Kolyachonok Out Due To Illness

Blue Jackets head coach Rick Bowness will miss at least the next two games due to illness, notes Aaron Portzline of The Athletic. He missed Thursday’s loss to Philadelphia as well. The 71-year-old will not accompany on the team for its road game on Tuesday against the Islanders, though GM Don Waddell didn’t rule out his bench boss joining the team partway through the trip. Bowness is listed as day-to-day.

It has been a rough first full season for Bowness with the Blue Jackets. After making a push in the second half of last season after he was hired (though they struggled down the stretch), Columbus is the worst offensive team in the league, with just 40 goals through 17 games, which has them…