This is a team coming out of its rebuild and into its build phase. It has the potential to contend as it matures and as the roster is further tweaked.

The Blue Jackets never quite got going in a lackluster 3-1 loss to the Islanders to end their seven-game point streak.

Blue Jackets goalie Daniil Tarasov posted his first NHL shutout in a stinging shootout loss, but kept his team in a playoff spot: 3 takeways

Bo Horvat scored twice in the second period Monday night for the host New York Islanders, who beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-1 in Elmont, N.Y.

Size, strength, experience and skill on faceoffs gave the Islanders a decided edge over the Blue Jackets: 3 takeways

The Islanders scored three goals in the second period and went on to a 3-1 win over the Blue Jackets on Monday.

The Jackets played a decent first period and led after one, but it was a completely different story when the second came around. The New York Islanders special teams are typically awful, but on Monday night,

They spent most of the game in the offensive zone thanks to a dominant forecheck, beat the speedy Blue Jackets to most pucks while winning one-on-one physical battles, and had their special teams make a positive difference in a 3-1 victory over Columbus on Monday night at UBS Arena.