PITTSBURGH The first overtime playoff game in franchise history worked out well for the Columbus Blue Jackets.Matt Calvert, 10 seconds into the second overtime Mark Lowe Jersey , tied Columbus' first-round series with the Pittsburgh Penguins at one game apiece, beating Marc-Andre Fleury for his second goal of the game and giving the Blue Jackets a 4-3 win.A little more from Consol Energy Center:PENALTY KILLEDAfter two periods of disciplined hockey, the Penguins self-destructed in the third, taking three in a little more than eight minutes, and the Blue Jackets made them pay; defenseman Jack Johnson, with Cody Bellinger Jersey Kris Letang in the box on a borderline interference call, beat Fleury to tie the game at 3 with 5:41 remaining.It was Johnson's second goal of the series, and more proof that, particularly in the playoffs, . Johnson, deservedly, is a target for stats-heavy analysts, but he's been good for Columbus so far.SHORT IMPACTBy the end of Pittsburgh's Game 1 victory, Brian Gibbons was playing right wing . Part of the reason for that, as coach Dan Bylsma said, was Gibbons' straight-line speed; Duke Snid Jersey he's probably the fastest skater on Pittsburgh's roster at the moment.Oddly enough, he managed to park his 5'8-ish frame in front of Sergei Bobrovsky to tip in Pittsburgh's first goal, then showed off his speed (and PK ability) with a shorthanded goal that put Pittsburgh up 2-0. Predictably for the Penguins, though, he didn't finish the period, leaving after Clayton Kershaw Jersey a collision with Ryan Johansen.NI$KANEN UPDATEWe've said this before: Penguins defenseman Matt Niskanen . He's coming off a 46-point regular season that put him on the periphery of the Norris discu sion, and he scored his second goal of the playoffs in the first period a few minutes after Gibbons stole one from him.That's the sort of stuff high-profile playoff goals, specifically that net 27-year-old, pending-UFA defenseman enormous contracts. And he's going to have Alex Wood Jersey more than his share of opportunities for as long as Pittsburgh lasts in the tournament.MAXIMUS DECIMUS MERIDIUSRu sell Crowe was in the building!Where am I now? Ru sell Crowe (@ru sellcrowe) Never heard back, though.. seriously man, let's hang out. Sean Gentille (@seangentille)
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