After scoring six goals in each of their first four wins, the Blue Jackets have scored a total of nine in the past five games to go 1-3-1 in that stretch. That's an average of 1.8 per game that's 2.3 goals per game lower than they averaged by scoring 33 goals in their first eight games.

Blue Jackets return to eight NHL defensemen with addition of Fabbro, a 26-year old defenseman with a right-handed shot.

Forward Kent Johnson, who has missed the last nine games with an upper body injury, has been placed on injured reserve