The Blue Jackets played a well-rounded, complete game Monday night at Madison Square Garden. And in the dying minutes of regulation, they got a first-hand look at how fine the line is between the desired result and the undesired result. Locked in a 1-1 tie with the Rangers, Columbus got its first power play of […]
Blue Jackets beat Bruins 6-4
February 23, 2016 by
The last thing you’d call it is “conventional,” but Monday’s road win in Boston counts as two points all the same. These are two points well earned for the Blue Jackets, who embarked on a brief two-game road swing after spending nearly two weeks at Nationwide Arena. Up first was a hungry, confident Bruins team […]
Bruins beat Blue Jackets 2-1 in OT
February 17, 2016 by
“The thing that pisses me off is we just give them a free one,” Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella said after Tuesday night’s game. He was referring, of course, to a pedestrian-looking overtime goal by the Boston Bruins to earn a valuable second point tonight at Nationwide Arena. “It’s frustrating,” he continued. “It’s a simple […]
Blue Jackets down Ducks 4-3 in SO
February 12, 2016 by
Down 2-0 after giving up a goal with 12 seconds left in the second period, the Blue Jackets could easily have played out the final ticks of the clock and tried to mount a big rally in the third. But they didn’t entertain the thought. William Karlsson scored a significant goal in the game, bringing […]
Blue Jackets beat Flames 2-1
February 8, 2016 by
Officially, the Blue Jackets finished this Western Canada road trip with a 2-1-0 record. Another way to think of it: they were one poor period away from potentially sweeping the trip for the second year in a row. Sunday night’s game at Scotiabank Saddledome was in some ways similar to their 2-1 shootout win over […]
Blue Jackets beat Canucks 2-1
February 5, 2016 by
The Vancouver Canucks struck first Thursday night at Rogers Arena, but the Blue Jackets battled back and Scott Hartnell’s power play goal in the third period leveled the score, 1-1, for the Jackets. And, after 3-on-3 overtime expired (during which Columbus successfully killed off a Vancouver power play), Alexander Wennberg scored the game-deciding shootout goal […]
Oilers smack Blue Jackets 5-1
February 3, 2016 by
The Blue Jackets were fortunate to get away with a poor start tonight, but before too long, it caught up with them in a big way. Columbus carried a 1-0 lead into the first intermission but it came unraveled in the second, as their puck management fed into the Oilers’ speed and attacking game. Edmonton […]
Blue Jackets earn back-to-back wins heading into All-Star break
January 28, 2016 by
“We’ve had a real tough first 50 games when a lot of things haven’t gone right for us. This gives us hope that, moving forward, we can be a good hockey team.” Those were the words of Blue Jackets associate coach Craig Hartsburg after his team completed a back-to-back, home-and-home sweep of the Montreal Canadiens […]
Blue Jackets beat Canadiens 5-2 on Atkinson’s hat trick
January 26, 2016 by
Brandon Dubinsky said it best in the locker room: the Blue Jackets have been on the other side of games like Monday night’s, and far more often than they’d like. So, as you can imagine, this one felt pretty good. Locked in a 2-2 after 40 minutes at Nationwide Arena against a desperate Montreal Canadiens […]
Flames beat Blue Jackets 4-2
January 22, 2016 by
Sam Bennett has been red-hot of late (pardon the pun) for the Calgary Flames, and that run continued Thursday night. In a game that was, by all accounts, rather mundane for most of regulation time, but with the score deadlocked at 2-2 after 40 minutes, it was up for grabs in the third period – […]
