The CBJ Writer

Tonight, in Nationwide Arena, our Columbus Blue Jackets would look to bounce back from a shaky start to the 2026-27 NHL Season. Their last game, also at home on Tuesday Night, ended with a 6-2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs and a lot of questions. With the lines shaken up and a desire to win, our Blue Jackets would take on the Vegas Golden Knights, a team that has been in the postseason conversation since their inception.  Denton Mateychuk would score the first goal of the game, putting our Blue Jackets up 1-0 at 11:51. This is his second goal of the season. Kent Johnson would add his second assist of the season on the primary, while Valeri Nichushkin adds his fourth assist this season on the secondary. At 17:13, Knights' Tomas Herti would tie the game with his fifth goal of the season. The primary assist would be the third this season for Braeden Bowman, and the secondary assist would become the fourth this season for Trevor Connelly. The period would end in a 1-1 tie, while the ...

Last night, the Toronto Maple Leafs played at home against a young San Jose Sharks team at home and won 3-1. The Toronto Maple Leafs then traveled to Columbus to face the Blue Jackets on a back-to-back. I had high expectations for tonight, given we last played Saturday night. Yes, it was at the Minnesota Wild, but we had a two-day break between games, whereas the Leafs just played last night. Unfortunately, my hopes were not granted.  Period 1 started out amazing for the home team. Jake Christiansen scored just 2:38 into the game, putting us up 1-0! This was his first goal of the season. Dimitri Voronkov would add his second assist of the season on the primary, while Valeri Nichushkin would add his third assist this season on the secondary. I can't lie, watching Kirill Marchenko take some boo's from fans, and a few hits from his former Blue Jackets teammates in his return to Columbus was funny. That is, until he scored at 8:16 and tied the game with goal number five of his seas...

After an exhilarating overtime win last night against the New York Rangers at home, it was time to board a flight and head to an early evening matchup with the Minnesota Wild tonight! The Blue Jackets would be tested early as Conor Garland would be sent to the box at 2:03 for holding the Wild's Matt Kiersted. Then Charlie Coyle would go to the box seconds later, at 2:11, for cross-checking the Wild's Matt Boldy. This would give the Wild nearly 2 minutes with a 5-on-3 advantage, but the Blue Jackets wouldn't break, killing off both penalties. Even with the Blue Jackets having a power-play at the 8:57 mark, as the Wild's Zach Bogoslan would sit for 2 minutes after tripping Matthew Knies, it would take till 18:12 for the first goal to be scored. Unfortunately, that goal wouldn't be ours. Danila Yurov would add his fourth goal this season, and Yakov Trenin would add his second assist of the season, giving the home team an early 1-0 lead. Exactly a minute later, at 19:12...

Last season, the New York Rangers weren't the best team in the league. This season, even with the loss of Goaltender 1, Igor Shesterkin, for the rest of the season, they have become a team to be reckoned with yet again. Our Columbus Blue Jackets currently sit at 2-2-0. They have had playoff-level games and bottom-of-the-league kind of games. Tonight, both the visiting Rangers and the home team Blue Jackets put on quite a defensive show for the fans in Nationwide Arena. In what way, you might ask? The Rangers led in shots on goal in period 1, 9-7. The shots on goal in period 2 were even, 10-10. The Rangers led in shots on goal in period 3, 11-10. What do all these periods have in common? None of those shots on goal became goals. Yes, we would go into overtime with the score tied 0-0!  The biggest takeaway from period 3, heading into overtime, is that Rangers' Will Cuylle went to the box for 2 minutes after interfering with Blue Jackets' Adam Fantilli at 19:27. This gave the ...

The Columbus Blue Jackets have been up and down across their first 4 games of the season, hence their 2-2-0 start. Tonight was a roller coaster in Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets didn't give the Florida Panthers an inch in the first period. In addition to keeping the visiting Panthers off the scoreboard, Kent Johnson scored an unassisted goal at 14:11, his third of the season, giving our home boys a 1-0 lead heading into period 2. However, for how good period 1 was for the Blue Jackets, the middle period would be the absolute opposite in many ways. The Panthers led in shots on goal, 10-8.   Florida Panthers' Brady Tkachuk would score at 2/l27, 6:00, and 10:30. Yes, in the first 10:30 of this period, Brady Tkachuk would put up 3 goals, a hat trick, giving his visiting Panthers a 3-1 lead. His first would be assisted by his brother, Matthew Tkachuk, giving him his third assist of the season. His second was assisted by his brother, Matthew Tkachuk, on the primary, giving him h...

 After an exhilarating second win of the season in overtime against the Pittsburgh Penguins last night, 4-3, the Blue Jackets hit the road for the first time this season, going to St. Louis for a matchup with the Blues. The Blue Jackets would run the first period, scoring two goals. The first goal was scored at 16:10 by Valeri Nichushkin. This was his first goal of the season, and as a Blue Jacket! Sean Monahan and Erik Gudbranson would each pick up their first assists of the season on this goal. Not long after, at 19:48, Kent Johnson would add his first goal of the season to the scoresheet! Adam Fantilli would get his first assist of the season on the primary, while Zach Werenski would add his fourth assist of the season on the secondary. The final seconds would tick away, and the Blue Jackets would take a 2-0 lead into period 2. The Blue Jackets would also lead in shots on goal this period, 10-4.  Unfortunately, the lead was not to last. 00:25 into the period, Ross Johnston ...