from Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch,

The Blue Jackets had come to believe that this kind of performance – this type of monumental collapse – was behind them, like a distant, awful memory of their fragile start to the season. But the ghost of third periods past return to Nationwide Arena on Sunday, haunting a club that has no margin for error but keeps throwing away points.

The Blue Jackets’ 3-1 lead early in the third period evaporated in a snap, and the road-warrior San Jose Sharks left town with a 5-3 win before 13,397.

“It should be in the bag,” Blue Jackets captain Nick Foligno said. “To me, it’s unacceptable. I don’t think we played our best game, my any means, but we’re in a position to win that game. We have to find a way to close it out.”

The Sharks put a bright red bow on a six-game, six-win road trip, the first in franchise history. They won in Detroit, Buffalo, Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Columbus, and they ended it with a third-period comeback win.

"They found a way to win," Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella said. "We found a way to lose."

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