Blue Jackets force OT late, top Red Wings in shootout

Kent Johnson and Kirill Marchenko scored during the shootout and also had regulation goals as the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the visiting Detroit Red Wings 6-5 on Thursday.

Adam Fantilli scored twice, including the tying goal with 1:31 left to send the game into overtime. Ivan Provorov had the other goal for Columbus, while Elvis Merzlikins made 28 saves.

Lucas Raymond and Patrick Kane each had a goal and an assist for Detroit. Dylan Larkin, Alex DeBrincat and James van Riemsdyk had the other goals for the Red Wings, while Cam Talbot stopped 25 shots.

Columbus led 1-0 after the first period.

Provorov scored with a wrister from the point past a screened Talbot with 2:05 left in the period.

Provorov was whistled for a delay of game penalty in the opening minute of the second period and Detroit cashed in on the power play. Moritz Seider flipped the puck toward the net and Larkin redirected it past Merzlikins' glove.

Columbus answered with two goals in quick succession. The Blue Jackets converted on their first power play opportunity. With Axel Sandin-Pellikka in the penalty box, Marchenko scored from the left circle, flicking the puck between Talbot's pads.

Less than two minutes later, Johnson scored in front, shoveling in a rebound of a Cole Sillinger shot.

A double minor against Columbus' Dmitri Voronkov for high sticking allowed Detroit to score twice on the power play and tie it at 3. Raymond scored from the high slot and van Riemsdyk then tipped the puck over Merzlikins' pads.

The Blue Jackets made it 4-3 before the period ended on Fantilli's power-play marker. He ripped a slapshot from the right circle past Talbot.

Kane knotted the score at 4 midway through the third period. He skated toward the middle and beat Merzlikins glove side.

DeBrincat put Detroit on top with 8:22 remaining when he skated into the slot and fired a shot past Merzlikins' glove.

With an extra skater on the ice, Fantilli tied it with 1:31 remaining. His shot from near the blue line caromed off a defender and past Talbot.

--Field Level Media