Van Riemsdyk notched two assists and a plus-2 rating in Thursday's 6-2 win over the Kraken.

Back in September, former Philadelphia Flyers forward James van Riemsdyk signed a one-year, $900,000 contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets. This was after he had 11 goals, 38 points, and a plus-7 rating in 71 games with the Boston Bruins in 2023-24.

The Columbus Blue Jackets welcome the Seattle Kraken into Nationwide Arena tonight

Denton Mateychuk scored his first career NHL goal and Luca Del Bel Belluz notched his second as the Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the visiting Seattle Kraken 6-2 Thursday night.

Eeli Tolvanen scored twice for the Kraken (17-22-3), who have lost four in a row. Philipp Grubauer allowed five goals on 19 shots before being replaced at 15:45 of the second period by Joey Daccord, who stopped all four shots he faced.

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James van Riemsdyk contributed two assists ... an upper-body injury on Dec. 22 against the Colorado Avalanche. Seattle: The Kraken dominated shots and puck possession early and were competitive ...

Sean Kuraly ( 4), Luca Del Bel Belluz (1), Zach Werenski (13), Denton Mateychuk (1), Kent Johnson (11), and Kirill Marchenko (18) supplied the offense for the CBJ. Meanwhile, Elvis Merzļikins was excellent as he made 29 saves on 31 Kraken shots in a 6-2 blowout win over Seattle.

Artemi Panarin scored twice, Chris Kreider got the go-ahead goal with 9:38 left and the New York Rangers rallied for a 5-3 victory over the Utah Hockey Club on Thursday night. Reilly Smith tied it 3-all with a short-handed goal 28 seconds into the third period for the Rangers,

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Dylan Larkin scored two goals and the surging Detroit Red Wings beat the Florida Panthers 5-2 on Thursday night. Larkin, Jonatan Berggren and Patrick Kane had power-play goals for Detroit, which also got a goal from Marco Kasper. Cam Talbot stopped 40 shots for the Red Wings, who have won eight of their last nine games.

In a league stuffed with back-to-back tilts, three games in four nights and travel at all hours, recovery is critical for performance.

Thirteen players get on the score sheet, led by a goal and an assist apiece for Werenski, Mateychuk, Del Bel Belluz