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Markstrom marvelous as Canucks beat Blue Jackets 5-3

COLUMBUS -- Jacob Markstrom finally got a chance to play Tuesday night. He made the wait worth it.

Markstrom was spectacular in his season debut Tuesday night, making 42 saves in leading the Vancouver Canucks to a 5-3 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena.

The win snapped a three-game losing streak for the Canucks, who are three games into a seven-game road trip.

Centre Brandon Sutter scored the winner at 14:52 of the third period when he wheeled past Columbus defenceman Ryan Murray and beat goalie Sergei Bobrovsky.

Henrik Sedin aded an empty-netter at 18:21 of the third.