Garon solid in net as Blue Jackets down Ducks

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03/10/2010 - Anaheim, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mathieu Garon was strong with 36 saves to lead the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 5-2 win over the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center.

Fedor Tyutin, Jakub Voracek and Antoine Vermette all recorded a goal and two assists for the Blue Jackets, who halted a five-game winless skid. Derek Dorsett and Derick Brassard each added a goal in the victory.

Lubomir Visnovsky and Ryan Getzlaf scored for the Ducks, who remained without a win (0-3-1) since the Olympic break and will continue their seven-game homestand on Friday against Nashville.

Jonas Hiller allowed three goals on 20 shots but was pulled in the second period. Curtis McElhinney, who was acquired last week from Calgary for Vesa Toskala, turned aside seven shots in relief. Ducks forward Bobby Ryan assisted on both goals.

Trailing 3-0 in the third period, the Ducks came to life with a pair of goals to make it interesting.

After Visnovsky's blazing slap shot from the slot brought Anaheim within two at the 9:11 mark, the Ducks made it 3-2 with 5:04 remaining in regulation when Getzlaf tallied. Getzlaf fought for control along the rear boards, drifted with the puck into the left circle and beat Garon with a wrister through traffic.

However, any chance for an Anaheim equalizer was essentially erased when Ducks veteran Saku Koivu was whistled for hooking with 2:31 to play. On the ensuring power play, Vermette's 21st goal -- a backhander between the pads from the top of the crease -- sealed the victory with 1:58 on the clock.

Brassard capped the scoring in the waning seconds.

The visitors grabbed a 1-0 lead at the 8:55 mark of the opening period. A shot from the right point was saved by Hiller, but the puck was loose in front. After several rebound attempts, Dorsett was finally able to poke the puck over the goal line from the top of the crease amid a scramble.

In the second period, a power-play goal pushed the Columbus edge to two. Skating 5-on-4, Voracek, from a sharp angle at the base of the left circle, found room over the short-side shoulder of Hiller with a laser wrist shot at 8:14.

Less than five minutes later, the Blue Jackets moved ahead by three goals. Tyutin's shot from the top of the left circle hit bodies in front of the net and the disc caromed directly back to Tyutin, whose momentum at that point had carried him into the lower portion of the circle. Tyutin's second attempt made it past a screened Hiller at 13:07.

Game Notes

The Ducks have dropped three straight and six of their last nine home games against Columbus, which is now 4-3-2 with interim head coach Claude Noel...The Blue Jackets played without All-Star forward Rick Nash, who left Monday's game against Los Angeles with a lower-body injury. Fellow forward Kristian Huselius also missed the game with a hand injury...Anaheim ended scoreless on seven power-play chances, while the visitors were 3-for-6 with the extra skater.

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Out west, 22nd-ranked Arizona State will be battling for their first victory over 21st-ranked California since 2000. Although the Golden Bears are listed as 7.5-point favorites, the Sun Devils are 3-0, lead the nation in sacks with 18 and possess the Pac-10's leading passer in sophomore quarterback Rudy Carpenter.

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Sept 21 GEORGIA TECH Virginia 17
Sept 22 NEVADA Northwestern 6.5
Sept 23 MICHIGAN Wisconsin 14
Sept 23 Minnesota PURDUE 3
Sept 23 SYRACUSE Miami (Ohio) 6.5
Sept 23 MISSOURI Ohio 21.5
Sept 23 Louisville KANSAS STATE 14
Sept 23 TENNESSEE Marshall 22
Sept 23 CLEMSON North Carolina 16.5
Sept 23 FLORIDA Kentucky 24
Sept 23 Iowa ILLINOIS 20.5
Sept 23 FLORIDA STATE Rice 30.5
Sept 23 AUBURN Buffalo 41.5
Sept 23 BOWLING GREEN Kent 7
Sept 23 NAVY Tulsa 4.5
Sept 23 VIRGINIA TECH Cincinnati 27
Sept 23 BYU Utah State 29
Sept 23 OHIO STATE Penn State 16.5
Sept 23 TEXAS Iowa State 25
Sept 23 Washington State STANFORD 10
Sept 23 CALIFORNIA Arizona State 7.5
Sept 23 UCLA WASHINGTON 3
Sept 23 INDIANA Connecticut 1.5
Sept 23 Central Michigan EASTERN MICHIGAN 4
Sept 23 WYOMING Air Force 1
Sept 23 UTEP NEW MEXICO 9.5
Sept 23 West Virginia EAST CAROLINA 21
Sept 23 Boston College NORTH CAROLINA STATE 7
Sept 23 GEORGIA Colorado 27
Sept 23 ARKANSAS Alabama 1.5
Sept 23 BAYLOR Army 11
Sept 23 WESTERN MICHIGAN Temple 28
Sept 23 MISSISSIPPI Wake Forest 2.5
Sept 23 KANSAS South Florida 5.5
Sept 23 TEXAS A&amp;M Louisiana Tech 23.5
Sept 23 UAB Mississippi State 9.5
Sept 23 LSU Tulane 36
Sept 23 Utah SAN DIEGO STATE 6.5
Sept 23 BOISE STATE Hawaii 15
Sept 23 Notre Dame MICHIGAN STATE 3
Sept 23 USC ARIZONA U 22
Sept 23 Oklahoma State HOUSTON 1
Sept 23 OREGON STATE Idaho 23
Sept 23 OKLAHOMA Middle Tennessee State 29
Sept 23 MARYLAND Florida International 18.5
Sept 23 AKRON North Texas 17.5
Sept 23 SOUTH CAROLINA Florida Atlantic 29.5
Sept 23 NEBRASKA Troy 23
Sept 23 SMU Arkansas State 6

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