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SPORTS Wednesday 26 February 2020
Bemstrom's OT tally lifts Blue Jackets over Senators 4-3

By MITCH STACY idle Carolina into the East-
AP Sports Writer ern Conference's second
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — wild-card slot.
The Columbus Blue Jackets Foligno — still sporting two
ditched their eight-game black eyes from taking a
losing streak — and lost two puck in the face Thursday
more players to injuries. — got the Blue Jackets on
Emil Bemstrom scored 4:35 the board 4:10 into the first
into overtime, and the when he swept the puck in
banged-up Blue Jackets from the slot.
beat the Ottawa Senators Brown tied it at 10:48 when
4-3 on Monday night. he banged a shot off the
Bemstrom knocked home near post, and he got an-
a rebound for his seventh other just 9 seconds into
of the season. Nick Foligno a power play to put the
scored twice for the Blue Senators up 2-1 halfway
Jackets, and Stefan Mat- through the second.
teau tied it with his sec- Foligno got his ninth of the
ond of the season midway season with 7:28 left in the
through the third period. second, a tap-in after a
But Columbus' first win since nice play by Boone Jenner.
Feb. 7 might have been a The teams traded goals
costly one. Columbus Blue Jackets' Nick Foligno, right, scores a goal against Ottawa Senators' Marcus again in the third period,
Goaltender Elvis Merzlikins Hogberg, of Sweden, during the second period of an NHL hockey game Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, with White tapping in a re-
departed in the second in Columbus, Ohio. bound and Matteau get-
period following a jarring Associated Press ting credit for a tip-in of
collision with former Jack- ahead of Tuesday's game The Senators were in flux a big part of this group of Scott Harrington's long shot
ets forward Anthony Du- at Minnesota. after trading away two of guys," said Connor Brown, 29 seconds later.
clair. Center Riley Nash also "We have looked at this their top offensive players who had two goals for the NOTES: Columbus brought
left in the second. as a great opportunity," before the deadline Mon- Senators. "When it's all said up C Calvin Thurkauf on
The Blue Jackets have Columbus coach John day and trying to get two an done you don't want to emergency recall from
been ravaged by injuries Tortorella said. "We lose a other guys to Columbus for be playing on trade dead- the minors and sent D Ga-
this year. Merzlikins was re- couple more guys tonight. the game. line day. It's a pretty emo- briel Carlsson back down.
placed by Joonas Korpisa- It's just a great opportunity Ottawa dealt center Jean- tional day." ... The Senators recalled
lo, who was just activated to define team and define Gabriel Pageau to the Colin White also scored, D Christian Jaros from the
after sitting out with a knee not giving in." New York Islanders for a and Marcus Hogberg had minors. ... Ottawa forwards
injury since Dec. 29. "We don't have the big trio of draft picks, includ- 41 saves in Ottawa's third Matthew Peca and Rudolfs
There was no word on the speeches, it's not us against ing a conditional 2020 first- straight loss. Balcers were late arrivals to
status of Merzlikins and the world, none of that rounder. The team also The Blue Jackets' slide had Nationwide Arena. Peca
Nash, but Columbus add- (stuff) anymore," he add- traded forward Vladislav reached eight, but they played in the game, but
ed goalie Matiss Kivlenieks ed. "We know who we are. Namestnikov to Colorado managed to get a point Balcers' equipment didn't
to the roster on emergen- We've been this for months. for a fourth-round pick. in five of the losses to stay arrive in time. Peca got an
cy recall from the team's We have to be ready to do "Those are great friends of in contention. The win en- assist on White's third-peri-
AHL affiliate in Cleveland it each night." ours, a big part of our team, abled them to jump over od goal.q

Hurricanes’ Reimer, Mrazek,

Pesce all ‘longer term’ injuries

By AARON BEARD Don Waddell said the team when Toronto's Zach Hy-
AP Sports Writer has moved Pesce to the man pushed Carolina de-
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Car- long-term injured reserve — fenseman Jaccob Slavin
olina defenseman Brett aiding the team with salary- into Reimer's left leg, send-
Pesce and goaltenders cap moves — but that he ing both falling into the net.
James Reimer and Petr didn't think the goaltenders Mrazek was hurt in the sec-
Mrazek are all dealing with would be out "long term." ond period on a collision
"longer term" injuries suf- He also said Mrazek is go- with Maple Leafs forward
fered in a weekend win at ing through the concussion Kyle Clifford, leading to
Toronto, Hurricanes coach protocol and has "more of Ayres' entry.
Rod Brind'Amour said Mon- a neck injury," though he The Hurricanes have since
day. hasn't had a headache. recalled goaltenders An-
Brind'Amour said it was un- "It's weeks at the most," ton Forsberg and Alex Ne-
clear exactly how much Waddell said of the goal- deljkovic from Charlotte Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Petr Mrazek (34) hits the ice
time the players will miss. Re- tenders. "Petr might be less of the American Hockey after Toronto Maple Leafs left wing Kyle Clifford (73) skated into
imer left with a lower-body than that." League ahead of Tuesday's him during second-period NHL hockey game action in Toronto,
Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020.
injury, while Brind'Amour The injuries to Reimer and home game against Dallas. Associated Press
said Mrazek is dealing with Mrazek forced the Hurri- As for Pesce, Brind'Amour
a concussion and Pesce canes to turn to 42-year- said the 25-year-old defen- ed absence would be an- a broken left leg in January
has a shoulder injury. old emergency goaltender seman was scheduled to other hit for a team that lost and is jostling for position
Later Monday, team presi- David Ayres in the 6-3 win. be evaluated again later All-Star defenseman Dou- in the Eastern Conference
dent and general manager Reimer's injury occurred Monday. But any extend- gie Hamilton indefinitely to playoff wild-card chase.q