COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Giant navy blue gym bags, unzipped, some empty, some partially packed, lay scattered around the Columbus Blue Jackets locker room. Next to some lockers are groupings of hockey sticks, wrapped together in what looks like a version of massive plastic wrap. Some lockers are empty; others are still full. It’s the day after the season finale for the team. Another year with no playoffs and a second-straight year of finishing last in the NHL’s Eastern Conference ..read more

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- It’s definitely been a climb for 25-year-old Nekoe Baumgartner to get where she is today. "I just wasn't doing well,” Baumgartner said. “Like mentally, physically, whatever. In all honesty I didn't enjoy skating growing up." Baumgartner and her family moved to the Columbus area when she was six years old and figure skating became a part of her life. It didn’t take long, though, for figure skating to become her whole life as she rose through the competitive ranks ..read more

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Roman Josi scored two goals and assisted on two others, Tommy Novak had two goals and an assist, and the Nashville Predators defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 6-4 on Saturday night. Cody Glass and Filip Forsberg also scored and Juuse Saros made 31 saves for the playoff-bound Predators, winners of three of four. Gustav Nyquist and Luke Evangelista each had two assists. Trey Fix-Wolansky scored twice and James Malatesta and Alexandre Texier also scored and Jet Greaves made 31 saves for Columbus, losers of four straight. Justin Danforth had three assists. Saturday was th ..read more

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Steven Stamkos had three goals and an assist, NHL points leader Nikita Kucherov picked up his fourth straight three-point game with three assists, and the playoff-bound Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-2 on Tuesday night. Anthony Cirelli and Stamkos scored 16 seconds apart to break an early third-period tie before Stamkos made it 5-2 on an empty-netter to complete his 13th hat trick. Brayden Point had the other Tampa Bay goal and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 30 saves. Kucherov has 139 points. The Lightning hold the top Eastern Conference wild card and trail T ..read more

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Frederik Andersen made 23 saves for his third shutout in his past seven games and the Carolina Hurricanes scored two first-period goals in their regular-season home finale to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-0 on Sunday. Andrei Svechnikov scored 17 seconds into the game after a one-game absence and Sebastian Aho also scored in the opening period as the Hurricanes won for the fourth time in five games. Teuvo Teravainen, who had an earlier assist, added a third-period goal. Andersen was back in the win column after his first loss in eight outings since returning to ..read more

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Damon Severson and Zach Werenski each scored twice, Jet Greaves had 37 saves and the Columbus Blue Jackets extended the Philadelphia Flyers' skid to seven games with a 6-2 win on Saturday night. Erik Gudbranson and Nick Blankenburg also scored for the injury-ravaged Blue Jackets, whose lines included seven players who were playing for American Hockey League affiliate in Cleveland a month ago. With the patched-together lines, last-place Columbus has won three of its last four. Olle Lycksell and Adam Ginning had goals and Samuel Errson made 28 saves for the reeling Flyers ..read more

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Noah Dobson scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and the New York Islanders stayed alive in their quest for the final Eastern Conference wild-card spot with a 4-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night. Pierre Engvall and Bo Horvat scored first-period goals, and Ilya Sorokin stopped 25 shots for the Islanders, who have won three straight and jumped over the Washington Capitals — 4-1 losers to Pittsburgh on Thursday — and Detroit Red Wings for the final playoff slot with six games left ..read more

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Blue Jackets captain Boone Jenner has announced the loss of his stillborn son. In a social media post made Wednesday by the team, Jenner and his wife, Maggie, said that their son, Dawson, was stillborn on Sunday. "We are at a loss for words. A pain like no other," the post read. "While this pain is like nothing we've experienced before, it's shown us the immense love we have to give ..read more

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Alex Nylander scored twice and the Columbus Blue Jackets used a three-goal second period to beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-1 Monday night for their second straight home win. Kirill Marchenko had a goal and an assist, Cole Sillinger also scored and Eric Gudbranson had two assists for last-place Columbus, which won consecutive games for just the fourth time this season. Daniil Tarasov stopped 46 shots in his first game against the Avalanche. Chris Wagner scored and Justus Annunen had 21 saves for the Avalanche, who remain tied at 100 points with the Vancouver Canucks, three ..read more

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Alexandre Texier and Damon Severson scored in the shootout and the Columbus Blue Jackets broke a six-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night. Kirill Marchenko and Zach Werenski scored third-period goals as Columbus rallied from a two-goal deficit. Mathieu Olivier also scored and Elvis Merzlikins made 30 saves. Drew O’Connor, Bryan Rust and Rickard Rackell scored goals while Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 35 shots for the Penguins, who split a back-to-back series with Columbus and lost to the Blue Jackets for the first time this seaso ..read more