The Columbus Blue Jackets didn’t back down in a fight-filled first period, using a pair of special-teams goals to maintain the best start in franchise history.

The Columbus Blue Jackets have activated forward Raffi Torres off injured reserve, and he is expected to play in the club’s game on Thursday night in Dallas.

Problems with reliable backup goaltending and a productive power play were frustrating for the Columbus Blue Jackets last season. Improving both areas has helped them win this season.

Rick Nash scored the winning shootout goal in the tiebreaker to give Columbus a 3-2 victory Friday night.

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

Rick Nash scored the Columbus Blue Jackets’ third goal in a 2:41 span of the third period to beat Carolina 3-2 Saturday night, the Hurricanes’ franchise-record 12th consecutive game without a win.

Raffi Torres is making two-goal games look astonishingly easy.

The Columbus Blue Jackets have placed forward Kristian Huselius on injured reserve retroactive to Tuesday and added forward Alexandre Picard to the roster on emergency recall from the club’s American Hockey League affiliate in Syracuse.

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.

A new report warns that Columbus may have trouble holding on to the NHL’s Blue Jackets because the club has been losing $12 million per year in Central Ohio.

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.

Pittsburgh scored twice in the final 3 minutes of regulation to tie it and Sidney Crosby’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.

The Coyotes’ took a 4-1 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday night.

The Columbus Blue Jackets weren’t nearly as upset about losing to Los Angeles as they were about a check the Kings’ Rob Scuderi put on Jason Chimera in the first period with his team holding a two-goal lead.

Rick Nash and Jakub Voracek each scored twice, leading the Blue Jackets to a 6-4 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday night. Columbus is off to a 6-3-0 start, the best since the franchise began operations in 2000-01.

Everything lined up perfectly for Dustin Penner and the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night.

Jarome Iginla broke out of an extended scoring slump with a goal and two assists in the Flames’ 6-3 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night.

The Columbus Blue Jackets have traded right wing Stefan Legein to the Philadelphia Flyers for defenseman Michael Ratchuk.

Times and timing have changed for the rapidly improving Columbus Blue Jackets.

Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Jan Hejda, who is expected to miss 4 to 6 weeks with a sprained left knee, has been placed on injured reserve retroactive to Oct. 13.

Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Jan Hejda will miss 4 to 6 weeks with a sprained left knee.

The Columbus Blue Jackets rallied for a 2-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night.

Rick Nash and R.J. Umberger scored goals, Mathieu Garon stopped 36 shots and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat Phoenix 2-0 on Saturday night in the Coyotes’ home opener.

Dany Heatley scored three goals in his home debut for San Jose to lead the Sharks to a 6-3 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night.

Columbus captain Rick Nash was impressed by his team’s ability to get a big lead fast, but not nearly as much by how they held onto it.

Winning games like this was a big reason Rostislav Klesla wanted to stay with the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Just like a kid’s growth chart marked on a wall, a hockey franchise charts its progress.

The Columbus Blue Jackets have traded a third-round pick in the 2010 draft to the Calgary Flames for defenseman Anton Stralman.

Ryan Jones scored twice and Dan Ellis stopped 36 shots for the Nashville Predators in a 4-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets in the preseason finale for both teams Sunday.

Raffi Torres scored one third-period goal and then set up Nikita Filatov with the go-ahead tally Saturday night, lifting the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 4-2 preseason victory over the Boston Bruins.