Blue Jackets visit Rangers
The Rangers haven’t wavered when describing their games for the past few weeks. Even if the results and their placement in the standings didn’t change much, they’d improved from the lowest points
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The Columbus Blue Jackets have announced today that they have signed defenseman Jake Christiansen to a two-year contract extension. The contract will be worth $1.95 million, or $975,000 AAV. Christiansen has played in all 45 games for Columbus this season.
On Dec. 18, the Blue Jackets ranked 26th in the NHL standings and trailed a wild-card spot by five points. After dropping eight of their last nine games, the playoffs seemed increasingly out of reach. They have gone 9-3 ever since.
Kith will start a new cooperation with the New York Rangers of the NHL, the second major league team in Madison Square Garden, after working with the New York Knicks.
The Blue Jackets should buy at the NHL trade deadline and Mikael Granlund should be their top target to improve their forward core.
The boxing-out issues continued against Utah. A minute into the game, Utah’s Ian Cole fired a point shot tipped by teammate Barrett Hayton. Igor Shesterkin made the initial stop, but Matias Maccelli got away from K’Andre Miller and buried the rebound.
James van Riemsdyk scored twice and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the San Jose Sharks 4-1 to extend their win streak to six games — their longest since January 2020.
Jewish athletes shine across sports this week, from the Australian Open to NHL trades and college basketball rankings.
A perfect three-game road trip convinced the New York Islanders they were on the verge of mounting another midseason push for a playoff berth.
James van Riemsdyk scored twice and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the San Jose Sharks 4-1 on Thursday night to extend their win streak to six games — their longest since January 2020. Kent Johnson had a goal and an assist and Adam Fantilli scored a goal to stretch his point streak to