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MISSING PERSON  Has there been any bigger disappointment early on this season than the play of former NHL scoring champ Rick Nash? After tying Ilya Kovalchuk and Jarome Iginla for the goal-scoring lead in 2003-04 with 41 and then missing 28 games to injury last year, Nash was expected to spearhead the Blue Jackets' first playoff drive. Thus far Nash has just three goals in 10 games, zero in the last seven games. Just one of those goals came while the Blue Jackets were at even strength. The focus in Columbus, especially after Wednesday's 5-3 loss to Colorado, is on coach Gerard Gallant's future but critics would be better served organizing a search party for the hitherto invisible Nash. -- S.B.
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"There probably used to be a day and age where we would go out and the tunnel in that winged helmet and that would be worth 10 or 14 points. Those days are over." -Michigan Football Coach Rich Rodriguez
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11-03-2006, 06:52 PM
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In two short weeks, all eyes will be on the city of Columbus for the biggest game of the college football season, the much- anticipated matchup between No. 1 Ohio State and second-ranked Michigan.
,The Columbus Blue Jackets will likely relish all the focus on the Buckeyes, since it diverts the attention from the team's recent lack of success.
Columbus lost for the sixth time in seven games on Wednesday, a 5-3 setback to Colorado at Nationwide Arena. Prior to that defeat, the Jackets were shut out for the third time this season in Saturday's 1-0 loss at New Jersey.
The Blue Jackets had one of the league's most anemic offenses last season, but appeared to have significantly upgraded that area in the offseason. The club traded for right wing Fredrik Modin, a key member of Tampa Bay's run to the Stanley Cup in 2003-04, and signed veteran sniper Anson Carter, who was coming off a 33-goal campaign with Vancouver.
But through its first 10 games of the season, Columbus has managed only 22 goals, the third-worst average in the league. Superstar forward Rick Nash hasn't found the net in seven consecutive games, while Carter (1 goal, 1 assist) has been a huge early disappointment recently relegated to fourth-line duty.
The offense did show some life, however, in Wednesday's defeat. The Blue Jackets peppered Avalanche goaltender Jose Theodore with 44 shots, but cost themselves dearly with sloppy defensive play. Most of Colorado's five goals came on odd-man rushes.
"We beat ourselves (against Colorado)," said Columbus head coach Gerard Gallant. "We had probably our best offensive game of the season, but every time we made a mistake it ended up in the back of the net."
The Blue Jackets, who are mired in the Central Division basement with only seven points, take on another slumping club on Friday when the Calgary Flames visit Nationwide Arena.
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"There probably used to be a day and age where we would go out and the tunnel in that winged helmet and that would be worth 10 or 14 points. Those days are over." -Michigan Football Coach Rich Rodriguez
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BLUE JACKETS 5 FLAMES 4, SO
Jackets show fire in win over Flames
Malhotra?s score in 11 th round of shootout ends thrilling game
Saturday, November 04, 2006
Michael Arace
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Blue Jackets goalie Pascal Leclaire prepares to stop a shot by the Flames? Dion Phaneuf during the shootout. Leclaire had 28 saves.
Pascal Leclaire, left, and Manny Malhotra celebrate after Malhotra scored the winner in the 11 th round of the shootout.
The Blue Jackets and Calgary Flames were locked in a tie through overtime, and their strangely important game was decided in a shootout that went on and on last night. Pressure compounded as shooter after shooter made their naked forays at the net. Here was wonder and torture in equal supply.
For both teams, there is heat on the general manager and/or the coach because of early season struggles. For both teams, the extra point for a shootout victory was like a grail ? more so for the Jackets, who were at home and facing a crowd that at times was hostile. The last shot would determine the ultimate mood for the 16,103 on hand.
In the end, there was joy for Blue Jackets fans. Manny Malhotra, the 22 nd shooter to take the puck at center ice and make his stab at a penalty shot, scored to give the Jackets a 5-4 victory. Malhotra came at an unrushed pace down the slot and beat Flames goaltender Jamie McLennan clean through the legs. The Jackets piled off the bench to mob their thirdline center and the crowd roared.
"What a fun experience," Malhotra said. "To have 16,000-plus on their feet cheering, it?s a lot of fun. Every guy in the room dreams of this kind of situation, goes through it in his head. It?s like when you?re a kid on the pond, thinking of sudden death, and next goal wins."
David Vyborny had two goals for the Blue Jackets (4-6-1). Sergei Fedorov (goal, assist) and Ron Hainsey (two assists) also had multipoint games. Duvie Westcott had a goal. Goaltender Pascal Leclaire (28 saves) was helped by his team?s four power-play goals.
For the Flames (3-7-2), Daymond Langkow had a goal and two assists, Jarome Iginla had a goal and an assist, and Alex Tanguay and Dion Phaneuf each had a goal. McLennan made his first start of the season.
"(The extra point) was huge," Blue Jackets coach Gerard Gallant said. "If we?d lost in the shootout, it would have felt like a loss. The crowd has been on our players, and with good reason, so even though it wasn?t a great finish (in regulation), I think everyone left pretty happy. But we have to play a better second half."
What Gallant was alluding to was this: The Jackets were terrific in the first period, poor in the second and fair in the third.
They converted three of their four power plays in the first period. Fedorov scored for the second time in as many games. Westcott got a wrist shot through traffic. Vyborny took a lovely cross-slot pass from Fedorov and tucked a wrist shot inside the near post. The only thing that marred the opening 20 minutes for the home team was a short-handed goal by Iginla.
The thing that deflated the Blue Jackets in the second period was an instant goal, at the 19-second mark, on a rush by Langkow. It was the start of a 30-minute span of dominance for the Flames. By midway through the third period, they?d erased a two-goal deficit and taken a 4-3 lead. Vyborny saved the Jackets with another power-play goal, from a wicked angle, at 12:51 of the third period. That got the game to overtime. Both teams had chances four-on-four, but the game seemed destined for a shootout.
It was the second-longest shootout of the young season, 11 rounds, 22 shooters. The goalies were good early, the shooters were better late. On the ninth shot, Vyborny scored to keep the Jackets alive. On the 10 th shot, Fedorov scored to keep the Jackets alive. On the 14 th shot, Anson Carter scored to keep the Jackets alive. Seven more shooters tried and failed before Malhotra took the puck at center ice. The building was ready to explode, or implode, as he skated toward McLennan.
marace@dispatch.com
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