Blue Jackets win in OT over Dallas Stars, 5-4

Columbus finished with a franchise-record 74 points.
COLUMBUS (AP) -- Sergei Fedorov's one-timer 35 seconds into overtime gave the Columbus Blue Jackets a 5-4 victory over the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night.
Dallas, playing a skeleton lineup while resting many of its top players for the playoffs, scored three goals in a span of 3:36 early in the third period to take a 4-3 lead.
The Stars were two men down after Brenden Morrow was called for slashing and Niko Kapanen for tripping late in the game. The Blue Jackets pulled goaltender Marc Denis for a 6-on-3 advantage and quickly scored the tying goal on Mark Hartigan's one-timer from the point with 56.6 seconds left.
Power play goal
In the overtime, the Blue Jackets were still on the power play when David Vyborny -- who had a goal and two assists -- slid a pass through the crease to set up Fedorov. It was the 12th goal of the season for Fedorov, acquired in an October trade with Anaheim.
Fedorov, Hartigan and Trevor Letowski each had a goal and an assist for the Blue Jackets, who finished with a franchise-record 74 points. In addition, their 35 wins, 23 home wins, 12 road wins and 223 goals were all records over the team's five seasons.
Jamie Pushor also scored his first NHL goal in more than three years.
The Stars' Kapanen, Steve Ott and Niklas Hagman each scored to turn a 3-1 deficit into a 4-3 lead early in the third period. Bill Guerin also had a goal for the Stars, who open their best-of-seven playoff series against Colorado on Friday night.
Guerin, Hagman and Ott each had a goal and an assist.
Only 17 players dressed for the stripped-down Stars. Among the healthy scratches were Mike Modano (77 points), Jason Arnott (76), Jere Lehtinen (52), Stu Barnes (36) and defensemen Willie Mitchell and Philippe Boucher.
Miss No. 1 pick chance
By winning, the Blue Jackets were eliminated from any chance of winning the No. 1 overall NHL draft pick this summer. Only the teams with the five worst records in the league are eligible to pull the No. 1 pill in Thursday's draft lottery. Columbus ended up tied for 25th in the NHL with Boston, but won a tiebreaker by having more victories.
With Columbus leading 3-1 early in the final period, Blue Jackets veteran defenseman Adam Foote was called for a five-minute slashing penalty for decking Jaroslav Svoboda.
The penalty energized the Stars, who turned the game around.
Kapanen cut the lead to 3-2 when he scored his 14th goal after Hagman carried the puck from the left corner along the goal line and fed him near the edge of the right circle.
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