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Columbus Blue Jackets @ Pittsburgh Penguins: Season 25 1/17/26

 The Columbus Blue Jackets have found their winning ways since Rick Bowness joined the team as Head Coach. Tonight, against their biggest division rival, they'd look to add to his 2-0-0 record. Zach Aston-Reese would start the effort with his first goal this season, scored at 2:42 into Period 1! Zach Werenski continues building his point mountain with his thirty-fourth assist this season on the primary, while Brendan Gaunce gets his fourth assist this season on the secondary. But the Penguins are always a strong foe, countering with their own goal at 9:59 by way of Connor Clifton. This marks his first goal of the season, and the only assist on it would become the sixteenth this season for Tommy Novak. Rickard Rakell would then give his home team their first lead of the night with goal number seven of his season at 17:52. Sidney Crosby comes away with the only assist on the Penguins' second goal tonight, giving him twenty-seven so far this season. The opening period would conclu...
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Vancouver Canucks @ Columbus Blue Jackets: Season 25 1/15/26

 It's Rick Bowness's world, and Columbus is now living in it. After notching his first win as the Blue Jackets Head Coach on Tuesday, beating the Calgary Flames, in regulation, 5-3, he'd look for another win tonight against the Vancouver Canucks. The Blue Jackets would start with the only goal in the opening period at 17:25 as Charlie Coyle adds his tenth this season! Charlie Coyle accomplished this on the power play, too, while Canucks' Max Sasson sat in the box for tripping him at 15:49. Kirill Marchenko adds assist number twenty-three to his season with the primary, while Adam Fantilli adds his eighteenth assist this season for scoring on the secondary. The Blue Jackets would conclude this period by not just leading on the scoreboard, 1-0, but also leading shots on goal, 15-11.  The Good start for the home team would continue in Period 2 as Kirill Marchenko would score a goal all his own at 5:49, giving the Blue Jackets a 2-0 lead! This would become his seventeenth g...
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Calgary Flames @ Columbus Blue Jackets: Season 25 1/13/26

It's the beginning of a new era in Columbus tonight as Rick Bowness takes over the Blue Jackets bench as the team parted ways with Dean Evason yesterday. To me, it was a shock, and I didn't post anything because I wanted Don Waddell, our General Manager, to speak first about the decision today. I've covered this team since May 2020, and I've seen my share of coaching changes, but this is the first to happen during the season. Personally, I expected this, but thought leadership would wait until after this season concluded. Why? To me, last season was one of learning and mourning after the loss of Johnny Gaudreau and his brother. So, I expected Dean to have the rest of this season to prove he could help the team rebound. That said, I'm not surprised leadership didn't wait, but instead tried to change the narrative during this 25th Season in Columbus and save the historic season that way. Rick Bowness has an extensive resume, including time with the Dallas Stars an...
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Columbus Blue Jackets @ Utah Mammoth: Season 25 1/11/26

This road trip has been anything but fun for the team and the 5th Line. Last night, I promised to do a shortened game recap from what I heard after work to the game's conclusion. That said, given we were shutout 4-0, there wasn't much for me to say other than I expected this due to the Colorado Avalanche being the best team in the league. Of course, when I promised a recap, I was hopeful that our boys would play spoiler, like they did against the Buffalo Sabers a few games back, but that didn't happen. It is what it is, and, bonus honesty, if the Avalanche aren't playing for the cup, I'll be shocked! They've just got it this year, and the fact they haven't slowed down post-Christmas break makes me believe they'll go deep this playoff season.   All of that said, it's in the past; time to rebound against the Utah Mammoth. Our boys would come out swinging, getting the first goal of the game just 2:47 into Period 1! This wouldn't just be the first go...
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Columbus Blue Jackets @ Vegas Golden Knights: Season 25 1/8/26 Game Recap

Hey, 5th Line, ready for a hot late-night game in Sin City? Our Captain, Boone Jenner, would start the scoring early, tipping in his seventh goal this season at 8:24! This is a big moment for Boone Jenner as he not only scores the game's first goal, but also leaps Cam Atkinson's 402 points with the Blue Jackets to take the third overall most with 403, and the night is young, folks! Congratulations, Boooooone! Zach Werenski, Mr. Team U.S.A., gets assist number thirty on this goal's primary assist, while Sean Monahan adds his fifteenth assist this season on the secondary. It's important to note that Carter Hart, while trying to stop that first Blue Jackets goal, would be injured. I wish the Golden Knight Goalie the best and hope it isn't too serious because even though he isn't a Blue Jacket, he's still a person when he steps off that ice, and I never like seeing a player injured. That said, at 10:41, Kent Johnson would welcome Golden Knights' backup goali...
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Columbus Blue Jackets @ San Jose Sharks: Season 25 1/6/26

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...
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New Jersey Devils @ Columbus Blue Jackets: Season 25 12/31/25

 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...
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