# 2017–18 Columbus Blue Jackets season

The 2017–18 Columbus Blue Jackets season was the 18th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.

## Standings

Metropolitan Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | y – Washington Capitals | 82 | 49 | 26 | 7 | 46 | 259 | 239 | +20 | 105 |
| 2 | x – Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 47 | 29 | 6 | 45 | 272 | 250 | +22 | 100 |
| 3 | x – Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 42 | 26 | 14 | 40 | 251 | 243 | +8 | 98 |
| 4 | x – Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 45 | 30 | 7 | 39 | 242 | 230 | +12 | 97 |
| 5 | x – New Jersey Devils | 82 | 44 | 29 | 9 | 39 | 248 | 244 | +4 | 97 |
| 6 | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 36 | 35 | 11 | 33 | 228 | 256 | −28 | 83 |
| 7 | New York Islanders | 82 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 32 | 264 | 296 | −32 | 80 |
| 8 | New York Rangers | 82 | 34 | 39 | 9 | 31 | 231 | 268 | −37 | 77 |
Eastern Conference Wild Card :
| Pos | Div | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | ME | x – Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 45 | 30 | 7 | 39 | 242 | 230 | +12 | 97 |
| 2 | ME | x – New Jersey Devils | 82 | 44 | 29 | 9 | 39 | 248 | 244 | +4 | 97 |
| 3 | AT | Florida Panthers | 82 | 44 | 30 | 8 | 41 | 248 | 246 | +2 | 96 |
| 4 | ME | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 36 | 35 | 11 | 33 | 228 | 256 | −28 | 83 |
| 5 | ME | New York Islanders | 82 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 32 | 264 | 296 | −32 | 80 |
| 6 | ME | New York Rangers | 82 | 34 | 39 | 9 | 31 | 231 | 268 | −37 | 77 |
| 7 | AT | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 30 | 39 | 13 | 25 | 217 | 255 | −38 | 73 |
| 8 | AT | Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 29 | 40 | 13 | 27 | 209 | 264 | −55 | 71 |
| 9 | AT | Ottawa Senators | 82 | 28 | 43 | 11 | 26 | 221 | 291 | −70 | 67 |
| 10 | AT | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 25 | 45 | 12 | 24 | 199 | 280 | −81 | 62 |

## Schedule and results
### Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 19, 2017.

### Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 22, 2017.
2017–18 game log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

### Playoffs

2018 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## Player statistics

As of April 23, 2018

### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Artemi Panarin | 81 | 27 | 55 | 82 | 23 | 26 |
| Seth Jones | 78 | 16 | 41 | 57 | 10 | 30 |
| Pierre-Luc Dubois | 82 | 20 | 28 | 48 | 8 | 49 |
| Cam Atkinson | 65 | 24 | 22 | 46 | 19 | 14 |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | 82 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 4 | 9 |
| Zach Werenski | 77 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 8 | 16 |
| Alexander Wennberg | 66 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 22 | 12 |
| Nick Foligno | 72 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 1 | 50 |
| Boone Jenner | 75 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 1 | 39 |
| Josh Anderson | 63 | 19 | 11 | 30 | −1 | 42 |
| Matt Calvert | 69 | 9 | 15 | 24 | −10 | 33 |
| Markus Nutivaara | 61 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 13 | 14 |
| Sonny Milano | 55 | 14 | 8 | 22 | −8 | 10 |
| Brandon Dubinsky | 62 | 6 | 10 | 16 | −2 | 33 |
| David Savard | 81 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| Thomas Vanek$^†$ | 19 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 8 |
| Ryan Murray | 44 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 8 |
| Jack Johnson | 77 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −6 | 22 |
| Lukas Sedlak | 53 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −3 | 21 |
| Ian Cole$^†$ | 20 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 24 |
| Markus Hannikainen | 33 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −1 | 6 |
| Tyler Motte$^‡$ | 31 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 |
| Scott Harrington | 32 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| Mark Letestu$^†$ | 20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Dean Kukan | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Jordan Schroeder | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | 4 |
| Gabriel Carlsson | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Jussi Jokinen$^{†‡}$ | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 |
| Nathan Gerbe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Alex Broadhurst | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Eric Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Zac Dalpe | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 13 |
| Taylor Chorney$^†$ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Artemi Panarin | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −4 | 6 |
| Seth Jones | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −3 | 4 |
| Matt Calvert | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Cam Atkinson | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −3 | 2 |
| Pierre-Luc Dubois | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Nick Foligno | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −4 | 4 |
| Josh Anderson | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 21 |
| Boone Jenner | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −3 | 4 |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Werenski | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Ian Cole | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
| Thomas Vanek | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
| Alexander Wennberg | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0 |
| Ryan Murray | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| David Savard | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sonny Milano | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Letestu | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Brandon Dubinsky | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Markus Nutivaara | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Sergei Bobrovsky | 65 | 65 | 3,911:34 | 37 | 22 | 6 | 158 | 2.42 | 1,993 | .921 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Joonas Korpisalo | 18 | 17 | 1,048:49 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 58 | 3.32 | 564 | .897 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Sergei Bobrovsky | 6 | 6 | 415:27 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 3.18 | 221 | .900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
$^†$Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Blue Jackets. Statistics reflect time with the Blue Jackets only. $^‡$Denotes player was traded mid-season. Statistics reflect time with the Blue Jackets only. Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

## Transactions

The Blue Jackets have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| June 21, 2017 (2017-06-21) | To Vegas Golden KnightsDavid Clarkson 1st round pick in 2017 2nd round pick in 2019 | To Columbus Blue JacketsExpansion Draft considerations |
| June 23, 2017 (2017-06-23) | To Chicago BlackhawksBrandon Saad Anton Forsberg 5th round pick in 2018 | To Columbus Blue JacketsArtemi Panarin Tyler Motte 6th round pick in 2017 |
| June 23, 2017 (2017-06-23) | To Minnesota WildDante Salituro | To Columbus Blue JacketsJordan Schroeder |
| June 24, 2017 (2017-06-24) | To Vegas Golden KnightsKeegan Kolesar | To Columbus Blue JacketsTBL's 2nd round pick in 2017 |
| January 22, 2018 (2018-01-22) | To Arizona CoyotesJohn Ramage | Columbus Blue JacketsFuture considerations |
| January 22, 2018 (2018-01-22) | To Los Angeles KingsFuture considerations | To Columbus Blue JacketsJeff Zatkoff |
| February 25, 2018 (2018-02-25) | To Nashville Predators4th round pick in 2018 | To Columbus Blue JacketsMark Letestu |
| January 22, 2018 (2018-01-22) | To Ottawa SenatorsNick Moutrey 3rd-round pick in 2020 | To Columbus Blue JacketsIan Cole |
| February 26, 2018 (2018-02-26) | To Arizona CoyotesJordan Maletta | To Columbus Blue JacketsRyan Kujawinski |
| February 26, 2018 (2018-02-26) | To Vancouver CanucksJussi Jokinen Tyler Motte | To Columbus Blue JacketsThomas Vanek |
Notes:
* The Vegas Golden Knights will not select Josh Anderson, Jack Johnson, or Joonas Korpisalo in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft

### Lost via retirement

| Date | Player | Ref |

### Player signings

| Date | Player | Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) |
| June 23, 2017 (2017-06-23) | Alex Broadhurst | 1-year, $650,000 |
| June 27, 2017 (2017-06-27) | Jordan Schroeder | 2-year, $1.3 million |
| September 1, 2017 (2017-09-01) | Alex Wennberg | 6-year, $29.4 million |
| October 2, 2017 (2017-10-02) | Josh Anderson | 3-year, $5.55 million |
| November 16, 2017 (2017-11-16) | Cam Atkinson | 7-year, $41.125 million contract extension |
| March 14, 2018 (2018-03-14) | Dean Kukan | 2-year, $1.45 million contract extension |
| March 15, 2018 (2018-03-15) | Nathan Gerbe | 2-year, $1.35 million contract extension |
| March 29, 2018 (2018-03-29) | Markus Nutivaara | 4-year, $10.8 million contract extension |
| May 4, 2018 (2018-05-04) | Jonathan Davidsson | 3-year, $2.55 million entry-level contract |
| May 22, 2018 (2018-05-22) | Alexandre Texier | 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract |
| June 18, 2018 (2018-06-18) | Alex Broadhurst | 1-year, $700,000 contract extension |

## Draft picks

Below are the Columbus Blue Jackets' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.
| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 2 | 45$^1$ | Alexandre Texier | C | France | Brûleurs de Loups (Ligue Magnus) |
| 3 | 86 | Daniil Tarasov | G | Russia | Tolpar Ufa (MHL) |
| 4 | 117 | Emil Bemstrom | C | Sweden | Leksands IF (J20 SuperElit) |
| 5 | 148 | Kale Howarth | C | Canada | Trail Smoke Eaters (BCHL) |
| 6 | 170$^2$ | Jonathan Davidsson | RW | Sweden | Djurgårdens IF (SHL) |
| 6 | 179 | Carson Meyer | RW | United States | Miami RedHawks (NCHC) |
| 7 | 210 | Robbie Stucker | D | United States | Saint Thomas Academy (USHS) |
Draft notes:
* The Tampa Bay Lightning's second-round pick went to the Columbus Blue Jackets as the result of a trade on June 24, 2017 that sent Keegan Kolesar to Vegas in exchange for this pick.
* The New York Islanders' sixth-round pick went to the Columbus Blue Jackets as the result of a trade on June 23, 2017 that sent Brandon Saad, Anton Forsberg and a fifth-round pick in 2018 to Chicago in exchange for Artemi Panarin, Tyler Motte and this pick.