Columbus Can't Hold Early Lead; Falls 5-2 At Detroit

Saturday, 12.31.2005 / 12:00 AM / News
Columbus Blue Jackets
(AP) -- Nicklas Lidstrom and Mikael Samuelsson each scored twice and the Detroit Red Wings rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-2 on Saturday night for their fifth straight victory.

Mathieu Schneider also scored and Robert Lang added three assists for the Red Wings, who outshot the Blue Jackets 43-15.

Rick Nash and Jason Chimera scored for Columbus. The Blue Jackets had won their previous three games.

Detroit scored three goals in the second period to take a 3-2 lead.

Chimera gave Columbus a 2-0 lead just 36 seconds into the period, when he cut in off the left wing and put a backhander past Chris Osgood.

But Lidstrom's slap shot from the point for a power-play goal at 3:07 put the Red Wings on the board. Schneider tied at 2, 4:51 later, with a slap shot from the high slot that beat Marc Denis over his glove.

Samuelsson gave Detroit the lead with his first goal 52.1 seconds left in the period, when he backhanded a shot off Denis and into the net.

Blue Jackets' starting goalie Pascal Leclaire left the game with a neck injury 1:53 into the second period after the Red Wings' Johan Franzen ran into him. Leclaire was replaced by Denis, who gave up all the goals.

Lidstrom got his second goal 4:19 into the third period, when he rifled a one-time slap shot past Denis from the top of the left circle. Samuelsson got his second of the game and 16th of the season on the power play with 5:33 left.

Columbus took a 1-0 lead 9:27 into the first period when Nash tipped in Jamie Pushor's shot from the point.

SCHEDULE

HOME
AWAY
PROMOTIONAL

STANDINGS

WESTERN CONFERENCE
  TEAM GP W L OT GF GA PTS
1 p - CHI 48 36 7 5 155 102 77
2 y - ANA 48 30 12 6 140 118 66
3 y - VAN 48 26 15 7 127 121 59
4 x - STL 48 29 17 2 129 115 60
5 x - LAK 48 27 16 5 133 118 59
6 x - SJS 48 25 16 7 124 116 57
7 x - DET 48 24 16 8 124 115 56
8 x - MIN 48 26 19 3 122 127 55
9 CBJ 48 24 17 7 120 119 55
10 PHX 48 21 18 9 125 131 51
11 DAL 48 22 22 4 130 142 48
12 EDM 48 19 22 7 125 134 45
13 CGY 48 19 25 4 128 160 42
14 NSH 48 16 23 9 111 139 41
15 COL 48 16 25 7 116 152 39

STATS

2012-2013 REGULAR SEASON
SKATERS: GP G A +/- Pts
V. Prospal 48 12 18 3 30
M. Letestu 46 13 14 7 27
M. Gaborik 47 12 15 -3 27
F. Tyutin 48 4 18 9 22
B. Dubinsky 29 2 18 2 20
N. Foligno 45 6 13 6 19
J. Johnson 44 5 14 -5 19
A. Anisimov 35 11 7 -6 18
C. Atkinson 35 9 9 9 18
R. Umberger 48 8 10 3 18
 
GOALIES: W L OT Sv% GAA
S. Bobrovsky 21 11 6 .932 2.00
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