2019–20 Columbus Blue Jackets season

2019–20 Columbus Blue Jackets
Division	5th Metropolitan
Conference	8th Eastern
2019–20 record	33–22–15
Home record	20–12–4
Road record	13–10–11
Goals for	180
Goals against	187
Team information
General Manager	Jarmo Kekalainen
Coach	John Tortorella
Captain	Nick Foligno
Alternate captains	Cam Atkinson; Boone Jenner; Seth Jones
Arena	Nationwide Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)	Cleveland Monsters (AHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Oliver Bjorkstrand (21)
Assists	Pierre-Luc Dubois (31)
Points	Pierre-Luc Dubois (49)
Penalty minutes	Nick Foligno (62)
Plus/minus	Seth Jones; Eric Robinson (+10)
Wins	Joonas Korpisalo (19)
Goals against average	Elvis Merzlikins (2.35)

The 2019–20 Columbus Blue Jackets season is the 20th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.[1]

The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3] On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled.[4] The Blue Jackets advanced to the playoffs and are scheduled to face the Toronto Maple Leafs in the qualifying round.

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Washington Capitals	69	41	20	8	31	240	215	+25	90
2	Philadelphia Flyers	69	41	21	7	31	232	196	+36	89
3	Pittsburgh Penguins	69	40	23	6	29	224	196	+28	86
4	Carolina Hurricanes	68	38	25	5	27	222	193	+29	81
5	Columbus Blue Jackets	70	33	22	15	25	180	187	−7	81
6	New York Islanders	68	35	23	10	24	192	193	−1	80
7	New York Rangers	70	37	28	5	31	234	222	+12	79
8	New Jersey Devils	69	28	29	12	22	189	230	−41	68

Source: National Hockey League[5]

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	PCT	Qualification
1	Boston Bruins	70	44	14	12	38	227	174	+53	.714	Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament[6]
2	Tampa Bay Lightning	70	43	21	6	35	245	195	+50	.657
3	Washington Capitals	69	41	20	8	31	240	215	+25	.652
4	Philadelphia Flyers	69	41	21	7	31	232	196	+36	.645
5	Pittsburgh Penguins	69	40	23	6	29	224	196	+28	.623	Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round[6]
6	Carolina Hurricanes	68	38	25	5	27	222	193	+29	.596
7	New York Islanders	68	35	23	10	24	192	193	−1	.588
8	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	36	25	9	28	238	227	+11	.579
9	Columbus Blue Jackets	70	33	22	15	25	180	187	−7	.579
10	Florida Panthers	69	35	26	8	30	231	228	+3	.565
11	New York Rangers	70	37	28	5	31	234	222	+12	.564
12	Montreal Canadiens	71	31	31	9	19	212	221	−9	.500
13	Buffalo Sabres	69	30	31	8	22	195	217	−22	.493
14	New Jersey Devils	69	28	29	12	22	189	230	−41	.493
15	Ottawa Senators	71	25	34	12	18	191	243	−52	.437
16	Detroit Red Wings	71	17	49	5	13	145	267	−122	.275

Source: NHL Eastern Conference Points percentage

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2019.[7] The September 29 game between the Blue Jackets and the St. Louis Blues was cancelled due to issues with the team's flight.[8]

2019 preseason game log: 2–3–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 0–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 17	Buffalo	1–4	Columbus		Kivlenieks	—	1–0–0	Recap
2	September 19	Columbus	1–4	Pittsburgh		Vehvilainen	15,649	1–1–0	Recap
3	September 21	Pittsburgh	1–3	Columbus		Korpisalo	13,637	2–1–0	Recap
4	September 22	Columbus	3–5	St. Louis		Merzlikins	16,672	2–2–0	Recap
5	September 25	Columbus	3–4	Buffalo	OT	Merzlikins	15,788	2–2–1	Recap
6	September 27	New Jersey	2–0	Columbus		Korpisalo	12,347	2–3–1	Recap
7	September 29	St. Louis	–	Columbus	Game cancelled due to a mechanical issue with St. Louis' aircraft.

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.[9]

2019–20 game log

October: 5–5–2 (Home: 3–3–1 ; Road: 2–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 4	Toronto	4–1	Columbus		Korpisalo	18,776	0–1–0	0	Recap
2	October 5	Columbus	2–7	Pittsburgh		Merzlikins	18,595	0–2–0	0	Recap
3	October 7	Buffalo	3–4	Columbus	OT	Korpisalo	14,518	1–2–0	2	Recap
4	October 11	Anaheim	2–1	Columbus		Korpisalo	15,368	1–3–0	2	Recap
5	October 12	Columbus	3–2	Carolina		Korpisalo	16,224	2–3–0	4	Recap
6	October 16	Dallas	2–3	Columbus		Korpisalo	14,683	3–3–0	6	Recap
7	October 18	Columbus	2–3	Chicago	OT	Merzlikins	21,518	3–3–1	7	Recap
8	October 19	NY Islanders	3–2	Columbus	OT	Korpisalo	15,276	3–3–2	8	Recap
9	October 21	Columbus	4–3	Toronto	OT	Korpisalo	18,898	4–3–2	10	Recap
10	October 24	Carolina	3–4	Columbus	OT	Korpisalo	15,398	5–3–2	12	Recap
11	October 26	Columbus	4–7	Philadelphia		Korpisalo	17,840	5–4–2	12	Recap
12	October 30	Edmonton	4–1	Columbus		Korpisalo	14,193	5–5–2	12	Recap

November: 6–6–2 (Home: 5–3–0 ; Road: 1–3–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
13	November 1	Columbus	3–4	St. Louis	OT	Merzlikins	18,096	5–5–3	13	Recap
14	November 2	Calgary	3–0	Columbus		Korpisalo	13,618	5–6–3	13	Recap
15	November 5	Vegas	2–1	Columbus		Korpisalo	15,435	5–7–3	13	Recap
16	November 7	Columbus	3–2	Arizona		Korpisalo	12,115	6–7–3	15	Recap
17	November 9	Columbus	2–4	Colorado		Korpisalo	18,070	6–8–3	15	Recap
18	November 12	Columbus	2–3	Montreal	SO	Merzlikins	20,758	6–8–4	16	Recap
19	November 15	St. Louis	2–3	Columbus	OT	Korpisalo	18,505	7–8–4	18	Recap
20	November 19	Montreal	2–5	Columbus		Korpisalo	14,118	8–8–4	20	Recap
21	November 21	Detroit	4–5	Columbus		Korpisalo	14,417	9–8–4	22	Recap
22	November 23	Columbus	3–4	Winnipeg		Merzlikins	15,325	9–9–4	22	Recap
23	November 25	Ottawa	0–1	Columbus		Korpisalo	14,730	10–9–4	24	Recap
24	November 27	Philadelphia	3–2	Columbus		Korpisalo	14,975	10–10–4	24	Recap
25	November 29	Pittsburgh	2–5	Columbus		Korpisalo	17,402	11–10–4	26	Recap
26	November 30	Columbus	0–2	NY Islanders		Merzlikins	13,433	11–11–4	26	Recap

December: 7–3–4 (Home: 4–2–1 ; Road: 3–1–3)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
27	December 3	Arizona	4–2	Columbus		Korpisalo	14,455	11–12–4	26	Recap
28	December 5	NY Rangers	3–2	Columbus		Korpisalo	15,785	11–13–4	26	Recap
29	December 7	Columbus	1–4	Florida		Merzlikins	11,640	11–14–4	26	Recap
30	December 9	Columbus	5–2	Washington		Korpisalo	18,573	12–14–4	28	Recap
31	December 12	Columbus	0–1	Pittsburgh	OT	Korpisalo	18,415	12–14–5	29	Recap
32	December 14	Columbus	3–4	Ottawa	OT	Korpisalo	11,020	12–14–6	30	Recap
33	December 16	Washington	0–3	Columbus		Korpisalo	16,602	13–14–6	32	Recap
34	December 17	Columbus	5–3	Detroit		Korpisalo	17,639	14–14–6	34	Recap
35	December 19	Los Angeles	2–3	Columbus	OT	Korpisalo	17,117	15–14–6	36	Recap
36	December 21	New Jersey	1–5	Columbus		Korpisalo	17,188	16–14–6	38	Recap
37	December 23	Columbus	3–2	NY Islanders		Korpisalo	13,917	17–14–6	40	Recap
38	December 27	Columbus	1–2	Washington	OT	Korpisalo	18,573	17–14–7	41	Recap
39	December 29	Chicago	3–2	Columbus	SO	Merzlikins	18,544	17–14–8	42	Recap
40	December 31	Florida	1–4	Columbus		Merzlikins	18,977	18–14–8	44	Recap

January: 9–2–0 (Home: 4–1–0 ; Road: 5–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
41	January 2	Columbus	2–1	Boston	OT	Merzlikins	17,850	19–14–8	46	Recap
42	January 4	San Jose	3–2	Columbus		Merzlikins	18,874	19–15–8	46	Recap
43	January 6	Columbus	4–2	Los Angeles		Merzlikins	14,964	20–15–8	48	Recap
44	January 7	Columbus	4–3	Anaheim		Merzlikins	16,153	21–15–8	50	Recap
45	January 9	Columbus	1–3	San Jose		Merzlikins	17,085	21–16–8	50	Recap
46	January 11	Columbus	3–0	Vegas		Merzlikins	18,400	22–16–8	52	Recap
47	January 14	Boston	0–3	Columbus		Merzlikins	17,349	23–16–8	54	Recap
48	January 16	Carolina	2–3	Columbus		Merzlikins	17,900	24–16–8	56	Recap
49	January 18	New Jersey	0–5	Columbus		Merzlikins	18,680	25–16–8	58	Recap
50	January 19	Columbus	2–1	NY Rangers		Kivlenieks	17,423	26–16–8	60	Recap
51	January 22	Winnipeg	3–4	Columbus		Merzlikins	18,425	27–16–8	62	Recap

February: 4–5–6 (Home: 3–3–2 ; Road: 1–2–4)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
52	February 1	Columbus	1–2	Buffalo	OT	Kivlenieks	17,650	27–16–9	63	Recap
53	February 2	Columbus	4–3	Montreal		Merzlikins	21,302	28–16–9	65	Recap
54	February 4	Florida	0–1	Columbus	OT	Merzlikins	17,811	29–16–9	67	Recap
55	February 7	Detroit	0–2	Columbus		Merzlikins	18,978	30–16–9	69	Recap
56	February 8	Colorado	2–1	Columbus		Merzlikins	19,022	30–17–9	69	Recap
57	February 10	Tampa Bay	2–1	Columbus	OT	Merzlikins	17,131	30–17–10	70	Recap
58	February 13	Columbus	3–4	Buffalo	OT	Kivlenieks	16,923	30–17–11	71	Recap
59	February 14	NY Rangers	3–1	Columbus		Merzlikins	18,888	30–18–11	71	Recap
60	February 16	Columbus	3–4	New Jersey	SO	Merzlikins	16,514	30–18–12	72	Recap
61	February 18	Columbus	1–5	Philadelphia		Merzlikins	18,273	30–19–12	72	Recap
62	February 20	Philadelphia	4–3	Columbus	OT	Merzlikins	18,365	30–19–13	73	Recap
63	February 22	Columbus	3–4	Nashville	SO	Merzlikins	17,549	30–19–14	74	Recap
64	February 24	Ottawa	3–4	Columbus	OT	Korpisalo	17,518	31–19–14	76	Recap
65	February 25	Columbus	4–5	Minnesota		Kivlenieks	17,057	31–20–14	76	Recap
66	February 28	Minnesota	5–0	Columbus		Korpisalo	18,955	31–21–14	76	Recap

March: 2–1–1 (Home: 1–0–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
67	March 1	Vancouver	3–5	Columbus		Korpisalo	18,378	32–21–14	78	Recap
68	March 4	Columbus	2–3	Calgary	OT	Korpisalo	18,696	32–21–15	79	Recap
69	March 7	Columbus	1–4	Edmonton		Korpisalo	17,085	32–22–15	79	Recap
70	March 8	Columbus	2–1	Vancouver		Merzlikins	18,871	33–22–15	81	Recap

Cancelled games
#	Date	Visitor	Home
71	March 12	Pittsburgh	Columbus
72	March 14	Nashville	Columbus
73	March 16	Columbus	Boston
74	March 19	Washington	Columbus
75	March 21	Columbus	Toronto
76	March 23	Columbus	New Jersey
77	March 24	Columbus	NY Rangers
78	March 27	Columbus	Tampa Bay
79	March 28	Columbus	Dallas
80	March 30	NY Islanders	Columbus
81	April 2	Tampa Bay	Columbus
82	April 3	Columbus	Carolina

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

As of March 8, 2020

Skaters

Regular season[10]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Pierre-Luc Dubois	70	18	31	49	−2	49
Gustav Nyquist	70	15	27	42	4	16
Zach Werenski	63	20	21	41	9	10
Oliver Bjorkstrand	49	21	15	36	8	12
Nick Foligno	67	10	21	31	−3	62
Seth Jones	56	6	24	30	10	20
Cam Atkinson	44	12	14	26	2	6
Boone Jenner	70	11	13	24	−14	36
Alexander Wennberg	57	5	17	22	−5	16
Emil Bemstrom	56	10	10	20	−10	8
Vladislav Gavrikov	69	5	13	18	1	18
Sonny Milano^‡	46	5	13	18	−5	22
Riley Nash	64	5	9	14	6	10
Alexandre Texier	36	6	7	13	3	10
Eric Robinson	50	7	5	12	10	12
David Savard	68	0	11	11	−3	35
Kevin Stenlund	32	6	4	10	2	8
Nathan Gerbe	30	4	6	10	−7	22
Markus Nutivaara	37	3	6	9	2	4
Ryan Murray	27	2	7	9	−9	4
Scott Harrington	39	1	7	8	−3	16
Jakob Lilja	37	2	3	5	5	2
Dean Kukan	33	1	4	5	−9	12
Josh Anderson	26	1	3	4	−8	17
Stefan Matteau	9	2	1	3	0	5
Andrew Peeke	22	1	2	3	1	4
Devin Shore^†	6	1	1	2	−2	0
Ryan MacInnis	10	0	1	1	1	0
Liam Foudy	2	0	1	1	1	0
Calvin Thurkauf	3	0	0	0	0	0
Gabriel Carlsson	6	0	0	0	−1	2
Kole Sherwood	3	0	0	0	0	2
Marko Dano	3	0	0	0	−1	2

Goaltenders

Regular season[11]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	A
Joonas Korpisalo	37	35	2,125:54	19	12	5	92	2.60	1,030	.911	2	1
Elvis Merzlikins	33	31	1,815:08	13	9	8	71	2.35	919	.923	5	0
Matīss Kivlenieks	6	4	284:50	1	1	2	14	2.95	137	.898	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Blue Jackets. Stats reflect time with the Blue Jackets only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Blue Jackets only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Roster

Updated June 8, 2020[12][13]

#	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
77	Josh Anderson	RW	R	26	2015	Burlington, Ontario
13	Cam Atkinson (A)	RW	R	31	2008	Riverside, Connecticut
52	Emil Bemstrom	RW	R	21	2017	Eisenstadt, Austria
28	Oliver Bjorkstrand	RW	R	25	2013	Herning, Denmark
53	Gabriel Carlsson	D	L	23	2015	Örebro, Sweden
17	Brandon Dubinsky	C/LW	L	34	2012	Anchorage, Alaska
18	Pierre-Luc Dubois	C	L	22	2016	Ste-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec
71	Nick Foligno (C)	LW	L	32	2012	Buffalo, New York
44	Vladislav Gavrikov	D	L	24	2015	Yaroslavl, Russia
24	Nathan Gerbe	LW	L	32	2018	Oxford, Michigan
4	Scott Harrington	D	L	27	2016	Kingston, Ontario
38	Boone Jenner (A)	C	L	27	2011	London, Ontario
3	Seth Jones (A)	D	R	25	2016	Arlington, Texas
70	Joonas Korpisalo	G	L	26	2015	Pori, Finland
46	Dean Kukan	D	L	26	2015	Zürich, Switzerland
49	Ryan MacInnis	C	L	24	2018	St. Louis, Missouri
23	Stefan Matteau	LW	L	26	2020	Chicago, Illinois
90	Elvis Merzlikins	G	L	26	2014	Riga, Latvia
27	Ryan Murray	D	L	26	2012	Regina, Saskatchewan
20	Riley Nash	C	R	31	2018	Consort, Alberta
65	Markus Nutivaara	D	L	26	2015	Oulu, Finland
14	Gustav Nyquist	LW	L	30	2019	Halmstad, Sweden
2	Andrew Peeke	D	R	22	2016	Parkland, Florida
50	Eric Robinson	LW	L	25	2018	Bellmawr, New Jersey
58	David Savard	D	R	29	2009	Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec
74	Devin Shore	C	L	25	2020	Ajax, Ontario
11	Kevin Stenlund	C	R	23	2015	Stockholm, Sweden
42	Alexandre Texier	C	L	20	2017	Grenoble, France
10	Alexander Wennberg	C	L	25	2013	Stockholm, Sweden
8	Zach Werenski	D	L	22	2015	Grosse Pointe, Michigan

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