"The Blue Jackets' lone invitee to All-Star weekend wasn't able to crack the lineup of the last-place team in the NHL for the fourth consecutive game last night.

Ryan Johansen was a healthy scratch for a 4-2 loss to the Dallas Stars. It was the fourth consecutive scratch of Johansen, who has nine goals, eight assists and a plus-2 rating. Johansen was one of ten NHL rookies invited to the All-Star skills competition in Ottawa.

When he'll return to the lineup is up to Johansen, interim coach Todd Richards said.

"I haven't talked with him every day. We'll have conversations with him here and there," Richards said. "That's one thing that he's got to learn as a young player, how to deal with things on his own, to function when coaches aren't around, the hard work that you have to put in when the coaches aren't around, to get yourself back in the lineup.""