auvin, who started only three league games for Newcastle last season

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Blue Jackets goalie Sergei Bobrovsky might be getting a little weary after starting all but two of Columbus first 21 games. His teammates made sure he didnt have to do a lot of heavy lifting Tuesday night.Bobrovsky stopped 26 shots and the Blue Jackets played brilliant defense in smothering the Tampa Bay Lightning for a 5-1 victory.Josh Anderson scored a goal and assisted on two others, and Scott Hartnell had a goal and an assist for the Blue Jackets (12-5-4), who beat Tampa Bay (13-10-1) for the second time in five days. William Karlsson, Alexander Wennberg and Sam Gagner also scored.Columbus kept the puck in Tampa Bays end and tested backup goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy, who stopped 33 shots as his team lost its third straight. Valtteri Filppula scored for the Lightning with less than 3 minutes left to spoil Bobrovskys shutout bid.Bobrovsky, who struggled with groin injuries last season, is healthy and showing no signs of wear. He said it helps when the skaters play such tight defense in front of him.The guys were unbelievable, he said. They make huge blocked shots, and perfect timing when I cant see. We help each other. Its fun to be here.The Blue Jackets are 8-1-1 in their last 10 home games.Karlsson started it for Columbus , taking a pass from Anderson on a 3-on-1 rush and burying a shot from the left circle 5:30 into the first period. It was his fourth goal of the season, and Ryan Murray also picked up an assist.After a steal by the Blue Jackets, Seth Jones pinpoint pass set up a goal by Wennberg at 3:40 of the second period. He slammed it past a knot of players in front, and Vasilevskiys pads.Every line was stepping up and Bob made some great saves, and it was just a good 60 minutes, Wennberg said.The Lightning put the puck in the net about 2 minutes later, but after a replay review the goal was waved off because officials ruled Ondrej Palat interfered with Bobrovsky by pushing a Columbus player into him.Anderson scored his seventh goal of the season 16 minutes into the second after Hartnell put a pass on his stick from behind the net. Hartnell scored his fifth on a rush after taking a slick pass from Anderson 1:57 into the third.Gagner capped it with his eighth goal when he skated around the net and pushed the puck past Vasilevskiy 12:38 into the third.Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said his team isnt pressuring the puck enough.It all comes down to defending, he said. Right now were not defending with the passion we need to. Weve got to start in our own end.Game notes Vasilevskiy, the Lightnings backup goalie, lost for the first time in his last five starts. ... Before the game, a moment of silence was observed for the victims of Mondays attack on the Ohio State University campus, along with recognition of Ohio State police officer Alan Horujko, who ended the attack by killing the suspect. ... D Dalton Prout and D Scott Harrington were scratched by Columbus. D Anton Stralman and forward Ryan Callahan were scratched for Tampa Bay. ... Lightning assistant coach Todd Richards, the Columbus head coach from 2012-15, returned to Nationwide Arena for the first time since he was fired seven games into the 2015 season. He is the winningest coach in franchise history (127-112-21) and the first to win a playoff game in Columbus (2014). ... 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PARIS -- Striker Mario Balotelli will grab headlines for the right reasons after scoring with a penalty and a header on his Nice debut in an entertaining 3-2 home win against Marseille on Sunday.He took just seven minutes to score his first goal in France, the latest stop in a career dominated more in recent years by off-field antics than goals. Late on, he cleverly found space to nod home from close range in the 78th as Nice moved level on points with Monaco at the top.Balotelli has a reputation as a surly player but was all smiles after the final whistle. He hugged teammates, shared a joke with match officials and led celebrations with the fans.He was so relaxed that he was face down on the massage table when given the man-of-the-match award by TV broadcaster Canal Plus.Its perfect, Balotelli said in English, before trying his luck in decent French. I am very happy, thanks. Now ... massage.In just one game, he scored as many league goals as the two previous seasons combined. The 26-year-old Italian had not scored a league goal since netting for AC Milan on Sept. 22 last year.Despite not being fully fit, he looked sharp all game, almost setting up teammate Alassane Plea with some impressive skill down the left on the hour mark -- only for Plea to head wide.The match was dominated by players with a point to prove after difficult recent experiences in the English Premier League.Marseilles equalizer came from former Newcastle winger Florian Thauvin with a fine shot into the top corner in the 14th. The visitors took the lead in the 73rd thanks to a firm penalty from striker Bafetimbi Gomis, who joined Marseille after two inconsistent seasons with Swansea.Midfielder Wylan Cyprien won the game late on with a powerful 20-meter strike after latching onto Younes Belhandas superb back heel.But it was all about Balotelli.He joined Nice in the summer on a free transfer after leaving Liverpool -- and this is by far his smallest club in a career that saw him grab early heeadlines as a 17-year-old for Inter Milan.dddddddddddd The one-time Manchester City striker, who still talks of himself as a future Golden Ball winner, joined Liverpool two years ago as a replacement for Barcelona-bound Luis Suarez.He managed only one goal in 16 league games in England, prompting Liverpool to loan him to Milan last season -- where he scored 1 in 20.But just like he did with Inter and City, he scored on his club debut.After the penalty was given, Balotelli stepped up confidently with Gomis rushing up to him, shouting and clapping his hands in a bid to put him off. Unruffled, Balotelli glared at Gomis and then focused himself again before slotting into the bottom left corner.Moments before the goal, he had just failed to reach Pleas cross from the right.Thauvin, who started only three league games for Newcastle last season, missed another good chance in a frantic first half where Balotelli had two other shots saved.If this is what Balotelli is like when only half fit, then Nice fans are in for a treat when he hits peak form.Im actually a little bit pleased for him, Gomis said. The French league needs players like him.---ERDINGS BACKAfter a failed move to the German league, Turkey forward Mevlut Erding feels right at home again in France.He scored a hat trick for Metz in a 3-0 win at Nantes on Sunday, taking his tally to five goals in four league games and putting him one goal behind top scorer Alexandre Lacazette of Lyon.Erding joined promoted Metz this season following an unhappy spell with Hannover in the Bundesliga last season, where he failed to score and was loaned back to French club Guingamp after only 11 matches.Metz is in third place.---RENNES 2, CAEN 0Striker Wesley Said scored his first goal for the club and midfielder Sanjin Prcic grabbed his first of the season as Rennes scored twice in the second half. ' ' '