Finally.
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Adam Fantill's second career overtime game winner ended a five-game winless streak as the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 on Tuesday night at Nationwide Arena.
Zach Werenski had three points, including two goals, and Boone Jenner scored and had an assist. Kent Johnson had two assists. Jet Greaves made 24 saves.
Ryan Strome and Mikael Granlund scored for Anaheim. Ville Husso made 24 saves.
While the Blue Jackets were getting ready for their matchup with Anaheim, the Ducks were in action in New York on Monday night, where they beat the Rangers 4-1 at Madison Square Garden.
If there was a time for a desperate Blue Jackets team to catch an opponent on the second of a back-to-back, this was the game to do it. And Zach Werenski is the man you can count on, as the Jackets’ leading point scorer registered his 10th tally of the season to put Columbus ahead 1-0 in the first period.
A 1-0 lead through 20 minutes, the two teams combined for four goals 1:59 apart inside the first 5:29 of the second period. Anaheim's Ryan Strome tied the score 1-1 at 3:35. Werenski scored his second of the night at 3:59 to give the Jackets the 2-1 lead. Jenner's insurance marker extended the Columbus 3-1 lead before Granlund's marker at 5:29.
The Blue Jackets had their only power plays of the game in the third period, but went 0-for-2. Jackson LaCombe tied the game at 16:44 of the third period.
In overtime, Fantilli secured the victory, skating through two defenders — including fellow 2023 draft classmate, Leo Carlsson — up ice and beating a third as he fired the winner past Husso.
Here's how the Blue Jackets got back in the win column:
1st Period:
(8:21 — CBJ Goal): Werenski scored his 10th of the season, giving Columbus the 1-0 lead, with assists to Boone Jenner and Yegor Chinakhov.
Werenski from Jenner and Chinakhov. Z is on an 11-game home point streak.pic.twitter.com/0uyvOc4xlB #CBJ
— 1st Ohio Battery (@1stOhioBattery) December 17, 2025
2nd Period:
(3:35 — ANA Goal): Strome's second of the year tied the game 1-1, with assists from Ryan Poehling (9) and Ian Moore (3).
Ducks even it up. Fourth line strikes with a give and go between Ryan Poehling and Ryan Strome, and Strome pots it.
— Zach Cavanagh (@ZachCav) December 17, 2025
1-1. #FlyTogether pic.twitter.com/NTvi5eqOzQ
(3:49 — CBJ Goal): Werenski’s second of the night made it 2-1. The assists went to Brendan Gaunce (3) and Johnson (6).
Werenski from Gaunce and Johnson to make it 2-1. #CBJ pic.twitter.com/UGaSyDUH8N
— 1st Ohio Battery (@1stOhioBattery) December 17, 2025
(4:18 — CBJ Goal): Jenner’s insurance marker, his fifth, gave Columbus the two-goal lead. Ivan Provorov got the assist (8).
Jenner from Provorov to make it 3-2. #CBJ
— 1st Ohio Battery (@1stOhioBattery) December 17, 2025
pic.twitter.com/y2hl35libq
(3:49 — ANA Goal): Granlund's fourth cut the Anaheim deficit to one goal. Frank Vatrano added his second assist of the season.
Ducks get back within one, as Anaheim and Columbus combine for four goals in the last two minutes. Blue Jackets blow a tire and Frank Vatrano breaks it out. He finds Mikael Granlund, who finishes.
— Zach Cavanagh (@ZachCav) December 17, 2025
3-2 CBJ. #FlyTogether pic.twitter.com/SxpYDuW0xm
3rd Period:
(16:44 — ANA Goal): LaCombe's game-tying goal was his sixth of the year. Poehling (10) and Granlund (7) had the assists for their second points of the game.
JACKSON LACOMBE BANK SHOT HELLO HOW ARE YA #FlyTogether pic.twitter.com/AgdCjkGFZn
— Late Arrivals (@LateArrivalsPod) December 17, 2025
Overtime:
(3:32 — CBJ Goal): Fantilli's 12 ended the bleeding, and the Jackets are finally back in the win column. Johnson (7) added his second point of the night, and Werenski (25) capped off a three-point night.
HAVE NO FEAR! MO IS HERE!
— Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) December 17, 2025
CBJ x @FanaticsBook pic.twitter.com/WXLRFPgILJ
| ANA | GAME STATS | CBJ |
|---|---|---|
| 27 | SHOTS | 28 |
| 42.3% | FACEOFFS | 57.7% |
| 0/4 | POWER PLAY | 0/2 |
| 2/2 | PENALTY KILL | 4/4 |
| 20 | HITS | 20 |
| 19 | GIVEAWAYS | 17 |
| 2 | TAKEAWAYS | 5 |
| 21 | BLOCKED SHOTS | 19 |
| ALL SITUATIONS ADVANCED STATS | ||
| 2.43 | EXPECTED GOALS | 2.09 |
| 60 | SHOT ATTEMPTS | 58 |
| 25 | SCORING CHANCES | 27 |
| 7 | HIGH-DANGER CHANCES | 9 |
| Data via NHL.com & NaturalStatTrick.com | ||
Stat Chat:
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Werenski skated in his 600th career game, passing Nick Foligno for fourth all-time in Blue Jackets franchise history. Werenski is the first defenseman to reach the mark in franchise history, and the fourth Blue Jacket to reach the milestone, joining Boone Jenner (760), Rick Nash (674), and Cam Atkinson (627). Werenski's 500th career game came on Nov. 11, 2024, a 4-2 loss at the Ducks in which he had an assist.
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With two goals and an assist, Werenski extended his home point streak to 11 games (eight goals, 13 assists). He now has 296 career assists.
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The win snaps the Jackets' six-game winless streak (0-2-4) against the Ducks at Nationwide Arena, with the last win coming Dec. 1, 2017.
- Isac Lundestrom, a member of the Ducks for seven seasons, faced his former team for the first time. Lundestrom recorded 84 points (35 goals, 49 assists) in 337 career games with Anaheim.
Up Next:
The Blue Jackets wrap up their four-game homestand as they entertain the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night at Nationwide Arena. Puck drop is at 7 p.m.
