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Detroit scored four times early in the first period and Niklas Kronwall had two power-play goals and an assist to lift the Red Wings past the Columbus Blue Jackets 9-1 on Wednesday night. Justin Abdelkader tallied two late goals, Dan Cleary, Pavel Datsyuk and Todd Bertuzzi each had a goal a...

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Jarome Iginla scored once and added two assists to lead the Calgary Flames to a 6-3 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night. It was the first multipoint game of the season for the struggling Flames captain, who had only two goals and two assists through the first eight games. I...

FILE -- This is a March 13, 2009, file photo showing Columbus Blue Jackets' Rick Nash(notes) chasing the puck during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Chicago Blackhawks, in Chicago. In their ninth season of existence, the Columbus Blue Jackets are somewhere in the middle...

Manny Malhotra has spent the last five seasons with the Columbus Blue Jackets, toiling away in Ohio's state...

As we reported yesterday, former New York Rangers and Columbus Blue Jackets winger Nikolai Zherdev has signed...

NHL season previews often sell you an impressive bill of goods before you realize, at the end of the season,...

Columbus Blue Jackets Coach Ken Hitchcock is a pretty shrewd operator. How many other brainstorms simultaneously...

Nikita Filatov of the Columbus Blue Jackets has appeared on Puck Daddy before, memorably answering a question...

We uncovered some interesting tidbits: Save for the 11th-ranked Columbus Blue Jackets (from the NHL), all of the teams on our list were located below the Mason-Dixon line. Is it something in the Southern water? Some carryover from the Civil War? ...

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By Greg Wyshynski Every NHL city had its "third man" on the local broadcast team: The studio host or off-ice reporter that helps set the scene for the booth. Jim Day was that guy for Fox Sports Net Ohio in its coverage of the Columbus Blue Jackets. ...

By Greg Wyshynski • Why did Sean Avery fail to fit in with the Dallas Stars? Two words: suit shorts. [SI] • Columbus Blue Jackets have recalled forward Nikita Filatov from the Syracuse Crunch. In other news, Puck Daddy gets teary-eyed blowing dust off its collection of Amanda Bynes jokes. [Jackets]

By Greg Wyshynski • Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch reports that the Columbus Blue Jackets are going to aggressively enter the trade market for a center and offers plenty of red meat: Antoine Vermette, Doug Weight, and Jordan Staal, whom he writes is miserable playing for Therrien. [Dispatch]

By Ross McKeon No. 2 star, Dwayne Roloson, Edmonton Oilers: The veteran Oilers' goalie was almost a one-man show for the hosts, stopping 38 shots as Edmonton beat Dallas 4-1. The Stars, who outshot the Oilers 39-19, went 0-for-5 on the power play as Roloson was on top of his game.

By Matt Romig Nash converted a penalty shot for his 17th goal of the season and picked up the primary assist on three Columbus tallies as the Blue Jackets, who went through December scoring three or fewer goals in 13 of 14 games, erupted for six goals in a 6-1 victory over Colorado. Rookie Steve Mason saw hi...

By Greg Wyshynski Dishonorable Mention: Two stinkers in a row for the Nashville Predators, following a 5-2 loss to Edmonton with a 5-1 defeat at the Colorado Avalanche. Cody McLeod scored the first two goals for the Avs, and Peter Budaj made it stand up with 25 saves. ... The Wild have scored 11 goals in their three...

By Greg Wyshynski Preview: Columbus Blue Jackets at Los Angeles Kings (10:30 p.m. EST; TV: FSW). The Kings are one point out of a playoff spot, their goalie was one of last week's three stars and their defense is absolutely owning right now. And hamburgers eat people...

By Greg Wyshynski • Through snowblower accidents and other malarkey this season, Colorado Avalanche fans deserve the go a little overboard after defeating the Detroit Red Wings, right? [Jerseys and Hockey Love] • The idea of Steve Sullivan returning to the Nashville Predators both inspired and fright...

By Greg Wyshynski Meanwhile, in Columbus, Ken Hitchcock was angry. Like, "you ate the last cookie and didn't throw away the box?" angry. The Blue Jackets were in OT against the Dallas Stars in a 5-5 tie when Manny Malhotra appeared to end the game 13 seconds into the extra session (head to the 4:45 mark of the vid...

By Greg Wyshynski Honorable Mention: Loui Eriksson of the Dallas Stars had the night's other hat trick, scoring twice in the first period and then adding a power-play goal in the second period to help Dallas keep pace with the Columbus Blue Jackets in its 6-5 skills competition victory. ... Evgeni Malkin had tw...

By Greg Wyshynski • Is the Florida Panthers' success this season enough to keep Jay Bouwmeester from leaving as a free agent? [ESPN] • The Colorado Avalanche are giving Andrew Raycroft a start against the Tampa Bay Lightning, which has some fans worried that the team is teetering on the brink of yet another...

By Greg Wyshynski Preview: New York Rangers at Los Angeles Kings (10:30 p.m. EST; TV: MSG, FSW). And we have a Steve Valiquette sighting! • The Hockey Guy applies the B.S. test to Mike Keenan's claims that ownership forced him to dismantle the St. Louis Blues when he was running the show. [Post-Dispatch]

By Greg Wyshynski Preview: Nashville Predators at Columbus Blue Jackets (7 p.m. EST; TV: FSS, CSP, Yahoo! Sports). The Jackets won the first matchup between these teams, but Nashville is still on a 16-1-1 roll over Columbus. Wonder if Hitchcock still wants to "kick their ass."

By Greg Wyshynski But the plan is also really, really, really disturbing and symbolic of the economic poop-storm that's swirling around professional sports. Forget that these games are on the weekend, which should usually sell themselves; we're talking about having to encourage fans to buy tickets to s...

By Greg Wyshynski Preview: Boston Bruins at Tampa Bay Lightning (7:30 p.m. EST; TV: NESN, SUN). The Bruins will go with the same forwards that beat Detroit over the weekend. Barry Melrose's return to ESPN doesn't mean Barrie and Koules don't have to pay him.

With the seventh overall pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft on Friday, the host Columbus Blue Jackets selected right wing Jakub Voracek of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's Halifax Mooseheads.