COLUMBUS, Ohio — Sean Monahan scored two goals in his 800th NHL game, helping Columbus beat the Boston Bruins 6-2 on Friday night and extending the Blue Jackets’ home winning streak to three games.

Dmitri Voronkov added two goals and an assist, extending his point streak to six games. Kirill Marchenko’s goal and two assists gave him seven straight points, the best of his career. Adam Fantilli also scored a goal and Elvis Merzlikins made 23 saves for Columbus.

Zach Werenski had four assists for the second time in his career and set a franchise record with points in 12 straight home games.

Pavel Zacha and Charlie Coyle scored and Joonas Korpisalo stopped 27 shots for Boston, which lost its second straight road game. Brad Marchand’s assist on Coyle’s goal extended his point streak to 11 games.

Takeaways

Boston: The Bruins looked competitive when they tied the game with a goal late in the first period, but faltered in the second period, going nearly 10 minutes without a shot on goal and then allowing five unanswered goals in a lackluster performance.

Columbus: The Blue Jackets came out with a lead and spent much of the first period in the Boston end before dominating the second and scoring in the third for their most complete game of the season.

Key moment

The Blue Jackets scored three goals in 2:47 of the second period and added another with 46 seconds left in the period to open the game and improve to 10-0-3 after two periods when they took the lead lay.

Key statistics

The Blue Jackets scored three power play goals for the first time since February 23, 2021 in a home loss to Chicago. They have scored power play goals in eight of their last 10 games. The Bruins have given up three power play goals in a game six times this season.

Next

The teams play back-to-back home games, with Boston hosting Columbus on Saturday.

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