The Blue Jackets return home tonight for the first time in a week. They will host the Ottawa Senators, a team they have not faced yet this season.
The Jackets stumble into this one on a three game losing skid, having gone 0-for their road trip over the last five days. So far in December, they are 2-2-1, giving them 5 points in 5 games.
That is not going to be good enough to maintain a playoff pace in the extremely competitive Eastern Conference. In fact, as they continue to throw points away, they sit dead last in the Metropolitan Division.