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This Week in Blue Jackets History: Dec. 30 - Jan. 5

Wednesday, 01.02.2008 / 3:47 PM / Features
By Blue Jackets Staff  - Writer

Every Wednesday, BlueJackets.com will highlight the best games and most memorable moments from the history of the Columbus Blue Jackets. This week we look back at the best from December 30 - January 5.

December 31, 2006 –
Rick Nash scores the game-winner on home ice in a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks. Nash's deciding goal is the first of four GWGs in an injury-shortened season in which former No. 1 overall draft choice tallies 31 times in 54 games. The marker also helps Columbus to its third straight win of the season over the Central Division rival Hawks.

January 2, 2004 – One day after taking over behind the bench in Columbus, Gerard Gallant earns the first win of his NHL coaching career. Marc Denis posts a shutout and D-man Rostislav Klesla scores the winner as the Jackets blank the Tamp Bay Lightning 2-0 in Florida. Gallant has his "interim" tag removed later in the summer and leads Columbus to 35 wins in the 2005-06 season, which marks the highest victory total in a single season since the team's inception.

January 5, 2007 – Rostislav Klesla scores twice and Manny Malhotra bags the game-winning goal in the Jackets' 4-3 road win over the eventual Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks. The two-goal effort by Klesla marks the second time in his career that he's buried more than one in a game. His first ever two-goal game came earlier in the 2006-07 season, in a 4-2 win over the St. Louis Blues (November 9, 2006). The Novy Jicin, Czech Republic native goes on to finish the year with a career-high nine goals.

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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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