2016–17 Columbus Blue Jackets season

The 2016–17 Columbus Blue Jackets season was the 17th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997. This season marked the first time the Blue Jackets were in the Stanley Cup playoffs since the 2013–14 season.
==Off-season==
===Training camp===
===Regular season===
The Blue Jackets finished October with a record of 3 wins, 3 regulation losses and an overtime loss, but in November they won 9, lost 2 in regulation and 3 in overtime. On November 29, 2016, the team began a winning streak that ran to 16 consecutive games, including a perfect 14-0-0 record in December, but ended on January 3, 2017 with a loss to the Washington Capitals. The 16 game winning streak was one short of the NHL record 17 games, set by the 1992–93 Pittsburgh Penguins.https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/05/sports/hockey/columbus-blue-jackets-nhl-win-streak.html Blue Jackets Fall Short of 1993 Penguins' Record Streak With Loss to Capitals Retrieved January 20, 2018
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Pre-season===
2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–4–0 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–4–0 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–4–0 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–4–0 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–4–0 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–4–0 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–4–0 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–4–0 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–4–0 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–4–0 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–4–0 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)																																																																																								
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap 	 																																																																																								
1 	September 25 	St. Louis 	5–0 	Columbus 	 	Forsberg 	8,574 	0–1–0 	Recap 	 																																																																																								
2 	September 25 	Columbus 	3–7 	St. Louis 	 	Korpisalo 	10,394 	0–2–0 	Recap 	 																																																																																								
3 	September 26 	Columbus 	3–2 	Boston 	SO 	McElhinney 	16,285 	1–2–0 	Recap 	 																																																																																								
4 	September 29 	Nashville 	2–3 	Columbus 	OT 	McElhinney 	8,644 	2–2–0 	Recap 	 																																																																																								
5 	October 2 	Pittsburgh 	0–2 	Columbus 	 	Bobrovsky 	11,966 	2–3–0 	Recap 	 																																																																																								
6 	October 4 	Columbus 	3–2 	Nashville 	OT 	Korpisalo 	16,432 	3–3–0 	Recap 	 																																																																																								
7 	October 6 	Boston 	2–1 	Columbus 	 	Bobrovsky 	8,851 	3–4–0 	Recap 	 																																																																																								
8 	October 8 	Columbus 	5–3 	Pittsburgh 	 	Bobrovsky 	18,258 	4–4–0 	Recap 	 																																																																																								
 – indicates split-squad game. 	
 – indicates split-squad game. 	
 – indicates split-squad game. 	
 – indicates split-squad game. 	
 – indicates split-squad game. 	
 – indicates split-squad game. 	
 – indicates split-squad game. 	
 – indicates split-squad game. 	
 – indicates split-squad game. 	
 – indicates split-squad game. 	
 – indicates split-squad game. 	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.	
 – indicates split-squad game.
===Regular season===
2016–17 Game Log 	2016–17 Game Log 	2016–17 Game Log 	2016–17 Game Log 	2016–17 Game Log 	2016–17 Game Log 	2016–17 Game Log 	2016–17 Game Log 	2016–17 Game Log 	2016–17 Game Log 	2016–17 Game Log 	2016–17 Game Log
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%;"	
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%;"	
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%;"	
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%;"	
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%;"	
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%;"	
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%;"	
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%;"	
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%;"	
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%;"	
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%;"	
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%;"
October: 3–3–1 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 2–1–1)	October: 3–3–1 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 2–1–1)	October: 3–3–1 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 2–1–1)	October: 3–3–1 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 2–1–1)	October: 3–3–1 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 2–1–1)	October: 3–3–1 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 2–1–1)	October: 3–3–1 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 2–1–1)	October: 3–3–1 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 2–1–1)	October: 3–3–1 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 2–1–1)	October: 3–3–1 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 2–1–1)	October: 3–3–1 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 2–1–1)	October: 3–3–1 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 2–1–1)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap 	
1 	October 13 	Boston 	6–3 	Columbus 	 	Bobrovsky 	18,144 	0–1–0 	0 	Recap 	
2 	October 15 	San Jose 	3–2 	Columbus 	 	Bobrovsky 	16,546 	0–2–0 	0 	Recap 	
3 	October 21 	Chicago 	2–3 	Columbus 	 	Bobrovsky 	15,789 	1–2–0 	2 	Recap 	
4 	October 22 	Columbus 	3–0 	Dallas 	 	Bobrovsky 	18,532 	2–2–0 	4 	Recap 	
5 	October 25 	Columbus 	2–3 	Los Angeles 	OT 	Bobrovsky 	18,230 	2–2–1 	5 	Recap 	
6 	October 27 	Columbus 	1–3 	San Jose 	 	Bobrovsky 	17,229 	2–3–1 	5 	Recap 	
7 	October 28 	Columbus 	4–0 	Anaheim 	 	Bobrovsky 	15,841 	3–3–1 	7 	Recap 	
==Playoffs==
The Blue Jackets clinched the playoffs for the first time since the 2013–14 season. They met the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round and lost the series 4–1.
2017 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2017 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2017 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2017 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2017 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2017 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2017 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2017 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2017 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2017 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2017 Stanley Cup playoffs 	
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" width=100% 	
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" width=100% 	
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" width=100% 	
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" width=100% 	
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" width=100% 	
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" width=100% 	
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" width=100% 	
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" width=100% 	
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" width=100% 	
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" width=100% 	 	
Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M2) Pittsburgh Penguins: Pittsburgh won 4–1	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M2) Pittsburgh Penguins: Pittsburgh won 4–1	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M2) Pittsburgh Penguins: Pittsburgh won 4–1	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M2) Pittsburgh Penguins: Pittsburgh won 4–1	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M2) Pittsburgh Penguins: Pittsburgh won 4–1	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M2) Pittsburgh Penguins: Pittsburgh won 4–1	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M2) Pittsburgh Penguins: Pittsburgh won 4–1	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M2) Pittsburgh Penguins: Pittsburgh won 4–1	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M2) Pittsburgh Penguins: Pittsburgh won 4–1	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M2) Pittsburgh Penguins: Pittsburgh won 4–1	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M2) Pittsburgh Penguins: Pittsburgh won 4–1	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M2) Pittsburgh Penguins: Pittsburgh won 4–1
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap 	 	
1 	April 12 	Columbus 	1–3 	Pittsburgh 	 	Bobrovsky 	18,563 	0–1 	Recap 	 	
2 	April 14 	Columbus 	1–4 	Pittsburgh 	 	Bobrovsky 	18,622 	0–2 	Recap 	 	
3 	April 16 	Pittsburgh 	5–4 	Columbus 	OT 	Bobrovsky 	19,092 	0–3 	Recap 	 	
4 	April 18 	Pittsburgh 	4–5 	Columbus 	 	Bobrovsky 	19,093 	1–3 	Recap 	 	
5 	April 20 	Columbus 	2–5 	Pittsburgh 	 	Bobrovsky 	18,585 	1–4 	Recap 	 	
==Player statistics==
Final Stats
;Skaters
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	82	35	27	62	13	22
 	80	13	46	59	9 	21
 	82	24	29	53	23	8
 	79	26	25	51	–4	55
 	81	18	32	50	10	22
 	78	11	36	47	17	14
 	75	12	30	42	6 	24
 	80	12	29	41	16	91
 	78	13	24	37	14	63
 	82	18	15	33	14	52
 	78	17	12	29	12	89
 	81	6 	19	25	10	10
 	74	6 	17	23	33	44
 	82	5 	18	23	23	32
 	65	10	5 	15	–4	48
 	62	7 	6 	13	10	25
 	26	6 	7 	13	4 	6
 	60	2 	9 	11	3 	24
 	66	2 	5 	7 	7 	6
† 	20	2 	1 	3 	0 	12
 	22	1 	2 	3 	3 	10
‡ 	15	0 	3 	3 	4 	14
 	10	1 	1 	2 	0 	6
 	2 	0 	1 	1 	–2	0
† 	9 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	4 	0 	0 	0 	−3	0
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	–1	0
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	5	2	1	3	–3	0
 	5	2	1	3	–2	14
 	5	2	1	3	4 	0
 	5	1	2	3	–5	0
 	5	1	1	2	2 	2
 	4	1	1	2	4 	4
 	5	1	1	2	–2	6
 	5	1	1	2	–3	0
 	2	1	1	2	3 	0
 	4	0	2	2	–3	6
 	5	0	2	2	–3	2
 	5	0	2	2	–4	0
 	3	1	0	1	–2	0
 	5	0	1	1	–2	0
 	2	0	1	1	–1	2
 	5	0	1	1	-4	4
 	5	0	1	1	–3	2
 	5		0	0	0	1 	0
 	3	0	0	0	0 	10
 	4	0	0	0	–2	0
 	1	0	0	0	0 	0
 	2	0	0	0	–1	0
;Goaltenders
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	63	63	3707:04	41	17	5	127	2.06	1727	.931	7	0	0	8
 	14	13	790:31 	7 	5 	1	38 	2.88	401 	.905	1	0	0	0
‡ 	7 	5 	375:55 	2 	1 	2	15 	2.39	198 	.924	0	0	0	0
 	1 	1 	58:35 	0 	1 	0	4 	4.07	27 	.852	0	0	0	0
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	5	4	309:15	1	3	1	20	3.88	170	.882	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.
==Roster==
==Transactions==
The Blue Jackets have been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season.
===Trades===
Date 	Details 	Details 	Ref
June 25, 2016 	To Toronto Maple Leafs Kerby Rychel 	To Columbus Blue Jackets Scott Harringtonconditional 5th-round pick in 2017	
November 28, 2016	To Colorado Avalanche Cody Goloubef 	To Columbus Blue Jackets Ryan Stanton 	
March 1, 2017 	To New Jersey Devils Dalton Prout 	To Columbus Blue Jackets Kyle Quincey 	
March 1, 2017 	To Dallas Stars Dillon Heatherington	To Columbus Blue Jackets Lauri Korpikoski 	
===Free agents acquired===
Date	Player 	Former team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
 	Dante Salituro 	Ottawa 67's 	3 years, $2.2 million entry-level contract 	
 	Jacob Graves 	London Knights 	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract	
 	Sam Gagner 	Philadelphia Flyers 	1 year, $650,000 	
 	Marc-Andre Bergeron	No team 	1 year, $575,000 	
 	Sam Vigneault 	Clarkson University 	2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract 	
 	Matiss Kivlenieks 	Sioux City Musketeers	3 years, $3.2 million entry-level 	
===Free agents lost===
Date	Player 	New team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Michael Chaput	Vancouver Canucks 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Fedor Tyutin 	Colorado Avalanche	1 year, $2 million 	
 	Justin Falk 	Buffalo Sabres 	1 year, $650,000 	
 	Jared Boll 	Anaheim Ducks 	2 years, $1.8 million 	
 	Rene Bourque 	Colorado Avalanche	1 year, $650,000 	
 	Daniel Zaar 	Malmö Redhawks 	2-year 	
===Claimed via waivers===
Player 	Old team 	Date claimed off waivers	Ref
Zac Dalpe	Minnesota Wild	 	
===Lost via waivers===
Player 	New team 	Date claimed off waivers	Ref
Curtis McElhinney	Toronto Maple Leafs	 	
===Player signings===
Date	Player 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
 	Seth Jones 	6 years, $32.4 million 	
 	Pierre-Luc Dubois 	3 years, $10.275 million entry-level contract	
 	Alex Broadhurst 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	T. J. Tynan 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Scott Harrington 	1 year, $632,500 	
 	Vitaly Abramov 	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract 	
 	Calvin Thurkauf 	3 years, $2.215 million entry-level contract 	
 	Lukas Sedlak 	2 years, $1.65 million contract extension 	
 	Scott Harrington 	2 years, $1.35 million contract extension 	
 	Markus Hannikainen	2 years, $1.35 million contract extension 	
 	Ryan Collins 	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract 	
 	Kevin Stenlund 	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract 	
 	Joonas Korpisalo 	2 years, $1.8 million contract extension 	
 	Zac Dalpe 	2 years, two-way contract extension 	
 	Dean Kukan 	1 year, two-way contract extension 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Columbus Blue Jackets' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, held June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality 	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	3 	Pierre-Luc Dubois	LW 	Canada 	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL)
2 	34 	Andrew Peeke 	D 	United States	Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)
3 	65 	Vitaly Abramov 	RW 	Russia 	Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL)
6 	155	Peter Thome 	G 	United States	Aberdeen Wings (NAHL)
7 	185	Calvin Thurkauf 	C 	Switzerland 	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
;Notes
* The Columbus Blue Jackets' fourth-round pick went to the New York Islanders as the result of a trade on June 25, 2016 that sent a fourth-round pick in 2016 (110th overall) and a sixth-round pick in 2017 to Chicago in exchange for this pick.
**Chicago previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 30, 2015 that sent Brandon Saad, Michael Paliotta and Alex Broadhurst to Columbus in exchange for Artem Anisimov, Jeremy Morin, Corey Tropp, Marko Dano and this pick.
* The Columbus Blue Jackets' fifth-round pick went to the St. Louis Blues as the result of a trade on November 15, 2014 that sent Jordan Leopold to Columbus in exchange for this pick.
==References==
Category:Columbus Blue Jackets seasons
Columbus Blue Jackets