On Jan. 12, the Columbus Blue Jackets fired head coach Dean Evason. They were in last place in the Eastern Conference. Absolutely nothing was going as planned, and it appeared as if this season was going to be another disappointment in Ohio’s capital.
The Buffalo Sabres have gotten most of the attention as this season’s surprise story, as they’ve vaulted themselves to first place in the Atlantic Division after a sluggish start.
The Columbus Blue Jackets have not made the playoffs since the 2019-20 season. This year, the Blue Jackets are making a push to return to the playoffs.
Zach Werenski and Mason Marchment each delivered a goal and an assist as the Columbus Blue Jackets rebounded from a rare regulation defeat to post a 3-2 road win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday.
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The Columbus Blue Jackets enter play on Tuesday in third place in the Metropolitan Division standings. Despite being tied with the New York Islanders in points, the Blue Jackets have one game in hand on them.
Cayden Lindstrom and Jackson Smith, two of the Columbus Blue Jackets’ top prospects, will not turn pro at the conclusion of their respective freshman campaigns in college hockey.
The surge continues for the Columbus Blue Jackets. After a painfully slow start, the Blue Jackets made a change at the head coaching slot and parted company with hard-nosed Dean Evason.
After losing in regulation for the first time in nearly a month, the Columbus Blue Jackets look to begin a new point streak Tuesday when they visit the Philadelphia Flyers.
The fight for the Wild Card spots in the Eastern Conference is heating up with just a few weeks to go in the regular season. There’s one team in the race that few could’ve expected to be in the battle at this point in the year.
The Columbus Blue Jackets have been on a roll since Rick Bowness took over behind the bench. Bowness replaced Dean Evason when the team was near the bottom of the Eastern Conference.
Cole Sillinger had a goal and two assists and Zach Werenski had three helpers as the Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the visiting Seattle Kraken 5-2 on Saturday.
Things were looking bleak for the Columbus Blue Jackets around Christmas. The first part of their season hadn’t gone their way. They needed a spark if they hoped to make it interesting to compete for a playoff spot.
Nine weeks ago, the Blue Jackets made a coaching change at what appeared to be the worst possible moment. Columbus sat in last place in the Eastern Conference with a 19-19-7 record through 45 games when general manager Don Waddell fired Dean Evason on January 12.
The Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the New York Rangers 6-3 on Thursday, extending their point streak to 11 games and moving them into both the No. 3 slot in the Metropolitan Division and in a playoff spot for the first time this season.
The Columbus Blue Jackets became the first team to fire their coach this season when they parted ways with Dean Evason in early January. Columbus immediately hired veteran head coach Rick Bowness as an interim head coach and have posted a 16-2-4 record – second-best in the NHL – ever since.
The Columbus Blue Jackets have been on a tear for over a month now, and while what they have done has been incredibly impressive, they still sit one point out of the playoffs.