Nathan Horton (shoulder) is still on track to make his season debut in December or January. "It's been a slow process, just I like I knew it would be coming in [that] it would take a long time," Horton said. "Every day I do my rehab. It's not as quick as I'd like. But I want to come back 100 percent so I don't ever have a problem with it ever again." Horton signed a seven-year/$37.1 million contract with Columbus over the summer. Without him, the Blue Jackets have ranked in the bottom third of the NHL in goals per game so far.