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COLUMBUS, Ohio — The short-handed Blue Jackets made the Islanders work for this win, to be sure. But the Islanders’ biggest victory may have been sustaining a concentrated effort coming off two emotional wins, the Thanksgiving holiday and a questionable second-period sequence that yielded two power-play goals.

Friday’s game is postponed, and Saturday’s remains in flux due to the damage.

The Florida Panthers had a prime chance to take the lead late Sunday. The Panthers found themselves on the power play 33 seconds into the third period after the Columbus Blue Jackets’ Mathieu Olivier committed a tripping penalty.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Standing behind his players in the first period, Flyers coach John Tortorella summed up their play in two words: “We suck.”

Could he win the MVP?

ELMONT, N.Y. — There are games that simply must be won to be considered a viable playoff contender.

PHILADELPHIA — Driving down the road each day by his house in Columbus, Ohio, John Tortorella noticed that the horse next door was starting to look skinny. He stopped and learned the horse’s owner was getting old and having trouble taking care of it.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Historically, Johnny Gaudreau has a good record against his childhood favorite team, scoring 16 points in 13 games against the Flyers. After joining the Columbus Blue Jackets in free agency, he led his new team to a 5-2 victory over the local team that said it never…

The Colorado Avalanche will meet the Columbus Blue Jackets in the NHL Global Series on Saturday from the Nokia Arena in Tampere, Finland.

The Columbus Blue Jackets will meet the Colorado Avalanche in the NHL Global Series on Friday from the Nokia Arena in Tampere, Finland.

NEW YORK — Six games into the season, it is starting to become harder to write off these performances by the Rangers as aberrations.