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Kent Johnson and Kirill Marchenko scored in the shootout as the Columbus Blue Jackets rallied to defeat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Tuesday night. Zach Werenski scored twice for Columbus, including the game-tying goal with 4:37 remaining in regulation.

Zach Werenski found the score sheet yet again at Nationwide Arena to extend his home point streak to 17 games and joined a list of just seven other defensemen in NHL history to achieve the feat. \* La

The Blue Jackets 'mucked' it up with Tortorella's Flyers to win by shootout on Marchenko's borrowed move from Texier: 3 takeaways

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The Columbus Blue Jackets will look to stretch their winning streak to six games when they play host to the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night. Zach Werenski scored twice as the Blue Jackets edged the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 in a shootout on Tuesday night to improve to 8-2-0 over their last 10 games.

Kirby Dach scored twice and the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Utah Hockey Club 5-3 on Tuesday night. Mike Matheson, Patrik Laine and Cole Caufield also scored for Montreal, which has won eight of its last 10.

Zach Werenski found the score sheet yet again at Nationwide Arena to extend his home point streak to 17 games and joined a list of just seven other defensemen in NHL history to achieve the feat. * Lan

There was a lot of action. Here are the results and highlights: Tuesday night featured a number of rookies having stellar performances, including multi-point games from Macklin Celebrini and Lane Hutson.

The Rangers dominated the first part of overtime, including several chances on a power play, before the Avalanche capitalized in the final minute of overtime. Logan O'Connor passed it to MacKinnon above the left circle, MacKinnon sent a pass to Toews in the right circle, and he beat Shesterkin on the short side to win it for Colorado.

UM's William Horcoff was ranked as a first-round draft choice for the 2025 NHL Draft in Central Scouting's midterm ratings;

Kent Johnson and Kirill Marchenko scored in the shootout as the Columbus Blue Jackets rallied to defeat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Tuesday night.