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The Washington Capitals acquired forward Jason Chimera from the Columbus Blue Jackets for forward Chris Clark and defenseman Milan Jurcina on Monday.

Despite Saturday's victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets , the injury-riddled Detroit Red Wings are still struggling to find the back of the net.

With Derek Dorsett back, the hockey forecast was for stormy conditions with a 50 percent chance of a hurricane.

Florida Panthers 3-0 on Wednesday night. Derick Brassard ended a 14-game scoring drought with a late goal for Columbus, which captured a showdown between teams that had each won just one of their previous nine games.

The Toronto Maple Leafs will try to post their fourth win in five games when they visit the Columbus Blue Jackets for tonight's battle at Nationwide Arena.

Brent Seabrook scored in the 11th round of a shootout Tuesday night and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3 to give coach Joel Quenneville his 500th career victory.

Marty Turco Nash had three goals and two assists in four games against the Stars last season, but Turco is 14-1-2 in his career against Columbus with a 2.24 GAA.

The Columbus Blue Jackets were supposed to have learned something from their first playoff experience - a first-round sweep at the hands of the Detroit Red Wings.

Raffi Torres is making two-goal games look astonishingly easy. Torres scored two uncontested second-period goals and the Columbus Blue Jackets held off the Atlanta Thrashers 4-3 on Thursday night.

COLUMBUS -- San Jose defenseman Dan Boyle scored the lone goal in a shootout, and Evgeni Nabokov stopped all three Columbus shooters to give the Sharks their sixth straight win, 3-2 victory over the Blue Jackets on Wednesday night.

Alex Ovechkin's upper-body injury doesn't seem serious, although he appears likely to miss at least one game.

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.

Game Information Arena: Honda Center Location: Anaheim, California CLS ANA 6:12 0 1 CLS ANA 8:12 1 1 12:26 1 2 13:54 2 2 16:45 3 2 19:42 4 2 CLS ANA 4:56 4 3 7:43 4 4 16:38 5 4 19:44 Rick Nash Assists: Mike Commodore, Steve Mason 6 4 ANAHEIM, Calif.

There is an axiom in sports that all die-hard fans embrace. Once a team has reached a level at which its coach is grumpy after a victory, that team has "arrived." So it was with the Columbus Blue Jackets Saturday in their 4-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings before a crowd of 15,251. On the back of their strong special teams' play, the Blue ...

Derick Brassard positions himself as teammate Samuel Pahlsson moves up ice against the Kings.

Duck won't fly in Canada The Anaheim Ducks started a three-game swing through Canada in Edmonton Thursday night.

Success in Columbus is nothing new for Blue Jackets forward R.J. Umberger. Most recently, the former member of the Ohio State men's hockey team showed his playmaking ability during opening night of the most anticipated season in franchise history.

Rick Nash #61 of the Columbus Blue Jackets waits for a faceoff against the Detroit Red Wings during Game Four of the Western Conference Quarterfinals of the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs on April 23, 2009 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

Travis Moen, Samuel Pahlsson and Rob Niedermayer did the Ducks a great service in 2006-07. As a unit, they formed perhaps the NHL's best shut-down checking line, and were an instrumental part of the Stanley Cup championship run.

"The main thing is to be ready to go. I'll take the necessary steps to do that. That's what we're looking at right now.