NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Sean Monahan scored twice and the Columbus Blue Jackets overcame an early two-goal deficit to beat the New Jersey Devils 5-3 on Monday night, snapping a four-game skid.
Charlie Coyle scored the go-ahead goal 6:40 into the third period and added two assists for the Blue Jackets, who were 0-1-3 in their previous four games. Miles Wood had a goal and an assist, and Denton Mateychuk also scored.
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Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Elvis Merzlikins defends the goal during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the New Jersey Devils in Newark, N.J., Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
New Jersey Devils' Jonas Siegenthaler, left, and Columbus Blue Jackets' Adam Fantilli fight during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Newark, N.J., Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
New Jersey Devils' Paul Cotter, left, fights with Columbus Blue Jackets' Brendan Smith during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Newark, N.J., Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Columbus Blue Jackets' Miles Wood celebrates his goal during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the New Jersey Devils in Newark, N.J., Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Columbus Blue Jackets' Sean Monahan, center, celebrates his goal with teammates during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the New Jersey Devils in Newark, N.J., Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Elvis Merzlikins made 30 saves, and defenseman Zach Werenski had two assists.
Nico Hischier, Ondrej Palat and Timo Meier scored for the Devils, who opened a 2-0 lead 3:03 into the game. It was Meier's 10th goal of the season and fifth in the last six games.
Jesper Bratt had two assists for the second straight game, and Hischier had one to give him 12 points in the past six games. Jake Allen stopped 19 shots.
New Jersey (16-9-1) was handed its second consecutive loss in regulation at home after starting 9-0-1 at the Prudential Center this season. The Devils missed an opportunity to move ahead of Carolina for first place in the Metropolitan Division.
Columbus (12-9-5) improved to 5-5-2 in the past 12 games and climbed out of last place in the Metropolitan Division, one point ahead of the New York Rangers.
Monahan scored on a power-play wrist shot at 7:14 of the third, assisted by Isac Lundestrom, to put Columbus up 4-2.
The Blue Jackets won 62.3% of the faceoffs in the game.
Blue Jackets: Host the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night.
Devils: Host the Dallas Stars on Wednesday night.
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Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Elvis Merzlikins defends the goal during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the New Jersey Devils in Newark, N.J., Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
New Jersey Devils' Jonas Siegenthaler, left, and Columbus Blue Jackets' Adam Fantilli fight during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Newark, N.J., Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
New Jersey Devils' Paul Cotter, left, fights with Columbus Blue Jackets' Brendan Smith during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Newark, N.J., Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Columbus Blue Jackets' Miles Wood celebrates his goal during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the New Jersey Devils in Newark, N.J., Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Columbus Blue Jackets' Sean Monahan, center, celebrates his goal with teammates during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the New Jersey Devils in Newark, N.J., Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran fired on targets across the Middle East while American and Israeli airstrikes hit the Islamic Republic early Friday as the war neared the end of its fifth week unabated and the U.N. Security Council prepared to meet over Tehran’s stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz.
Despite claims from the U.S. and Israel that Iran’s military capabilities have been all but destroyed, Tehran has continued to keep the pressure on Israel and its Gulf Arab neighbors. Bahrain and Kuwait both reported early morning barrages from Iran, while Israel warned of incoming missiles.
Activists reported strikes around Tehran and the central city of Isfahan, but it wasn’t immediately clear what was hit.
Iran’s attacks on Gulf region energy infrastructure and its tight grip on the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s oil and natural gas transits in peacetime, have sent oil prices skyrocketing and is impacting global economies.
Spot prices of Brent crude, the international standard, were around $109 early Friday, up more than 50% from Feb. 28 when Israel and the U.S. started the war with their attacks on Iran.
Shipping had flowed freely through the strait before the war, but U.S. President Donald Trump has said it’s not now Washington’s responsibility to get the waterway reopened, instead putting the onus on others, saying this week that the countries that depend more on fuel shipped through Hormuz should “build some delayed courage” and go “take it.”
The U.N. Security Council was expected to vote Saturday on a proposal from Bahrain that would authorize defensive action to ensure vessels can safely transit the strait. Bahrain’s initial draft would have allowed countries to “use all necessary means” to secure the strait, but Russia, China and France — who have veto power on the Council — expressed opposition to approving the use of force.
Speaking Thursday in South Korea, French President Emmanuel Macron said the American expectation that the Strait of Hormuz could be reopened by force was unrealistic.
Macron said a military operation “would take an infinite amount of time and would expose anyone passing through the strait to coastal threats from (Iran’s) Revolutionary Guard." He added that reopening of the strait “can only be done in coordination with Iran,” through negotiations that would follow a potential ceasefire.
Talks organized by Britain and involving more than 40 countries focused on political rather than military means to secure the strait. The nations, which didn't include the U.S., urged increased diplomatic pressure on Iran and possible sanctions.
More than 1,900 people have been killed in Iran during the war, while 19 have been reported dead in Israel. More than two dozen people have died in Gulf states and the occupied West Bank, while 13 U.S. service members have been killed.
More than 1,300 people have been killed and more than 1 million displaced in Lebanon, where Israel has launched a ground invasion in its fight with the pro-Iranian Hezbollah militant group. Ten Israeli soldiers have also died there.
Rising reported from Bangkok. AP journalists Sylvie Corbet in Paris and Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations contributed to this report.
Iraqi women hold a portrait of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his son Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, during a protest against U.S. and Israeli attacks on multiple cities across Iran, in the Shi'ite district of Kazimiyah in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
A woman checks a destroyed house that was hit in an Israeli airstrike in Saksakiyeh village, south Lebanon, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
A bridge struck by U.S. airstrikes on Thursday is seen in the town of Karaj, west of Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
FILE - This image released by Bahrain's Interior Ministry shows firefighters extinguishing flames after an Iranian projectile struck an industrial area in Ma'ameer, Bahrain, March 9, 2026. (Bahrain Interior Ministry via AP, File)
Israeli security forces and rescue teams inspect a site struck by an Iranian missile in Petah Tikva, Israel,Thursday, April 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
A boy who fled with his family following Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon sits inside the van they are using as shelter in Sidon, Lebanon, Thursday, April 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Israeli security forces and rescue teams inspect a site struck by an Iranian missile in Petah Tikva, Israel,Thursday, April 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
