Were enough caps left to celebrate potential hat tricks by Sean Monahan and/or Adam Fantilli, who’d also scored two goals by that point? More: Columbus Blue Jackets down Nashville Predators 8-4 for big victory Neither provided the answer by scoring additional goals,

It's the time of year to doubt the Columbus Blue Jackets, who've made but six playoff appearances in 23 seasons. Then again

The Columbus Blue Jackets host the Colorado Avalanche after Kirill Marchenko's hat trick against the Nashville Predators in the Blue Jackets' 8-4 win

The Columbus Blue Jackets haven't had to scoreboard-watch in April in a few years, but here we are. Going into Thursday's games, the CBJ sits with 77 points, two points behind the Montréal Canadiens for the second wild card.

The Blue Jackets delivered one of the most prolific offensive explosions in team history in Tuesday's triumph over the Predators

The Nashville Predators suffered an ugly 8-4 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on April 1. With this, they have now fallen to a 27-40-8 record on the season.