Columbus at Carolina

Columbus scored three times in a 2:46 span of the first period Tuesday at Philadelphia, led 3-0, and needed Kent Johnson's overtime goal to win 4-3 after the Flyers outshot it 28-6 over the last two periods. The Flyers scored twice in the third, the second with 11 seconds left. The Blue Jackets are 5-5-0, and Carolina is 10-2-2 with the best record in the league. Columbus has allowed 33 goals in 10 games, 3.3 a game, including five to St. Louis, seven to Florida and six to Toronto. Its team save percentage is .882 on 280 shots against, 28 a game. Carolina scores 3.8 a game. This month it put up six at Montreal, five at Chicago, where it outshot the Blackhawks 39-26, and six at Vancouver. Columbus opened the season with a 6-3 win over Buffalo, and Johnson, who has six goals this year, finished Tuesday's win off a 2-on-0 rush with Adam Fantilli. Four of Columbus's five wins have come in overtime or a shootout, so with a defense that leaks goals, I'll take the Blue Jackets on the moneyline at a big-underdog price and add the OVER tonight.