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As the NHL's youngest team hemorrhages goals and searches for an identity, it is bereft of veteran leadership.

For more than 53 minutes on Thursday night, it looked like Blue Jackets goalie Steve Mason was starting to regain his award-winning form.

The Calgary Flames missed a chance to reclaim a share of top spot in the Northwest Division Tuesday at Nationwide Arena by dropping a 3-0 decision to the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Marty Turco Nash had three goals and two assists in four games against the Stars last season, but Turco is 14-1-2 in his career against Columbus with a 2.24 GAA.

Radio: WBNS-AM ; WWCD-FM The series The Blue Jackets are 15-14-1-3 against the Ducks , including 8-7-0-1 in Nationwide Arena.

Radio: WBNS-AM , WWCD-FM \ \ The series The Blue Jackets are 14-29-1-7 all-time against the Red Wings , including 8-12-1-5 in Nationwide Arena.

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Radio: WBNS-AM ; WWCD-FM \ The series The Blue Jackets are 4-6-0 against the Hurricanes , including 2-2-0 in Nationwide Arena.

Blue Jackets defenseman Jan Hejda became a lot more noticeable in his absence. His teammates learned that strange truth over the past three weeks.

Radio: WWCD-FM , WBNS-AM The series The Blue Jackets are 3-4-3 against Washington, including 1-2-1 in the Verizon Center.

Each Wednesday at noon during the NHL season, Dispatch.com and BlueJacketsXtra.com readers can chat online with either Aaron Portzline or Tom Reed, The Dispatch's Blue Jackets beat writers.

Radio: WBNS-AM ; WWCD-FM \ The series The Blue Jackets are 18-13-0-2 against Calgary, including 5-10-0-1 in Pengrowth Saddledome.

A 5-3 victory over the Vancouver Canucks put Calgary back in the win column and snapped a three-game slide.

There were times last season when five little words shouted by Nationwide Arena public address announcer Greg Murray were enough for Blue Jackets assistant coach Claude Noel to ask for help -- and not from the players on the bench: Jackets on the power play! "It was like, God help us," Noel said.

Sitting in his locker-room stall, Blue Jackets winger R.J. Umberger left little to the imagination in describing what he expects tonight against the Calgary Flames .

Radio: WBNS-AM , WWCD-FM The series The Blue Jackets are 10-19-0-3 all-time against the Sharks , including 1-13-0-2 in HP Pavilion.

The Columbus Blue Jackets placed defenseman Mike Commodore on injured reserve, retroactive to September 19, with a groin injury on Saturday.

John Moore, the Jackets' first-round pick in June, was in camp far longer than anybody expected.

R.J. Umberger, who was second on the Blue Jackets in goals scored last season with 26, is expected to be on the third line in Saturday's opener against the Wild.

The Columbus Blue Jackets trimmed their season-opening roster to 23 players on Tuesday with several moves.