AROUND THE NHL Friday’s games

Blue Jackets 3, Rangers 1

COLUMBUS

Artemi Panarin and Seth Jones scored to rally Columbus to a win over New York. Panarin got his first goal with the Blue Jackets. He snaked through the defense and beat goaltender Henrik Lundqvist between the pads 7:25 into the third for a 2-1 lead. Sergei Bobrovsky had 37 saves for Columbus, and Lundqvist stopped 40 shots. Kevin Hayes scored for New York with 5:25 left in the first period. Hayes intercepted Jones’ drop pass and charged on a breakaway, beating Bobrovsky on his glove side. Jones made amends with 45 seconds left in the second by snapping a shot from the left wall that hit the Rangers’ Mika Zibanejad in the shin. Lundqvist was caught lunging the other way, and the deflected shot bounced in off the post to make it 1-1. The Blue Jackets opened the third with an 11-0 shot advantage in the first six minutes but couldn’t solve Lundqvist until Panarin broke the tie.

Capitals 5, Devils 2

NEWARK, N.J.

Nicklas Backstrom had a goal and three assists and Washington knocked the surprising New Jersey Devils from the unbeaten ranks with a victory. Jacub Vrana also scored for the Capitals, and Braden Holtby had 21 saves. Taylor Hall and Kyle Palmieri scored for the Devils. Backstrom found Oshie coming down the middle for his fourth goal of the season with 5:11 left in the first period. Ovechkin scored from his office in the left circle on a power play after being set up by Backstrom 8:01 into the second period. Hall scored his first of the season on a power play with 3:32 left in the second, but Vrana pushed the lead back to two goals, tipping a shot by Devante Smith-Pelly past Cory Schneider with a minute left in the period. Pavel Zacha took a four-minute high-sticking penalty for cutting Lars Eller at 4:10. Oshie and Backstrom scored with the extra man to put the game out of reach.

Associated Press