COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Matt Calvert received 30 stitches to his forehead and then proceeded to score the game-winning goal, as the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the New York Rangers 4-2 at Nationwide Arena on Friday, setting a club record with their seventh consecutive home win.

Sam Gagner and Boone Jenner each had a goal, with William Karlsson adding a goal and assisting on Calvert's game-winner.

The Blue Jackets scored the go-ahead goal short-handed at 11:35 of the third period. Calvert, who left blood on the ice earlier in the game after taking a puck to the forehead, found the net while teammate David Savard was in the penalty box for cross-checking.

"I didn't see the puck coming," said Calvert of the Nick Holden point shot. "I just saw blood and had the towel over my face. When they were stitching me up, I had my eyes closed.

"I felt good after about five minutes and was ready to go back out (to the game)."

Jenner added an empty-net goal to seal the victory.

Mika Zibanejad had tied the score at 2 for the Rangers with a nifty back-door goal at 8:32 of the third period. Three minutes later came Calvert's shorthanded goal.

"Even on his first shift back, he almost scores," Blue Jackets head coach John Tortorella said. "It's funny what a little adrenaline does. Good for him."

The Blue Jackets scored first at 16:34 of the first period.

After a turnover by New York's JT Miller, Columbus' William Karlsson gained control of the puck. In what was almost slow motion, Karlsson skated through the high slot and fired a slap shot that worked its way through Henrik Lundqvist's five-hole for a 1-0 lead that held up through the first intermission.

"I read their pass and had a lot of time," said Karlsson. "A lot of things went through my mind during that wind-up. But, I just shot it and it went in."

The Blue Jackets made it 2-0 in the second period after capitalizing on another New York turnover. Sam Gagner intercepted a pass and fired it off Lundqvist's glove and into the net for an unassisted goal.

Gagner leads the Blue Jackets with seven goals for the season (7-3-10 in 14 games).

"The strongest part of our game tonight," said Tortorella, "was underneath their hash marks, holding on to pucks and just grinding away. Not a lot of great offensive plays were made.

"The strength of our game tonight, and you could see it, was us just getting in and grinding."

Midway through the second period, New York's Nick Holden took a point shot that caught Calvert full in the face from about 15 feet. He immediately went down, cradling his head in his hands, and a growing pool of blood beneath him. He skated off and went down the tunnel, returning for the final period.

"You can't script it any better than he comes back and scores the game-winner for us," said Gagner of Calvert's effort against the Rangers.

Michael Grabner got the Rangers on the scoreboard at 11:04 of the second period with an unassisted goal, firing the puck past Blue Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky from the slot.

"Give them credit," Rangers head coach Alain Vigneault said, "they played a strong game. But in my mind, there were some areas and some puck decisions that we could have been a lot better at."

NOTES: The Rangers and Blue Jackets met for the first time this season. ... The Rangers swept the four-game series with the Blue Jackets in 2015-16. ... G Sergei Bobrovsky has started 14 of the 15 games played by the Blue Jackets. ... G Henrik Lundqvist has started 14 of 18 games for the Rangers. ... LW Chris Kreider was in the lineup for the Rangers after missing the previous two games with neck spasms. ... Rangers RW Pavel Buchnevich remains out with back spasms and C Josh Jooris is on injured reserve (separated shoulder). ... Blue Jackets D Seth Jones is on injured reserve (foot fracture). RW David Clarkson remains on long-term injured reserve (back). ... Columbus scratched D Dalton Prout (upper-body injury). Washington scratched Buchnevich and D Adam Clendening.