R.J. Umberger is projected to miss at least a couple of week because of an upper-body injury. He had been a healthy scratch in four of the past 10 games. Umberger has skated on the fourth line in his past two appearances in the lineup. He leads the Blue Jackets with eight power-play goals and has 34 points in 74 games.

R.J. Umberger will spend Tuesday's game in the press box. It will be the fourth time Umberger has been listed as a healthy scratch in seven games. This is just the second season of his five-year, $23 million contract, but it wouldn't be surprising if the Blue Jackets used a compliance buyout on him over the summer.

R.J. Umberger was a healthy scratch on Saturday. It was the third time in six contests that Umberger has found himself in the press box and that cannot be sitting well with the the veteran. He has 18 goals and 33 points this season in 71 games but has not had a point in his last five games.

R.J. Umberger returned to the Columbus lineup after a two game benching. Umberger saw 3:52 minutes of power play time as part of his 14:49 minutes of play as he lined up with Artem Anisimov as well as Nick Foligno in the 2-0 loss to the Islanders. Umberger has scored only once in his last seven games and has 18 goals and 33 points in 68 games this season.

R.J. Umberger, who has been a healthy scratch for the Blue Jackets' last two games, may draw back in against the Islanders Sunday afternoon. It is not a given Umberger will play, but we get the feeling that Columbus coach Todd Richards wants to give his slumping forward a chance to redeem himself. "By no means is he in the doghouse or anything like that," Richards said of Umberger. "But we want to get him back into games, yeah." Don't be surprised if Umberger dresses Sunday and responds with a solid game.

R.J. Umberger will be scratched Thursday night. "(R.J.'s) been OK, but I think there's more," coach Todd Richards said. "I think he can be better." Umberger has one goal in his last six games.

R.J. Umberger (finger) ended up playing on Monday after being listed as a game-time decision. Umberger had two shots on goal and logged 13:39 minutes in Columbus' 2-1 win over Toronto. He has 16 goals and 31 points in 61 games this season.

R.J. Umberger is officially listed as game-time decision, but coach Todd Richards expects him to play against Toronto on Monday night. He sustained a finger injury in Saturday's against the Florida Panthers, but he was able to finish the contest. Umberger left Monday's practice early.

R.J. Umberger had a goal and an assist in Columbus' 4-2 victory on Monday. It was Umberger's 15th goal and 15th assist of the season. He's bounced back nicely after recording just 18 points in 48 contests in 2013-14.

R.J. Umberger scored a goal for Columbus in a 3-2 loss to the Hurricanes Monday night. Umberger has scored 14 goals on the season with six of those tallies coming with the man advantage, making him valuable in medium and deeper formats. Derek MacKenzie also found the back of the net for Columbus in the losing effort.