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 Columbus Blue Jackets welcome the Seattle Kraken into Nationwide Arena tonight

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.

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

James van Riemsdyk contributed two assists ... an upper-body injury on Dec. 22 against the Colorado Avalanche. Seattle: The Kraken dominated shots and puck possession early and were competitive ...

Back in September, former Philadelphia Flyers forward James van Riemsdyk signed ... Jackets' last matchup against the Seattle Kraken on Jan. 9. While van Riemsdyk's days as a true top-six ...

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.

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.

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 ...

James van Riemsdyk scored twice and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the San Jose Sharks 4-1 on Thursday night to extend their win streak to six games — their longest since January 2020. Kent Johnson had a goal and an assist and Adam Fantilli scored a goal to stretch his point streak to

Artemi Panarin scored twice, Chris Kreider got the go-ahead goal with 9:38 left and the New York Rangers rallied for a 5-3 victory over the Utah Hockey Club on Thursday night. Reilly Smith tied it 3-all with a short-handed goal 28 seconds into the third period for the Rangers,

The Blue Jackets jumped up by three goals, which was too much for the struggling Sharks. The Jackets would put away San Jose 4-1.