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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Yegor Chinakhov scored the shootout winner after Zach Werenski tied the game with 32 seconds left in regulation to rally the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Wild on Friday night and snap a four-game losing streak.

Chinakov also scored in the first period, and Elvis Merzlikins stopped 36 shots in the win for Columbus.

“We hung around in the game against another really good team and found way,” Blue Jackets coach Brad Larsen said. “I’m happy the guys were able to get to OT. They got a couple of good looks in OT, then Chinny comes through.”

Mats Zuccarello had a goal and an assist, and Kirill Kaprizov also scored for Minnesota. Kaapo Kahkonen had 26 saves in the Wild’s first loss in three games. Minnesota remained in third place in the Central Division, a point behind St. Louis.

“They kept pushing and got a break at the end,” Wild coach Dean Evason said. “We make a mistake, obviously and it ends up in our net.

Columbus went up 1-0 on Chinakhov’s first power-play goal of the season, a wrister from the left circle that beat Kahkonen glove side with 6:29 left into the game.

Kaprizov tied it with 26 seconds left in the first, just 15 seconds into a 4-on-3 Wild power play, with a wrister from the left circle. It was his 30th goal of the season and extended his point streak to eight games.

Zuccarello put the Wild ahead 2-1 with 6:27 left in the second with his deflection of a shot by Jared Spurgeon that bounced off Merzlikins and dribbled into the goal.

Werenski tied it again with a shot from the blue line that beat Kahkonen with time running out to send the game to overtime.

“A lot of time you shoot those and the goalie moves over to make the save,” Werenski said. “He really couldn’t see. That was a big goal for us, a big win.”

The Wild and Jackets last played Feb. 28, 2020, when Minnesota blanked Columbus 5-0.

Wild defenseman Jonas Brodin skated in his 656th career game to tie Ryan Suter for fourth place in most games played in franchise history.

Max Domi’s helper on Chinakhov’s goal gave him assists in four of his last six games. Zuccarello stretched his point streak to four games. Kevin Fiala’s secondary assist extended his point streak to six games. Jared Spurgeon’s assist on Zuccarello’s goal was his fifth in five games and Ryan Hartman’s secondary assist was his seventh point in the last seven contests.

Blue Jackets: Host Las Vegas on Sunday night.

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