Blue Jackets coach Rick Bowness to miss second straight game

The Columbus Blue Jackets will be without their bench boss on Saturday. Coach Rick Bowness will miss his second straight game when his team hosts the Philadelphia Flyers, general manager Don Waddell told reporters. Bowness also missed Thursday's 3-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning and was not present for practice on Friday or Saturday's morning skate. Waddell said Bowness, who was previously described as "under the weather," is "day-to-day," adding he would not coach practice Monday but could return Tuesday on the road against the New York Islanders. The 71-year-old coach is undergoing further testing for an issue he...