NHL Flames survive Columbus power plays, 2-1

The Blue Jackets set a franchise record for power plays and failed to score on any.
COLUMBUS (AP) -- Matthew Lombardi scored a short-handed goal and Mikka Kiprusoff stopped 34 shots and survived 13 power plays to lead the Calgary Flames past the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 Friday night.
The Blue Jackets set a franchise record for power plays and failed to score on any of them.
Martin Gelinas also scored for the Flames, who are unbeaten in five games (4-0-1-0) and have won their last three.
Nash gets 20th goal
Rick Nash scored his NHL-leading 20th goal for the Blue Jackets. Columbus has lost its last four (0-2-0-2) games and is winless in seven (0-4-1-2).
Columbus dominated the opening period in shots 20-4 -- the Blue Jackets' most this season -- but still trailed 2-0.
Gelinas notched his seventh at the 10:55 mark, redirecting Jordan Leopold's shot off a faceoff. The puck trickled between goaltender Marc Denis' leg pads and slowly slid past the goal line as he dived backward to try to stop it in time.
Gelinas extended his points streak to three games (1-3-4).
Dean McAmmond was in the box for a goaltender-interference penalty later in the period, but the Flames made the best of the situation.
Jarome Iginla ended up with the puck on the right wing when a Columbus defenseman was caught in too deep. Iginla skated past the benches, waiting until Denis committed and then passed to Lombardi for an easy jam shot at the 16:52 mark.
Short-handed goal costly
It was the first short-handed goal Columbus had given up in 18 home games this season and the Flames' fourth of the year -- and second by Lombardi.
A crowd of 16,561 booed as the Blue Jackets left the ice. One fan sat throughout the game with a paper bag over his head.
Calgary was outshot 30-14 just 24 hours earlier in Boston, but scored on five of its first 10 shots in a 5-0 rout.
The Blue Jackets broke through on a spectacular goal by Nash 1:33 into the third.
Lasse Pirjeta carried the puck over the blue line, then whisked a pass to Nash at the top of the right circle. He skated in on Kiprusoff, deked and scored while going airborne after being nicked by a defenseman. Nash crashed into the corner boards while sitting down.