NHL Forecaster: Holiday traffic

The Chicago Blackhawks hit the road, heading west for the Thanksgiving week, but don't fret. In his Week 8 NHL Forecaster, Sean Allen says the Hawks will feast upon weak opponents.

Blue Jackets-Stars Preview

Blue Jackets-Stars Preview

COLUMBUS, OH - NOVEMBER 16: Rick Nash #61 of the Columbus Blue Jackets celebrates after his teammate Antoine Vermette #50 of the Columbus Blue Jackets scored the game tying goal during the third period against...

Voracek, Blue Jackets nip reeling Oilers in shootout

Jakub Voracek scored the winner in the fourth round of the shootout to lift the Blue Jackets to a 3-2 victory over the Oilers.

Garon shuts down Ducks in SO to give Blue Jackets victory

Rick Nash scored the winning shootout goal and also had a goal in regulation, and Mathieu Garon stopped both Anaheim shooters in the tiebreaker to give the Columbus Blue Jackets a 3-2 victory Friday night.

Boyle scores in SO, Nabokov stops all in Sharks win

Evgeni Nabokov stopped everything in the shootout and the Sharks survived the Blue Jackets on Wednesday.

Penguins score twice in final three minutes to force SO win over Jackets

Pittsburgh scored twice in the final 3 minutes of regulation to tie it and Sidney Crosby had the only goal in the shootout to lead the Penguins to a 4-3 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday night.

Coyotes rough up Mason in win vs. Blue Jackets

Martin Hanzal, Zbynek Michalek and Robert Lang scored power-play goals and Jason LaBarbera stopped 31 shots in the Coyotes' 4-1 victory over the Blue Jackets.

...of the Los Angeles Kings celebrates his goal for a 4-1 lead in front of Antoine Vermette #50 of the Columbus Blue Jackets during the second period at the Staples Center on October...

Front Line: Let your sleepers lie

Sean Allen ponders the question of how long you should wait on your sleepers before deciding this isn't their year and running the risk of watching them live up to their potential on someone else's roster. Plus, weekly forward news, notes and rankings.

Open Ice: Boosting your plus/minus

Sean Allen lays out a strategy owners can use to boost their plus/minus using widely available players and without exceeding games-played limits.

Kings earn fourth straight victory; Chimera upset about hit

Anze Kopitar and Alexander Frolov each scored twice and Jarret Stoll had a goal and an assist, leading the Los Angeles Kings to a 6-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday night.

Tyutin scores go-ahead goal late as Blue Jackets prevail

Fedor Tyutin scored the go-ahead goal on a one-timer from the blue line with 3:22 left, and Rick Nash and Jakub Voracek each scored twice, leading the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 6-4 victory over Anaheim on Saturday night.

Blue Jackets-Sharks Preview

Blue Jackets-Sharks Preview

Alexei Kovalev takes his game to the Internet

...man Phil Legault said the team is well aware of it and correctly pointed out that Antoine Vermette also wrote a blog on RDS.ca when he was a member of the Senators. But...