Blue Jackets win in overtime, 3-2

The Columbus Blue Jackets had a little talk in the dressing room before coming out for the third period.

What Coach Ken Hitchcock said must have left an impression.

David Vyborny scored twice -- including a goal with 21.4 seconds left in overtime -- to rally the Blue Jackets to a 3-2 victory over the Kings on Wednesday.

The Blue Jackets trailed, 2-1, but earned their fifth victory after being down through two periods.

“We had a discussion after the second period about who had to step up -- and the right people stepped up,” said Hitchcock, 22-20-5 since taking over a team that was 5-13-2. “It’s your best players who have to step up and win. Our best players came on in the third period when we needed them.”

Vyborny’s winning goal came on a power play after Alexander Frolov had taken a penalty with the Kings having a man advantage.

“Frolov has to be smarter than that,” Kings Coach Marc Crawford said. “I’m not going to bench him or anything like that. He’s one of our best players, if not our best player, but those are hopefully the type of lessons we learn. You want to make intelligent decisions in overtime: Don’t slash a guy’s stick on a 4-on-3.”

The Kings got goals from Kevin Dallman and Jamie Heward.