CBJ-WIN-PHI

COLUMBUS -- Cam Atkinson scored two of three goals by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the second period of their 6-3 win against the Philadelphia Flyers at Nationwide Arena on Thursday.

Atkinson scored his goals 3:08 apart to give the Blue Jackets the lead after they entered the second trailing by one.
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"He gave us some juice in the second period," coach John Tortorella said.
Artemi Panarin had two assists, and Sergei Bobrovsky made 32 saves for Columbus (4-2-0).
Travis Konecny had a goal and an assist, and Claude Giroux had two assists for the Flyers (3-4-0). Calvin Pickard allowed six goals on 28 shots in his second start for Philadelphia.
The Flyers gave up 11 goals in their past two games; they defeated the Florida Panthers 6-5 in the shootout Tuesday.
"It's pretty embarrassing," center Sean Couturier said. "Offensively, we're trying too much, making high-risk plays. We're creating chances, but when we're not, we're giving up odd-man rushes and getting caught defensively.
"It's got to stop. This high-risk, almost summer hockey is getting out of hand."
The Blue Jackets are 12-3-1 in their past 16 games against the Flyers and 12-0-1 against them at home since a 3-1 loss Dec. 13, 2005.
Philadelphia took a 1-0 lead at 10:06 of the first period when Konecny scored his first goal of the season with a redirection of a Robert Hagg shot.

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Anthony Duclair scored while falling to the ice at 17:53 to tie the game 1-1. He took a stretch pass from Ryan Murray and skated to the right face-off dot before losing an edge and falling while attempting to cut to the middle. While on his knees, he got the puck and rose to his skates. He was tripped and started falling back to the ice but was able to beat Pickard five-hole.
Bobrovsky, who allowed an NHL career-worst eight goals to the Tampa Bay Lightning in an 8-2 loss Saturday, was beat past his glove by Couturier's wrist shot from above the left face-off circle to put the Flyers ahead 2-1 with 50 seconds left in the first.
It was the fourth time in the past six periods that the Blue Jackets gave up a goal in the final minute.
"Our first period was our best period," Giroux said. "We had a good game and stuck with it."
Atkinson tied it 2-2 at 1:34 of the second, converting a goal-mouth pass off the rush from Panarin.
"We talk about that play a lot, going as far as I can backdoor," Atkinson said. "And on that play, he's going to find me every time, just have my stick on the ice."
The two combined again at 4:42 to give Columbus a 3-2 lead. Panarin passed the puck across the neutral zone and off the wall for Atkinson, who skated around Hagg down the right wing and deked Pickard.

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Nick Foligno made it 4-2 at 8:34 of the second with a shot from the high slot, using Alex Wennberg as a screen.
Oskar Lindblom scored on a wraparound at 1:07 of the third period to get Philadelphia to within 4-3, but Josh Anderson scored unassisted at 15:12 off a turnover to put Columbus up 5-3 and Sonny Milano made it 6-3 at 17:48 with his first goal of the season.

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They said it

"There's points in the game we got a little too cute. We're going to get better as the year goes on. It's still early. We've still got to perfect our game as it goes along." -- Flyers forward Travis Konecny
"The number of chances we're giving up in the last three games aren't much. It's the home-run chances we're giving up." -- Flyers coach Dave Hakstol
"We talked about it between periods. Our first period simply wasn't good enough and competitive enough, and I think we answered the bell in the second and third." -- Blue Jackets forward Cam Atkinson

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Need to know

Giroux has 10 points (three goals, seven assists) in seven games. … He won all eight of his face-offs in the first period, when the Flyers won 18 of 23. He was 10-for-14 on draws in the game (71.4 percent), and the Flyers were 32-for-50 (64.0 percent) … Panarin has seven points (two goals, five assists) in the past four games. … Atkinson has five points (three goals, two assists) in the past four games. … Milano drew the Blue Jackets two power plays, tripping calls against Ivan Provorov in the first period and Jordan Weal in the third.

What's next

Flyers: Host the New Jersey Devils on Saturday (1 p.m. ET; SN, NBCSP, MSG+, NHL.TV)
Blue Jackets: Host the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday (7 p.m. ET; FS-O, WGN, NHL.TV)

Atkinson, Panarin lead Blue Jackets to 6-3 win