The Columbus Blue Jackets are getting hot to move up in a tough, tight Metropolitan Division, but they will have to do it without a solid offensive piece. Right winger Oliver Bjorkstrand is expected to miss four to six weeks with a rib/cartilage contusion, along with an oblique strain. There is no specific incident on the ice that the team can point to as to when this took place, but he did leave the bench in the third period of Saturday's 5-1 win over the New Jersey Devils.
Bjorkstrand scored twice before leaving that game, and he leads the team with 12 goals on the season. He joined a long list of Blue Jackets who were already injured, as their injury report consisted of nine players for Saturday's game. Bjorkstrand was officially placed on injured reserve, which allowed the team to call up left winger Nathan Gerbe from their AHL affiliate.
The Blue Jackets have won four consecutive games to give them 16 wins and 38 points, pulling them within seven points of the final Eastern Conference playoff spot, which is currently held by the Philadelphia Flyers. They will be back on the ice Monday night on the road against the New York Islanders.
Bjorkstrand scored twice before leaving that game, and he leads the team with 12 goals on the season. He joined a long list of Blue Jackets who were already injured, as their injury report consisted of nine players for Saturday's game. Bjorkstrand was officially placed on injured reserve, which allowed the team to call up left winger Nathan Gerbe from their AHL affiliate.
The Blue Jackets have won four consecutive games to give them 16 wins and 38 points, pulling them within seven points of the final Eastern Conference playoff spot, which is currently held by the Philadelphia Flyers. They will be back on the ice Monday night on the road against the New York Islanders.
