The CBJ Writer

The slow start would be worth the wait for us tonight in New Jersey, 5th Line. Period 1 would end with 7 shots on goal for the Devils, and only three for the Blue Jackets. Period 2 would end with ten shots on goal for the Devils and nine for the Blue Jackets. No goals would come from any of these! Although both goalies, Elvis Merzlikins for the Blue Jackets and Jacob Markstrom for the Devils, there wasn't much going on in this game until Period 3, when the Blue Jackets would come to life.  With no assists on the goal, Dante Fabbro would finally break the 0-0 score at 5:24! Then, at 12:05, Mathieu Olivier would give the Blue Jackets a two-goal cushion with his seventh goal this season! Cole Sillinger gets the first primary assist of the night, and Boone Jenner gets the first secondary assist of the night, putting each man at nineteen this season. Then, towards the end of the game, things would get interesting in favor of Mathieu Oliver and the Blue Jackets! The Devils would bring go...

Tonight's game was full of goals, so we're going to skip my (at times corny) intro and jump right into the recap! The visiting Blue Jackets would kill off an early Blues' power play after Cole Sillinger went to the box at 2:41 for holding Oskar Sundqvist. However, a few minutes later, at even strength, the Blues would still be the first team to score. At 7:11, Jimmy Snuggerud would add goal nine to his season, giving Brayden Schenn his eleventh assist on the primary and Dalibor Dvorsky his sixth assist on the secondary. The good news is that while the Blues arena was still announcing the Blues' goal, the Blue Jackets tied the game at 1-1! Isac Lundestrom would score his second this season at 7:48. Captain Boone Jenner adds his eighteenth assist on the primary, and Miles Wood would find his way back to the scoresheet with his fifth assist this season on the secondary. This would be followed up a few minutes later, at 12:54, with Denton Mateychuk shooting his shot and get...

It's surprising to me that we're already playing our last game in January and have just three more after tonight before the 2026 Winter Olympic Break. One Blue Jacket who has shown bright this month is Charlie Coyle. Before tonight's game, he had a 6-4-10 month and received his golden NHL stick for his 1,000th game in the league. In our last game, at home against the Philadelphia Flyers, he scored the first goal. Tonight, on the road against the Chicago Blackhawks, he'd score the first goal again! This goal would be his thirteenth this season, and it would hit the back of the Blackhawks net at 19:13. Even better, this would be a power play goal as Blackhawks' Connor Murphy sat in the box for holding Kirill Marchenko late in the opening period. Zach Werenski would add his thirty-ninth assist on this first goal of the game with the primary, while the secondary assist would become the twenty-sixth for Kirill Marchenko. The Blue Jackets would hold the lead for a few sec...

 The Blue Jackets would waste no time on the National TNT Broadcast tonight. Charlie Coyle would continue his spotlight week with yet another goal, his twelfth this season, just 00:38 into the game! The primary assist would get Mathieu Oliver on the scoresheet with his eighth this season, while Zach Werenski continues his domination with assist number thirty-seven this season on the secondary. It would take nearly half the period before the Blue Jackets would allow the Flyers to get on the ice, but when they did, the Flyers would tie the game at 1-1 after Travis Konecny scored goal number eighteen of his season. The goal, at 9:03, would give Cam York his eighteenth assist this season on the primary, while Noah Juulsen would add his eighth assist on the secondary. The opening period wouldn't end in a tie as Kirill Marchenko would score at 19:40! Another primary assist for Zach Werenski would give him thirty-eighth this season, and yet another multipoint game. Adam Fantilli picks up ...

 Well, 5th Line, if you're snowed in, this recap will keep you occupied for a while because it was a goal buffet at Nationwide Arena tonight! For example, Period 1 had six goals. Yes, six! Cole Sillinger's sixth goal this season kicks us off at 5:47! The only assist on this goal for Cole became Charlie Coyle's twenty-first this season. This goal would be followed up with one of the weirdest I've seen in my years covering this team. No, seriously, Lightning's Jake Guentzel would score his twenty-third goal this season at 7:48 after he shot the puck towards our net. Jet Greaves stopped it, but then sent it away on a rebound, likely hoping one of our guys would clear it, or have a breakaway with the opportunity to score again. Sadly, this didn't happen, but it also backfired. The puck would ricochet off Isac Lundestrom's skate and find its way behind Jet Greaves' net. And that's how the game would go to a 1-1 tie. That said, in the time it took the NHL ...

First, we'll take a moment to congratulate a game-changing player who has greatly helped this team since being traded to Columbus. Tonight, Charlie Coyle celebrates his 1,000th NHL Game. It's a career milestone that not many players reach. During his time in the league, Charlie has scored 199 goals and 316 assists for a total of 515 points. He also holds an overall +/- of +45. In his 49 games this season, he currently sits at ten goals and twenty assists for thirty points. He's been so impressive since coming here from Colorado, and I'm excited to see what else he does as a Blue Jacket and in this league before his career sunsets. Congratulations, again, Charlie!   Tonight's game can be summed up in one word: Competitive. Just over eight minutes into the game, our Number 8, Zach Werenski, would score goal number nineteen of his season! On this goal at 8:48, Damon Severson would get to add his sixteenth assist on the primary, while Isac Lundestrom gets to add his six...