# 2019–20 Columbus Blue Jackets season

The 2019–20 Columbus Blue Jackets season was the 20th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.
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. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled.
The Blue Jackets advanced to the playoffs and defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in the qualifying round, but were defeated in the first round by the Tampa Bay Lightning in five games.

## Standings
### Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | 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 |

### Eastern Conference

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 70 | 43 | 21 | 6 | 35 | 245 | 195 | +50 | .657 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 3 | Washington Capitals | 69 | 41 | 20 | 8 | 31 | 240 | 215 | +25 | .652 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 4 | Philadelphia Flyers | 69 | 41 | 21 | 7 | 31 | 232 | 196 | +36 | .645 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 5 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 69 | 40 | 23 | 6 | 29 | 224 | 196 | +28 | .623 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 6 | Carolina Hurricanes | 68 | 38 | 25 | 5 | 27 | 222 | 193 | +29 | .596 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 7 | New York Islanders | 68 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 24 | 192 | 193 | −1 | .588 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 8 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 36 | 25 | 9 | 28 | 238 | 227 | +11 | .579 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 9 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 70 | 33 | 22 | 15 | 25 | 180 | 187 | −7 | .579 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 10 | Florida Panthers | 69 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 30 | 231 | 228 | +3 | .565 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 11 | New York Rangers | 70 | 37 | 28 | 5 | 31 | 234 | 222 | +12 | .564 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 12 | Montreal Canadiens | 71 | 31 | 31 | 9 | 19 | 212 | 221 | −9 | .500 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 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 | |

## Schedule and results
### Preseason

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

### Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.
2019–20 game log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

### Playoffs

The Blue Jackets defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in the qualifying round in five games.
The Blue Jackets faced the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round, and lost in five games.
2020 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular season :
| 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 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Pierre-Luc Dubois | 10 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 |
| Cam Atkinson | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 |
| Nick Foligno | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| Alexander Wennberg | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Seth Jones | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Alexandre Texier | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −5 | 0 |
| Zach Werenski | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Vladislav Gavrikov | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −4 | 6 |
| David Savard | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −4 | 2 |
| Riley Nash | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | 0 |
| Liam Foudy | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0 |
| Gustav Nyquist | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Kevin Stenlund | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Boone Jenner | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 4 |
| Eric Robinson | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Murray | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Dean Kukan | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Emil Bemstrom | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
| Nathan Gerbe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devin Shore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Markus Nutivaara | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Scott Harrington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Joonas Korpisalo | 37 | 35 | 2,125:54 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 92 | 2.60 | 1,030 | .911 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Elvis Merzlikins | 33 | 31 | 1,815:08 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 71 | 2.35 | 919 | .923 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matīss Kivlenieks | 6 | 4 | 284:50 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 2.95 | 137 | .898 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Joonas Korpisalo | 9 | 9 | 599:00 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 1.90 | 320 | .941 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elvis 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.