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Blue Jackets sign McElhinney, Melart to contracts

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed goaltender Curtis McElhinney and defenseman Ilari Melart to one-year contracts.

McElhinney, who turned 30 on Thursday, has appeared in 69 career NHL games with the Calgary Flames, Anaheim Ducks and Ottawa Senators. He has a 19-26-4 record, with a 3.09 goals-against average and an .899 save percentage. In 2012-13, he went 29-6-3 with nine shutouts in 49 games with Springfield of the American Hockey League.

The 24-year-old Melart, signed to an entry-level contract, spent the past several seasons playing in Europe. Last year, he was with HIFK of the Finnish Elite League.

Leaders
Points:	V. Prospal	30
Plus/Minus:	D. Prout	15
Shots on Goal:	M. Gaborik	151
PIM:	J. Boll	100
Win:	S. Bobrovsky	21
Shutouts:	S. Bobrovsky	4

Standings
Central Division
	W	L	OTL	Pts
xyz-Chicago	36	7	5	77
x-St. Louis	29	17	2	60
x-Detroit	24	16	8	56
Columbus	24	17	7	55
Nashville	16	23	9	41
Full Standings

Offense (Rank)
Goals:	115 (25)
Shots:	1283 (27)
PP%:	14.2% (28)
Penalty Minutes:	605 (8)
Assists:	201 (24)
SH Goals:	3 (12)

Defense (Rank)
Goals Against:	115 (21)
Shots Against:	1436 (12)
PK%:	82.6% (11)
Penalty Minutes:	615 (8)
Shutouts:	4 (12)
Sv%:	0.920 (5)

Results
Date	Opp	Final
4/27	vs. Nsh	W 3-1
4/25	@ Dal	W 3-1
4/21	@ SJ	W 4-3
4/18	@ LA	L 1-2
4/17	@ Anh	W 3-2
4/15	@ Col	W 4-3
4/13	@ Min	W 3-2
4/12	vs. StL	W 4-1
4/9	vs. SJ	W 4-0
4/7	vs. Min	L 0-3

Injuries
Date	Player	Status
4/19	M. Calvert	Broken finger (day-to-day)
4/18	N. Nikitin	Lower-body injury (day-to-day)

Transactions
Date	Player	Transactions
4/28	D. Prout	Sent to minors Springfield-AHL
4/28	R. Johansen	Sent to minors Springfield-AHL
4/26	C. Atkinson	Contract extended Two-year contract extension
4/23	M. Calvert	Contract extended Two-year contract extension
4/21	D. Savard	Sent to minors Springfield-AHL
4/18	D. Savard	Called up from minors Emergency recall from Springfield-AHL
4/17	D. Savard	Sent to minors Springfield-AHL
4/16	D. Savard	Called up from minors Emergency recall from Springfield-AHL
4/11	B. Jenner	Assigned to Junior Club Springfield-AHL
4/10	L. Sedlak	Signed Three-year contract

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