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Coming off a much, much needed win, Columbus will be going for back-to-back victories for the first time since November.
Behind a pair of goals from Derick Brassard, Columbus beat the Ducks 3-2 on Friday, rebounding from a heartbreaking loss to L.A. in which a clock malfunction allowed the Kings to slip in the winning goal just before the final buzzer (which, replays show, should have already gone off). That it was the Blue Jackets’ sixth straight loss didn’t help matters.
Minnesota, which is 25-19-8, snapped an 11-game road losing streak with a Jan. 24 win at Colorado. They won again at Colorado on Feb. 2 before falling on Saturday in Dallas.
Minnesota’s Mikko Koivu could be making a return to the ice against the Blue Jackets, which are 14-32-6 and have lost two straight to the Wild. Nothing has been officially announced, but Koivu has been practicing with the team and is close to returning. He led Minnesota with 33 points when he went down with a shoulder injury on Jan. 14.
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Wild Vs. Blue Jackets: Columbus Scores In Each Period To Win 3-1
The Columbus Blue Jackets won their second game in a row in Tuesday night's 3-1 win over the Minnesota Wild. The Wild went down early in the first period when David Savard picked up his first goal of the season, assisted by Vaclav Prospal and Grant Clitsome to put the Jackets up 1-0. The Wild were able to quickly answer however on a Nick Prosser goal assisted by Justin Falk and Carson McMillan to tie the game at 1-1 and looked like they might have found their rhythm.
That was the only goal the Jackets would surrender in the game however, as the Jackets scored two more goals on the night, one in each remaining period. Antoine Vermette picked up his seventh goal of the season on a power play in the second period, while Jeff Carter picked up his twelfth goal of the season in the third period. The Wild got fiesty in the third period, picking up eight total penalty minutes.
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Feb 07 8:55p by Alfie Crow