# 2013–14 Columbus Blue Jackets season

The 2013–14 Columbus Blue Jackets season was the 14th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997. Before the season, the team was moved into the Eastern Conference as a member of the Metropolitan Division. As a result of their move to the Metropolitan Division, the Blue Jackets became the fourth "Big 4" sports league team from Ohio to share a division with a team from Pittsburgh. The others are the Cincinnati Bengals and Cleveland Browns of the National Football League and the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball - Ohio teams and Pittsburgh teams have generally been rivals over the years. The Blue Jackets also qualified for the playoffs, making it for the second time in their franchise's history.

## Standings

Metropolitan Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | y – Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 51 | 24 | 7 | 44 | 249 | 207 | +42 | 109 |
| 2 | x – New York Rangers | 82 | 45 | 31 | 6 | 41 | 218 | 193 | +25 | 96 |
| 3 | x – Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 42 | 30 | 10 | 39 | 236 | 235 | +1 | 94 |
| 4 | x – Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 43 | 32 | 7 | 38 | 231 | 216 | +15 | 93 |
| 5 | Washington Capitals | 82 | 38 | 30 | 14 | 28 | 235 | 240 | −5 | 90 |
| 6 | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 35 | 29 | 18 | 35 | 197 | 208 | −11 | 88 |
| 7 | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 36 | 35 | 11 | 34 | 207 | 230 | −23 | 83 |
| 8 | New York Islanders | 82 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 25 | 225 | 267 | −42 | 79 |
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 | 43 | 32 | 7 | 38 | 231 | 216 | +15 | 93 |
| 2 | AT | x – Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 39 | 28 | 15 | 34 | 222 | 230 | −8 | 93 |
| 3 | ME | Washington Capitals | 82 | 38 | 30 | 14 | 28 | 235 | 240 | −5 | 90 |
| 4 | ME | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 35 | 29 | 18 | 35 | 197 | 208 | −11 | 88 |
| 5 | AT | Ottawa Senators | 82 | 37 | 31 | 14 | 30 | 236 | 265 | −29 | 88 |
| 6 | AT | Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 38 | 36 | 8 | 29 | 231 | 256 | −25 | 84 |
| 7 | ME | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 36 | 35 | 11 | 34 | 207 | 230 | −23 | 83 |
| 8 | ME | New York Islanders | 82 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 25 | 225 | 267 | −42 | 79 |
| 9 | AT | Florida Panthers | 82 | 29 | 45 | 8 | 21 | 196 | 268 | −72 | 66 |
| 10 | AT | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 21 | 51 | 10 | 14 | 157 | 248 | −91 | 52 |

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

2013–14 Game Log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

## Playoffs

The Columbus Blue Jackets entered the playoffs as the Eastern Conference's first wild card. They faced the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round. This marked the second time the Blue Jackets qualified for the playoffs, and given that they were swept out of the playoffs by the Detroit Red Wings in 2009, their victory in game 2 was the franchise's first playoff win.
2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs :

## Player stats

Final stats

### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Ryan Johansen | 82 | 33 | 30 | 63 | 3 | 43 |
| James Wisniewski | 75 | 7 | 44 | 51 | 0 | 61 |
| Brandon Dubinsky | 76 | 16 | 34 | 50 | 5 | 98 |
| Cam Atkinson | 79 | 21 | 19 | 40 | −4 | 18 |
| Artem Anisimov | 81 | 22 | 17 | 39 | −2 | 20 |
| Nick Foligno | 70 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 5 | 96 |
| R. J. Umberger | 74 | 18 | 16 | 34 | −3 | 26 |
| Mark Letestu | 82 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 1 | 20 |
| Jack Johnson | 82 | 5 | 28 | 33 | −7 | 48 |
| Boone Jenner | 72 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 6 | 45 |
| Fedor Tyutin | 69 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 6 | 44 |
| Matt Calvert | 56 | 9 | 15 | 24 | −1 | 53 |
| Ryan Murray | 66 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 4 | 10 |
| Nathan Horton | 36 | 5 | 14 | 19 | −3 | 24 |
| Derek MacKenzie | 71 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 47 |
| Blake Comeau | 61 | 5 | 11 | 16 | −2 | 36 |
| David Savard | 70 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 28 |
| Nikita Nikitin | 66 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 20 |
| Marian Gaborik$^‡$ | 18 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 6 |
| Corey Tropp$^†$ | 44 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 37 |
| Dalton Prout | 49 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −7 | 37 |
| Jack Skille | 16 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Jared Boll | 28 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −6 | 62 |
| Nick Schultz$^†$ | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 |
| Matt Frattin$^†$ | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Sean Collins | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Chaput | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Ryan Craig | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |
| Cody Bass | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Cody Goloubef | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tim Erixon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Jack Johnson | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −1 | 4 |
| Ryan Johansen | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 |
| Brandon Dubinsky | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 |
| Boone Jenner | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −4 | 4 |
| Matt Calvert | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| David Savard | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Artem Anisimov | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 4 |
| Cam Atkinson | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Foligno | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Fedor Tyutin | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Mark Letestu | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 0 |
| James Wisniewski | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −7 | 10 |
| Derek MacKenzie | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
| R. J. Umberger | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 |
| Jack Skille | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
| Ryan Murray | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
| Nick Schultz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Blake Comeau | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 10 |
| Nikita Nikitin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Boll | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Tropp | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dalton Prout | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Sergei Bobrovsky | 58 | 58 | 3299 | 32 | 20 | 5 | 131 | 2.38 | 1699 | 0.923 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Curtis McElhinney | 28 | 21 | 1423 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 64 | 2.70 | 703 | 0.909 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike McKenna | 4 | 3 | 219 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3.01 | 114 | 0.904 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Sergei Bobrovsky | 6 | 6 | 378 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 3.17 | 218 | .908 | 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

The Blue Jackets have been involved in the following transactions during the 2013–14 season.

### Trades

| June 30, 2013 | To Pittsburgh Penguins 2nd-round pick in 2013 | To Columbus Blue Jackets SJS's 2nd-round pick in 2013 3rd-round pick in 2013 |
| July 2, 2013 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Drew Olson (rights) | To Columbus Blue Jackets Future Considerations |
| February 6, 2014 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Spencer Machacek | To Columbus Blue Jackets Paul Thompson |
| February 7, 2014 | To Boston Bruins Blake Parlett | To Columbus Blue Jackets Carter Camper |
| March 5, 2014 | To Los Angeles Kings Marian Gaborik | To Columbus Blue Jackets Matt Frattin 2nd round pick in 2014 (LAK's ) or 2015 (TOR's) conditional 3rd round pick in 2014 (EDM's) or 2015 (LAK's) |
| March 5, 2014 | To Edmonton Oilers 5th-round pick in 2014 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Nick Schultz |
| March 5, 2014 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Jonathan Marchessault Dalton Smith | To Columbus Blue Jackets Matt Taormina Dana Tyrell |
| June 23, 2014 | To Philadelphia Flyers R. J. Umberger 4th-round pick in 2015 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Scott Hartnell |
| June 25, 2014 | To Edmonton Oilers Nikita Nikitin | To Columbus Blue Jackets CBJ's 5th-round pick in 2014 |
Lost via retirement
Player
Date
Player signings
Player
Date
Contract terms
Sergei BobrovskyJuly 1, 20132 years, $11.25 million
Blake ComeauJuly 2, 20131 year, $1 million
Cody BassJuly 5, 20131 year, $600,000
Thomas LarkinJuly 5, 20132 years, $1.2 million entry-level contract
David SavardJuly 15, 20131 year, $709,275
Spencer MachacekJuly 19, 20131 year, $632,500
Blake ParlettJuly 19, 20131 year, $577,500
Cody GoloubefJuly 25, 20131 year, $826,875
Jared BollSeptember 13, 20133 years, $5.1 million contract extension
Josh AndersonNovember 5, 20133 years, $2.1275 million entry-level contract
Oliver BjorkstrandDecember 26, 20133 years, $2.1275 million entry-level contract
Kerby RychelDecember 31, 20133 years, $3.825 million entry-level contract
Joonas KorpisaloMarch 21, 20143 years, $2.2275 million entry-level contract
T. J. TynanApril 1, 20142 years, $1.435 million entry-level contract
Oscar DanskMay 8, 20143 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Alexander WennbergMay 16, 20143 years, $4.2 million entry-level contract
Daniel ZaarMay 30, 20143 years, $1.995 million entry-level contract
Curtis McElhinneyJune 23, 20141 year, $600,000 contract extension :

## Draft picks

Columbus Blue Jackets' picks at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, which was held in Newark, New Jersey on June 30, 2013.
| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 14 | Alexander Wennberg | Center | Sweden | Djurgardens IF (Sweden) |
| 1 | 19 | Kerby Rychel | Left Wing | Canada | Windsor Spitfires (OHL) |
| 1 | 27 | Marko Dano | Center | Slovakia | Slovan Bratislava (KHL) |
| 2 | 50 | Dillon Heatherington | Defence | Canada | Swift Current Broncos (WHL) |
| 3 | 89 | Oliver Bjorkstrand | Right Wing | Denmark | Portland Winterhawks (WHL) |
| 4 | 105 | Nick Moutrey | Center/Left Wing | Canada | Saginaw Spirit (OHL) |
| 6 | 165 | Markus Soberg | Right Wing | Norway | Frolunda HC (Sweden-Jr) |
| 7 | 195 | Peter Quenneville | Center/Right Wing | Canada | Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL) |

### Draft notes

* $^a$ The New York Rangers' first-round pick went to the Columbus Blue Jackets as a result of a July 23, 2012, trade that sent Rick Nash, Steven Delisle and a 2013 conditional third-round pick to the Rangers in exchange for Artem Anisimov, Brandon Dubinsky, Tim Erixon and this pick.
* $^b$ The Los Angeles Kings' first-round pick went to the Columbus Blue Jackets as a result of a February 23, 2012, trade that sent Jeff Carter to the Kings in exchange for Jack Johnson and this pick.
* The Columbus Blue Jackets' second-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013, that sent San Jose's second-round pick in 2013 (50th overall) and a third-round pick in 2013 (89th overall) to Columbus in exchange for this pick.
* $^c$ The San Jose Sharks' second-round pick went to the Columbus Blue Jackets as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013, that sent a second-round pick in 2013 (44th overall) to Pittsburgh in exchange for a third-round pick in 2013 (89th overall) and this pick. Pittsburgh previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013, that sent Tyler Kennedy to San Jose in exchange for this pick.
* The Columbus Blue Jackets' third-round pick went to the New York Rangers as the result of a July 23, 2012, trade that sent Artem Anisimov, Brandon Dubinsky, Tim Erixon and a 2013 first-round pick to the Blue Jackets in exchange for Rick Nash, Steven Delisle and this pick.
* $^d$ The Pittsburgh Penguins' third-round pick went to the Columbus Blue Jackets as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013, that sent a second-round pick in 2013 (44th overall) to Pittsburgh in exchange for San Jose's second-round pick in 2013 (50th overall) and this pick.
* The Columbus Blue Jackets' fifth-round pick went to the Calgary Flames as the result of an April 3, 2013, trade that sent Blake Comeau to the Blue Jackets in exchange for this pick.