Jake DeBrusk scores in OT to lift Bruins over Blue Jackets

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Jake DeBrusk scored his second goal of the game 1:03 into overtime to lift the Boston Bruins to a 3-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday night.

Zach Werenski scored late in the second period to tie the score for Columbus. After a scoreless third, Hampus Lindholm picked up a Blue Jackets turnover at the blue line in overtime and fed DeBrusk, who beat Elvis Merzlikins from the left circle for his 21st of the season.

DeBrusk scored in his fifth straight game, Craig Smith also scored, Charlie McAvoy had a pair of assists and Linus Ullmark stopped 20 shots in the penalty-filled game as the Bruins bolstered their playoff positioning. They moved into third place in the Atlantic Division, even with Tampa Bay but holding the tiebreaker with one more win with 13 games left.

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Boston Bruins forward Jake DeBrusk, right, scores past Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Elvis Merzlikins during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Columbus, Ohio, Monday, April 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon)

"It wasn’t our best," DeBrusk said. "Give Columbus credit. They were pushing pretty much all night and taking it to us in the neutral zone."

Boston has won three straight and 10 of the last 12. They are 17-3-1 in their last 21.

"When you win that often, you obviously have the ability to find ways to win," Boston coach Bruce Cassidy said. "You have the ability to get out of funks quickly."

The Blue Jackets are going in the other direction, losing a season-high seventh in a row. Emil Bemstrom had a goal, and Merzlikins made 34 saves for Columbus, which dropped below .500.

Bemstrom got the Blue Jackets on the board