2018–19 Columbus Blue Jackets season

The 2018–19 Columbus Blue Jackets season was the 19th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997. On April 5, 2019, the Blue Jackets clinched a playoff spot after a 3–2 shootout win over the New York Rangers.
The Blue Jackets won their first ever playoff series by sweeping the Presidents' Trophy winners, the Tampa Bay Lightning, in the First Round of the playoffs. However, the Blue Jackets were not able to carry their success into the Second Round, and they were eliminated by the Boston Bruins in six games.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Preseason===
The preseason schedule was published on June 15, 2018.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 17 	Buffalo 	4–1 	Columbus 	 	Thiessen 	9,845 	0–1–0 	Recap
2 	September 18 	Chicago 	1–4 	Columbus 	 	Berube 	10,422 	1–1–0 	Recap
3 	September 21 	Columbus 	0–3 	St. Louis 	 	Bobrovsky 	15,190 	1–2–0 	Recap
4 	September 22 	Columbus 	3–7 	Pittsburgh 	 	Korpisalo 	17,190 	1–3–0 	Recap
5 	September 23 	St. Louis 	5–1 	Columbus 	 	Bobrovsky 	11,758 	1–4–0 	Recap
6 	September 25 	Columbus 	4–2 	Buffalo 	 	Korpisalo 	— 	2–4–0 	Recap
7 	September 28 	Pittsburgh 	6–7 	Columbus 	 	Bobrovsky 	13,976 	3–4–0 	Recap
8 	September 29 	Columbus 	1–4 	Chicago 	 	Korpisalo 	20,594 	3–5–0 	Recap
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 Game was played at Clinton Arena in Clinton, New York.	
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 Game was played at Clinton Arena in Clinton, New York.	
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 Game was played at Clinton Arena in Clinton, New York.	
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 Game was played at Clinton Arena in Clinton, New York.	
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 Game was played at Clinton Arena in Clinton, New York.	
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 Game was played at Clinton Arena in Clinton, New York.	
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 Game was played at Clinton Arena in Clinton, New York.	
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 Game was played at Clinton Arena in Clinton, New York.
===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.
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October: 6–5–0 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	October: 6–5–0 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	October: 6–5–0 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	October: 6–5–0 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	October: 6–5–0 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	October: 6–5–0 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	October: 6–5–0 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	October: 6–5–0 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	October: 6–5–0 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	October: 6–5–0 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	October: 6–5–0 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 4 	Columbus 	3–2 	Detroit 	OT 	Korpisalo 	19,515 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap
2 	October 5 	Carolina 	3–1 	Columbus 	 	Bobrovsky 	18,306 	1–1–0 	2 	Recap
3 	October 9 	Colorado 	2–5 	Columbus 	 	Bobrovsky 	11,694 	2–1–0 	4 	Recap
4 	October 11 	Columbus 	5–4 	Florida 	 	Korpisalo 	14,394 	3–1–0 	6 	Recap
5 	October 13 	Columbus 	2–8 	Tampa Bay 	 	Bobrovsky 	19,092 	3–2–0 	6 	Recap
6 	October 18 	Philadelphia 	3–6 	Columbus 	 	Bobrovsky 	13,492 	4–2–0 	8 	Recap
7 	October 20 	Chicago 	4–1 	Columbus 	 	Bobrovsky 	17,005 	4–3–0 	8 	Recap
8 	October 23 	Arizona 	4–1 	Columbus 	 	Bobrovsky 	11,458 	4–4–0 	8 	Recap
9 	October 25 	Columbus 	7–4 	St. Louis 	 	Korpisalo 	17,068 	5–4–0 	10 	Recap
10 	October 27 	Buffalo 	4–5 	Columbus 	OT 	Korpisalo 	15,642 	6–4–0 	12 	Recap
11 	October 30 	Detroit 	5–3 	Columbus 	 	Bobrovsky 	14,288 	6–5–0 	12 	Recap
===Playoffs===
The Blue Jackets faced the Tampa Bay Lightning in the First Round of the playoffs, and swept the series in four games, marking the first time in franchise history the team won a playoff series.
The Blue Jackets faced the Boston Bruins in the Second Round of the playoffs, where they fell to the Bruins in six games.
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Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A1) Tampa Bay Lightning: Columbus won 4–0	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A1) Tampa Bay Lightning: Columbus won 4–0	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A1) Tampa Bay Lightning: Columbus won 4–0	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A1) Tampa Bay Lightning: Columbus won 4–0	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A1) Tampa Bay Lightning: Columbus won 4–0	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A1) Tampa Bay Lightning: Columbus won 4–0	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A1) Tampa Bay Lightning: Columbus won 4–0	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A1) Tampa Bay Lightning: Columbus won 4–0	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A1) Tampa Bay Lightning: Columbus won 4–0	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A1) Tampa Bay Lightning: Columbus won 4–0
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap
1 	April 10 	Columbus 	4–3 	Tampa Bay 	 	Bobrovsky 	19,092 	1–0 	Recap
2 	April 12 	Columbus 	5–1 	Tampa Bay 	 	Bobrovsky 	19,092 	2–0 	Recap
3 	April 14 	Tampa Bay 	1–3 	Columbus 	 	Bobrovsky 	19,224 	3–0 	Recap
4 	April 16 	Tampa Bay 	3–7 	Columbus 	 	Bobrovsky 	19,328 	4–0 	Recap
==Player statistics==
As of May 6, 2019
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	79	28	59	87	14 	23
 	80	41	28	69	3 	20
 	82	27	34	61	16 	64
 	82	27	20	47	25 	60
 	75	9 	37	46	1 	28
 	82	11	33	44	−12	18
 	77	16	22	38	6 	42
 	77	23	13	36	8 	8
 	73	17	18	35	12 	44
 	56	1 	28	29	20 	10
 	75	2 	23	25	−1 	12
 	82	8 	16	24	19 	36
 	80	5 	16	21	3 	6
‡ 	53	11	8 	19	−3 	12
 	73	2 	15	17	6 	23
 	61	6 	8 	14	–16	36
† 	23	4 	8 	12	−1 	2
† 	21	4 	8 	12	4 	0
 	78	3 	9 	12	−8 	19
 	44	4 	3 	7 	–5 	2
 	47	4 	2 	6 	–5 	10
 	25	0 	5 	5 	6 	6
† 	14	1 	1 	2 	–1 	9
 	2 	1 	0 	1 	3 	0
 	8 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	1 	0 	1 	1 	1 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	–1 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	−1 	2
 	4 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0
 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	4
 	13	0 	0 	0 	–4 	0
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	10	5	6	11	0	0
 	10	5	5	10	4	0
 	10	3	6	9 	0	0
 	10	2	6	8 	2	4
 	10	1	5	6 	3	9
 	10	2	3	5 	 	0
 	10	2	3	5 	 	14
 	10	0	4	4 	4	2
 	8 	2	1	3 	 	2
 	7 	1	2	3 	2	4
 	10	1	2	3 	 	22
 	10	1	2	3 	 	4
 	10	1	2	3 	1	2
 	10	1	2	3 	2	4
 	9 	1	0	1 	3	2
 	10	1	0	1 	0	6
 	10	1	0	1 	 	2
 	7 	0	1	1 	1	2
 	4 	0	0	0 	0	0
 	2 	0	0	0 	1	0
 	2 	0	0	0 	 	0
 	1 	0	0	0 	 	0
 
===Goaltenders===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	62	61	3,556:40	37	24	1	153	2.58	1,756	.913	9	0	0	2
 	27	21	1,360:34	10	7 	3	67 	2.95	651 	.897	0	0	0	0
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	10	10	622:56	6	4	25	2.41	333	.925	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 2018–19 season.
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Detroit Red Wings5th-round pick in 2019 	To Columbus Blue JacketsMTL's 6th-round pick in 2018 	
 	To Chicago BlackhawksJordan Schroeder 	To Columbus Blue JacketsJean-Francois Berube 	
 	To Arizona CoyotesJacob GravesConditional 6th-round pick in 2019 	To Columbus Blue JacketsRyan MacInnis 	
 	To Pittsburgh PenguinsBlake Siebenaler 	To Columbus Blue JacketsConditional 7th-round pick in 2019 	
 	To Ottawa SenatorsVitalii AbramovJonathan DavidssonConditional 1st-round pick in 2019Conditional 1st-round pick in 2020	To Columbus Blue JacketsJulius BergmanMatt Duchene 	
 	To Ottawa SenatorsAnthony Duclair2nd-round pick in 20202nd-round pick in 2021 	To Columbus Blue JacketsRyan DzingelCGY's 7th-round pick in 2019	
 	To New Jersey Devils5th-round pick in 2022 	To Columbus Blue JacketsKeith Kinkaid 	
 	To New York RangersJulius Bergman4th-round pick in 20197th-round pick in 2019 	To Columbus Blue JacketsAdam McQuaid 	
 	To Winnipeg JetsAlex Broadhurst 	To Columbus Blue JacketsFuture considerations 	
===Free agents===
Date	Player 	Team 	Contract term	Ref
 	Matt Calvert 	to Colorado Avalanche 	3-year 	
 	Adam Clendening 	from Chicago Blackhawks 	1-year 	
 	Ian Cole 	to Colorado Avalanche 	3-year 	
 	Tommy Cross 	from Boston Bruins 	1-year 	
 	Cameron Gaunce 	to Tampa Bay Lightning 	1-year 	
 	Jack Johnson 	to Pittsburgh Penguins 	5-year 	
 	Riley Nash 	from Boston Bruins 	3-year 	
 	Dillon Simpson 	from Edmonton Oilers 	2-year 	
 	Thomas Vanek 	to Detroit Red Wings 	1-year 	
 	Anthony Duclair 	from Chicago Blackhawks 	1-year 	
 	Jeff Zatkoff 	to Straubing Tigers (DEL)	Unknown 	
 	Taylor Chorney 	to Lugano (NL) 	1-year 	
 	Michael Prapavessis	from RPI Engineers (ECAC)	2-year 	
 	Jakob Lilja 	from Djurgårdens IF (SHL)	1-year 	
===Waivers===
Date	Player	Team	Ref
 	 	 	
===Contract terminations===
Date	Player	Via	Ref
 	 	 	
===Retirement===
Date	Player	Ref
 	 	
===Signings===
Date	Player 	Contract term	Ref
 	Boone Jenner 	4-year 	
 	Ryan Murray 	1-year 	
 	Oliver Bjorkstrand	3-year 	
 	Liam Foudy 	3-year 	
 	Mark Letestu 	1-year 	
 	Zac Dalpe 	2-year 	
 	Trey Fix-Wolansky 	3-year 	
 	Elvis Merzlikins 	1-year 	
 	Andrew Peeke 	3-year 	
 	Vladislav Gavrikov	2-year 	
 	Daniil Tarasov 	3-year 	
 	Emil Bemstrom 	3-year 	
 	Elvis Merzlikins 	1-year 	
 	Veini Vehvilainen 	2-year 	
 	Markus Hannikainen	1-year 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Columbus Blue Jackets' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	18 	Liam Foudy 	C 	Canada 	London Knights (OHL)
2 	49 	Kirill Marchenko 	LW 	Russia 	Mamonty Yugry (MHL)
3 	80 	Marcus Karlberg 	RW 	Sweden 	Leksands IF J20 (SuperElit)
6 	1591	Tim Berni 	D 	Switzerland	GCK Lions (NLB)
6 	173 	Veini Vehvilainen	G 	Finland 	Karpat (Liiga)
7 	204 	Trey Fix-Wolansky	RW 	Canada 	Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL)
Notes:
# The Detroit Red Wings' sixth-round pick went to the Columbus Blue Jackets as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018, that sent a sixth-round pick in 2019 to Detroit in exchange for this pick.
==References==
Category:Columbus Blue Jackets seasons
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