Cogliano, Oilers edge Blue Jackets 2-1

Andrew Cogliano scored 1:53 into overtime as the Edmonton Oilers held off Columbus 2-1 on Friday night after the Blue Jackets tied it with less than 1 second left in regulation.

Dan Fritsche scored his ninth of the season to tie it for Columbus with eight-tenths of a second remaining, but made a costly mistake in the extra period. Fritsche turned the puck over in his own zone, resulting in Cogliano's snapshot goal, his 13th of the season.

Fernando Pisani also scored on the power play for Edmonton, which snapped a three-game road losing streak, and won for the fifth time in six games.

Both teams came in fighting to stay alive in the Western Conference playoff race. Columbus entered six points out of the eighth spot with 70 points, while Edmonton was nine back with 67 points.

There was a sparse crowd in Nationwide Arena due to heavy snowfall that blanketed Columbus during the day Friday.

Mathieu Garon made 30 saves and nearly recorded his fifth shutout of the season and 15th of his career, but the puck bounced around the crease until Fritsche whacked it into the back of the net to send the home crowd into a frenzy.

Moments later, Robert Nilsson stripped Fritsche of the puck in overtime and fed Cogliano skating down the slot. He beat Pascal Leclaire, who finished with 15 saves, with a low shot.

The Blue Jackets, who had the league's fourth-best home record in mid-January, have a seven-game winless streak at home, one shy of tying the franchise record.

Pisani open the scoring at 11:02 of the second period, snapping a tough-angled shot from the low, left circle over Leclaire's shoulder for his 10th.

Columbus picked up the pressure and nearly tied it seven minutes later on the power play, but defensman Tom Gilbert dropped to his knees to block Ron Hainsey's shot at the goal line.

The Blue Jackets finished 0-for-4 on the power play with four shots and are on an 0-for-31 skid.

Notes:@ The Oilers played without LW Geoff Sanderson, C Shawn Horcoff, LW Raffi Torres, LW Ethan Moreau, and D Sheldon Souray, who are all injured. ... The game was the first of five at home for the Blue Jackets, who had played eight of nine on the road. ... Edmonton is playing five of six on the road, after finishing a five-game homestand with a 4-1 mark.