By Joe Coopersmith FEBRUARY 22, 2024   COLUMBUS, OHIO – The Columbus Blue Jackets have acquired left wing Alex Nylander and a conditional sixth-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft from the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for right wing Emil Bemstrom, President of Hockey Operations and […]

By Joe Coopersmith   Rangers to Watch «  D Adam Fox entered play on Saturday seventh among league blueliners in points and eighth in assists with 9-37-46 in 47 appearances and has collected 0-13-13 in 11 career games against CBJ. «  LW Artemi Panarin enters Saturday’s games fifth in the NHL […]

by Joe Coopersmith   Pascal Vincent CBJ HC 2 23 2024 Postgame News Conference Sabres 2 Blue Jackets 1.mp3   BLUE JACKETS TEAM NOTES The Blue Jackets fell to 2-2-0 in the past four games following tonight’s loss to the Sabres. CBJ failed to record […]

By Joe Coopersmith GAME AT A GLANCE THREE STARS 1st – C. Clifton, BUF (1-0-1, GWG); 2nd – D. Tarasov, CBJ (stopped 35-of-37 shots faced, L); 3rd – U-P. Luukkonen, BUF (stopped 25-of-26 shots faced, W) GOAL SCORERS Columbus: PP – D. Voronkov (15) Buffalo: Z. Girgensons (6), C. Clifton (1)   GOALTENDERS Columbus: D. Tarasov […]

By Joe Coopersmith Sabres to Watch «  D Rasmus Dahlin, who skated in his second NHL All-Star Game on Feb. 3, ranks second on the Sabres in assists and points and ranks second-T among NHL blueliners in goals and eighth-T in points with 14-29-43 in 55 appearances. […]

By Joe Coopersmith Ducks to Watch «  D Cam Fowler leads club blueliners in assists and points with 4-23-27 in 55 appearances and has collected 10-10-20 in 25 career games against CBJ. «  RW Troy Terry, who has picked up 3-4-7 in six career games against the Blue Jackets, leads […]

By Joe Coopersmith Kings to Watch «  D Drew Doughty, who leads the Kings blueliners with 11-18-29 in 53 outings, has registered 8-22-30 in 36 career appearances against CBJ, including the OT winner in the first meeting of the season series on Dec. 5. «  RW Adrian Kempe leads the […]

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By Skip Coopersmith FEBRUARY 15, 2024   Kekalainen was the longest serving general manager in club history COLUMBUS, OHIO – The Columbus Blue Jackets have relieved Jarmo Kekalainen of his duties as general manager of the National Hockey League club, President of Hockey Operations and Alternate […]

By Joe Coopersmith Senators to Watch «  RW Claude Giroux, who has notched 12-24-36 in 38 career appearances against CBJ, ranks second on Ottawa in assists and points and third in goals with 16-27-43 in 48 outings. «  C Tim Stutzle leads the Senators in assists and points with 11-36-47 […]

By Bert Leeson WHAT:              The Columbus Blue Jackets and Nationwide Arena will host a ribbon cutting and formal opening of the new sensory room – Safelite Safe Spot – for individuals who experience difficulties processing sensory information. The sensory room is a designated […]

By Joe “Big Head” Coopersmith GAME AT A GLANCE THREE STARS 1st – A. Vasilevskiy, TBL (stopped 33-of-35 shots faced, W); 2nd – B. Jenner, CBJ (2-0-2); 3rd – B. Hagel, TBL (1-2-3) GOAL SCORERS Columbus: B. Jenner (14), PP – B. Jenner (15) Tampa Bay: PP – N. Paul (14), A. Cirelli (11), PP […]

By Joe “Big Head” Coopersmith Lightning to Watch «  D Victor Hedman, who ranks fourth among NHL blueliners in assists and points with 9-42-51 in 50 games this season, has registered 4-22-26 in 36 career outings against CBJ. «  RW Nikita Kucherov, who leads the NHL in assists and points […]

By Joe Coopersmith   2024 #1 draft choice suffered a calf laceration when his left leg was struck by a skate blade Sunday against Seattle   1 31 2024   Columbus Blue Jackets center Adam Fantilli is expected to be sidelined for eight weeks due […]

Blues to Watch LW Pavel Buchnevich ranks second on the club in goals (tied) and points with 17-22-39 in 46 contests and has registered 7-8-15 in 18 career games against the Blue Jackets. D Torey Krug leads Blues defensemen in assists and points with 1-19-20 in 48 appearances and […]

By Skip Coopersmith   JANUARY 28, 2024   COLUMBUS, OHIO – Columbus Blue Jackets forward Patrik Laine has entered the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program, the Blue Jackets, NHL and NHLPA announced today.  He will be unavailable to the club for an indefinite period while he receives […]

By Bert Leeson GAME FILE *Blue Jackets improve to (15-23-9) *starring in goal was Daniil Tarasov who made 28 saves *CBJ welcomed back defenseman Zach Werenski who missed 10 games with a high-ankle sprain sustained on December 27 against the New Jersey Devils. He had […]

By Bert Leeson GAME FILE *Evander Kane scored the go-ahead goal in the third period and had an assist *Edmonton Oilers win their 14th straight game where their star player, Connor  McDavid leads the Oilers with 19 points (six goals, 13 assists) over their win […]

By Bert Leeson Canucks to Watch «  All-Star G Thatcher Demko stopped all 31 shots faced for his fifth shutout of the season on Monday to registere his seventh-straight victory and is tied for the league lead for shutouts and ranks second in wins, and third-T in save […]

By Bert Leeson   JANUARY 27, 2024   COLUMBUS, OHIO – The Columbus Blue Jackets have placed defenseman Adam Boqvist on Injured Reserve retroactive to January 25 and recalled defenseman Nick Blankenburg from the Cleveland Monsters, the club’s American Hockey League affiliate, General Manager and Alternate Governor […]