Blue Jackets top Canadiens, tie them for second wild card

Welcome to NHL.com, the official site of the National Hockey LeagueBienvenue à LNH.com , le site officiel de la Ligue nationale de hockeyДобро пожаловать на NHL.com, официальный сайт Национальной хоккейной лигиTervetuloa NHL:n viralliselle nettisivustolle NHL.comiinVälkommen till NHL.com, NHL:s officiella web-sidaVítejte na NHL.com, oficiálních stránkách National Hockey LeagueVitajte na NHL.com, oficiálnych stránkach National Hockey LeagueWillkommen auf NHL.com, der offiziellen Seite der National Hockey LeagueOliver Bjorkstrand gets his stick on Seth Jones' shot to deflect it through the five-hole of Carey Price, tying the score at 2COLUMBUS -- The Columbus Blue Jackets tied the Montreal Canadiens for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference by defeating them 6-2 at Nationwide Arena on Thursday.Columbus (43-30-4) and Montreal (41-29-8) are one point behind the Carolina Hurricanes for the first wild card. Blue Jackets highlights] Oliver Bjorkstrand scored twice and extended his goal streak to three games, and Sergei Bobrovsky made 26 saves for the Blue Jackets, who have won three straight."We had a little bit of slow start and they came out flying more than we did," Bjorkstrand said. "I thought for a second he was going to reach back there and stop it from going in."Bjorkstrand increased the lead to 5-2 at 4:22 on the rush off a pass from Dean Kukan for his fifth goal in five games.Dubinsky scored into an empty net at 16:49 for the 6-2 final.Video: MTL@CBJ: Bobrovsky shuts down Drouin's redirect "No matter how bad this loss hurts, we have character players in this room, character players that care and want to do well, and as a coach you love seeing that. Leave it on the ice." -- Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella on the message between the first and second period Blue Jackets defenseman Adam McQuaid left the game after being checked high by Canadiens forward Andrew Shaw at 8:23 of the second period.