As reported by The Athletic on Monday, the Blue Jackets are close to signing tough winger Mathieu Olivier to a long-term contract extension. Olivier, a pending unrestricted free agent, has emerged as perhaps the NHL’s top fighter, as well as a leader and a secondary scorer (12 goals) for Columbus this season.

It was a night Columbus won’t soon forget. The first ever outdoor NHL game at Ohio Stadium. The tributes to Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau. The 94,751 fans that helped rewrite the record books. Oh and the game was an instant classic too.

For a lot of Detroit Red Wings fans, Saturday night's Stadium Series game boils down to a single moment of frustration: A missed high-sticking call from Justin Danforth to the face of Simon Edvinsson,

Alex DeBrincat scored twice to even the game, but the Columbus Blue Jackets scored 2 in the final 3 minutes at Ohio Stadium.

Justin Danforth scored off his own rebound at 17:43 of the third period, Elvis Merzlikins made 43 saves, and the Blue Jackets defeated the Detroit Red Wings 5-3 in front of 94,751 at Ohio Stadium in the 2025 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series game at Ohio Stadium.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Justin Danforth scored with 2:17 remaining to lift the Columbus Blue Jackets over Detroit 5-3 on Saturday night in the Stadium Series, leapfrogging the Red Wings to take ...