Doing the unimaginable: Blue Jackets extend point streak to 12 games

It started back on Feb. 26.

The Columbus Blue Jackets, thanks to a dominant 5-1 win over the visiting Calgary Flames Friday evening, have now gone 12 games without a regulation defeat. Nine of those games have been decided either in overtime or the shootout.

Yes. The Columbus Blue Jackets. No, that isn’t a typo.

#CBJ coach Todd Richards on 12-game point streak: "if you asked anybody in the hockey world, they never would have imagined this."—
Aaron Portzline (@Aportzline) March 23, 2013

A three-goal outburst from the Blue Jackets in the second period turned what was, at the time, a 1-1 hockey game into a commanding 4-1 Columbus lead heading into the final 20 minutes.

And the folks at the Nationwide Arena showed their appreciation, giving the Blue Jackets a standing ovation for the final minute of the game, according to a tweet from Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch.

The Blue Jackets’ Central Division foes, the Chicago Blackhawks, already had an impressive streak to begin the season, going the first 24 games without a regulation loss.