[Hockey News]

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Ken Hitchcock insists any coach could have got Columbus out of its early-season slump. He just happened to get the job after the Blue Jackets dismissed Gerard Gallant last month."When a coach gets fired and the slate's clea...

Fedorov scores twice, adds assist to lead Blue Jackets to 5-1 rout of Blues

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Well the rookie kid did not get his 3rd straight shutout, but still a dominating performance...

And the Russian came through with 3 points for us...also two goals on the power play...

The Blue Jackets are enjoying their first three-game winning streak of the season and moved two points ahead in the Central Division of St. Louis, which lost its seventh straight. The Blues are last in the NHL with 18 points.

Norrena and fellow goalie Pascal LeClaire have kept the Blue Jackets in every game since Hitchcock took over. They have allowed 13 goals overall and four in five games. All four losses under Hitchcock have come during a shootout or by one goal.

"We were so beat down mentally and this has been a good change for us," said defenseman Adam Foote, who scored his first of the season midway through the second period.

What the heck?...So beat down mentally...dude get your head away from that loser mentality crap...its three wins in a row!

[soriano33]

I am proud of the guys! THey are playing how I envisioned them to be able to perform. Great goaltending and a fiery offense that puts up a bunch of goals. Federov is playing strong. Its definitely not to late to turn this around

[MJHMarc]

I always like Federov. I'm glad to see that he is doing well...

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by MJHMarc

I always like Federov. I'm glad to see that he is doing well...

He was brought in to be Zherdev's big buddy...but he is holding his own...

[MJHMarc]

Yeah, Federov comes down to Antartica for a few weeks every year and skates around.