With 50 games down, Columbus is in the mix for a postseason berth, and the Jackets say they're embracing the challenge

Sidney Crosby scored in overtime to cap a two-point game as the Pittsburgh Penguins earned a 3-2 victory over the Utah Hockey Club on Wednesday in Salt Lake City.

The Los Angeles Kings begin a five-game road trip against the Columbus Blue Jackets. LA are coming off a two-game homestand where they went 1-1-0, losing 5-1 to the Pittsburgh Penguins and winning 2-1 versus the Florida Panthers.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Sidney Crosby scored at 3:54 of overtime and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Utah Hockey Club 3-2 on Wednesday night. Marcus Pettersson and Erik Karlsson scored in regulation as Pittsburgh snapped a three-game losing streak. Alex Nedeljkovic made 27 saves.

Doctors have projected a longer recovery timeline than expected for the 30-year-old, who injured his right wrist on Jan. 7.

TheFourthPeriod.com has linked Seattle Forward Brandon Tanev to the Columbus Blue Jackets as a trade target. Tanev, 33, has played in 521 career games for the Winnipeg Jets, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Seattle Kraken. He has 173 career points.

The Columbus Blue Jackets have announced that forward Sean Monahan will miss an additional 6-8 weeks due to a wrist injury he suffered on Jan. 7. The injury occurred in a game against the Pittsburgh Penguins, during a stretch when Monahan was playing some of the best hockey of his career.

The Pittsburgh Penguins placed Evgeni Malkin on waivers Monday. It's the second time this year the 38-year-old will miss time. How has his team faired without him?

The Columbus Blue Jackets are going to be without centre Sean Monahan for longer than initially expected. Columbus announced Saturday that Monahan is expected to be sidelined for an additional six to eight weeks with the wrist injury he suffered against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Jan. 7.

The lifeless loss against a team they should have beaten, and everyone else has, was the window into a team losing its belief in the mission.

Columbus Blue Jackets forward Sean Monahan is expected to be sidelined an additional six to eight weeks due to a right wrist injury suffered earlier this month, the team announced Saturday evening.

The Seattle Kraken beat the Penguins for the second time in 11 days. While a loss to a sub .500 team might sting, the mind-numbing defensive blunders that gifted Seattle the game stuck in the Penguins craw.