Van Riemsdyk notched two assists and a plus-2 rating in Thursday's 6-2 win over the Kraken.

Eeli Tolvanen scored twice for the Kraken (17-22-3), who have lost four in a row. Philipp Grubauer allowed five goals on 19 shots before being replaced at 15:45 of the second period by Joey Daccord, who stopped all four shots he faced.

Back in September, former Philadelphia Flyers forward James van Riemsdyk signed ... Jackets' last matchup against the Seattle Kraken on Jan. 9. While van Riemsdyk's days as a true top-six ...

Denton Mateychuk scored his first career NHL goal and Luca Del Bel Belluz notched his second as the Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the visiting Seattle Kraken 6-2 Thursday night.

The Columbus Blue Jackets welcome the Seattle Kraken into Nationwide Arena tonight

New York Rangers (21-20-3, in the Metropolitan Division) New York; Saturday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Columbus Blue Jackets visit the New York Rangers after James van Riemsdyk's two-goal game ...

James van Riemsdyk contributed two assists ... an upper-body injury on Dec. 22 against the Colorado Avalanche. Seattle: The Kraken dominated shots and puck possession early and were competitive ...

The Seattle Kraken are in Columbus tonight to face the Blue Jackets for the second and final time of the season. The Kraken beat the Jackets on November 12th by a score of 5-2.

Sean Kuraly ( 4), Luca Del Bel Belluz (1), Zach Werenski (13), Denton Mateychuk (1), Kent Johnson (11), and Kirill Marchenko (18) supplied the offense for the CBJ. Meanwhile, Elvis Merzļikins was excellent as he made 29 saves on 31 Kraken shots in a 6-2 blowout win over Seattle.

Denton Mateychuk scored his first career NHL goal and Luca Del Bel Belluz notched his second as the Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the visiting Seattle ... scored and James van Riemsdyk added ...

Columbus: After a slow start, the Blue Jackets found their rhythm and dominated the final two periods. Contributions from recent Cleveland callups helped them secure their 14th home win this season.

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Dylan Larkin scored two goals and the surging Detroit Red Wings beat the Florida Panthers 5-2 on Thursday night. Larkin, Jonatan Berggren and Patrick Kane had power-play goals for Detroit, which also got a goal from Marco Kasper. Cam Talbot stopped 40 shots for the Red Wings, who have won eight of their last nine games.