2022–23 Columbus Blue Jackets season

The 2022–23 Columbus Blue Jackets season was the 23rd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997. On March 17, 2023, the Blue Jackets were eliminated from playoff contention after a 7–4 loss to the Anaheim Ducks.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was published on July 6, 2022.
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October: 3–7–0 (home: 2–4–0; road: 1–3–0)	October: 3–7–0 (home: 2–4–0; road: 1–3–0)	October: 3–7–0 (home: 2–4–0; road: 1–3–0)	October: 3–7–0 (home: 2–4–0; road: 1–3–0)	October: 3–7–0 (home: 2–4–0; road: 1–3–0)	October: 3–7–0 (home: 2–4–0; road: 1–3–0)	October: 3–7–0 (home: 2–4–0; road: 1–3–0)	October: 3–7–0 (home: 2–4–0; road: 1–3–0)	October: 3–7–0 (home: 2–4–0; road: 1–3–0)	October: 3–7–0 (home: 2–4–0; road: 1–3–0)	October: 3–7–0 (home: 2–4–0; road: 1–3–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 12 	Columbus 	1–4 	Carolina 	 	Tarasov 	18,824 	0–1–0 	0 	
2 	October 14 	Tampa Bay 	5–2 	Columbus 	 	Tarasov 	18,889 	0–2–0 	0 	
3 	October 15 	Columbus 	2–5 	St. Louis 	 	Merzlikins 	18,096 	0–3–0 	0 	
4 	October 18 	Vancouver 	3–4 	Columbus 	OT 	Merzlikins 	14,060 	1–3–0 	2 	
5 	October 20 	Nashville 	3–5 	Columbus 	 	Merzlikins 	14,691 	2–3–0 	4 	
6 	October 22 	Pittsburgh 	6–3 	Columbus 	 	Merzlikins 	18,051 	2–4–0 	4 	
7 	October 23 	Columbus 	5–1 	NY Rangers 	 	Tarasov 	18,006 	3–4–0 	6 	
8 	October 25 	Arizona 	6–3 	Columbus 	 	Tarasov 	14,498 	3–5–0 	6 	
9 	October 28 	Boston 	4–0 	Columbus 	 	Merzlikins 	16,162 	3–6–0 	6 	
10 	October 30 	Columbus 	1–7 	New Jersey 	 	Merzlikins 	11,547 	3–7–0 	6 	
==Player statistics==
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	80		21	53		74	–33	22
 	55	22	30	52	–12	16
 	68	26	19	45	–32	51
 		77	11		33	44		–14	10
 	79	16	24	40	–19	14
 	59	21	4 		25	–23	16
 		72	12		12	24	–21	6
 	46	5 	19		24	–12	8
‡ 	48	10	12	22	–11		16
 		55	7 	15	22	–11	6
 	71		11	9 	20	–28		68
 	66		5	10	15	–20	81
 	62	7 		7	14	–26	8
 	36	4 	10		14	–16	16
 	51	2 	12		14	–18	23
† 	80	6 	7 	13	–41		22
† 	30		4	9 	13		–6	10
 	70		1	12	13	–24		57
 	64	3 		8	11	–23	22
 	33	3 	8 	11	–9 	42
‡ 	52	3 		7	10	–8 	30
 		13	3 	5 		8	–6 	0
‡ 		11	1 	5 		6	–7 	0
 	14	1 	5 		6	–2 	6
 		24	0 	4 	4 	–7 	4
† 		16	2 	1 		3	–4 	11
 	6 	2 		1	3 	–3 		4
 		59	1 	2 		3	–26		34
† 		12	0 	2 		2	–4 	8
 		9	1 	0 	1 	–5 	0
 	7 	1 		0	1 	–7 		0
 	2 	1 		0	1 	–2 		0
 	5 	0 	1 		1	–1 	2
 	14	0 	1 	1 		–2	6
† 	2 	0 		1	1 	–1 		0
 		9	0 	1 	1 		–3	9
 	2 	0 	1 		1	–2 	2
 	2 		0	1 	1 	–3 	2
 		2	0 	0 	0 		0 	0
 	8 	0 	0 		0	–6 	6
 		4	0 	0 	0 		–4	2
===Goaltenders===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
‡ 	28	26	1,550:57	11	11	3		82	3,17	926	.913	0	0	0	0
 	30	27	1,560:12	7 		18	2	110	4,23	889	.876	0	0		1	4
 	17	16	874:08 	4 	11	1	57 	3,91	528	.892	0	0	1		0
† 	16	10	755:27 	2 	6 	3	54 		4,29	432	.877		0	0	1	0
† 	3 	2 	118:09 	1 	1 		0	9 	4,57	66 		.864	0	0	0		0
 	1 	1 		58:57 	0 	1 	0		3 	3,05	49 	.939		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.
==Roster==
==Transactions==
The Blue Jackets have been involved in the following transactions during the 2022–23 season.
Key:
 Contract is entry-level.
 Contract initially takes effect in the 2023-24 season.
===Trades===
Date 	Details 	Details 	Ref
July 1, 2022	To Nashville PredatorsTOR 4th-round pick in 2022 	To Columbus Blue JacketsMathieu Olivier 	
 	To San Jose Sharks5th-round pick in 2023 	To Columbus Blue JacketsBUF 5th-round pick in 2022 	
 	To Seattle KrakenOliver Bjorkstrand 	To Columbus Blue Jackets3rd-round pick in 2023WPG 4th-round pick in 2023 	
 	To Minnesota WildGustav Nyquist1 	To Columbus Blue Jackets5th-round pick in 2023 	
 	To Los Angeles KingsVladislav GavrikovJoonas Korpisalo	To Columbus Blue JacketsJonathan QuickConditional2 1st-round pick in 20233rd-round pick in 2024	
 	To Vegas Golden KnightsJonathan Quick3 	To Columbus Blue JacketsMichael Hutchinson7th-round pick in 2025 	
 	To Arizona CoyotesJakub Voracek6th-round pick in 2023 	To Columbus Blue JacketsJon Gillies 	
Notes:
# Columbus retains 50% of Nyquist's contract.
# If Los Angeles fails to make the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs, Columbus will instead their 2nd-round pick in 2023 and 2nd-rouind pick in 2024.
# Columbus retains 50% of Quick's contract.
===Players acquired===
Date	Player 	Former team 	Term 	Via 	Ref
 	Johnny Gaudreau	Calgary Flames 	7-year	Free agency	
 	Erik Gudbranson	Calgary Flames 	4-year	Free agency	
 	Nolan Lalonde 	Erie Otters (OHL) 	3-year	Free agency	
 	Justin Richards	Cleveland Monsters (AHL) 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Lane Pederson 	Vancouver Canucks 	 	Waivers 	
 	Cameron Butler 	Oshawa Generals (OHL) 	3-year	Free agency	
 	Hunter McKown 	Colorado College Tigers (NCHC)	3-year	Free agency	
===Players lost===
Date	Player 	New team 	Term 	Via 	Ref
 	Kevin Stenlund 	Winnipeg Jets 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Gabriel Carlsson	Washington Capitals 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Cam Johnson 	Charlotte Checkers (AHL) 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Nathan Gerbe 	 	 	Retirement 	
 	Scott Harrington	San Jose Sharks 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Tyler Sikura 	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	
===Signings===
Date	Player 	Term 	Ref
 	David Jiricek 	3-year	
 	Denton Mateychuk 	3-year	
 	Nick Blankenburg 	2-year	
 	Patrik Laine 	4-year	
 	Trey Fix-Wolansky 	1-year	
 	Emil Bemstrom 	2-year	
 	Andrew Peeke 	3-year	
 	Jordan Dumais 	3-year	
 	Luca Del Bel Belluz	3-year	
 	James Malatesta 	3-year	
 	Corson Ceulemans 	3-year	
 	Yegor Chinakhov 	1-year	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Columbus Blue Jackets' selections at the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on July 7 to 8, 2022, at Bell Centre in Montreal.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos.	Nationality	Team (League)
1 	61 	David Jiricek 	D 	 	HC Škoda Plzeň (ELH)
1 	12 	Denton Mateychuk 	D 	 	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
2 	44 	Luca Del Bel Belluz	C 	 	Mississauga Steelheads (OHL)
3 	963 	Jordan Dumais 	RW 	 	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
4 	109 	Kirill Dolzhenkov 	RW 	 	Krasnaya Armiya (MHL)
5 	1384	Sergei Ivanov 	G 	 	SKA-1946 (MHL)
7 	2037	James Fisher 	RW 	 	Belmont High School (USHS-Prep)
Notes:
# The Chicago Blackhawks' first-round pick went to the Columbus Blue Jackets as the result of a trade on July 23, 2021, that sent Seth Jones, Tampa Bay's first-round pick in 2021 and a sixth-round pick in 2022 to Chicago in exchange for Adam Boqvist, a first and second-round pick both in 2021 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Columbus will receive a first-round pick in 2022 if Chicago does not win either of the two draws in the 2022 Draft Lottery – was converted when the Blackhawks did not win either draw in the 2022 draft lottery on May 10, 2022.
# The Columbus Blue Jackets' third-round pick went to the Winnipeg Jets as the result of a trade on January 23, 2021, that sent Patrik Laine and Jack Roslovic to Columbus in exchange for Pierre-Luc Dubois and this pick.
# The Tampa Bay Lightning's third-round pick went to the Columbus Blue Jackets as the result of a trade on April 10, 2021, that sent Brian Lashoff to Tampa Bay in exchange for a first-round pick in 2021 and this pick.
# The Buffalo Sabres' fifth-round pick went to the Columbus Blue Jackets as the result of a trade on July 8, 2022, that sent a fifth-round pick in 2023 to San Jose in exchange for this pick.
# The Columbus Blue Jackets' fifth-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on February 25, 2019, that sent Keith Kinkaid to Columbus in exchange for this pick.
# The Columbus Blue Jackets' sixth-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on July 23, 2021, that sent Adam Boqvist, a first and second-round pick both in 2021 (12th and 44th overall) and a conditional first-round pick in 2022 to Columbus in exchange for Seth Jones, Tampa Bay's first-round pick in 2021 and this pick.
# The Anaheim Ducks' seventh-round pick went to the Columbus Blue Jackets as the result of a trade on October 7, 2020, that sent a seventh-round pick in 2020 to Anaheim in exchange for this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Columbus will receive a seventh-round pick in 2022 if the pick is available at the time of the selection – was converted when the pick became available after an earlier conditional trade with Edmonton was resolved on April 8, 2021.
# The Columbus Blue Jackets' seventh-round pick went to the Carolina Hurricanes as the result of a trade on February 13, 2021, that sent Gregory Hofmann to Columbus in exchange for this pick.
==References==
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