Both times the Columbus Blue Jackets fell behind in the third period, Raffi Torres bailed them out. Torres' second goal of the period with 23 seconds left sent the game to overtime and R.J. Umberger got his second of the game 1:45 into the extra period to lift the Blue Jackets to a 5-4 victory over the Washington Capitals on Sunday night. "He stepped up for sure," Columbus' Rick Nash said of Torres. "That first one was huge. Good battle down low, good wrap-around.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Goalies
Sun 11/1	Was	Cls 5 - 4	W: Mason L: Theodore
Date	Home	Time (ET)
Sat 4/3	Cls	7:00 pm

Game Stats

Blue Jackets (7-5-1) Season Stats | Roster FORWARDS Name G A S +/- PIM R. Torres 2 0 3 1 0 R. Umberger 2 0 6 1 0 R. Nash 1 2 5 0 0 J. Chimera 0 2 3 1 2 J. Voracek 0 2 1 1 0 D. Brassard 0 1 5 1 0 S. Pahlsson 0 1 2 0 2 M. Blunden 0 0 0 0 0 J. Boll 0 0 1 0 12 D. Dorsett 0 0 0 0 0 K. Huselius 0 0 1 0 0 A. Vermette 0 0 0 -1 0		Capitals (8-2-4) Season Stats | Roster FORWARDS Name G A S +/- PIM B. Laich 2 0 5 0 0 N. Backstrom 1 0 6 -1 0 Q. Laing 1 0 2 0 0 A. Semin 0 2 6 0 0 M. Bradley 0 1 1 1 0 T. Fleischmann 0 1 2 0 0 B. Morrison 0 1 1 1 0 D. Steckel 0 1 0 1 2 K. Aucoin 0 0 0 -1 0 C. Clark 0 0 1 -1 0 M. Knuble 0 0 1 0 4 A. Ovechkin 0 0 1 0 4
DEFENSEMEN Name G A S +/- PIM A. Stralman 0 1 2 -1 0 F. Tyutin 0 1 1 1 0 M. Commodore 0 0 0 1 2 R. Klesla 0 0 1 -2 4 M. Methot 0 0 1 -2 0 K. Russell 0 0 0 0 0		DEFENSEMEN Name G A S +/- PIM M. Green 0 1 4 -1 0 T. Poti 0 1 2 0 0 M. Jurcina 0 0 1 1 0 S. Morrisonn 0 0 1 -1 0 B. Pothier 0 0 1 1 2 J. Schultz 0 0 1 0 2
GOALTENDER Name S SV GA SV% S. Mason(W, 6-4) 36 32 4 .889 M. Garon 0 0 0 .000		GOALTENDER Name S SV GA SV% J. Theodore 32 27 5 .844

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PLAYER NEWS

Blue Jackets Steve Mason (CLS - Goaltender) News: Mason made a season-high 45 saves Saturday in a 4-3 shootout loss at Nashville. [+] Impact: Mason, though, failed to stop both Nashville shooters in the shootout. He has a a 3.44 GAA this season. (STATS - Sun. Nov 22, 2009) Derick Brassard (CLS - Center) News: Brassard had two assists Saturday in a 4-3 shootout loss at Nashville. [+] Impact: Brassard had five straight games without a point before Saturday. (STATS - Sun. Nov 22, 2009) Fedor Tyutin (CLS - Defense) News: Tyutin had two assists Saturday in a 4-3 shootout loss at Nashville. [+] Impact: It marked the third straight game with two assists for Tyutin. (STATS - Sun. Nov 22, 2009)

Capitals Alex Ovechkin (WAS - Left Wing) News: Ovechkin scored in regulation in Washington's 2-1 shootout loss to Toronto on Saturday night. [+] Impact: Ovechkin took a nifty pass from streaking defenseman Mike Green and beat Vesa Toskala with the kind of quick, hard shot. Ovechkin has 16 goals in 17 career games against Toronto. (STATS - Sun. Nov 22, 2009) Tom Poti (WAS - Defense) News: Poti is out for Washington with an upper-body injury. [+] Impact: It is unclear when he will return for Washington. (STATS - Sun. Nov 22, 2009) Semyon Varlamov (WAS - G) News: Semyon Varlamov was spectacular on Saturday night, stopping 38-of-39 shots, but not spectacular enough, as Washington lost 2-1 in a shootout to the Maple Leafs.  [+] Impact: The loss dropped him to a still-sterling 8-1-1 on the season. (Fanball - Sat. Nov 21, 2009)

Injury Report

Blue Jackets Player Injury Status A Murray Torn muscle, shoulder IR F Modin Sprained right MCL IR

Capitals Player Injury Status T Poti Upper-body injury day-to-day S Morrisonn Upper-body injury day-to-day Q Laing Broken jaw IR A Semin Right wrist injury IR B Gordon Back IR J Theodore Personal reasons day-to-day M Knuble Broken finger IR M Jurcina Pulled leg muscle IR