Jackets get back on winning track vs. Flyers
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- It would take late game heroics from Philadelphia's Brayden Schenn to send Sunday's game into overtime, but he couldn't beat the overtime performance of Nick Foligno, who provided the game-winner in the Columbus Blue Jackets' 2-1 win over the Flyers.
Foligno got the puck on his stick in the slot and fired one past Steve Mason with 2:27 remaining in overtime. It was his 14th goal of the season.
That came after Schenn, with the goaltender pulled for an extra skater with 16.5 to play in regulation, tapped the puck around Sergei Bobrovsky's left side for his 12th of the season.
David Savard scored the regulation goal for Columbus and Bobrovsky had 25 saves against his former club. He has lost only once to the Flyers (6-1-0).
Mason stopped 23 of the shots he faced for the Flyers.
The game marked the ninth consecutive time Columbus has beaten Philadelphia at home. The Flyers have not won at Nationwide Arena since Dec. 27, 2008.
It was the first win for the Jackets since their franchise record 16-game winning streak. They had lost the previous two.
The Flyers are 0-5-1 since their 10-game winning streak earlier this season.
The Flyers thought they drew first blood when Andrew MacDonald knocked one behind Sergei Bobrovsky 1:48 into the game. But a coach's challenge from Columbus for goaltender interference was upheld and the goal was overturned.
Savard managed to put the first goal on the board 7:08 into the second period with a heavy shot from the point that knocked in off Radko Gudas. William Karlsson provided the lone assist, it was his eighth of the season.
Philadelphia issued a goaltender interference challenge of its own, but the goal was upheld.
Schenn was unable to convert on two prime opportunities earlier in the game but made good for his team when he tied the game late.
NOTES: This is the first time the Blue Jackets and Flyers met this season. They will faceoff three more times this year. ... Going into Sunday's game, Columbus held the all-time series advantage (12-9-3-0). ... G Sergei Bobrovsky for Columbus and G Steve Mason for Philadelphia faced off vs. their former teams. ... Blue Jackets C Sam Gagner faced his former team for the first time. In 53 games with the Flyers last year, Gagner had eight goals and eight assists. He has already surpassed 30 points with Columbus. ... Flyers scratches were C Nick Cousins, C Boyd Gordon and D Nick Schultz. ... LW Markus Hannikainen, D Dalton Prout and D Scott Harrington were scratched for Columbus.