The Columbus Blue Jackets have fired head coach Brad Larsen after a 1-6-0 start to the NHL season. Larsen, who took over as head coach in June, was let go due to the team's poor performance. The Blue Jackets have named assistant coach Steve McCarthy as interim head coach while they search for a permanent replacement.
The Ducks were down 3-1 to the Bruins heading into the third period. Then they rallied back to win 4-3 thanks to Mason McTavish's winner. 🎥 @BallySportWest https://t.co/jDzJNczfRt
Whoa. Mason McTavish wins it in OT for Ducks, 4-3, to hand Bruins their first defeat. Leo Carlsson gets his second of season to trigger late comeback from 3-1 deficit and gets the primary assist on GWG. Troy Terry tied it with the extra attacker.
Mason McTavish with the game-winner in overtime for the Ducks. That was quite a turn of events in the final few minutes of regulation and overtime.
Stunning comeback for Ducks in Boston. Two goals in final 1:55 of regulation to force overtime.
Canadiens goal by Caufield with 1:04 left in overtime. #CBJ fall 4-3. Blue Jackets are back in action on Saturday vs. the New York Islanders at 7pm ET @NationwideArena.
Caufield wins it for Montreal in OT 4-3. #CBJ lose for the second straight time in OT. Top right corner shot past Elvis’ glove.
Caufield wins it in overtime for Montreal. He kept getting chances and finally buries one. FINAL: Habs 4, #CBJ 3. Jackets extend the point streak to four games.
#CBJ lead 3-1 as Bemstrom scores his second goal of the game on the power play with 6:26 left in the 2nd period. Assists to Roslovic and Voronkov.
Bemstrom another PPG ... Roslovic with the dish and first career point for Voronkov, who gets the 2nd apple for a great little wall pass to Roslovic under pressure to spring the play to the net. #CBJ leading 3-1.
Montreal goal by Suzuki 27 seconds into the 2nd period to cut #CBJ's lead to 2-1.
#CBJ Jenner with a turnover off his backhand high in the zone, right to Suzuki, who snaps off a winner past Merzlikins. First minute of the second, and the lead is halved ... 2-1 now.
Nick Suzuki picks off a pass from Boone Jenner and beats Elvis. Habs cut the #CBJ lead to 2-1 just 27 seconds into the second.
Nick Suzuki snaps home his first goal of the season. 2-1 CBJ.
Bemstrom scores his 2nd goal of the campaign on the power play to give #CBJ a 2-0 lead with 2:39 left in the 1st period. Assists to Provorov and Roslovic.
#CBJ 2-0. Bemstrom a power play goal, another one-timer from the left circle.
Elvis Merzlikins has had to be good early. Just made a big stop on Matheson with no rebound to draw a whistle with the Habs buzzing. #CBJ
#CBJ have activated F Yegor Chinakhov (back) from injured reserve and sent him to @monstershockey. He joins quite a crowd of forwards in Cleveland.
TRANSACTIONS: #CBJ have activated Yegor Chinakhov off the Injured/Non-Roster list and loaned the right winger to @monstershockey. https://t.co/3H1jv5AWBD
Frank Vatrano's overtime goal lifts Ducks to 3-2 win in Columbus. Brett Leason had tying score at 16:13 of third. Lukas Dostal with 35 saves. Trevor Zegras benched for third period and OT. Adam Fantilli, Emil Bemstrom (PP) scored for CBJ.
Ducks goal by Vatrano 2:20 into overtime. #CBJ fall 3-2. Blue Jackets are back in action on Thursday vs. the Montreal Canadiens at 7pm ET at Bell Centre.
#CBJ and #FlyTogether are headed to overtime.
End of 3: Ducks 2, Blue Jackets 2. Anaheim heads to overtime for the first time this season.
#CBJ and the Ducks head to overtime tied at two. Shots through regulation are 35-24, #CBJ.
You just knew it after the delay today ... overtime in Columbus. #CBJ and Anaheim in a 2-2 game. Jackets with big edges in shots on goal (35-24) and shot attempts (78-52), though that's in part because of the seven power plays.
Going to OT here in Columbus, 2-2 #CBJ and #FlyTogether
Ducks tie the score shortly after a power play ends. 2-2 game with 3:47 to go. Quick, weird release by Brett Leason and it got through Elvis' legs ... which is a shame bc he had made some really nice stops on the Anaheim power play. #CBJ
End of two and it's 1-1 in Columbus ... 19-19 in shots and 46-40 for the #CBJ over #FlyTogether in attempts.
1-1 game after 40 minutes in Columbus. Shots on goal are 19-19. Anaheim with a better second period there and we're deadlocked through two. #CBJ
1-1 after two periods between #CBJ and #FlyTogether
Elvis called for slashing. #FlyTogether to the PP ... Mctavish drew that one with some good acting skills there. 1-1 late 2nd. #CBJ on the PK
Ducks goal by Strome with 4:11 left in the second period to tie the game at one. #CBJ
Ducks get a 2-on-1, Elvis stops the first shot by Groulx but coughs up a rebound that Strome cleans up. It's 1-1 late 2nd. #CBJ
Anaheim ties the score 1-1 with 4:11 left in the second. Jackets got caught in a 2-on-1 and Merzlikins stops the original shot from Pavel Mintyukov, but Ryan Strome follows and scores. #CBJ
#FlyTogether McTavish gets a good look from the left circle with numbers in the Ducks' favor, but #CBJ Elvis Merzlikins with a nifty glove save to snuff it. Still 1-0 #CBJ mid-second.
Biiiiig glove save by Elvis Merzlikins as Mason McTavish comes in on an odd-man rush. McTavish let it go from the dot but Elvis snagged it to keep #CBJ up 1-0 just before the midway point.
End of one here in Columbus and it's another good period of hockey for the Blue Jackets, who lead the Ducks 1-0 and hold the edge in both attempts (26-12) and shots (11-8). Also dominating draws 71% to 29% after 20 mins. #CBJ
Ivan Provorov with five assists in the last five games after teeing up Bemstrom for that goal. #CBJ
#CBJ strike first as Bemstrom scores his first goal of the season on the power play with 3:11 left in the first period. Assists to Provorov and Fantilli.
The Blackhawks put Taylor Hall on injured reserve retroactive to Oct. 21. @ByScottPowers wrote about the injury and its ramifications here: https://t.co/aWRWG1IJnd
#CBJ have placed Patrik Laine (day-to-day) on IR and recalled Dmitri Voronkov from Cleveland.
Dmitri Voronkov has recorded 0-1-1 with two PIM and four shots on goal in four games with the Monsters. Will be interesting to see if he goes in tomorrow vs. Anaheim. #CBJ
Blue Jackets place F Patrik Laine on injured reserve and recall rookie F Dmitri Voronkov from @monstershockey Laine listed as 'day-to-day' and his IR stint is retroactive to Oct. 20, the night he was injured by #Flames D Rasmus Andersson. #CBJ
#CBJ recall of Voronkov suggests the 23-year-old will make his #NHL debut on Tuesday vs. Anaheim. The 6-5, 240-pound forward has 0-1-1 with two penalty minutes and four shots on goal in four games with @monstershockey
#CBJ place F Patrik Laine on injured reserve, recall F Dmitry Voronkov from @monstershockey
#CBJ NEWS: The Blue Jackets have placed Patrik Laine on Injured Reserve and recalled Dmitri Voronkov from @monstershockey Laine remains day-to-day with an upper body injury.
TRANSACTIONS: #CBJ have placed forward Patrik Laine (upper body; day-to-day) on Injured Reserve retroactive to October 20th. The club has also recalled forward Dmitri Voronkov from @monstershockey.