The CBJ Writer

Hello, 5th Line. First, I'm sorry, I missed Sunday's home game against the Pittsburgh Penguins. I had a chance to help out a coworker and take their shift, so naturally, I did. I'm back for the start of the Western Roadtrip tonight, though, so let's recap some hockey!  Period 1, the visiting Blue Jackets would finish leading shots on goal, 12-10, but they wouldn't finish leading on the scoreboard. With seconds left in the opening period, at 19:11, Sharks' Pavol Regenda would get his ninth goal this season, giving the home team the first lead of the late-night game. Former Blue Jacket, Alexander Wennberg, gets his twentieth assist this season on the primary, while the secondary assist bumps Tyler Toffoli to seventeen this season. The good news: the Blue Jackets would face the middle period only down a goal. The bad news: the middle period would get worse for the Blue Jackets before it got better.  The bad news for the Blue Jackets is that they'd take a penalt...

 Happy New Year's Eve, 5th Line!  Our Columbus Blue Jackets have won their last three games in regulation, and they'd look to keep the streak going tonight at home as the Devils come to Nationwide Arena from New Jersey! The shots on goal battle would end tied 10-10 at the end of the opening period, but the Blue Jackets would lead 1-0 on the scoreboard! At 6:18, Mason Marchment would score his third goal since joining our franchise, his eighth this season. He's played as a Blue Jacket for only five games, and tonight has done something no other player of ours has in the team's history: scored a point in his first five games, going 4-2-6. It just goes to show what a new city and teammates can do for a player. Kirill Marchenko adds assist number seventeen to his season on the primary, while Dysin Mayo gets his first assist in his first game as a Blue Jacket on the secondary! Congratulations to him! Also, a huge congratulations to our Captain, Boone Jenner. With that assist...

Recently, the Columbus Blue Jackets have been showing off their talents on the ice. Tonight would be no different as they'd look to make their winning ways into a winning streak. They'd have a strong first period, winning the shots on goal battle 12-7, and also scoring the only goal of the period at 15:58! That goal would become Captain Boone Jenner's sixth this season, while giving Cole Sillinger his thirteenth assist this season on the primary, and Charlie Coyle his eighteenth assist this season on the secondary. Bonus: Mathieu Oliver would win a fight in his first period back from injury reserve against Senators' Kurtis MacDermid. Both men got five minutes each for fighting, although I don't think Kurtis MacDermid got a hit in before a fresh Mathieu Oliver took him to the ice!  The Blue Jackets wouldn't let up in Period 2, expanding their lead to 2-0 at 1:21 after Damon Severson launched the puck toward the Senators' net and scored goal number three of hi...

 Our Columbus Blue Jackets left for the holiday break on a high note, beating the Kings in L.A. 3-1. Tonight, with Mathieu Olivier returning from injury reserve, the Blue Jackets would look to continue winning and gaining much-needed points. At 8:09, Kirill Marchenko would add his twelfth goal to his season total, as well as the first goal to the scoresheet tonight! Newly acquired Mason Marchment gets his tenth assist this season, but first as a Blue Jacket on the primary. Denton Meteychuk rounds out the assists with the secondary, giving him nine this season. A late lucky bounce would allow the Islanders to tie the game at 1-1 at 17:16 in Period 1. Max Shabanov gets the goal, giving him his fourth this season. Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Anthony Duclair each skate away with their ninth assist this season on this tying goal. The Blue Jackets played skilled hockey this period, not just by scoring the first goal, but by winning the shots on goal battle 15-9.  Period 2 would start wi...

We'll start this post with the elephant in the arena. It's no secret that this 25th Season of the Columbus Blue Jackets has been full of highs and lows. Injuries are always an enemy to any sports team, and they bit us again on Saturday as Zach Werenski took a stinger to his ankle. To our relief, the team reported today that Zach Werenski will rest tonight, but didn't break anything in that nasty puck-to-ankle collision. Whew. The Blue Jackets also lost that game, 4-3 in regulation, to the Anaheim Ducks. But, there was a light in this game named Mason Marchment, who had his first goal as a Blue Jacket early in Period 2. The former Seattle Kraken, who joined our franchise late Friday, would turn that light into a full-on spark in Period 1 in tonight's game.  At 4:07, Mason Marchment would put the visiting Blue Jackets on the scoreboard first in L.A.! This gives him six goals this season, two with his current team. In addition, with the Kings' Kevin Fiala in the box fo...

First, a warm welcome to Mason Marchment! He joins the Columbus Blue Jackets after General Manager Don Waddell sent two draft picks to the Seattle Kraken this afternoon for the Forward. He's certainly the type of guy you would rather have in your locker room than your opposition, that's for sure. I love that he's already slotted in to play tonight, and I can't wait to see his impact on our team. Spoiler alert: We don't have to wait long to see it!   The Anaheim Ducks would come out on home ice looking for revenge. Not only did we beat them in our first of two meetings this season in Nationwide Arena, Monday, with an overtime 4-3 win, but the Ducks were beaten bad last night. The Dallas Stars gave them hell last night, on home ice, with an 8-3 final. At 2:14, Mikael Granlund would get his home team on the board first with his sixth goal this season. Olen Zellweger hits double-digits with his tenth assist on the primary, while Frank Vatrano gets his third assist this ...