Blue Jackets’ Sean Monahan leaves game with upper-body injury

The Columbus Blue Jackets announced on social media that forward Sean Monahan left Thursday’s game against the Tampa Bay Lightning with an upper-body injury and would not return. It’s not clear how Monahan suffered the injury but he did not join the team on the bench for the third period. He finished the game with one assist in 9:58 of ice time. The Blue Jackets lost 3-1. Monahan, 32, has one goal and six assists for seven points in 17 games with the Blue Jackets in 2026-27. He signed a five-year, $27.5-million contract with Columbus ahead of the 2024-25 campaign....