COLUMBUS, Ohio — Boone Jenner broke a tie with 5:07 left and Sergei Bobrovsky made 29 saves in the Columbus Blue Jackets’ 4-3 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Friday night.

Nick Foligno and Sam Gagner had power-play goals, and David Savard also scored for the Blue Jackets. They have won three straight and seven of their last 10. Bobrovsky had a three-game shutout streak broken, but still got his NHL-leading 36th victory.

Jenner corralled a loose puck and wrapped it around goalie Robin Lehner, and the Blue Jackets held on for their 43rd victory to tie the franchise season record set in 2013-14.

Josh Gorges got his first goal in more than a year, and Evan Rodrigues and Rasmus Ristolainen also scored for Buffalo.

RED WINGS 4, BLACKHAWKS 2: Tomas Tatar had two goals and an assist and Jimmy Howard made 24 saves in his return from a knee injury to help host Detroit beat Chicago.

It was Howard’s first NHL action since Dec. 20.

WILD 7, PANTHERS 4: Zach Parise scored the go-ahead goal with 5:07 left and Minnesota pulled away to beat the reeling Panthers at Sunrise, Florida.

Mikael Granlund and Charlie Coyle added empty-net goals.

BLUES 4, DUCKS 3: Joel Edmundson scored with 20 seconds left and Jake Allen made 23 saves in the Blues’ victory at home over Anaheim.


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