2018–19 Columbus Blue Jackets season

The 2018–19 Columbus Blue Jackets season was the 19th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.[2] On April 5, 2019, the Blue Jackets clinched a playoff spot after a 3–2 shootout win over the New York Rangers.[3]

2018–19 Columbus Blue Jackets
Division5th Metropolitan
Conference8th Eastern
2018–19 record47–31–4
Home record22–17–2
Road record25–14–2
Goals for258
Goals against232
Team information
General managerJarmo Kekalainen
CoachJohn Tortorella
CaptainNick Foligno
Alternate captainsCam Atkinson
Boone Jenner
Seth Jones
ArenaNationwide Arena
Average attendance16,658[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)Cleveland Monsters (AHL)
Team leaders
GoalsCam Atkinson (41)
AssistsArtemi Panarin (59)
PointsArtemi Panarin (87)
Penalty minutesPierre-Luc Dubois (64)
Plus/minusJosh Anderson (+25)
WinsSergei Bobrovsky (37)
Goals against averageSergei Bobrovsky (2.58)

The Blue Jackets won their first ever playoff series by sweeping the Presidents' Trophy winners, the Tampa Bay Lightning, in the First Round of the playoffs.[4] However, the Blue Jackets were not able to carry their success into the Second Round, and they were eliminated by the Boston Bruins in six games.

Standings

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Metropolitan Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 y – Washington Capitals 82 48 26 8 44 278 249 +29 104
2 x – New York Islanders 82 48 27 7 43 228 196 +32 103
3 x – Pittsburgh Penguins 82 44 26 12 42 273 241 +32 100
4 x – Carolina Hurricanes 82 46 29 7 44 245 223 +22 99
5 x – Columbus Blue Jackets 82 47 31 4 45 258 232 +26 98
6 Philadelphia Flyers 82 37 37 8 34 244 281 −37 82
7 New York Rangers 82 32 36 14 26 227 272 −45 78
8 New Jersey Devils 82 31 41 10 28 222 275 −53 72
Source: National Hockey League[5]
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division
Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 ME x – Carolina Hurricanes 82 46 29 7 44 245 223 +22 99
2 ME x – Columbus Blue Jackets 82 47 31 4 45 258 232 +26 98
3 AT Montreal Canadiens 82 44 30 8 41 249 236 +13 96
4 AT Florida Panthers 82 36 32 14 33 267 280 −13 86
5 ME Philadelphia Flyers 82 37 37 8 34 244 281 −37 82
6 ME New York Rangers 82 32 36 14 26 227 272 −45 78
7 AT Buffalo Sabres 82 33 39 10 28 226 271 −45 76
8 AT Detroit Red Wings 82 32 40 10 29 227 277 −50 74
9 ME New Jersey Devils 82 31 41 10 28 222 275 −53 72
10 AT Ottawa Senators 82 29 47 6 29 242 302 −60 64
Source: National Hockey League[6]
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

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Preseason

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The preseason schedule was published on June 15, 2018.[7]

Regular season

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The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.[8]

2018–19 game log

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

Playoffs

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The Blue Jackets faced the Tampa Bay Lightning in the First Round of the playoffs,[9] and swept the series in four games, marking the first time in franchise history the team won a playoff series.[10]

The Blue Jackets faced the Boston Bruins in the Second Round of the playoffs,[11] where they fell to the Bruins in six games.[12]

2019 Stanley Cup playoffs

Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

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As of May 6, 2019[13]

Skaters

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Goaltenders

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Regular season[16]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Sergei Bobrovsky 62 61 3,556:40 37 24 1 153 2.58 1,756 .913 9 0 0 2
Joonas Korpisalo 27 21 1,360:34 10 7 3 67 2.95 651 .897 0 0 0 0
Playoffs[17]
Player GP GS TOI W L GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Sergei Bobrovsky 10 10 622:56 6 4 25 2.41 333 .925 0 0 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.

Transactions

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The Blue Jackets have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.

Trades

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Date Details Ref
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23) To Detroit Red Wings
5th-round pick in 2019
To Columbus Blue Jackets
MTL's 6th-round pick in 2018
[18]
June 27, 2018 (2018-06-27) To Chicago Blackhawks
Jordan Schroeder
To Columbus Blue Jackets
Jean-Francois Berube
[19]
July 18, 2018 (2018-07-18) To Arizona Coyotes
Jacob Graves
Conditional 6th-round pick in 2019
To Columbus Blue Jackets
Ryan MacInnis
[20]
February 11, 2019 (2019-02-11) To Pittsburgh Penguins
Blake Siebenaler
To Columbus Blue Jackets
Conditional 7th-round pick in 2019
[21][22]
February 22, 2019 (2019-02-22) To Ottawa Senators
Vitalii Abramov
Jonathan Davidsson
Conditional 1st-round pick in 2019
Conditional 1st-round pick in 2020
To Columbus Blue Jackets
Julius Bergman
Matt Duchene
[23]
February 23, 2019 (2019-02-23) To Ottawa Senators
Anthony Duclair
2nd-round pick in 2020
2nd-round pick in 2021
To Columbus Blue Jackets
Ryan Dzingel
CGY's 7th-round pick in 2019
[24]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25) To New Jersey Devils
5th-round pick in 2022
To Columbus Blue Jackets
Keith Kinkaid
[25]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25) To New York Rangers
Julius Bergman
4th-round pick in 2019
7th-round pick in 2019
To Columbus Blue Jackets
Adam McQuaid
[26]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25) To Winnipeg Jets
Alex Broadhurst
To Columbus Blue Jackets
Future considerations
[27]

Free agents

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Date Player Team Contract term Ref
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Matt Calvert to Colorado Avalanche 3-year [28]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Adam Clendening from Chicago Blackhawks 1-year [29]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Ian Cole to Colorado Avalanche 3-year [28]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Tommy Cross from Boston Bruins 1-year [30]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Cameron Gaunce to Tampa Bay Lightning 1-year [31]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Jack Johnson to Pittsburgh Penguins 5-year [32]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Riley Nash from Boston Bruins 3-year [33]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Dillon Simpson from Edmonton Oilers 2-year [34]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Thomas Vanek to Detroit Red Wings 1-year [35]
July 5, 2018 (2018-07-05) Anthony Duclair from Chicago Blackhawks 1-year [36]
July 6, 2018 (2018-07-06) Jeff Zatkoff to Straubing Tigers (DEL) Unknown [37]
July 7, 2018 (2018-07-07) Taylor Chorney to Lugano (NL) 1-year [38]
September 27, 2018 (2018-09-27) Michael Prapavessis from RPI Engineers (ECAC) 2-year [39]
June 15, 2019 (2019-06-15) Jakob Lilja from Djurgårdens IF (SHL) 1-year [40]

Waivers

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Date Player Team Ref

Signings

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Date Player Contract term Ref
July 5, 2018 (2018-07-05) Boone Jenner 4-year [41]
July 14, 2018 (2018-07-14) Ryan Murray 1-year [42]
July 15, 2018 (2018-07-15) Oliver Bjorkstrand 3-year [43]
July 30, 2018 (2018-07-30) Liam Foudy 3-year [44]
September 27, 2018 (2018-09-27) Mark Letestu 1-year [45]
February 27, 2019 (2019-02-27) Zac Dalpe 2-year [46]
March 15, 2019 (2019-03-15) Trey Fix-Wolansky 3-year [47]
March 20, 2019 (2019-03-20) Elvis Merzlikins 1-year [48]
April 1, 2019 (2019-04-01) Andrew Peeke 3-year [49]
April 13, 2019 (2019-04-13) Vladislav Gavrikov 2-year [50]
May 4, 2019 (2019-05-04) Daniil Tarasov 3-year [51]
May 14, 2019 (2019-05-14) Emil Bemstrom 3-year [52]
May 15, 2019 (2019-05-15) Elvis Merzlikins 1-year [53]
June 4, 2019 (2019-06-04) Veini Vehvilainen 2-year [54]
June 15, 2019 (2019-06-15) Markus Hannikainen 1-year [55]

Draft picks

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Below are the Columbus Blue Jackets' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 18 Liam Foudy C   Canada London Knights (OHL)
2 49 Kirill Marchenko LW   Russia Mamonty Yugry (MHL)
3 80 Marcus Karlberg RW   Sweden Leksands IF J20 (SuperElit)
6 1591 Tim Berni D   Switzerland GCK Lions (NLB)
6 173 Veini Vehvilainen G   Finland Karpat (Liiga)
7 204 Trey Fix-Wolansky RW   Canada Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL)

Notes:

  1. The Detroit Red Wings' sixth-round pick went to the Columbus Blue Jackets as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018, that sent a sixth-round pick in 2019 to Detroit in exchange for this pick.[56]

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