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NHL: Columbus 2, Phoenix 0

Sun, 10/11/2009 - 12:37 by harsheeb

Glendale, Oct. 11 -- Mathieu Garon stopped all 36 shots he faced Saturday, backstopping the Columbus Blue Jackets' 2-0 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes.

Garon's shutout is his first of the season and 15th of his career, but first since 2007-08, when he was with Edmonton.

Rick Nash scored what turned out to be the game-winner for the Blue Jackets and R.J. Umberger added an empty-net goal for Columbus, which has won three of four to start the season.

Ilya Bryzgalov made 17 saves in the loss, the second in a row for Phoenix, which had opened the 2009-10 campaign with wins over Los Angeles and Pittsburgh.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.

NHL: San Jose 6, Columbus 3

Fri, 10/09/2009 - 11:12 by shalini.bahadur

San Jose, Calif., Oct. 9: Dany Heatley scored two of San Jose's four second-period goals Thursday and finished with a hat trick, pacing the Sharks to a 6-3 victory over Columbus.

The loss by the Blue Jackets left Calgary (4-0) and Atlanta (2-0) as the NHL's only unbeaten teams just a week into the season.

Heatley gave San Jose a 2-1 lead 5:40 into the second period and also scored with 12 seconds left in the stanza to make it 4-2. He added a shorthanded goal 7:08 into the closing period.

Heatley has four goals in four games.

Evgeni Nabokov got the win, stopping 20-of-23 shots.

Steve Mason was removed from the contest after allowing five goals on 20 shots.

Mathieu Garon faced six shots the rest of the way and gave up only Heatley's final goal.