Blue Jackets tie franchise wins record

Rick Nash scored two goals and the Columbus Blue Jackets tied the franchise record for wins by beating the San Jose Sharks 4-1 on Tuesday night.

Columbus won its third in a row, and at 29-40-3 matched the 2002-2003 team's victory total (29-42-8-3).

Mark Hartigan broke a scoring drought with his second goal, and Manny Malhotra added an empty-netter to stretch his goal streak to three games. David Vyborny had two assists.

Steve Bernier had the goal for San Jose.

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