Evason knew he was taking on a challenge, but he expected to have Monahan playing with forward Johnny Gaudreau, his close friend and former Calgary Flames teammate. He expected to have captain Boone Jenner and defenseman Erik Gudbranson to lead a group of skilled young players.

The Blue Jackets never quite got going in a lackluster 3-1 loss to the Islanders to end their seven-game point streak.

Jenner hasn't set a specific return date, but joined the Blue Jackets' morning skate Saturday and plans to rejoin practices soon.

COLUMBUS -- Kirill Marchenko scored at 3:45 of overtime when the Columbus Blue Jackets recovered to defeat the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 at Nationwide Arena on Saturday.

Setback' with wrist injury pushes Monahan's likely return for Blue Jackets into March and extends Fantilli's role replacing him on the top line.

More:Columbus Blue Jackets' Sean Monahan on IR ... about how the team conducted themselves here tonight," Blue Jackets coach Dean Evason said. "For the most part, a lot of really solid play ...

This is a team coming out of its rebuild and into its build phase. It has the potential to contend as it matures and as the roster is further tweaked.

The Columbus Blue Jackets are making a strong bid to get back to the playoffs and even if that push falls short, it’s easy to believe this version of the club is just beginning to rise.

What if we told you at the beginning of the season that the Columbus Blue Jackets’ top-two centers in late January would be Adam Fantilli and Luca Del Bel Belluz?

With the recent success of the Columbus Blue Jackets, which finds them in the playoffs right now, there is starting to become some question about whether or not the Jackets will move Ivan Provorov for the first-round pick that everyone assumed they were going to get.

Adam Fantilli recorded three goals in a game for the first time in his career as the Blue Jackets crushed the Maple Leafs 5-1 on Wednesday.