DENVER -- November was kind to the Columbus Blue Jackets. December is starting out pretty good for them, too.

Brandon Saad had a goal and an assist, Sergei Bobrovsky made 18 saves and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 on Thursday night.

Boone Jenner and Nick Foligno also scored for the Blue Jackets (13-5-4), who are 3-0-1 in their last four games.

Columbus is 11-2-3 since Oct. 28 and have surged to third place in the Metropolitan Division, just three points behind the first place New York Rangers.

"It's nice," Jenner said. "We've got a little road trip here and we wanted to come out and start it good. We just want the same mindset going into every game no matter what."

The Blue Jackets survived Thursday after giving up a two-goal lead in the second period. They recovered to dominate the third and outshoot Colorado 11-4 in the period.

"You knew after we go up 2-0 and the saves their goalie made to keep them at 2-0, you knew something funky was going to go on in the game," Columbus coach John Tortorella said.

The funkiness happened late with the Blue Jackets ahead 3-2 and Colorado buzzing in the offensive zone. It seemed to pay off when Blake Comeau tipped in John Mitchell's shot from the point with 2:09 left but the goal was reviewed and disallowed on a high stick.

"I felt like it was right at my shoulders," said Comeau, who had a goal earlier in the game. "It's disappointing, frustrating."

Bobrovsky was sure the goal would be disallowed.

"I felt it was pretty high because I was in a high stance and reaching," he said. "I felt it was no goal."

Samuel Henley scored in his NHL debut and Semyon Varlamov stopped 34 shots for the Avalanche, who are 0-3-1 on their five-game homestand that wraps up Saturday night against Dallas.

The Avalanche (9-12-1) are in danger of their season slipping away after another poor start. Mikko Rantanen had a great chance 30 seconds into the game but Columbus controlled the play most of the night.

"We were sloppy early," Colorado coach Jared Bednar said. "I didn't think our (defensemen) moved the puck very well as a group. We took that early penalty and it kind of put us on our heels."

Colorado took three penalties early in the third and twice gave Columbus a 5-on-3 for 41 seconds. The Blue Jackets weren't able to take advantage of the power play chances, getting only four shots on goal.

They did score with the teams at full strength when Avalanche defenseman Fedor Tyutin couldn't control the puck in front of his own net, Cam Atkinson did and passed to Jenner skating down the middle. He tipped it past Varlamov for his third of the season at 8:57.

"Really happy for Booner to pop one," said Brandon Dubinsky, who's forecheck forced the turnover. "He's been knocking on the door and I'm really happy for him right now."

Varlamov came off for an extra skater with 1:56 left but Colorado couldn't get the equalizer.

Saad gave the Blue Jackets a 1-0 lead 13 seconds after Colorado killed off a penalty. Saad was in front of the net to knock in Scott Hartnell's rebound at 4:56 of the first. It was his seventh of the season.

The Avalanche were pressing for the tying goal late in the first and it led to a 3-on-1 rush for Columbus. Foligno scored cashed in with his ninth of the season at 16:15 to make it 2-0.

Columbus was in complete control until the Avalanche struck twice in a span of 3:47 of the second. Comeau scored on the power play at 10:38 to get Colorado on the board and Henley tied it with a turnaround slapshot from the blue line that appeared to catch Bobrovsky by surprise.

NOTES: The Avalanche placed RW Gabriel Landeskog on injured reserve, retroactive to Nov. 15. Landeskog has a lower-body injury and was said to be day-to-day, but hasn't skated in a week. The Avalanche recalled Gabriel Bourque and Samuel Henley from San Antonio. ... Columbus D Zach Werenski was named the NHL's Rookie of the Month for November. Werenski, the eighth overall selection in the 2015 draft, had three goals and seven assists in 14 games for the month. ... Joe Colborne, Cody McLeod and Eric Gelinas, who is on waivers, were scratched for Colorado. ... The Blue Jackets were 9-2-3 in November. The nine wins and 21 points were the most in the month in club history.