BOSTON -- Cam Atkinson scored at 2:55 of overtime and the Columbus Blue Jackets won their eighth straight game with a 5-4 victory against the Boston Bruins at TD Garden on Monday.
Boone Jenner, Sonny Milano, Thomas Vanek and Artemi Panarin scored for the Blue Jackets (40-28-5), who lead the New Jersey Devils by three points for the first wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference.
The Blue Jackets and Philadelphia Flyers each have 85 points, but the Flyers are in third place in the Metropolitan Division with one more regulation/overtime win.
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