Blue Jackets bring pressure-based mindset into meeting with Rangers

The Columbus Blue Jackets are on a 10-game point streak (6-0-4) as they prepare to host the New York Rangers on Thursday night.

That run and a 17-2-4 record in the past 23 games have put the Blue Jackets on the brink of a playoff position. Columbus (35-21-11, 81 points) sits one point back of both the Boston Bruins and the Detroit Red Wings, who occupy the two Eastern Conference wild-card spots.

"Our pressure has been something to reckon with in the past two months," forward Mathieu...