R.J. Umberger News

A friend over at Dark Blue Jacket passed along a questionairre that was made by Aaron Portzline for the Columbus Dispatch.

The Minnesota Wild and Columbus Blue Jackets are both languishing near the bottom of the Western Conference standings, but it's the Wild who are clearly on the upswing.

It's hard to imagine a worse first period for the Blue Jackets -- even this season.

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.

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

AP Columbus Blue Jackets left winger RJ Umberger, left, flips the puck for a goal past Colorado Avalanche 2 hrs 19 mins ago 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 .

Radio : WBNS-AM , WWCD-FM The series The Blue Jackets are 8-23-1-1 against the Avalanche, including 5-10-1-0 in the Pepsi Center.

The Blue Jackets' 2-8-4 record since Nov. 19 comes when the club is seeking financial help to offset its claims of more than $10 million in annual losses.

Forward R.J. Umberger needed just two words to summarize one of his hottest stretches as a Blue Jacket.

Steve Sullivan registered his seventh career hat trick, as the Nashville Predators earned a 5-3 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena.

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.

Second-year Blue Jackets center Derick Brassard is having a difficult sophomore season after missing much of last year after injuring his shoulder in a fight in Dallas.

The wait ended Wednesday night. Mason stopped 32 shots for his first shutout of the season, and Jason Chimera scored for the third straight game to lead the Blue Jackets past Florida, 3-0. After winning the Calder Trophy as the NHL's top rookie with a league-best 10 shutouts, Mason was feeling the pressure.

The Blue Jackets' R.J. Umberger tries to get a shot off against Maple Leafs goalie Joey MacDonald during the first period.

NHL general managers have a long reputation for quick triggers when it comes to firing coaches.

There is a conspiracy theory that can be concocted to explain why R.J. Umberger was not invited to Team USA's Olympic Orientation camp last summer.

For almost two years since Adam Foote walked out on the Blue Jackets at the NHL trade deadline, fans have waited for the former captain to walk back into Nationwide Arena.

It's getting too deep into the season now to dismiss the Blue Jackets' sloppy puck play and their propensity for lopsided losses as merely aberrations.

Two bizarre injuries were the big story on Monday night. The first involved Alex Ovechkin of Washington and Russia, who had to be helped off the ice in the first period after he kneed Carolina's Tim Gleason.

The Blue Jackets' R.J. Umberger celebrates his hat trick in the third period as the Blues' TJ.