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Carolina goaltender Cam Ward was helped off the ice in the first period of the Hurricanes' game against the Columbus Blue Jackets.

The Atlanta Thrashers will aim for their longest winning streak of the season when they welcome the struggling Columbus Blue Jackets for an interconference battle tonight at Philips Arena.

In an effort to stop Nash, Thrashers coach John Anderson wanted to match him against his defensive pairing of Pavel Kubina and Ron Hainsey .

Blue Jackets losing $12-million a year Rick Nash of the Columbus Blue Jackets celebrates his second-period goal with Antoine Vermette and Fedor Tyutin while playing the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday night.

In the context of his development, however, the winger was pleased with the opportunities he received.

Dan Boyle had an assist and scored the game- winner in the shootout, as the San Jose Sharks won their sixth consecutive game with a 3-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena.

After the best start in franchise history, winning five of their first six games, the Jackets finished the month of October with an ugly six games stretch going 1-4-1. In those final six games, the Jackets gave up an average of 4.83 goals a game: not exactly a typical Hitchcock hockey team.

' game-tying goal with 23 seconds remaining in regulation time. Captain Rick Nash threaded a perfect pass to R.J. Umberger for the winner on the power play in overtime.

Share + Oct 30, 2009 11:28 pm US/Eastern COLUMBUS 1 of 1 Sidney Crosby #87 of the Pittsburgh Penguins gets the puck past goaltender Ryan Miller #35 of the Buffalo Sabres to win the NHL Winter Classic 2-1 in a shootout at the Ralph Wilson Stadium on Jan.

R.J. Umberger scored his second goal of the game on a power play 1:45 into overtime to give the Columbus Blue Jackets a 5-4 win against the Washington Capitals on Sunday.

The Washington Capitals will try to rebound from a close loss and extend their point streak to nine games when they welcome the struggling Columbus Blue Jackets for today's clash at Verizon Center.

Then it started tumbling away, wobbling inches over the goal line. Pittsburgh scored twice in the final 3 minutes of regulation to tie it and 's shot barely crossed the line in the shootout to lift the Penguins to a 4-3 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday night.

Radio: WBNS-AM ; WWCD-FM \ The series The Blue Jackets are 4-4-0-2 all-time against Pittsburgh, including 3-0-2 in Nationwide Arena.

The Blue Jackets put their miserable trip behind them for all of 20 minutes last night.

The Blue Jackets' best start in franchise history includes a victory over the Kings a week ago.

After posting a 5-3 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes on Saturday night, the Los Angeles Kings return home to host the Columbus Blue Jackets at Staples Center on Sunday night.

As Blue Jackets coach Ken Hitchcock groused about his club's early-season defensive breakdowns and its sporadic approach to checking, he took a deep breath and put the brakes on his line of thinking and the media's line of questioning.

Anze Kopitar and Alexander Frolov each scored twice and Jarret Stoll had a goal and an assist to lead the Kings to a 6-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday night.

The Columbus Blue Jackets will resume their four-game road trip tonight against the Edmonton Oilers at Rexall Place.

Fedor Tyutin scored the go-ahead goal on a one-timer from the blue line with 3:22 left, and Rick Nash and Jakub Voracek each scored twice, leading the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 6-4 victory over Anaheim on Saturday night.