2019–20 Columbus Blue Jackets season

2019–20 Columbus Blue Jackets
Division	6th Metropolitan
Conference	9th Eastern
2019–20 record	33–22–15
Home record	20–12–4
Road record	13–10–11
Goals for	180
Goals against	187
General Manager	Jarmo Kekalainen
Coach	John Tortorella
Captain	Nick Foligno
Alternate captains	Cam Atkinson; Boone Jenner; Seth Jones
Arena	Nationwide Arena
	Team leaders
Goals	Oliver Bjorkstrand (21)
Assists	Pierre-Luc Dubois (31)
Points	Pierre-Luc Dubois (49)
Penalties in minutes	Nick Foligno (62)
Wins	Joonas Korpisalo (19)
Goals against average	Elvis Merzlikins (2.35)

The 2019–20 Columbus Blue Jackets season was 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 defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in the qualifying round,^[5] but were defeated in the first round by the Tampa Bay Lightning in five games.^[6]

Standings[]

Divisional standings[]

2019-20 NHL Metropolitan Division Standings

Pos.	Team	GP	W	L	OL	RW	GF	GA	Pct.
1	Washington Capitals	69	41	20	8	31	240	215	.652
2	Philadelphia Flyers	69	41	21	7	31	232	196	86
3	Pittsburgh Penguins	69	40	23	6	29	224	196	86
4	Carolina Hurricanes	68	38	25	5	27	222	193	81
5	New York Islanders	68	35	23	10	24	192	193	80
6	Columbus BlueJackets	70	33	22	15	25	180	187	81
7	New York Rangers	70	37	28	5	31	234	222	79
8	New Jersey Devils	69	28	29	12	22	189	230	68

Eastern Conference[]

2019-20 NHL Eastern Conference standings

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

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)

Playoffs[]

Main article: 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Blue Jackets defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in the qualifying round in five games.^[10]

The Blue Jackets faced the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round, and lost in five games.^[11]

2020 Stanley Cup playoffs

Eastern Conference Qualifying Round vs. (8) Toronto Maple Leafs: Columbus won 3–2
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Series	Recap
1	August 2	Columbus	2–0	Toronto		Korpisalo	1–0	Recap
2	August 4	Columbus	0–3	Toronto		Korpisalo	1–1	Recap
3	August 6	Toronto	3–4	Columbus	OT	Merzlikins	2–1	Recap
4	August 7	Toronto	4–3	Columbus	OT	Merzlikins	2–2	Recap
5	August 9	Columbus	3–0	Toronto		Korpisalo	3–2	Recap

Eastern Conference First Round vs. (2) Tampa Bay Lightning: Tampa Bay won 4–1
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Series	Recap
1	August 11	Columbus	2–3	Tampa Bay	5OT	Korpisalo	0–1	Recap
2	August 13	Columbus	3–1	Tampa Bay		Korpisalo	1–1	Recap
3	August 15	Tampa Bay	3–2	Columbus		Korpisalo	1–2	Recap
4	August 17	Tampa Bay	2–1	Columbus		Korpisalo	1–3	Recap
5	August 19	Columbus	4–5	Tampa Bay	OT	Korpisalo	1–4	Recap

Legend: Win Loss

Player statistics[]

Skaters[]

Regular season^[12]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Dubois, Pierre-LucPierre-Luc Dubois	70	18	31	49	−2	49
Nyquist, GustavGustav Nyquist	70	15	27	42	4	16
Werenski, ZachZach Werenski	63	20	21	41	9	10
Bjorkstrand, OliverOliver Bjorkstrand	49	21	15	36	8	12
Foligno, NickNick Foligno	67	10	21	31	−3	62
Jones, SethSeth Jones	56	6	24	30	10	20
Atkinson, CamCam Atkinson	44	12	14	26	2	6
Jenner, BooneBoone Jenner	70	11	13	24	−14	36
Wennberg, AlexanderAlexander Wennberg	57	5	17	22	−5	16
Bemstrom, EmilEmil Bemstrom	56	10	10	20	−10	8
Gavrikov, VladislavVladislav Gavrikov	69	5	13	18	1	18
Milano, SonnySonny Milano ^‡ \|\| 46 \|\| 5 \|\| 13 \|\| 18 \|\| −5 \|\| 22
Nash, RileyRiley Nash	64	5	9	14	6	10
Texier, AlexandreAlexandre Texier	36	6	7	13	3	10
Robinson, EricEric Robinson	50	7	5	12	10	12
Savard, DavidDavid Savard	68	0	11	11	−3	35
Stenlund, KevinKevin Stenlund	32	6	4	10	2	8
Gerbe, NathanNathan Gerbe	30	4	6	10	−7	22
Nutivaara, MarkusMarkus Nutivaara	37	3	6	9	2	4
Murray, RyanRyan Murray	27	2	7	9	−9	4
Harrington, ScottScott Harrington	39	1	7	8	−3	16
Lilja, JakobJakob Lilja	37	2	3	5	5	2
Kukan, DeanDean Kukan	33	1	4	5	−9	12
Anderson, JoshJosh Anderson	26	1	3	4	−8	17
Matteau, StefanStefan Matteau	9	2	1	3	0	5
Peeke, AndrewAndrew Peeke	22	1	2	3	1	4
Shore, DevinDevin Shore ^† \|\| 6 \|\| 1 \|\| 1 \|\| 2 \|\| −2 \|\| 0
MacInnis, RyanRyan MacInnis	10	0	1	1	1	0
Foudy, LiamLiam Foudy	2	0	1	1	1	0
Thurkauf, CalvinCalvin Thurkauf	3	0	0	0	0	0
Carlsson, GabrielGabriel Carlsson	6	0	0	0	−1	2
Sherwood, KoleKole Sherwood	3	0	0	0	0	2
Dano, MarkoMarko Dano	3	0	0	0	−1	2

Playoffs^[13]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Dubois, Pierre-LucPierre-Luc Dubois	10	4	6	10	3	4
Atkinson, CamCam Atkinson	8	3	5	8	3	4
Foligno, NickNick Foligno	10	2	4	6	1	10
Wennberg, AlexanderAlexander Wennberg	10	3	2	5	5	2
Jones, SethSeth Jones	10	1	3	4	2	4
Texier, AlexandreAlexandre Texier	10	0	4	4	0	2
Bjorkstrand, OliverOliver Bjorkstrand	10	3	0	3	−5	0
Werenski, ZachZach Werenski	10	1	2	3	1	4
Gavrikov, VladislavVladislav Gavrikov	10	1	2	3	−4	6
Savard, DavidDavid Savard	10	0	3	3	−4	2
Nash, RileyRiley Nash	10	1	1	2	−4	0
Foudy, LiamLiam Foudy	10	1	1	2	−1	0
Nyquist, GustavGustav Nyquist	10	0	2	2	0	4
Stenlund, KevinKevin Stenlund	2	1	0	1	1	0
Jenner, BooneBoone Jenner	10	1	0	1	−3	4
Robinson, EricEric Robinson	10	1	0	1	0	0
Murray, RyanRyan Murray	9	1	0	1	0	2
Kukan, DeanDean Kukan	9	0	1	1	2	7
Bemstrom, EmilEmil Bemstrom	5	0	0	0	−1	2
Gerbe, NathanNathan Gerbe	2	0	0	0	0	0
Shore, DevinDevin Shore	2	0	0	0	−1	0
Nutivaara, MarkusMarkus Nutivaara	2	0	0	0	−1	0
Harrington, ScottScott Harrington	1	0	0	0	−1	0

Goaltenders[]

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

Playoffs^[15]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Korpisalo, JoonasJoonas Korpisalo	9	9	599:00	3	5	19	1.90	320	.941	2	0	0	0
Merzlikins, ElvisElvis Merzlikins	2	1	122:45	1	1	4	1.96	74	.946	0	0	1	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 1, 2022^[16]^[17]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
30	Canada	Berube, Jean-FrancoisJean-Francois Berube	1.0 G	L	33	2021	Repentigny, Quebec
77	United States	Blankenburg, NickNick Blankenburg	2.0 D	R	26	2022	Washington, Michigan
27	Sweden	Boqvist, AdamAdam Boqvist	2.0 D	R	24	2021	Falun, Sweden
5	United States	Bayreuther, GavinGavin Bayreuther	2.0 D	L	30	2021	Concord, New Hampshire
22	Canada	Bean, JakeJake Bean	2.0 D	L	26	2021	Calgary, Alberta
52	Sweden	Bemstrom, EmilEmil Bemstrom	7.0 RW	R	25	2017	Nyköping, Sweden
28	Denmark	Bjorkstrand, OliverOliver Bjorkstrand (A)	7.0 RW	R	30	2013	Herning, Denmark
53	Sweden	Carlsson, GabrielGabriel Carlsson	2.0 D	L	28	2015	Örebro, Sweden
59	Russia	Chinakhov, YegorYegor Chinakhov	7.0 RW	L	24	2020	Omsk, Russia
17	Canada	Danforth, JustinJustin Danforth	7.0 RW	R	32	2021	Oshawa, Ontario
23	Canada	Gaunce, BrendanBrendan Gaunce	4.0 C	L	31	2021	Sudbury, Ontario
44	Russia	Gavrikov, VladislavVladislav Gavrikov	2.0 D	L	29	2015	Yaroslavl, Russia
24	United States	Gerbe, NathanNathan Gerbe	6.0 LW	L	37	2018	Oxford, Michigan
38	Canada	Jenner, BooneBoone Jenner (C)	4.0 C	L	31	2011	London, Ontario
13	Canada	Johnson, KentKent Johnson	4.0 C	L	22	2021	Port Moody, British Columbia
70	Finland	Korpisalo, JoonasJoonas Korpisalo	1.0 G	L	30	2012	Pori, Finland
7	United States	Kuraly, SeanSean Kuraly	4.0 C	L	32	2021	Dublin, Ohio
29	Finland	Laine, PatrikPatrik Laine	7.0 RW	R	27	2021	Tampere, Finland
90	Latvia	Merzlikins, ElvisElvis Merzlikins	1.0 G	L	31	2014	Riga, Latvia
55	United States	Meyer, CarsonCarson Meyer	7.0 RW	R	27	2017	Powell, Ohio
14	Sweden	Nyquist, GustavGustav Nyquist (A)	6.0 LW	L	35	2019	Halmstad, Sweden
2	United States	Peeke, AndrewAndrew Peeke	2.0 D	R	27	2016	Parkland, Florida
50	United States	Robinson, EricEric Robinson	6.0 LW	L	29	2018	Bellmawr, New Jersey
96	United States	Roslovic, JackJack Roslovic	4.0 C	R	28	2021	Columbus, Ohio
34	United States	Sillinger, ColeCole Sillinger	4.0 C	L	21	2021	Columbus, Ohio
40	Russia	Tarasov, DaniilDaniil Tarasov	1.0 G	L	26	2017	Novokuznetsk, Russia
42	France	Texier, AlexandreAlexandre Texier	4.0 C	L	25	2017	Grenoble, France
93	Czech Republic	Voracek, JakubJakub Voracek	7.0 RW	L	35	2021	Kladno, Czechoslovakia
8	United States	Werenski, ZachZach Werenski (A)	2.0 D	L	27	2015	Grosse Pointe, Michigan

References[]

↑ National Hockey League (2013). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2014. Diamond Sports Data, Inc., 49. ISBN 978-1-894801-26-3.
↑ NHL statement on coronavirus (March 12, 2020). Retrieved on March 12, 2020.
↑ Coronavirus live updates: NHL suspends season; MLB to halt spring training; NCAA conference tourneys canceled (March 12, 2020). Retrieved on March 12, 2020.
↑ NHL plans to return with 24 teams competing for Stanley Cup (May 26, 2020). Retrieved on May 27, 2020.
↑ Blue Jackets shut out Maple Leafs in Game 5 of Cup Qualifiers, win series (August 9, 2020). Retrieved on August 9, 2020.
↑ Lightning top Blue Jackets in overtime in Game 5, win Eastern First Round (August 19, 2020). Retrieved on August 19, 2020.
↑ Blue Jackets announce 2019 preseason schedule (June 18, 2019). Retrieved on September 7, 2019.
↑ Blues-Blue Jackets preseason game cancelled (September 29, 2019). Retrieved on October 4, 2019.
↑ Blue Jackets announce 2019-20 regular season schedule (June 25, 2019). Retrieved on September 7, 2019.
↑ Stanley Cup Qualifiers schedule. NHL.com (July 10, 2020). Retrieved on July 16, 2020.
↑ Stanley Cup Playoffs first-round schedule (August 9, 2020). Retrieved on August 9, 2020.
↑ 2019–20 Regular season – Columbus Blue Jackets Stats – Skaters. Retrieved on March 9, 2020.
↑ 2019–20 Playoffs – Columbus Blue Jackets Stats – Skaters. Retrieved on August 20, 2020.
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↑ 2019–20 Playoffs – Columbus Blue Jackets Stats – Goalies. Retrieved on August 20, 2020.
↑ Columbus Blue Jackets Roster. National Hockey League.
↑ Columbus Blue Jackets Hockey Transactions. The Sports Network.

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2019-20 NHL season
Pacific	Anaheim Ducks - Arizona Coyotes - Calgary Flames - Edmonton Oilers - Los Angeles Kings - San Jose Sharks - Vancouver Canucks - Vegas Golden Knights
Central	Chicago Blackhawks - Colorado Avalanche - Dallas Stars - Minnesota Wild - Nashville Predators - St. Louis Blues - Winnipeg Jets
Atlantic	Boston Bruins - Buffalo Sabres - Detroit Red Wings - Florida Panthers - Montreal Canadiens - Ottawa Senators - Tampa Bay Lightning - Toronto Maple Leafs
Metropolitan	Carolina Hurricanes - Columbus Blue Jackets - New Jersey Devils - New York Islanders - New York Rangers - Philadelphia Flyers -Pittsburgh Penguins - Washington Capitals
See also	Draft - Heritage Classic - Winter Classic - All-Star Game - Stadium Series - Stanley Cup playoffs - Stanley Cup Finals - Transactions - Three Star Awards - Suspensions and fines