March 15 - The New York Rangers visit the Columbus Blue Jackets Saturday night in a matchup of teams fighting for an Eastern Conference wild-card ... Jackets coach Dean Evason said.

The New York Rangers were the top team in the NHL last season before making a run to the Eastern Conference final and losing ...

The New York Rangers visit the Columbus Blue Jackets Saturday night in a matchup of teams fighting for an Eastern Conference wild-card spot ... Blue Jackets coach Dean Evason said.

57 (one first-place vote); Dean Evason, Blue Jackets, 55 (four first-place votes); Craig Berube, Toronto Maple Leafs, 13; John Hynes, Minnesota Wild, 12; Jon Cooper, Tampa Bay Lightning ...

Now those four teams are competing for the two wild-card spots in the East ... With Waddell taking over and installing Dean Evason as coach, the expectations on the ice this season were very ...

The Blue Jackets (31-26-8) are still clinging to the second wild-card spot in the Eastern ... back and our feel," Blue Jackets coach Dean Evason said. "We didn’t change how we played tonight.

The race for the two wild-card playoff spots in the NHL’s Eastern Conference is full of surprises. The Ottawa Senators under ...