ANAHEIM, Calif. -Fedor Tyutin scored the go-ahead goal on a one-timer from the blue line with 3:22 left, and Rick Nash and Jakub Voracek each scored twice, leading the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 6-4 victory over Anaheim on Saturday night.
Coming off back-to-back losses in which they surrendered 12 goals, the Blue Jackets became the third team in eight nights to beat the Ducks at Honda Center. Antoine Vermette had a goal and two assists for Columbus.
Steve Mason finished with 32 saves. In his previous visit to Anaheim on Dec. 31, last season's rookie of the year beat the Ducks 2-0 with 27 saves for his third consecutive shutout. He had 10 last season, becoming the first rookie to lead the NHL in that category since Tony Esposito in 1969-70.
Joffrey Lupul scored twice and Teemu Selanne and Scott Niedermayer hit paydirt on both of Anaheim's power plays. Selanne scored the tying goal with 12:17 left in regulation and Ryan Getzlaf had three assists for Anaheim.
Ducks right wing Evgeny Artyukhin began serving the three-game suspension he received from the league for a slew-footing takedown of Dallas' Matt Niskanen in the second period of Wednesday night's 3-2 loss. Teammate Ryan Carter missed his second straight game after getting hit by a puck in practice.
The Ducks were frantically trying to get the puck out of the zone when it slid parallel with the goal line. Tyutin swooped in and let it fly, and it beat a stunned Jean-Sebastien Giguere as the crowd of 14,468 groaned as one. Giguere, who has been slowed this week by a groin problem, reinjured himself on the play and was replaced by Jonas Hiller.
Nash's empty-net goal completed the scoring with 16 seconds to go.
Trailing 4-2 after Vorecek's goal just 18 seconds before the second intermission, the Ducks rallied with two goals in less than 3 minutes to tie it with 12:17 to play.
Lupul got his second of the game during a goalmouth scramble. Selanne got the equalizer, flipping the puck past Mason from the edge of the crease on an assist from Saku Koivu while Derek Dorsett was off for tripping Lupul.
Columbus center Samuel Pahlsson, who helped the Ducks win a Stanley Cup title in 2007 returned to Anaheim for the first time since the club traded him to Chicago on March 4. During a play stoppage at 13:59 of the first period, he was welcomed back with a video tribute that included one of the three goals he scored in the Finals. Just 11 seconds later, Lupul gave Anaheim a 1-0 lead with a 35-foot slap shot that broke off Mason's pads.
But the Blue Jackets outshooting the Ducks 18-10 in the second period and outscored them 4-1. Vermette tied it at 8:12, sweeping the puck past Giguere from the low slot with a backhander while falling to the ice.
The Ducks connected on their first power play of the game after Vermette was sent off for tripping Koivu at 11:34 of the period. Niedermayer took a 40-foot wrist shot that caromed off Mason's leg and then ricocheted off the skate of Columbus defenseman Mike Commodore before trickling over the goal line to put Anaheim back in front.
But the Blue Jackets responded with three goals in the final 6:06 of the period. Nash scored his fifth of the season and 199th of his career at 13:54, spinning away from defenseman Brendan Mikkelson at the right of the net and throwing the puck through the crease before it deflected in off Niedermayer's skate.
Voracek made it 3-2 at 16:45 of the period with a one-timer from the slot after Vermette fed him the puck while on his knees to the right of the net. Voracek then scored into a wide-open net with Giguere out of position after Vermette rung one off the left post.
NOTES: Saturday marked the second and final time this season that all 30 teams were scheduled to play on the same day. There also was a full slate on Oct. 3, including a game in Helsinki, Finland between Chicago and Florida; and another in Stockholm, Sweden between Detroit and St. Louis. ... Artyukhin's suspension will cost him $34,756.11 in salary. He will be eligible to return Oct. 31 at Phoenix. ... LW Matt Beleskey, who was recalled from San Antonio of the AHL on Friday because of the absence of Ryan and Artyukhin, played his third game with the Ducks. ... Anaheim was 0 for 18 on the power play over their previous five games.
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