Blue Jackets defeat Flyers on Jones goal in OT

COLUMBUS -- Seth Jones scored with 33 seconds left in overtime to give the Columbus Blue Jackets a 4-3 win against the Philadelphia Flyers at Nationwide Arena on Thursday.

Jones tapped in a pass across the slot from Artemi Panarin on the rush for his third overtime goal of the season.
Panarin, Oliver Bjorkstrand and Scott Harrington scored, and Sergei Bobrovsky made 28 saves for the Blue Jackets (36-24-3), who lead the Carolina Hurricanes by one point for third place in the Metropolitan Division.
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"Every game is important. Every point matters," said Jones, whose seventh overtime goal moved him past Rick Nash for most in Columbus history. "Every team is going to bring their 'A' game, so we need to bring ours as well."
The Blue Jackets are 13-0-1 in their past 14 home games against the Flyers and 15-3-1 against them overall since Dec. 9, 2014.

"It's good to get the one point and battle back," said Philadelphia defenseman Travis Sanheim, whose second goal of the night tied the game 3-3 at 13:12 of the third period. "It's a tough place to play. It definitely would have been nice to get the win."
Jakub Voracek had a goal and an assist, and Brian Elliott made 36 saves for the Flyers (30-26-8), who are six points behind the Hurricanes for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference.
Philadelphia lost all four games to Columbus this season, including two in overtime. Jones scored in overtime for a 4-3 win in Philadelphia on Dec. 6.
In the Blue Jackets' 10 overtime games this season, Panarin has four goals and three assists.
Panarin (1:24) and Jones (1:18) each was at the end of a long shift when Panarin skated down the left wing and found Jones.
"It seems all my goals are like that," Jones said. "It's either [Pierre-Luc Dubois], [Panarin] or Cam [Atkinson]. They just put it on a tee, and I knock it into a wide-open net. I have one job, (and) it's to put it into an open net."

Voracek made it 1-0 at 3:30 of the first period when he scored 10 seconds into the Flyers' first power play with a shot from the left face-off circle that hit both posts.
Bjorkstrand tied the game 1-1 at 10:45 with a shot from the right circle off a pass from Boone Jenner. Flyers coach Scott Gordon challenged for goaltender interference by Jenner, but the goal was upheld after it was determined by video review that Philadelphia defenseman Radko Gudas pushed Jenner into Elliott to create the contact.
Before Sanheim gave the Flyers a 2-1 lead at 18:00, each team had a goal overturned by video review. The Situation Room initiated a review after Bjorkstrand scored at 13:21 and determined he used a distinct kicking motion to put the puck in off Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov. Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella successfully challenged that Voracek was offside before James van Riemsdyk scored at 16:50.
Panarin tied it 2-2 at 7:31 of the second period with a sharp-angled shot to the near post that went in five-hole. He has 25 goals.

Harrington gave Columbus its first lead, 3-2, at 4:15 of the third period with a shot from the left point for his first goal in 38 games dating to his first of the season Nov. 24 at the Pittsburgh Penguins.
"I had a good view of it, then we had a couple of guys skate into their positions," Elliott said. "It happened at the perfect time with the crossing lanes."

They said it

"We had the puck most of the time, had some good looks at the net, some potential plays that looked like they might materialize to 2-on-1s, and caught them on some chances, so that part was good. We just didn't get the goal." -- Flyers coach Scott Gordon on overtime
"He's the best player I've seen playing tired. Now, not defensively, but offensively, yes."-- Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella on Artemi Panarin

Need to know

Eight of the past 10 games at Nationwide Arena between the Flyers and Blue Jackets have gone to overtime. The Blue Jackets are 7-1. … Sanheim also scored two goals against Columbus on Dec. 6. He has eight goals in 64 games this season. … Blue Jackets defenseman Adam McQuaid played his 500th NHL game. … Columbus forward Alex Wennberg was scratched for the fourth straight game. … Ryan Dzingel's assist on Harrington's goal was his second in as many games for the Blue Jackets since being acquired in a trade from the Ottawa Senators on Saturday. … Panarin has 70 points (25 goals, 45 assists). He is the third undrafted player in NHL history to begin his career with four consecutive 70-point seasons. The others are Wayne Gretzky (13 seasons) and Peter Stastny (10).

What's next

Flyers: At the New Jersey Devils on Friday (7 p.m. ET; MSG+ 2, NBCSP, NHL.TV)
Blue Jackets: Host the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday (1 p.m. ET; FS-O, SNW, NHL.TV)