Blue Jackets snare Sharks in OT

Associated Press

STOCKHOLM

The Columbus Blue Jackets can already tell that the old Steve Mason is back.

Mason made 33 saves, and Ethan Moreau scored in overtime to give the Blue Jackets a 3-2 victory over the Sharks on Saturday and a split of the two-game, season-opening series with the Sharks in Sweden.

“I think it’s safe to say that he’s probably got his game back to where it was two years ago,” Columbus coach Scott Arniel said of Mason. “Last night he got off to a slow start but he was outstanding from that second period on, and tonight all three periods.”

Joe Thornton’s power-play goal tied it at 2 in the third period, after Swedish-born Kristian Huselius thrilled the crowd when he scored his second of the season on a power play to put the Blue Jackets ahead at the start of the frame.

“It was nice to bounce back and get the win here,” Huselius said.