Blue Jackets top Stars in shootout

COLUMBUS — Valeri Nichushkin and Kent Johnson scored in the shootout, and the Columbus Blue Jackets rallied to beat the Dallas Stars 2-1 Thursday night for their third straight home win. Columbus improved to 5-0 in games that have gone beyond regulation. Nichushkin scored on a backhand shot as Columbus’ second shooter, and Johnson went scored between the legs of Dallas goalie Casey DeSmith for his second game-deciding shootout score of the season. Zach Werenski scored in regulation, and Johnson’s assist extended his point streak to six games, giving him the team lead with 14 points. Cam Talbot stopped 27 shots for his fourth straight win and his 27th career shootout victory. Mikko Rantanen scored and DeSmith stopped 29 shots for Dallas, which had its two-game winning streak halted. Dallas appeared to break a scoreless deadlock in the final second of the second period, but the puck failed to completely cross the goal line before time expired. Rantanen finally broke through at 6:27 of th