Full 60: Down but not out, Jackets storm back to shock Maple Leafs

It was their turn to be the hunters.
Since coming back from Christmas break, the Blue Jackets have found themselves coughing up leads in too many games - struggling to protect margins as opposing teams apply a lot of pressure seeking to climb back into games.
Monday at Air Canada Centre, that was them.
Columbus fell behind 2-0 in the second period, on goals by James van Riemsdyk and William Nylander, and appeared to be headed for their third shutout loss in five games.
The hunters, however, made sure that didn't happen in a 3-2 overtime victory.
A goal by Nick Foligno, off a shot by Jordan Schroeder late in the third, changed the complexion of a game the Maple Leafs were controlling at that point. The Blue Jackets tied it, won in OT on a goal by Artemi Panarin and swept a back-to-back set for the third time this season.
"We are very happy," Panarin said, through an interpreter. "I think it's a big plus for the future of our team. The team knows now that we could be losing like that, but there is still a chance for a comeback, and it doesn't matter how much time is left in the game. We are very happy we were able to do so. It's nice to go into a day off with a positive mindset and emotions."
Can't forget about Panarin's friend, either, goalie Sergei Bobrovsky.
He made 35 more saves, a day after making 42 in a 3-2 shootout win against the Florida Panthers, and was again rewarded for it. The Jackets' late hunting expedition resulted in a big two points that shot Columbus past the New Jersey Devils into second place of the Metropolitan Division with 53 points.
Here's how it happened:

First Twenty
(Corsi, scoring chance data per naturalstattrick.com)
Goals: CBJ - None; TOR - None
Shots: Blue Jackets 11, Maple Leafs 8
Shot-Attempts percentage (Corsi 5v5):Maple Leafs 51.5% (17-16), Blue Jackets 48.5% (16-17)
Scoring chances 5v5: Blue Jackets 9, Maple Leafs 7
High-Danger chances 5v5: Blue Jackets 3, Maple Leafs 2
The rundown: Unlike Sunday night in Columbus, the Blue Jackets sort of dipped their toes in the pool a bit to start this game.
Once they realized the water was fine, they began to get more scoring chances. The top line of Panarin, Dubois and Josh Anderson were tough for Toronto to handle, keeping the puck in the Maple Leafs' zone most of the time they were on the ice.
Anderson, in particular, got off two good shots that made Andersen work to keep the game scoreless. Dubois also had a strong period for the Blue Jackets. The rookie won 6-of-7 draws in the period, including 4-for-4 against veteran Nazem Kadri.
Defensively, Bobrovsky had another strong start to a game. Playing his fourth straight game, second in as many days, Bobrovsky stopped all eight shots Toronto put on net - including a tricky save off a tipped shot by Mitch Marner 1:13 into the game.
Second Twenty
Goals: CBJ - None; TOR - James van Riemsdyk EV (Roman Polak, Tyler Bozak), 11:09; William Nylander PP (Jake Gardiner), 16:02
Shots:Maple Leafs 14, Blue Jackets 14
Shot-Attempts percentage (Corsi 5v5):Maple Leafs 45.7% (16-19), Blue Jackets 54.3% (19-16)
Scoring chances 5v5: Maple Leafs 12, Blue Jackets 10
High-Danger chances 5v5: Maple Leafs 4, Blue Jackets 4
The rundown: Things stayed pretty even for the first half of this period, but quickly changed on the game's first goal.
Not long after Seth Jones made a diving effort to clear a loose puck out of the Blue Jackets' crease, the Maple Leafs made it 1-0 on van Riemsdyk's 18th goal of the season. Standing in front of Bobrovsky, the Toronto power forward tracked a shot by Roman Polak from the right point and tipped the puck into the net with 8:51 left in the period.
That changed everything.
Three seconds into the ensuing shift, rookie defenseman Andreas Borgman delivered a huge hit on Columbus rookie forward Sonny Milano, toppling him to the ice and eventually sending him to the locker room early.
Less than five minutes after van Riemsdyk's goal, the Maple Leafs made it 2-0 at 16:02 on a power play that followed Josh Anderson's slashing minor. It was the 17th goal the Blue Jackets have allowed in 55 times shorthanded on the road this season (69.1 percent).
Columbus wasn't able to swing momentum back to its side before the period expired, and went into the locker room down by two goals.
Final Twenty
Goals: CBJ - Foligno EV (Schroeder, Markus Nutivaara), 15:25; Dubois EV (Jones), 17:13; TOR - None.
Shots:Maple Leafs 13, Blue Jackets 4
Shot-Attempts percentage (Corsi 5v5):Maple Leafs 61.8% (21-13), Blue Jackets 38.2% (13-21)
Scoring chances 5v5: Maple Leafs 12, Blue Jackets 7
High-Danger chances 5v5: Maple Leafs 7, Blue Jackets 3
The rundown: The Leafs had the better of it for the first 15 minutes, but the Blue Jackets started throwing haymakers with their backs on the ropes, down 2-0, late in the period.
They landed twice, with Foligno and Dubois each scoring their second goals in as many days. Foligno's was credited to him, then Schroeder, then him again. All Columbus cared about was it counting, which it did to cut Toronto's lead to 2-1.
There was no doubt about Dubois' goal, which he scored with a snapshot from the slot. Jones gave him the puck with a slick pass to the middle of the ice for his first of two assists.
"We didn't want to get down on ourselves," Dubois said. "We were playing really good. We got chances, but they weren't going in. Andersen was playing really well, so we kept going with it. At the end, we just got two goals and then in overtime we got the big one."
Another Five
Goals: CBN - Panarin EV (Zach Werenski, Jones), 3:11
Shots:Blue Jackets 4, Maple Leafs 2
The rundown:Each goalie was tested, having to make some difficult saves under duress to keep the game going.
Andersen blinked first, though, after Bobrovsky made a great blocker-pad combo save against Tyler Bozak a few seconds earlier. Panarin scored off a great saucer pass from Werenski at the other end, which withstood a video review that showed the puck hit his right skate and stick before going into the net.
Right after scoring, Panarin told his teammates during the celebration there wasn't anything to worry about with the review. He wasn't entirely sure.
"I felt that my stick touched the puck after the skate, but I was a little worried, as everything happened so quick," he said through translator Vika Bulakhava, a Chicago-based sports journalist. "Appears that I was right with my initial thoughts."
UP NEXT
Blue Jackets: At the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday (7 p.m., FS-O, Fox Sports Go; Radio: CD102.5 FM, BlueJackets.com, Sportsnet, MSG-B, NHL.TV)
Maple Leafs: Host the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday (7:30 p.m., SN, TVA Sports, NHL.TV)