Australia will be without a team in the Super Rugby semi-finals for the first time in four years, with the Brumbies beaten 15-9 by the Highlanders in the opening quarter-final.The ACT franchise had several chances on Friday night to steal victory in the dying minutes but the defending champions held on to snap a decade-long losing streak at a slippery GIO Stadium.It marked the end of the Brumbies 2016 campaign and time at the club for a number of players - including co-captain Stephen Moore, playmaker Matt Toomua and David Pocock.Moore is heading back to the Queensland Reds next season, while Toomua is joining English outfit Leicester and Pocock is beginning a 12-month sabbatical.Winger Joe Tomane, who remains injured, is also leaving for France.Not since they missed the playoffs in 2012 have the Brumbies failed to advance beyond the first week of the finals, and Australia are left without a title contender.Stephen Larkhams men were kept tryless by the Highlanders, who - despite being restricted by the wet and windy conditions - scored a try in each half via winger Waisake Naholo and No.8 Liam Squire.The Brumbies were denied a potentially match-winning effort in the 75th minute, with the TMO finding insufficient evidence to award Lausii Taliauli a five-pointer.Their points came only from a trio of penalty goals by Christian Lealiifano.The Highlanders came out to a flying start but the conditions quickly put a dampener on proceedings.A slew of dropped balls, wayward kicks and penalties denied both sides a chance to play some free-flowing rugby.It initially worked in the Brumbies favour, with the hosts taking a 6-3 lead off a pair of penalty goals despite a lack of possession and field position.The Highlanders snatched it back, though, with a converted try to Naholo in the 37th minute and had Matt Toomua sent to the sin-bin for repeated offences close to the line.Just one point separated the sides until the 57th minute, when Squires try sealed the victory. 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On Saturday the Blue Jackets had hammered Arizona goaltender Mike Smith with a franchise-record 60 shots in a 3-2 shootout victory.Columbus needed only 34 this time, with Arizonas backup goalie Louis Domingue saving 30.Its a fun team to be a part of, said Gagner, signed as a free agent last summer. I think were doing a pretty good job of forgetting anything that happened the day before, just moving on and just having a good mindset about it. Were a confident group, and hopefully we can keep going here.Nick Foligno and Zach Werensky also scored for the Blue Jackets, who won for the fourth straight time and for the ninth time in their last 12 games. Columbus picked up its 500th win in franchise history in sweeping the two-game season series with the Coyotes.Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 17 shots for the Blue Jackets.Columbus leads the NHL in power-play goal percentage. After going 0 for 5 Saturday, the Blue Jackets were 2 for 6 with the man advantage Monday. Arizona had a total of eight penalties, including three in a chippy third period. Columbus had only three for the game.Every time we got our footing a little bit wed take another penalty to put us behind, Arizona coach Dave Tippett said. Its a good team on the power play, and we gave them too many tonight.Arizona took advantage of its only power play, striking first 9:28 into the game when Alex Goligoski fed a pass to Tobias Reider, who slammed it past Bobrovskys glove side from the slot.The Blue Jackets tiied it on a power play 2:11 later when the puck deflected off Domingues left skate and trickled across the line during a scrum in front of the net, with Gagner getting credit for the goal.ddddddddddddColumbus got another power-play goal 5:09 into the second period when Nick Foligno took a beautiful pass from Cam Atkinson and tapped it in from in front of Domingue.Gagner scored again 11:37 into the third period with a wrister from the high slot.Hes that type of player. When he gets going, he keeps coming, Columbus coach John Tortorella said. So thats a really big plus for our lineup, as far as how Sam has played.Werensky capped it 15 minutes in with a shot from the corner that sneaked in between Domingue and the left post, with Gagner getting the assist.I think I could have given a better game to the boys, but it didnt turn out my way at all tonight, Domingue said.Game notes Columbus Brandon Saad got his 200th career point with an assist. ... Markus Hannikainen, who played well on the Blue Jackets fourth line while Matt Calvert was sidelined with an injury, was sent to Cleveland (AHL) on Sunday after Calvert returned. ... Twenty-year-old W Brendan Perlini made his NHL debut for Arizona after being recalled from Tucson (AHL) on Sunday. ... Dalton Prout and Scott Harrington were scratches for the Blue Jackets, and Anthony Duclair and Kevin Connauton were scratched for Arizona. ... The Blue Jackets have won the last seven out of eight at home. ... Cam Atkinson has 14 points in his past 10 games for Columbus.UP NEXT:Coyotes: At Chicago on Tuesday night.Blue Jackets: At Detroit on Friday night.---Follow Mitch Stacy at http://twitter.com/mitchstacy ' ' '