WASHINGTON -- Alexander Wennbergs power play goal with 53.6 seconds remaining gave the Columbus Blue Jackets their fourth straight win, 3-2 over the Washington Capitals on Sunday.Washingtons Nicklas Backstrom was called for high-sticking Nick Foligno with 1:34 remaining. Wennberg took a pass from Foligno and slammed it past Capitals goalie Braden Holtby. It was Wennbergs third goal of the season.The goal was confirmed after a video review. It was the Blue Jackets second power play goal of the game.Alex Ovechkins ninth goal of the season midway through the second period gave the Capitals a 2-1 lead, but the Blue Jackets tied it 14 seconds into the third period on Brandon Dubinskys second goal of the season.Backstrom, who scored the games first goal with three minutes gone, his fifth, added an assist on Ovechkins goal.Columbus goal by Nick Foligno in the second period broke Washingtons streak of 15 straight successful penalty kills.Game notes Washington was without C Lars Eller and RW T.J. Oshie. Both have upper-body injuries. They were injured in Fridays game against Detroit. . C Paul Carey was recalled from AHL Hershey. . Columbus D Dalton Prout (upper body) missed his third straight game. . D Todd Jones (foot) was out for the sixth straight game. Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella says Jones is back practicing with the team, but isnt sure when hell return.UP NEXT:Blue Jackets: Host Colorado on Monday. 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Colton McCarthy scored twice, Brayden Point had a goal and two assists, and Jack Rodewald also scored for the Warriors (15-35-9), who were 2 for 5 on the power play. Ron Hextall Jersey . The incident occurred at 19:56 of the second period of the Kings 4-2 road win over Edmonton on Sunday. Nolan punched Oilers forward Jesse Joensuu in the jaw in front of the Kings goal during a scrum. Well find out a lot more about where things stand in the race for the College Football Playoff when the official rankings come out next week. Leading up to the big reveal, our college football experts narrowed the field to the 10 teams with the best shot at the national title.The team that just missed the cut? Florida. Heres a look at why the Gators were left out, but how they could spoil everything.How Florida can crash the CFP party?Florida leads the SEC East division and if they win out, the Gators will be the SEC East representative for the SEC championship game.Floridas defense has been stingy against the pass, allowing an FBS-best 37.9 percent completion rate. That is on pace to be the best single-season mark in the past decade.-- ESPN Stats & InformationWhy we left Florida outFlorida, by virtue of losing against Tennessee, has a 36 percent chance at winning the division compared to 63 percent for the Volunteers. Florida still travels to LSU, where FPI projects the Gators to have a 23 percent chance at winning. They have not won at Baton Rouge since 2009 when Tim Tebow was the quarterback. Moreover, Tennessee has at least a 78 percent chance at winning the rest of its games.Floridas remaining schedule -- which includes road games against No. 19 LSU and No. 12 Florida State -- ranks as the 12th-most difficult. If the Gators were to get through that gauntlet, No. 1 Alabama may be waiting for them in the SEC champpionship game.ddddddddddddEven though Tennessee has two SEC losses, the Volunteers remaining SEC games are South Carolina, Kentucky, Missouri and Vanderbilt.-- ESPN Stats & InfoTalking pointsVegas odds: Florida has 100-1 odds to win the national title, according to Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook.What FPI says: According to ESPNs Football Power Index, the Gators have a 0.5 percent chance of winning out through the regular season and conference title game.?ESPN senior writer Heather Dinich:?The SEC East -- Florida and Tennessee are in a fight to the finish: The Gators will win the division if they win out, and the Vols will win it if they win out and Florida loses again.Dinich continued...The Gators have to win out, including an upset of Alabama in the SEC championship game. The good news for Florida is Tennessee has lost twice, so the Gators will win the East if they win out in spite of the head-to-head loss to the Vols. If Florida can miraculously win the SEC, theres no question it would be in the top four.ESPN staff writer Mackenzie Kraemer: Florida is a 7.5-point favorite over Georgia, the largest it has been favored in this rivalry since 2009 when Tim Tebow led the Gators.Now that youre stuffed with numbers and analysis, which team do you think is going all the way? Cast your vote below. ' ' '
