Jackets have goal disallowed late, lose in OT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Kyle Okposo got his second goal of the game at 2:16 of overtime to lift the New York Islanders to a 3-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night.

Frans Nielsen also scored and Jaroslav Halak had 28 saves as New York improved to 7-0-2 in its last nine games.

Brandon Saad and Cam Atkinson scored for Columbus, which entered with one win in its last seven (1-3-3). The Blue Jackets also had a potential winning goal in the final minute of regulation overturned by a video review.

Curtis McElhinney finished with 16 saves while making a second consecutive start since Sergei Bobrovksy suffered a strained groin late on Tuesday against the visiting Kings. Bobrovksy is expected to be on the shelf for three weeks.

Against McElhinney, Los Angeles rallied to a 3-2 overtime win while beating him twice on seven shots. McElhinney allowed three goals on the first five shots in Columbus' 6-4 loss at Winnipeg on Thursday. The Islanders jumped ahead 2-1 in this one on their first nine shots.

Atkinson made it 2-apiece at 8:20 on a long slap shot for his ninth and third in the third period the last two games.

The Blue Jackets then thought they won it with 48 seconds remaining, but the goal was overturned in the league's video review room. It was ruled Boone Jenner used a "distinct kicking motion" to convert a rushing Brandon Saad's centering pass.

In a blurry sequence in the crease it appeared the pass hit Jenner's stick then maybe hit his skate or even trickled in off the stick of defenseman Travis Hamonic.

Okposo made it 1-0 with 4:39 remaining in the first period with his seventh. He stole an ill-advised breakout pass toward the middle of the ice by Gregory Campbell then quickly snapped a shot over McElhinney's glove.

Saad tied it at 5:08 of the second period when Jenner's spinning centering pass deflected off his skate past Halak. The goal was Saad's 10th ending an 11-game drought, one short of tying his career long skid.

The Islanders responded just 57 seconds later on the power play with Nielsen scoring his 12th. At the top of the crease he controlled a bouncing puck and squibbed a weak, low shot by McElhinney's outstreched arm and David Savard on his knees at the goal line.

NOTES: Columbus coach John Tortorella is 11-10-3 since he replaced Todd Richards on Oct. 21, a day after the visiting Islanders beat Columbus 4-0. ... New York is 6-0-2 against fellow Metropolitian Division teams. ... Columbus D Jack Johnson and C Ryan Johansen played their 600th and 300th career games, respectively. ...The Islanders are 3-0-1 in their last four in Columbus after just one win in the prior 10 visits