Mathieu Garon News

The Montreal Canadiens scored three times in the third period to defeat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-3 on Tuesday.

Mathieu Garon's season already has been spiced with memorable moments. The Blue Jackets goaltender visited the White House in September with his former teammates, the Pittsburgh Penguins, and received his Stanley Cup ring several weeks later.

New York Rangers' Matt Gilroy shoots past Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Mathieu Garon to score on a breakaway during the second period in New York on Monday.

The Blue Jackets are about to take a leap of faith with prized prospect Nikita Filatov.

The Nashville Predators will be out to extend a few impressive streaks when the surging club hosts the Columbus Blue Jackets this evening in a Central Division clash from the Sommet Center.

His head pounding and the world around him spinning almost 24 hours later, Blue Jackets winger Derek Dorsett was not in a forgiving mood last night as he prepared to fly home to Columbus and miss the remaining four games of the longest road trip of the season.

Kristian Huselius scored twice and added an assist, and Steve Mason returned to form with a solid 25-save effort, as Columbus took a 4-1 decision from Dallas at American Airlines Center.

While backup Mathieu Garon has helped the Blue Jackets recover from their worst loss of the season, he hasn't taken over the starting job just yet.

An NHL general manager says Peter Forsberg is going to stay in Sweden this season.

Jakub Voracek scored the game-winning goal in the fourth round of the shootout, as the Columbus Blue Jackets edged the Edmonton Oilers, 3-2, at Nationwide Arena.

Mathieu Garon's performance Friday in a 3-2 shootout win over the Anaheim Ducks convinced Blue Jackets coach Ken Hitchcock to alter his club's short-term goaltending schedule.

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.

He was upset with the team's performance last night in a 9-1 loss to the Detroit Red Wings , candid about the repeated breakdowns he has seen this season and miffed at derisive cheers directed at him in the final minutes.

The Blue Jackets allowed four first-period goals and lost 9-1 to the Detroit Red Wings tonight in Nationwide Arena.

Nicklas Kronwall and Justin Abdelkader each scored twice and the Red Wings got goals from seven different players in a 9-1 rout of the Columbus Blue Jackets.

The Jackets on Wednesday will honor Ken Hitchcock in his 1,000th game as an NHL coach.

Ward suffered a deep laceration to his left leg in the first period of the Blue Jackets' 3-2 win and was taken to Riverside Methodist Hospital.

Blue Jackets goaltender Steve Mason, who is expected to start tonight against the Carolina Hurricanes in Nationwide Arena, appears to be returning to the form that earned him the Calder Trophy last spring as the NHL's top rookie.

Fantasy Forecast for Thursday, November 5 WEDNESDAY'S ROUNDUP: Blue Jackets backup goalie Mathieu Garon starts Thursday at Atlanta, and why not? He's 2-0-0 with two shutouts against the Thrashers in his career.

Raffi Torres scored two uncontested second-period goals and the Columbus Blue Jackets held off the Atlanta Thrashers 4-3 on Thursday night.