The Blue Jackets are set to face the Florida Panthers, the defending Stanley Cup champions, at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Nationwide Arena. Usually, the Blue Jackets' first regular season home game would be preceded by a party and a player "blue carpet" walk, but the team rescheduled those events for Thursday's game.

The Columbus Blue Jackets now have what they call a “Johnny skate” at the end of practice. It’s a shot someone takes from the far end of the ice toward the opposite goal.

The Columbus Blue Jackets are putting a new twist on an old locker room tradition. In the past, the Blue Jackets would award a Civil War-style Kepi hat to a player chosen by his teammates after a victory. But after the team's Saturday night win against the Colorado Avalanche, the Kepi hat was nowhere in sight.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Blue Jackets started a new tradition to honor Johnny Gaudreau. For years, a replica Civil War "kepi" hat would be awarded by the team to the player of the game after a Blue Jackets win. This year and possibly beyond, the team is ditching the kepi and opting for a donkey hat.