News - Manny Malhotra
Chris Mason continued his amazing rookie season Thursday by recording his 10th shutout in carrying the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 5-0 victory over Calgary. Mason leads the NHL in shutouts and set a franchise record for most in a single season.
Manny Malhotra scored the winning goal midway through the third period Tuesday, delivering Columbus a 5-4 victory over Los Angeles. With the score tied 4-4 in the third period, Rick Nash passed to Malhotra for his second goal of the game and 10th of the season. Malhotra also scored earlier and added an assist for the Blue Jackets, who have won two of their last three games.
Kristian Huselius' two goals and one assist Saturday keyed the Columbus Blue Jackets' 5-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes. Huselius' 15th goal this season gave Columbus a 2-0 lead at 9:14 of the second period, and his16th (empty net) capped the scoring at 16:19 of the third. Mike Commodore, R.J.
Travis Zajac and John Madden scored third-period goals 73 seconds apart Friday night to rally the New Jersey Devils past Columbus 2-1. Kevin Weekes, who started in place of the struggling Scott Clemmensen in New Jersey's goal, made 26 saves to even his season record at 4-4. Manny Malhotra scored the only goal of the first two periods, giving Columbus the advantage in its bid to win a fourth straight game. Zajac, however, scored a power-play goal at 10:06 of the third and Madden soon followed with a wrist shot that beat Steve Mason.
Steve Mason made 20 saves Saturday night for his third NHL shutout and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat Philadelphia 3-0. Jan Hejda, Andrew Murray and Manny Malhotra scored for the Blue Jackets, who won for the first time in four games. Antero Niittymaki made 30 saves for the Flyers, who are 0-2 thus far on a six-game road trip -- and lost for the first time ever to Columbus. Hejda opened the scoring for Columbus with an unassisted goal at 3:22 of the first period and Murray scored on the power play at 18:08 of the first, with assists from R.J.
