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

Back in September, former Philadelphia Flyers forward James van Riemsdyk signed a one-year, $900,000 contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets. This was after he had 11 goals, 38 points, and a plus-7 rating in 71 games with the Boston Bruins in 2023-24.

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.

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.

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

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 Seattle Kraken began the second half of the season ... Second Period—3, Columbus, Del Bel Belluz 1 (van Riemsdyk, Severson), 3:29. 4, Columbus, Werenski 13 (Voronkov, Fantilli), 10:53.

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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 ...

The Columbus Blue Jackets continue their road trip as they clash with the New York Islanders. Any win or overtime loss will extend the Blue Jackets’ point streak to eight straight games. Since I last wrote,