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Blue Jackets place McElhinney on IR; recall Anton Forsberg

Jerome Miron / USA TODAY Sports

The Columbus Blue Jackets have placed backup goaltender Curtis McElhinney on injured reserved and added Anton Forsberg to the roster as an Emergency Recall from Springfield of the American Hockey League. 

McElhinney sustained an upper-body injury in Saturday's loss to the Ottawa Senators, needing to be replaced by Sergei Bobrovsky. 

Forsberg has authored a 1-2 record with a 2.36 goals against average and .921 save percentage in the three games with Springfield. 

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