The Columbus Blue Jackets returned home to face the Dallas Stars after grabbing three of six points in California. With their performance out West is was time words were turned into actions, a sentiment echoed by captain Nick Foligno. Columbus took control of the contest midway through the opening period and...
The Columbus Blue Jackets came home leading the series 2-0 but failed to get the job done in Games 3 & 4. Columbus was unable to break through the Washington Capitals defense and spent most of their time defending. Shots on Goal Columbus registered just 24 shots throughout the...
The Columbus Blue Jackets blanked the Florida Panthers tonight 4-0 in a high-paced physical game. Cam Atkinson, Sonny Milano, Seth Jones, and Thomas Vanek scored for Columbus which kept them in 3rd place in the Metropolitan Division. With Seth Jones back–after a three-game absence–Head Coach John Tortorella, certainly, had...
PHILADELPHIA—As the regular season winds down, the Columbus Blue Jackets continue to limp into the playoffs. On Saturday at Wells Fargo Center, the Philadelphia Flyers jumped out to a two-goal lead and won 4-2 to hand the Jackets its sixth straight loss (0-5-1). Coach John Tortorella didn’t want to...
The Columbus Jackets fell 3-2 to the San Jose Sharks in front of 16,546 in Nationwide Arena Saturday, but a third period push by the home team was encouraging for coach John Tortorella. “We had good minutes,” he said. “We got better even without some of our top guys...
The Columbus Blue Jackets have added goaltender Mike McKenna to the roster on emergency recall from the American Hockey League’s Springfield following last night’s injury to Sergei Bobrovsky, who will reportedly miss 4-5 weeks due to a groin strain. The club has also assigned forward Michael Chaput to Springfield....
The Columbus Blue Jackets officially announced the signing of goalie Anton Forsberg to a three-year entry-level contract today. Forsberg, a sixth-round pick by Columbus in the 2011 NHL Draft, won 24 games last season in 33 appearances with Sodertalje of Sweden’s HockeyAllsvenskan last season. He ended the season second...
The Columbus Blue Jackets may face a challenger for restricted free agent goalie Sergei Bobrovsky from the Kontinental Hockey League. Two web reports Friday indicated that SKA St. Petersburg, where Bobrovsky played during the NHL lockout, is set to make a contract offer to the Jackets goalie. As a...
The Columbus Blue Jackets have made an internal promotion to back up starting goalie Sergei Bobrovsky with the signing of Curtis McElhinney to a one-year, one-way contract. Terms were not immediately available. McElhinney, who turned 30 yesterday, had a standout season for Springfield in the American Hockey League, with...
Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky has been named a finalist for the Vezina Trophy, given annually “to the goalkeeper adjudged to be the best at his position” as voted by National Hockey League general managers, the League and club announced today. The other finalists for the award are...
The Columbus Blue Jackets kept pace in the NHL Western Conference playoff race with a dramatic 4-3 overtime win over the Colorado Avalanche Monday night at the Pepsi Center. R.J. Umberger scored the game’s tying goal with 93 seconds remaining in regulation and Nick Foligno scored with 29 seconds left in...
The Columbus Blue Jackets are now tied for eighth place in the Western Conference playoff chase with a 3-2 shootout win at Minnesota Saturday night. Sergei Bobrovsky was impressive with 39 saves, including stops of Zach Parise and Mikko Koivu during the shootout session. Despite the win, Columbus head...
The acquisition of Marian Gaborik is already paying dividends for the Columbus Blue Jackets. Gaborik scored the game-winning goal early in the third period along with another assist to give the Jackets a 3-1 win in Nashville Thursday night. The win marks the first regulation victory by Columbus in...
Mark Letestu was signed yesterday to a two-year contract extension worth a reported $2.5 million. “Mark is a smart, versatile forward who brings consistency and a great work ethic every time he takes the ice and we are very pleased to have him remain with our hockey club,” Columbus...
Sergei Bobrovsky was spectacular for the Columbus Blue Jackets, but his offense couldn’t help him out. The goaltender recorded his third shutout of the season with 34 saves, but the Jackets were only able to muster 17 shots of their own as Columbus fell 1-0 to the Vancouver Canucks...
The Columbus Blue Jackets are continuing their recent stretch of gritty play, but fell a little short against the NHL’s top team. Chicago Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane scored on a backhand by Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky to lead the Blackhawks to a 2-1 shootout win Thursday night before 15,009...
The play of Sergei Bobrovsky is continuing to open eyes around Nationwide Arena and the rest of the National Hockey League. After gaining the first star with his play last week, Bobrovsky has followed with allowing only four goals in 195 minutes of regulation and overtime play against Detroit,...
Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky has been named the National Hockey League’s First Star for the week of March 4-10. Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby was named the NHL’s Second Star, while Los Angeles’ Jeff Carter is the Third Star selection. Bobrovsky posted a 4-0-0 record with a 0.77 goals-against...
There are still just under two months to go in the regular season, but March 7, 2013, could be a date to remember for the Columbus Blue Jackets. Hours after the National Hockey League Players Association approved a realignment plan which would send Columbus to the Eastern Conference next...
It was a rough night for Columbus goalie Sergei Bobrovsky. He was pulled by Blue Jackets coach Todd Richards after the netminder gave up three goals in the first ten minutes. “It was two-fold,” Richards said. “Bobby needs to be better, but I needed to change things up to...
The lockout is over and the start of training camp is upon the 30 teams in the National Hockey League. In anticipation of the Columbus Blue Jackets opening camp this week, Columbus Wired’s Dave Seaman and Justin Boggs answer five questions about the upcoming season. 1. Who will be...