Rookie Bjorkstrand leads Blue Jackets past Devils 6-3
Posted March 19, 2016 7:00 am
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Rookie Oliver Bjorkstrand got his first two NHL goals in the third period and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the New Jersey Devils 6-3 on Saturday night.
Columbus also got a goal and an assist from Boone Jenner and two assists each for Alexander Wennberg and Matt Calvert. Sergei Bobrovsky made 27 saves.
Kyle Palmieri had two goals and an assist for the Devils, who have lost two straight.
The Blue Jackets are 4-0-0 against New Jersey this season and are 5-0-1 in the past six against them. The teams play again Sunday at the Prudential Center.
Columbus scored the first three and the last three goals.
Columbus Blue Jackets' Boone Jenner, right, shoots past New Jersey Devil's John Moore to score a goal during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, March 19, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
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Columbus Blue Jackets' Boone Jenner, left, celebrates his goal against the New Jersey Devils during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, March 19, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio. The Blue Jackets defeated the Devils 6-3. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
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Columbus Blue Jackets' Cody Goloubef, left, checks New Jersey Devil's Tuomo Ruutu, of Finland, during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, March 19, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
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