beat Brossoit between his pads to make it 3-1.
The lead grew to 4-1 when the Blue Jackets scored a power play goal at 10:54 of the second.
Ryan Murray's slapper from the right point was redirected by Jenner's stickblade, shooting the puck past Brossoit and into the net.
The Oilers pulled to 4-2 at 19:00 of the second with their own power-play goal, this time a redirected by Hall off Andrej Sekera's slap shot.
The Blue Jackets had an answer only 43 seconds later. Alexander Wennberg forced a turnover at the Oilers' blue line and set up Hartnell, who was coming through the left circle with speed.
McDavid, who lit up the Blue Jackets in an earlier meeting, scored at 3:22 of the third period to make it 5-3.
Savard struck again, this time 35 seconds later, to seal it.
NOTES: Blue Jackets LW Brandon Saad left the game after two periods with an upper body injury. ... Linesman Darren Gibbs was struck by a puck with 7:10 remaining and was helped off the ice. He did not return. ... Blue Jackets RW David Clarkson was struck in the face by a puck during pregame warm-ups but was stitched up and able to play. ... Oilers C Mark Letestu, who left the Blue Jackets to sign with Edmonton as a free agent last summer, played his first game back in Nationwide Arena. ... Blue Jackets RW Rene Bourque, who cleared waivers on Monday, was a healthy scratch for the second straight game.