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Capitals and Blue Jackets meet for first time after bird taunt originally appeared on nbcsportswashington.com The last time the Capitals and Columbus Blue Jackets met, Columbus earned a big overtime win on Washington's home ice on Jan. 12. That loss would be the first of what would turn into a seven-game losing streak for the Caps. But the defeat did not turn out to be the most newsworthy event of the night. Continue to Article

February 12, 2019 11:36:am EST

The Columbus Blue Jackets and the Washington Capitals are playing better hockey of late, and both hope to continue that trend when they meet in Ohio's capital on Tuesday night. Columbus and Washington are battling to stay with the surprising Islanders in the Metropolitan Division. New York took over first place as both the Blue Jackets and Capitals struggled recently before turning things around. Continue to Article

February 12, 2019 2:22:am EST

The Columbus Blue Jackets opened a three-game Western Conference trip with victories in Colorado and Arizona, yet didn't feel as though they put forth their best effort. Columbus closed out the trip with one of their most complete games of the season as Cam Atkinson scored two goals less than three minutes apart and Sergei Bobrovsky made 20 saves in a 4-3 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday. ''We talked about it before the game ... playing one of the best teams in the league, we knew we had to bring it, every single line - especially my line - and I think we did that,'' Atkinson said. Continue to Article

February 10, 2019 2:03:am EST

Will the Blue Jackets trade him and/or goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky, thereby allowing the team to get assets in return as opposed to watching them walk for nothing when they become unrestricted free agents on July 1? Will general manager Jarmo Kekalainen keep one or both and value winning a playoff series for the first time in franchise history over whatever unknown futures he'd receive back in a trade? Plenty of questions left to be answered, but for now the only news is that Panarin has decided to switch agents, as first reported by NHL Network's Kevin Weekes, from Dan Milstein of Gold Star Hockey to Paul Theofanous of TMI, LLC. Panarin switched to Milstein in Jan. 2017 citing a need to have representation that can communicate in Russian. Continue to Article

February 08, 2019 3:00:pm EST

The Columbus Blue Jackets got early production from their fourth line, then turned to that unit again in the third period for big minutes. Boone Jenner and Josh Anderson each tallied a goal and an assist, and David Savard and fourth-line forward Lukas Sedlak also scored for Columbus in a 4-2 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday night. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 29 shots as the Blue Jackets won their second straight after a five-game losing streak. Continue to Article

February 08, 2019 12:57:am EST