| 1 | 2 | 3 (OT) | F | |
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1 | 1 | 0 (1) | 3 |
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1 | 1 | 0 (0) | 2 |
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Dmitri Voronkov scored the overtime game-winner and Jet Greaves stopped 25 of 27 shots as the Columbus Blue Jackets put a four-game losing streak to bed Sunday with a 3-2 win over the Utah Mammoth.
Mikael Pyyhtia and Charlie Coyle also scored for the Blue Jackets. Pyyhtia's goal came less than three minutes into the game and was his first goal of the season, giving Columbus an early 1-0 lead.
After Utah took a 2-1 lead, Coyle's power play goal in the closing minutes of the second period tied the game at 2-2. The goal ended an eight-game streak without a power play goal for the Blue Jackets.
With the game still tied at 2-2 late in the third, Utah's Daniil But trips Adam Fantilli, drawing a minor penalty and putting the Blue Jackets on the power play for the third time in the game.
The Blue Jackets could not convert on the power play in regulation, but Voronkov gets the game-winner just a minute into overtime to put Columbus in the win column for the first time in over a week.
It was the second straight January in which the Blue Jackets left Salt Lake City with a 3-2 overtime victory; Zach Werenski scored the game-winner January 31st, 2025 to give Columbus two points against what was then known as the Utah Hockey Club.
Werenski had the primary assist in overtime Sunday.
Here's how the Blue Jackets salvaged two points on the road trip:
1st Period:
(2:47 — CBJ Goal): Columbus gets the scoring started on a sequence that begins with a great pass from Danton Heinen. He finds Pyyhtia streaking up the neutral zone and puts the puck in perfect position for him. Pyyhtia collects it, then goes between a pair of Mammoth defensemen and fires from the left dot, beating Vanecek and putting the Blue Jackets up 1-0.
What a shot from Mikael Pyyhtia for his first goal of the season. Danton Heinen gets his first point with the #CBJ on the assist. pic.twitter.com/OyfPwd2fsc
— 1st Ohio Battery (@1stOhioBattery) January 12, 2026
(16:40 — UTH Goal): Just a bit of bad luck for the Blue Jackets here and the game is tied at 1-1. Clayton Keller's shot hits Jack McBain in the shoulder, then pops over Greaves and makes its way into the net to tie the game at 1-1 late in the first.
Jack McBain ties the game at 1 pic.twitter.com/Sd2qZHkbo9
— Utah Mammoth (@utahmammoth) January 12, 2026
2nd Period:
(1:02 — UTH Goal): Utah takes their first lead of the game just over a minute into the middle frame. Mikhail Sergachev fires the puck from just inside the blue line and it gets through a ton of traffic and through Greaves to put the Mammoth in front 2-1.
Sergy from the blue line 2-1, Mammoth! pic.twitter.com/PJn1vI0s15
— Utah Mammoth (@utahmammoth) January 12, 2026
(18:31 — CBJ Goal): The Blue Jackets eight-game goalless streak on the power play comes to an end with Coyle's seventh of the season. With the zone established, Coyle fires a shot off the post from a close distance. There's a scramble in the crease and Coyle eventually gets his own rebound and sticks it home to tie the game at 2-2.
Coyles power play goal here ended an eight-game streak without a man-advantage goal by the #CBJ.
— 1st Ohio Battery (@1stOhioBattery) January 12, 2026
More importantly, it tied the game at 2-2 late in the second.
Third period ready to begin, all square.pic.twitter.com/V1WGuECjk0
3rd Period + Overtime:
(1:01, OT — CBJ Goal): Good vision leads to the game-winner. Werenski sees Voronkov charging towards the net and hits him with a fantastic pass through traffic. The Big Boss gets a stick on it and puts it home for the 3-2 Blue Jackets victory.
Big Boss.
— 1st Ohio Battery (@1stOhioBattery) January 12, 2026
Big Game-Winner. #CBJ pic.twitter.com/v5AeBjRGwO
| CBJ | GAME STATS | UTH |
|---|---|---|
| 36 | SHOTS | 27 |
| 48% | FACEOFFS | 52% |
| 2/3 | POWER PLAY | 0/2 |
| 2/2 | PENALTY KILL | 1/3 |
| 18 | HITS | 15 |
| 17 | GIVEAWAYS | 11 |
| 2 | TAKEAWAYS | 5 |
| 23 | BLOCKED SHOTS | 21 |
| ALL SITUATIONS ADVANCED STATS | ||
| 73 | SHOT ATTEMPTS | 65 |
| 35 | SCORING CHANCES | 28 |
| 19 | HIGH-DANGER CHANCES | 11 |
| Data via NHL.com & NaturalStatTrick.com | ||
Stat Chat:
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The Blue Jackets hadn't scored a power play goal since Christmas: they were 0-for-17 after the holiday break. That changed in a big way in this game, with Columbus connecting on the power play twice in the same game for the first time since December 22nd and just the fourth time this season.
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Voronkov's game-winner was his 16th goal of the season, tying him with Zach Werenski and Kirill Marchenko for the team lead.
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After Utah's goal on their first shot of the second period, Greaves stopped the final 19 Mammoth shots of the evening.
- Ivan Provorov picked up the 300th point of his NHL career with a secondary assist on Pyyhtia's early goal.
Up Next:
Home sweet home, at last. The Blue Jackets are back at Nationwide Arena for a 7:00 p.m. puck-drop Tuesday night against the Calgary Flames, who will enter the game with a 19-22-4 record.
