The Columbus Blue Jackets three game winning streak under interim coach Claude Noel ended with a 4-3 loss to the Vancouver Canucks at Nationwide Arena. 

Columbus was ahead 3-2 going into the third period. Rick Nash scored his 27th goal of the season off a wrist shot at :22 in the 1st period. Columbus had scored the first goal during their three game winning streak.

Canucks Nolan Baumgartner scored his first goal of the season two minutes later to tie the score, but Jared Boll potted his fourth goal of the season moments later to swing momentum back to the Jackets.

Raffi Torres scored in the second period to give Columbus a 3-2 lead, but Vancouver, in the middle of a 14-game road trip, didn’t let up and scored the next two goals to secure the win.

At 4:31 of the third period, Sami Salo got off a slapshot which beat Steve Mason and shortly after,

Vancouver took the lead for good when Mikael Samuelsson scored his 20th goal of the season off a fluky wrist shot that deflected off Derrick Brassard’s stick and rainbowed over Mason’s shoulder.

"I don't know what to say about it, it obviously was a lucky one. Everybody saw that one,” Samuelsson said.

"The (fourth) goal scored on (Steve) Mason was a lucky goal,” Torres said. “We played well tonight. I don't think they pushed us out or anything. We battled back towards the end of the period things just did not go our way. Things are still positive in the room which is the main thing and we will work through it."

After Samuelsson’s goal, Noel called a timeout and gathered his troops. Columbus outshot Vancouver 19-9 in the third period.

Vancouver goaltender Andrew Raycroft started the game to give Roberto Luongo a breather, stopped 32 of 35 shots for the win, and the 100th of his career.

“When the game was on the line in the third period, he did what a goaltender was supposed to do, and he gave us a chance to win. The difference in the game was the goaltending,” Vancouver head coach Alain Vigneault said.

Mason stopped 31-35 in his first loss in four games.

"I thought the game was an entertaining game,” Noel said afterwards. “From my standpoint, I thought we played really well in some areas. I really liked a lot of things that we did. I liked the way we managed the game. The other thing I liked was our effort. Our effort was real good."

Vancouver was playing back-to-back games and their seventh game on the longest road trip (14 games) in NHL history because of the Olympics being held in Vancouver. Including the break, it will be 42 days between home games.

Columbus plays Chicago at Nationwide Arena on Sunday before the Olympic break.