The Columbus Blue Jackets practiced Wednesday before a home game Thursday night, when the team hosts Dallas, and one of the Jackets’ top draft picks was in town recently with the Michigan State Spartans.

The club's annual Military Appreciation night, presented by Elk + Elk, will take place as the Blue Jackets host Philadelphia.

The Columbus Blue Jackets will host their annual Military Appreciation Night on Jan. 28, 2026, at Nationwide Arena.

The Columbus Blue Jackets will return a pair of forwards tomorrow. Relayed from reporter Dave Maetzold, head coach Rick Bowness indicated that forwards Mason Marchment and Isac Lundeström will be activated from the injured reserve before tomorrow’s game against the Dallas Stars.

Before joining the Blue Jackets, the 6-foot-1, 192-pound native of Gallivare, Sweden, spent seven seasons with the Anaheim Ducks from 2018 to 2025. Anaheim selected him in the first round, 23rd overall, in the 2018 NHL Draft.

Sens winger Drake Batherson has marked the scoresheet in six of his past nine games, and he’s put up a high-end 1.41 goals and 3.26 points per 60 minutes to pace the Sens for the year in both. The Blue Jackets have also allowed the ninth-most goals per game (3.13).

The Columbus Blue Jackets have loaned forward Mikael Pyyhtiä to the American Hockey League’s Cleveland Monsters, club President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Don Waddell announced today.