Michigan Sports
May 10, 2021
Detroit Red Wings forward Valtteri Filppula, top, scores against Blue Jackets goalie Matiss Kivlenieks during the third period in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday. (AP photo)
By MITCH STACY
AP Sports Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio Max Domi scored 4:39 into overtime to lift the Columbus Blue Jackets over the Detroit Red Wings 5-4 on Saturday night in the season finale for both teams.
Matiss Kivlenieks had 33 saves for the Blue Jackets, who despite the feel-good win to end the season couldn’t avoid finishing in the Central Division cellar. Columbus needed a win in regulation to finish ahead of the Red Wings.
Max Domi nets the winner as Columbus captures the season finale by Jeff Svoboda @JacketsInsider / BlueJackets.com
The Blue Jackets won a 5-4 final against Detroit in overtime on Saturday night at Nationwide Arena in the last game of the season.
Game in a Paragraph
Fittingly enough for teams that entered the game just one point apart in the standings, the two squads played an even game, one that was tied 1-1 after a period and 2-2 after two. Following suit, it was 3-3 in the third and then 4-4 later in the frame. That meant overtime, where Max Domi ripped home the winner with 20.4 seconds left to go.
Calvin Pickard got the start in net. Jakub Vrana put the Wings up early, but Cam Atkinson took advantage of being left alone to tie the game in the first period. Danny DeKeyser scored for the second time in two games when he fired a shot that snuck underneath Matiss Kivlenieks’ left arm, but Oliver Bjorkstrand scored less than two minutes later.
With Columbus Max Domi serving a penalty for roughing Gustav Lindstrom, the Blue Jackets converted on a shorthanded goal by Eric Robinson , but the Wings also converted, with Sam Gagner scoring a power play goal to tie the game 3-3 .
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