| Feb. 26, 2015 |
The Blue Jackets acquired right wing David Clarkson from the Maple Leafs on Thursday in exchange for Horton. |
Horton, who may not play again due to a degenerative condition in his back, is signed at a $5.3 million salary cap hit through 2018-19. The 29-year-old Horton was a prized signing two years ago, has not played for the Blue Jackets all season. He has 203 goals and 218 assists in 627 NHL games with the Blue Jackets, Boston Bruins and Florida Panthers. |
| Oct. 6, 2014 |
Horton's career is in jeopardy due to a serious back injury, according to the Columbus Dispatch. |
Horton may need surgery, which would be considered a last resort. |
| April 9, 2014 |
Horton has had surgery for an abdominal injury and is expected to be sidelined for six weeks. The team announced the news before Friday night's game against Tampa Bay. |
Horton has five goals and 19 points in 36 games this season. A prized offseason free agent signing for the playoff-bound Blue Jackets, Horton underwent shoulder surgery last summer, which caused him to miss the first 40 games this season. |
| March 31, 2014 |
Horton returned to action Tuesday, recording an assist in just five minutes of a 4-3 overtime win over Phoenix. |
The winger had missed a couple games due to a lower-body injury. |
| Feb. 2, 2014 |
Horton had two assists in Saturday's win over Florida. |
Horton ended a pathetic four-game pointless run so fantasy owners can be hopeful he will get his game together. |
| Jan. 14, 2014 |
Horton scored his 200th NHL goal Monday. |
He has two goals and two assists in six games this season since missing the first 40 while recovering from shoulder surgery. |
| Jan. 3, 2014 |
Horton scored in his Columbus debut as the Blue Jackets beat the sluggish Phoenix Coyotes 2-0 on Thursday night. |
Horton, the ex-Boston Bruins winger who missed the first 40 games following shoulder surgery, poked in a rebound late in the second period for his 199th career goal. |
| Jan. 2, 2014 |
The Columbus Blue Jackets have activated forward Nathan Horton, goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky and defenseman Dalton Prout off the injured list. |
Horton, a prized offseason free-agent signing, underwent shoulder surgery last summer. He has missed the first 40 games this season. |
| July 17, 2013 |
Horton has undergone surgery to repair a shoulder injury suffered during the Stanley Cup finals, general manager Jarmo Kekalainen announced on Wednesday. |
Horton signed a seven-year, $37.1-million contract with the Blue Jackets on July 5. He has 198 goals and 204 assists for 402 points with 543 penalty minutes in 591 career NHL games with the Florida Panthers and Boston Bruins. This past season, he had 13 goals and nine assists in 43 games with the Bruins before picking up seven goals and 12 assists in 22 Stanley Cup Playoff games. Horton is expected to miss the start of the season during rehab. |
| July 5, 2013 |
The Columbus Blue Jackets have made a major move to shore up their lagging offense by signing Horton away from the Boston Bruins. |
Horton, who still needs offseason shoulder surgery which will delay the start of his season, provides the Blue Jackets with punch it lacked a year ago when it just missed the playoffs on a tiebreaker despite finishing 25th in the NHL in goals. He's averaged 23 goals over the last eight seasons. |
| June 13, 2013 |
Horton will play in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup finals against the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday night, three days after he left the series opener with an injury. |
A part of Boston's top line, Horton was injured during Wednesday's 4-3 triple-overtime loss to the Chicago Blackhawks. Game 2 is Saturday at the United Center, and coach Claude Julien said Thursday the Bruins are "keeping our fingers crossed" that he won't miss any time. Horton has seven goals and 11 assists in the playoffs and leads the league at plus-22 in the postseason. He also suffered a concussion during Game 3 of the 2011 Stanley Cup finals against Vancouver. |
| April 21, 2013 |
Horton (upper body) remains out of the lineup. |
Horton's status in uncertain heading into postseason. |
| April 3, 2013 |
Horton recorded his first game-winning goal of the season in the Bruins' 3-2 victory over the Senators on Tuesday. |
Horton, who has 12 goals this season, has scored one in each of his last four contests. |
| March 17, 2013 |
Horton had a goal and two assists as the Bruins beat the Capitals 4-1 on Saturday. |
Horton has four points in two games after failing to record one in his previous four. |
| Feb. 22, 2013 |
Horton had two goals in the Bruins' 4-2 win over the Lightning on Thursday. |
Horton increased his season goal total to six with his first multi-goal game. |
| Jan. 24, 2013 |
Horton scored in Wednesday's 4-3 OT loss to the Rangers. |
It was Horton's first goal in more than a year as he was sidelined by a concussion last January until the NHL resumed last weekend. |
| Jan. 23, 2012 |
Horton is expected to miss the Stanley Cup playoffs because of a concussion. Horton and his teammates with the defending champion Boston Bruins play Game 1 of their first-round series against the Washington Capitals on Thursday. |
Horton suffered the injury Jan. 22 in a game against the Philadelphia Flyers and has not played since. The 26-year-old Horton played in a career-low 46 games this season and had 17 goals and 15 assists this season. He had 26 goals and 27 assists last season. During last year's Stanley Cup run, he had three game-winning goals, including the winners in the Game 7 victories over Montreal and Tampa Bay. But he missed the final four games of the championship series. |
| Jan. 18, 2012 |
Horton had two goals as the Bruins fell 5-3 to the Lightning 5-3 on Tuesday night. |
Horton had success. He's familiar with Tampa Bay from his days in the Sunshine State rivalry with Florida so this was not a surprise. |
| Jan. 11, 2012 |
Horton found the back of the net twice during Tuesday's 5-3 win over Winnipeg. |
Horton has been on a tear of late, scoring five goals to go along with an assist over his last four games. |
| Jan. 6, 2012 |
Horton scored twice with an assist Thursday in a 9-0 win over Calgary. |
Horton has three goals and three assists in the last five games. |
| Dec. 4, 2011 |
Horton had a goal and an assist in Saturday's win over Toronto. |
Saturday marked Horton's first goal in six games. |
| Nov. 20, 2011 |
Horton had a goal and an assist Saturday in a 6-0 win over the Islanders. |
Horton has four goals in the last six games. He had two in his first 12 this season. |
| Nov. 8, 2011 |
Horton had two goals and one assist in Boston's win over the Islanders on Monday. |
Horton double his goal total coming into the game, scoring for the first time since Oct. 20. |
| Sept. 23, 2011 |
Horton says he's ready to get back in games but he understands why the team is taking it slow as he returns from a concussion. |
Horton was knocked out of the Stanley Cup finals in Game 3 on a hit from Vancouver Canucks defenseman Aaron Rome. Horton did not return to the series as the Bruins went on to win their first championship since 1972. Horton has been skating with the team in practice, but he wasn't in the lineup for the team's exhibition opener against Ottawa on Wednesday night. He's not on the roster for Friday night's game against the New York Islanders, either. |
