Raffi Torres News

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

Raffi Torres' greatest joy the past week has been holding his newborn daughter, Katyln Rose, in his powerful arms.

COLUMBUS -- Dan Sexton, Bobby Ryan and Corey Perry scored goals and Jonas Hiller stopped 35 shots to power the Anaheim Ducks past the Columbus Blue Jackets, 3-1 on Saturday night.

The Blue Jackets lost 4-3 to the Nashville Predators last night after a five-round shootout before a crowd of 14,601, marking the Jackets' 13th straight loss in the Sommet Center.

Starting with a 3-0 win Wednesday over Florida, the Blue Jackets will play 13 games in 23 days to close out 2009.

Jason Chimera scored for the third straight game and Steve Mason stopped 32 shots for his first shutout of the season to lead the Columbus Blue Jackets past the Florida Panthers 3-0 on Wednesday night.

A pair of struggling teams will try to get back on the right track when the Columbus Blue Jackets welcome the Colorado Avalanche for tonight's test at Nationwide Arena.

A South Carolina man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing a New York trucker who had pulled off the interstate to rest.

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.

It's hurry up and wait on the news front for the Syracuse Crunch on Thursday. Forward Tom Sestito has some sort of injury that will keep him out at least through this weekend.

As mentioned, I'd like to offer my analysis of the performances of the Blue Jacket players, for the first quarter of the season.

Columbus Blue Jackets' Raffi Torres is sandwiched between Montreal Canadiens' Mike Cammalleri and Josh Gorges .

Well, folks, I'm back with another fearless pre-game prediction - OK, I'm really back to save what little dignity I have left after that "epic" prediction that the CBJ would win against Detroit.

The Blue Jackets are in the middle of their longest road swing of the season: five games, two times zones and two countries.

An improved power play has made the Columbus Blue Jackets a contender in the Central Division.

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.

Rick Nash scored on a power play and Kristian Huselius added a short-handed goal in the final seconds of the fight-filled opening period, sending the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 4-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Thursday night.

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The Columbus Blue Jackets have activated forward Raffi Torres off injured reserve, and he is expected to play in the club's game on Thursday night in Dallas.

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