The CBJ Writer

With 4 games left in this 82-game, 25th-anniversary season for our Columbus Blue Jackets, we're still in the hunt for a playoff spot. Tonight's road game was against a team that's in the playoffs but still in the fight for home-ice advantage. The Buffalo Sabers sit at 104 points, while we sit at 90. It's been 14 years since the Sabers made it to the playoffs, but they're already in, so congratulations to them, but I want those 2 points! Let's recap some hockey, 5th Line!  Period 1 would be impressive on both sides of the ice. You have to give credit where it is due, and the Sabers have come a long way in recent years. That said, so have our Blue Jackets. Both facts were on full display in this opening period. Case in point? The shots on goal at the end of this period were 10-10. The only difference was that Sabers' Josh Norris would pick off a pass from Zach Werenski, charge down the ice, passing to teammate Peyton Krebs, and scoring the opening goal of the ...

Every game is a must-win as our Columbus Blue Jackets continue their chase for a playoff spot. The Blue Jackets would start off well, scoring the first goal in Detroit tonight. Danton Heinon would add goal number six to his season at 2:06! Mason Marchment would come away with the only assist on Danton Heinon's goal, his twenty-fourth of the season. Now, the Red Wings are also pushing for postseason play, and they'd match our goal at 10:27, tying this game at 1-1. Dylan Larkin would add his thirty-first goal to his season on a Red Wings power play as Conor Garland sat in the box for interference against J. T. Compher. Patrick Kane would add his thirty-fifth assist with the primary on this goal, while Moritz Seider would add his forty-sixth assist this season after picking up the secondary. The first period would conclude with that 1-1 tie on the scoreboard, and also a tie in shots on goal, 9-9.  At 6:27 into Period 2, the Red Wings would acquire their first lead of the night, go...

If there was ever a night for our Blue Jackets to right this playoff push ship, it's tonight, at home, against the Jets. It would take seconds for the Blue Jackets to ignite the cannon! Ivan Provorov would score goal number nine of his season just 1:17 into the game! Mason Marchment would add his twenty-third assist this season on the primary, while Kirill Marchenko would add his thirty-eighth assist to his season on the secondary. Believe it or not, the Jets would lead the shots on goal this period, 8-5, but that would be the only goal of the game thus far, meaning our Blue Jackets would hold a one-goal advantage ahead of Period 2.  Our boys would nearly escape this period with that 1-0 lead, but a Jets' takeaway would lead to Kyle Connor's thirty-fifth goal this season, and a 1-1 tie at 18:14. Ugh. Well, the Jets are trying to get to the playoffs, too, so of course they're not going down without a fight! Mark Scheifele would add his fifty-ninth assist this season on t...

"I don't want to write this recap tonight," is what I said to my mom as we finished up dinner, and I saw on my phone that it was now 5-1, Hurricanes.  Both of these teams had something to gain if they won tonight. For the Blue Jackets, it was keeping their Wildcard 2 playoff spot. For the Hurricanes, it was clinching a playoff spot. The Hurricanes are at the top of the top of the Metropolitan division with 100 points, and tonight's game proved why they hold the position.  The Hurricanes would take a 3-0 lead in Period 1. Logan Stankoven would pick up his first goal tonight, his sixteenth this season, at 2:27. K'Andre Miller would add his twenty-seventh assist this season on the primary, while Taylor Hall would add his twenty-sixth assist this season on the secondary. Logan Stankoven would quickly follow this goal up with his second tonight, giving him his seventeenth goal this season, at 8:52. Taylor Hall would add a second assist tonight, his twenty-seventh this ...

Tonight, our Blue Jackets look to close out March with a bang. Well, hopefully more than one, but you get my point, 5th Line. Every game is a must-win as we sit in Wildcard 2 with the potential to jump higher in the standings, but only if we keep getting points.  Tonight's opening period wouldn't be the best for the Blue Jackets. The Hurricanes' Shayne Gostisbehere would add goal thirteen to his season 13:29 into the game, giving his road team a 1-0 lead. Further, this goal would be scored on the power play as Dante Fabbro sat in the box for 2 minutes after he slashed Alexander Nikishin. Nikola Ehlers would add his thirty-ninth assist this season on the primary, while Andrei Svechnikov would add his thirty-seventh assist of his season on the secondary. It wouldn't be long before the Blue Jackets would, unfortunately, find themselves on the penalty kill again, this time with Kent Johnson in the box for high-sticking Hurricanes' Taylor Hall. The situation would yield ...

Last night's loss was disappointing; there's no other way to say it. The San Jose Sharks came back to tie the game, then won with 1:25 to play, stung. The good news is that we are still in a playoff spot going into our home game tonight against the Bruins.  Our Blue Jackets would come out renewed and ready to put last night in the past where it belongs. Camptain Boone Jenner would make the cannon bang at 6:17 with goal eleven of his season! Conor Garland would add his twenty-first assist to his season total with the only assist on the Blue Jackets' first goal tonight. This goal would be followed by a second tip-in goal at 7:45 from Mason Marchment, marking goal eighteen of his season! Ivan Provorov gets his twenty-first assist this season on the primary, while Kirill Marchenko adds his thirty-fifth assist on the secondary. Then, we'd have a fight between Erik Gudbranson of our Blue Jackets and Tanner Jeannot of the Bruins at 17:35! Both men would get five-minute majors ...