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Game Day #77: Where are thou offense?

Tuesday, April 8th, 2025 – 7:00 PM ET Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH TV: RDS2, TSN5, FDSNOH – Radio: 97.1FM Ottawa Senators (41-29-6, 88 points, 4th Atlantic, 7th East) at Columbus Blue Jackets (34-32-9, 77 points, 5th Metropolitan, 11th East) Barring a miracle, the Blue Jackets won’t be in the playoffs this season. The culprit? The offense has dried up over the last month. It’s not for…

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Recap #77: Blue Jackets finally beat Senators, 5-2

Following their recent struggles, tonight was the first night the Columbus Blue Jackets were at risk of being mathematically eliminated from playoff contention: A regulation loss coupled with a Montreal Canadiens win would do it. The CBJ were only in control of half of that equation, however, and that went quite well. A slight change tonight to the top six, with Boone Jenner getting…

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Game Day #78: Blue Jackets try to stay alive vs. Sabres

Thursday, April 10, 2025 – 7:00 PM EDT Nationwide Arena – Columbus, Ohio TV: FDSNOH; Radio: 97.1 FM Opponent’s site: Die By The Blade Buffalo Sabres (35-36-6, 76 points, 7th Atlantic, 13th East) at Columbus Blue Jackets (35-33-9, 79 points, 6th Metro, 12th East) The Blue Jackets need a win to avoid elimination. In their way are the traditional Wednesday Night Rivals.

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Recap #78: Jackets and the Jet Battle back against Buffalo

Technically not out of the playoffs, could the Jackets get two wins in a row at home? The past month or two Buffalo has rounded more or less into the form we expected going into the year and we saw that early on. Buffalo wants to move the puck quickly and create rush chances and while the Jackets looked a little flat footed for much of the game Columbus was able to trade chances in the…

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GameDay #79: Jackets try to stay alive in afternoon game against Washington

Saturday, April 12th, 2025 – 12:30 PM ET Nationwide Arena – Columbus, OH TV: ABC, ESPN+ – Radio: 97.1 FM Opponent’s Blog: Japers’ Rink Washington Capitals (50-19-9, 109 points, 1st Metropolitan, 1st East) at Columbus Blue Jackets (36-33-9, 81 points, 4th Metropolitan, 9th East) The Blue Jackets technically aren’t in do or die territory yet, but we’re pretty much there.

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Recap #79: Jackets rout Capitals

Each remaining game is the most important of the season. The Blue Jackets must win out, and the Canadiens must lose out, for Columbus to make the postseason. Standing in the way on Saturday were the number one seed Capitals. Fortunately, the Caps were short-handed in this one, missing Ovechkin and starting a career AHL goalie. In a rare mantinee game, broadcast nationally on ABC…

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Recap #80: Fantilli and Greaves keep Jackets alive with weekend sweep of the Capitals

After a 7-0 thrashing of the Washington Capitals on Saturday afternoon, the Columbus Blue Jackets traveled to the nation’s capital for a rematch tonight. With a 4-1 victory, the playoff hopes remain alive (for at least 24 more hours). The Capitals wasted no time making sure they wouldn’t be shut out again. Of course it came from Alex Ovechkin, now the all-time goals leader…

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Game Day #80: Let’s do it again?

Sunday, April 13th, 2025 – 6:00 PM ET Capital One Arena, Washington D.C. TV: FDSNOH, MNMT – Radio: 97.1 FM Opponent’s Blog: Japers’ Rink Columbus Blue Jackets (37-33-9, 83 points, 4th Metropolitan, 9th East) at Washington Capitals (50-20-9, 109 points, 1st Metropolitan, 1st East) Aside from the 7 cannon blasts there were plenty of additional fireworks yesterday afternoon in Columbus.

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Game Day #81: So you’re saying there’s a chance?

Tuesday, April 15th, 2025 – 7:00 PM ET Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA TV: FDSNOH, NBCSP – Radio: 97.1 FM Opponent’s Blog: Broad Street Hockey Columbus Blue Jackets (38-33-9, 85 points, 4th Metropolitan, 9th East) at Philadelphia Flyers (33-37-10, 76 points, 8th Metropolitan, 15th East) Miraculously, the Blue Jackets are still in the playoff race. Last night…

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Recap #81: Greaves’ second shutout keeps playoff hopes alive

Look at us. Hey, look at us. Who woulda thought? Not me. Despite all the odds, the Columbus Blue Jackets remain alive in the playoff race thanks to back-to-back wins over the conference-leading Washington Capitals, coupled with back-to-back overtime losses by the Montreal Canadiens. The task: Two more wins in regulation to close out the season, starting with tonight in Philadelphia against…

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Game Day #82: One last time, Jackets host Islanders in season finale

Thursday, April 17th, 2025 – 7:00 PM ET Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio TV: SN1, FDSNOH, MSGSN – Radio: 97.1 FM New York Islander (35-34-12, 82 points, 6th Metropolitan, 12th East) at Columbus Blue Jackets (39-33-9, 87 points, 4th Metropolitan, 9th East) Certainly not the finish we wanted after the growing hope of the past week, but let’s keep the momentum going and finish this…

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Recap #82: Blue Jackets close with a win, but work continues this summer

As the Nationwide Arena speakers blared “Johnny B. Goode” in honor of the late Johnny Gaudreau, the sellout crowd and the Columbus Blue Jackets players cheered for each other following a 6-1 win over the visiting New York Islanders. More on the game below, but first let’s look at where this organization stands now. Although this magical run didn’t end with a berth in the playoffs…

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Join The Cannon’s 2025 playoff bracket challenge

The regular season just wrapped up yesterday, but the NHL is wasting no time in kicking off the postseason, with the first games of the playoffs happening on Saturday night. As always, just because the Blue Jackets aren’t in contention doesn’t mean we can’t have some competition here. Read below to find out how to join our annual bracket challenge. Here’s what you need to know: You…

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Your guide to the NHL offseason

The first round of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs are underway, but for those teams that missed the postseason – like the Columbus Blue Jackets – it’s already time to look ahead to the offseason. First, there are teams already making changes to their coaching staff. New York (Rangers), Anaheim, Seattle, and Philadelphia have coaching vacancies, and Rick Tocchet’s position in Vancouver is…

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2024-25 Player Review: Jake Christiansen secured his spot

You would be forgiven if you missed Jake Christiansen’s arrival with the Blue Jackets. He was signed to an ELC in early March 2020, and then the entire world shut down for awhile. He made his debut with Columbus in early 2022 but was primarily a Cleveland Monster for the last three seasons. This fall, however, he earned a spot on the NHL roster out of training camp and became a fixture in…

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Open Thread: Draft Lottery, second round, and Worlds

It’s a new month, new week, and time for a fresh off-season thread! There was some fascinating conversations in the last thread, which I’ve come to expect from this community. Let’s keep it going! We also have a lot of new things to cover: This kind of snuck up on me, but the draft lottery is tonight, Monday May 5, at 7:00 PM ET on ESPN. Unlike in previous years, this year the actual…

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2024-25 Player Review: Jack Johnson’s last ride?

When Jack Johnson first became a member of the Columbus Blue Jackets, the franchise was at its nadir. A blockbuster trade for Jeff Carter quickly turned sour, and Johnson was a big piece of the return when Carter was dispatched to Los Angeles. Captain Rick Nash would follow Carter out the door a few months later after a trade request of his own. Even though he was traded away from a team…

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2024-25 Player Review: Denton Mateychuk showed off incredible potential

After nearly making the roster straight out of camp, and lighting up the AHL early in the season, Denton Mateychuk was called up to provide another depth option over Jack Johnson and Jordan Harris. By the end of the season, he was the No. 2 Defenseman behind Zach Werenski, and even played some with Z on the top pair. Despite his young age, Mateychuk offered stability among a defensive unit…

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2024-25 Player Review: Cole Sillinger is a glue guy

On September 4, 2024, fans and employees of the Columbus Blue Jackets gathered together outside Nationwide Arena to pay a formal tribute to CBJ forward Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew, killed by a drunk driver less than a week before. Earlier that day, general manager and president of hockey operations Don Waddell addressed the media for the first time, followed by the leadership group of…

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2024-25 Player Review: Sean Kuraly was Sean Kuraly

I’ll be honest here. I don’t have a lot to say about Sean Kuraly. He was signed here in 2021 to be the team’s fourth line center. It’s the last year of that contract, and he was a serviceable fourth line center for all 82 games. Coach Dean Evason and his teammates speak highly of his leadership qualities, but he didn’t do much to impress me, and by season’s end I wouldn’t have minded recalling…

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