The Columbus Blue Jackets have recalled defenseman Adam Clendening from the Cleveland Monsters, Columbus' American Hockey League affiliate, club General Manager Jarmo Kekalainen announced today.

Clendening, 26, made the Blue Jackets out of training camp and has recorded three shots and a +1 plus/minus rating in four games with the club this season. Signed by Columbus as a free agent to a one-year, two-way NHL/AHL contract on July 1, 2018, he has notched 4-20-24, 49 penalty minutes and a +11 plus/minus rating in 90 career NHL games with the Blue Jackets, Arizona Coyotes, New York Rangers, Edmonton Oilers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Vancouver Canucks and Chicago Blackhawks.

The Niagara Falls, New York native ranks sixth among AHL defensemen in penalty minutes and ninth in assists and leads the Monsters in assists, penalty minutes and plus/minus rating with 4-31-35, 98 penalty minutes and a +16 plus/minus rating in 42 contests this season. He has registered 32-164-196, 365 penalty minutes and a +47 plus/minus rating in 303 career AHL games from 2012-19. The 6-0, 194-pound blueliner was selected by Chicago in the second round, 36th overall, in the 2011 NHL Draft.

The Blue Jackets return to action tonight when they visit the Nashville Predators. Game time from Bridgestone Arena is 8 p.m. ET. Live coverage on FOX Sports Ohio begins with the Blue Jackets Live pre-game show starting at 7:30 p.m. All Blue Jackets games televised on FOX Sports Ohio will also be streamed live via the FOX Sports app. The game may also be heard on the Eldorado Gaming Scioto Downs Blue Jackets Radio Network, including Sports Radio 97.1 The Fan in Columbus, and online at BlueJackets.com.