Blue Jackets win behind Hitchcock

Sun., Nov. 26, 2006

Associated Press The Spokesman-Review

Sergei Fedorov had two goals and two assists to lead the Columbus Blue Jackets past the Minnesota Wild 5-3 on Saturday night in Columbus, Ohio, ending an eight-game losing skid and handing coach Ken Hitchcock his first win with his new team.

Hitchcock, 408-249-100 in stints with the Dallas Stars and Philadelphia Flyers, was hired Wednesday to replace the fired Gerard Gallant.

The biggest cheer of the pregame lineup announcements came when Hitchcock was introduced. Hitchcock’s first game behind the Columbus bench was a 3-2 loss on Friday at Philadelphia, which had fired him after the Flyers got off to a 1-6-1-0 start.

Anson Carter added a goal and two assists and Nikolai Zherdev had a goal and an assist to help the Blue Jackets to match their season high in goals.

Bruins 3, Maple Leafs 1: At Toronto, Petr Tenkrat, Marc Savard and Brad Boyes scored, and Boston held on for a victory over the Maple Leafs.

Flyers 4, Canadiens 2: At Montreal, Simon Gagne had two goals and an assist, and Philadelphia scored three second-period goals to beat the Canadiens.

Islanders 4, Capitals 1: At Uniondale, N.Y., Jason Blake scored two goals and Rick DiPietro made 33 saves to carry New York past Washington.

Thrashers 1, Panthers 0: At Atlanta, Ilya Kovalchuk scored his 16th goal and Kari Lehtonen stopped 37 shots to send the Thrashers past Florida.

Rangers 2, Penguins 1 (OT): At Pittsburgh, Martin Straka’s goal with 2.2 seconds left in overtime lifted New York over the Penguins.

Coyotes 2, Blues 1: At St. Louis, Yankic Perreault scored his seventh goal in eight games to lead Phoenix to a win over the Blues.

Avalanche 4, Canucks 1: At Denver, Wojtek Wolski had a goal and three assists and Colorado’s third line produced three goals in a victory over Vancouver.

Sharks 2, Devils 0: At San Jose, Calif., Evgeni Nabokov stopped all 24 shots he faced for his third shutout of the season as the Sharks blanked New Jersey.

Kings 3, Flames 1: At Los Angeles, Alexander Frolov got the go-ahead goal in the second period to lead the Kings past Calgary.

Predators 6, Red Wings 2: At Nashville, Tenn., Kimmo Timonen and Marek Zidlicky scored a power-play goal apiece to lead the Predators over Detroit.

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