The Columbus Blue Jackets have activated left wing Markus Hannikainen off Injured Reserve and recalled center Mark Letestu from the Cleveland Monsters, Columbus' American Hockey League affiliate, club General Manager Jarmo Kekalainen announced today.

Hannikainen, 25, has missed the past six games with an elbow injury suffered on January 8 at Tampa Bay. In 34 games with the Blue Jackets this season, the 6-1, 200-pound forward has registered four goals and three assists for seven points with two penalty minutes, setting NHL career highs in goals, points and games played. Signed by Columbus as a free agent on April 20, 2015, the Helsinki, Finland native has registered 8-7-15 and 14 penalty minutes in 81 career NHL games over the past four seasons.

Letestu, 33, has recorded 93-117-210 with 90 penalty minutes in 558 career NHL games with the Blue Jackets, Edmonton Oilers and Pittsburgh Penguins. He is one of six players in Blue Jackets history to play for the organization on multiple occasions, posting 44-58-102 and 36 penalty minutes in 253 career games from 2011-15 and 2017-18. In 2017-18, he collected 9-14-23 and 10 penalty minutes in 80 contests with the Oilers and Blue Jackets, including 1-3-4 in 20 appearances with Columbus after being acquired in a trade on February 25.