COLUMBUS — With a fierce forecheck and an efficient power play, the Columbus Blue Jackets made up
for a blowout in Edmonton last week.Ryan Johansen had a goal and an assist for his seventh multipoint game
this season to lead the Blue Jackets past the Oilers 4-2 on Friday night.“We had more motivation and
obviously didn’t like the way things went down in Edmonton,” said Nick Foligno, who also scored to help
Columbus win for only the second time in its last eight home games.Artem Anisimov and Jack Skille each had a
goal for the Blue Jackets, who dominated the pace — until Edmonton scored twice in the third period — and
erased the memory of that 7-0 defeat on Nov. 19.“It felt great,” said Matt Calvert, who added two assists.
“You still feel it. It was embarrassing. We wanted to come back in our building and especially get a win in
front of our fans and beat these guys up.”Sergei Bobrovsky made 25 saves for Columbus. He outplayed fellow
Russian and former Philadelphia Flyers teammate Ilya Bryzgalov, who stopped 19 shots and was replaced by
Devan Dubnyk at the start of the third period.Signed on Nov. 8, Bryzgalov made his second start for Edmonton
after shutting out Nashville 3-0 on Thanksgiving.“We weren’t ready to go right out of the gate,” Oilers
coach Dallas Eakins said. “Even though I thought we slowly fought back, there was just a lot of head-shaking
moments on our bench. Not only from the coaches but the players themselves.”Sam Gagner and Jordan Eberle
scored for the speedy Oilers, who had won four of five. But they slowed themselves with several penalties
and might have been tired while playing for the second consecutive night.Edmonton took four penalties in the
second period that added up to 2 minutes for the Blue Jackets with a two-man advantage — and two power-play
goals. A third Columbus goal in the period came on a delayed penalty.Columbus’ plan to crash the net led to
the game’s first goal. On a dump-in by Calvert and then pressure from Cam Atkinson, Johansen snagged the
puck out of traffic, curled into the low slot and roofed his team-leading ninth of the season at 7:50 of the
first period.“I was pleased with the energy we came out with and that we played with,” Blue Jackets coach
Todd Richards said.The Blue Jackets made it 4-0 with three goals in the second period. The Oilers got into
immediate penalty trouble by taking minors for tripping, delay of game and holding in a span of 1:35.“We’d
been struggling on the 5-on-3 lately,” Calvert said. “It was awesome to get a goal. It kind of gave the
bench a boost and we went from there.”Anisimov, positioned near the crease, got his stick blade on a pass
from Calvert for his seventh at 3:44.“When you get down on 5-on-3 and especially long ones, those are
usually going to end up in your net,” Eakins said.About 7 minutes later, with Edmonton back in the box,
Foligno pushed home his sixth with Ryan Smyth draped on his back on a nice pass from Boone Jenner to make it
3-0.“We’ve practiced it but haven’t really used it much,” Foligno said of the play. “It worked out well.
It’s always good to make them pay on the power play.”Late in the period, Skille took it the distance and
snapped an impressive shot from the right circle past Bryzgalov.“I was thinking, just get by that D and make
sure to have a quick release on the shot,” Skille said.Edmonton tried to creep back into the game in the
third period.“I wanted to see us come out and continue to play a hard game (in the third) and make it
difficult on them,” Richards said. “We went the opposite direction. We took some penalties and it gave them
some life.”Gagner scored with a long shot along the goal line that sneaked past Bobrovksy at 10:36.Eberle
followed with his team-best 10th about 5 minutes later, scoring from the left circle through a screen on the
power play.NOTES: RW Corey Tropp, claimed off waivers Thursday from Buffalo, made his Columbus debut and
assisted on Skille’s goal. … Edmonton entered 7-1-1 in its last nine games against Columbus. … The Blue
Jackets have not won two in a row since a three-game winning streak Oct. 20-25. … Jordan Hall’s five-game
points streak (two goals, five assists) ended for the Oilers. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had an assist to extend
his streak (one goal, 7 assists) to five games. … The Blue Jackets’ first nine shots in the second came on
the power play.