Blue Jackets down Panthers, Tarasov makes 46 saves

The Columbus Blue Jackets upended the reigning President’s Trophy winners, the Florida Panthers 5-3 less than 24 hours after losing to the Detroit Red Wings.

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The Blue Jackets were struggling just to get the puck out of their own zone most of the game, but the 6-foot-5 rookie goalie Daniil Tarasov turned back 47 shots for the second win of his NHL career — including 17 on 18 shots in the first period to keep it 1-1.

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“You need someone to hold fort for you,” said Blue Jackets coach Brad Larsen, who was behind the bench for his 100th NHL game.

“You look at all the good teams—their goalies do that for them. And (Tarasov) did it pretty much all night tonight.”

Johnny Gaudreau scored a goal and added two assists, Kent Johnson contributed his first NHL power-play goal, and Yegor Chinakhov and Boone Jenner each added a goal for Columbus, which has won four of its last five at home.

Impressive Tarasov faced a career-high 50 shots and 94 shot attempts in his first win since Oct. 23.

Matthew Tkachuk, Aaron Ekblad and Colin White scored for Florida, and Nick Cousins added two assists. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 18.