Andrew Murray and Rick Nash scored 70 seconds apart early in the third period to tie the game at 2. Vancouver was 23-0-0 when leading after two periods, but Chimera ended that streak when he drove hard to the net to deflect Nikolai Zherdev's centering pass over the outstretched pad of Roberto Luongo.
Pascal Leclaire made 21 saves for the 11th place Blue Jackets, who moved within three points of Colorado and Nashville, which are tied for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.
Sami Salo and Ryan Shannon scored and Luongo made 30 saves as Vancouver blew a third period lead for the second straight game, but moved two points ahead of Colorado and Nashville.
Shannon hopped out of the penalty box and into the rush to open the scoring midway through the fist period, beating a partially screened Leclaire through the legs after Trevor Linden spotted him trailing the play. Salo doubled the lead midway though the second with a blast from the point, giving the Canucks their first 2-0 lead since they beat the New York Rangers 3-0 way back on Jan. 3.
That was also the last time Luongo pitched a shutout. He appeared headed towards his seventh of the season before Dick Tarnstrom's point shot hit Murray in a crowd in front and the puck arced up and over Luongo. Nash pounced on Willie Mitchell's turnover at the Blue Jackets blue line just over a minute later and raced the other way alone, beating Luongo with a deke and a raised backhand shot.
Vancouver had a power-play goal disallowed for the second time in the game less than three minute later after Henrik Sedin batted in a puck with his stick clearly over the cross bar. The first one, called back because of goaltender interference just 6:29 in, was less clear after Naslund appeared to be pushed into Leclaire.
