Kristian Huselius News

Blue Jackets defenceman Jan Hejda celebrates his goal with Mathieu Roy and his teammates as Oilers goalie Devan Dubnyk skates in the back.

Every coaching hot seat comes with a temperature gauge that measures degrees of discomfort.

For Blue Jackets coach Ken Hitchcock, a man who elevates checking to performance art, the shootout produces a feeling of helplessness.

The Avalanche's Chris Stewart, left, and the Blue Jackets' Kristian Huselius fight for a loose puck Saturday.

The Blue Jackets have little margin for error these days -- not on the ice, where they're scoring one goal per game of late, and not in the standings, where they're drifting farther out to sea.

The Blue Jackets, who have scored two or fewer goals in the past six games, promoted a player yesterday who has no goals in his 59 NHL games.

Rob Schremp scored the only goal in the shootout and Dwayne Roloson made 41 saves to give the New York Islanders a 2-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night.

The Washington Capitals acquired forward Jason Chimera from the Columbus Blue Jackets for forward Chris Clark and defenseman Milan Jurcina on Monday.

Todd Bertuzzi scored twice, Jimmy Howard made 28 saves and the Detroit Red Wings rallied to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 on Saturday night.

Eds: APNewsNow. Avalanche 5, Blue Jackets 2. AP Photo CODZ109 DENVER Chris Stewart scored 21 seconds into the game, opening a four-goal flurry in the first period that carried the Colorado Avalanche to a 5-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night.

Unless the Blue Jackets throw the brakes on their losing ways, the "win and you're in" approach to choosing a starting goaltender will lead to a revolving door in net.

The Dallas Morning News Exclusive Blog Prediction Game has a tough one tonight. The Columbus Blue Jackets are about as desperate as a team can get, and they really seem to hate the Stars and James Neal.

Shane Doan didn't want to talk so much about what his 1,000th career game meant to him.

With their losses mounting and the season slipping away, the Blue Jackets are taking a new approach to their goaltending.

CLS COL 0:21 0 1 3:22 0 2 4:15 0 3 8:02 0 4 CLS COL 3:29 R.J. Umberger Assists: Jakub Voracek, Kristian Huselius 1 4 13:24 2 4 CLS COL 16:32 2 5 DENVER -- Chris Stewart scored 21 seconds into the game, opening a four-goal flurry in the first period that carried the Colorado Avalanche to a 5-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday ...

The Blue Jackets say they are playing better in recent games, cutting back on goals against and looking more like the team that had a big second half last season.

PHO CLS 1:48 Keith Yandle Unassisted 1 0 PHO CLS 1 0 PHO CLS 8:19 1 1 OT PHO CLS 1 1 Shootout Summary Start of Shootout period Shootout attempt by Kristian Huselius SAVED by Jason LaBarbera Shootout attempt by Radim Vrbata MISSES wide of net Shootout GOAL scored by Rick Nash on Jason LaBarbera Shootout GOAL scored by Shane Doan on Mathieu Garon ...

Marek Zidlicky scored the game-winning goal with 38.8 seconds left in the third period to lift the Minnesota Wild over the Columbus Blue Jackets, 2-1, at Xcel Energy Center.

Fredrik Modin taking the ice was a welcome sight for the Blue Jackets. The winger played his first game of the season after being out because of a sprained knee.

Even goaltender Mathieu Garon, the NHL's master of shootouts, couldn't break the Blue Jackets' Music City curse.