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Blue Jackets take 15th in a row to end Wild streak
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CAM Atkinson netted two goals and the Columbus Blue Jackets matched the second-longest win streak in National Hockey League history on Saturday with their 15th consecutive victory, a 4-2 triumph at Minnesota.
Atkinson, a 27-year-old right wing who tops Columbus scorers, struck for his 16th and 17th goals of the season as the league-leading Blue Jackets stretched their streak to two wins shy of the league record by snapping the Wild’s 12-game victory run.
“I’m happy for the guys,” Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella said. “I’m proud of our team and the way they’ve handled themselves through all this.”
It was the first time two NHL teams on double-digit win streaks had faced each other and the first time two clubs had such long streaks concurrently. Both joined the NHL in 2000 as expansion teams.
Columbus matched the 15-game win streaks of the 1981-82 New York Islanders and 2012-13 Pittsburgh Penguins, all two wins shy of the record 17-game run belonging to the Penguins from March and April of 1993.
“It’s pretty hard to fathom,” Columbus standout Brandon Saad said. “We all know where we’re at and we want to take over. We’re continuing one game at a time. We’ve got some tough tests ahead of us in our home building, but this is definitely fun.”
If they beat Edmonton at home tomorrow, Columbus could tie the record win streak on Thursday at Washington and break the mark next Saturday at home against the New York Rangers.
Russian goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky made 30 saves for his 13th straight Blue Jackets win.
The Blue Jackets last lost in a shootout at Florida on November 26. Minnesota had not lost since December 2 in overtime against Calgary.
Columbus, which has had only two winning seasons and has never won a playoff series, has the best record with 26 wins, five regulation losses and four overtime defeats for 56 points.
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