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===
===Eastern Conference===
==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.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap 	 	 	
1 	September 17 	Buffalo 	1–4 	Columbus 	 	Kivlenieks 	— 	1–0–0 	Recap 	 	 	
2 	September 19 	Columbus 	1–4 	Pittsburgh 	 	Vehvilainen 	15,649 	1–1–0 	Recap 	 	 	
3 	September 21 	Pittsburgh 	1–3 	Columbus 	 	Korpisalo 	13,637 	2–1–0 	Recap 	 	 	
4 	September 22 	Columbus 	3–5 	St. Louis 	 	Merzlikins 	16,672 	2–2–0 	Recap 	 	 	
5 	September 25 	Columbus 	3–4 	Buffalo 	OT 	Merzlikins 	15,788 	2–2–1 	Recap 	 	 	
6 	September 27 	New Jersey 	2–0 	Columbus 	 	Korpisalo 	12,347 	2–3–1 	Recap 	 	 	
7 	September 29 	St. Louis 	– 	Columbus 	Game cancelled due to a mechanical issue with St. Louis' aircraft.	Game cancelled due to a mechanical issue with St. Louis' aircraft.	Game cancelled due to a mechanical issue with St. Louis' aircraft.	Game cancelled due to a mechanical issue with St. Louis' aircraft.	Game cancelled due to a mechanical issue with St. Louis' aircraft.	Game cancelled due to a mechanical issue with St. Louis' aircraft.	Game cancelled due to a mechanical issue with St. Louis' aircraft.	Game cancelled due to a mechanical issue with St. Louis' aircraft.
===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.
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October: 5–5–2 (Home: 3–3–1 ; Road: 2–2–1)	October: 5–5–2 (Home: 3–3–1 ; Road: 2–2–1)	October: 5–5–2 (Home: 3–3–1 ; Road: 2–2–1)	October: 5–5–2 (Home: 3–3–1 ; Road: 2–2–1)	October: 5–5–2 (Home: 3–3–1 ; Road: 2–2–1)	October: 5–5–2 (Home: 3–3–1 ; Road: 2–2–1)	October: 5–5–2 (Home: 3–3–1 ; Road: 2–2–1)	October: 5–5–2 (Home: 3–3–1 ; Road: 2–2–1)	October: 5–5–2 (Home: 3–3–1 ; Road: 2–2–1)	October: 5–5–2 (Home: 3–3–1 ; Road: 2–2–1)	October: 5–5–2 (Home: 3–3–1 ; Road: 2–2–1)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 4 	Toronto 	4–1 	Columbus 	 	Korpisalo 	18,776 	0–1–0 	0 	Recap
2 	October 5 	Columbus 	2–7 	Pittsburgh 	 	Merzlikins 	18,595 	0–2–0 	0 	Recap
3 	October 7 	Buffalo 	3–4 	Columbus 	OT 	Korpisalo 	14,518 	1–2–0 	2 	Recap
4 	October 11 	Anaheim 	2–1 	Columbus 	 	Korpisalo 	15,368 	1–3–0 	2 	Recap
5 	October 12 	Columbus 	3–2 	Carolina 	 	Korpisalo 	16,224 	2–3–0 	4 	Recap
6 	October 16 	Dallas 	2–3 	Columbus 	 	Korpisalo 	14,683 	3–3–0 	6 	Recap
7 	October 18 	Columbus 	2–3 	Chicago 	OT 	Merzlikins 	21,518 	3–3–1 	7 	Recap
8 	October 19 	NY Islanders 	3–2 	Columbus 	OT 	Korpisalo 	15,276 	3–3–2 	8 	Recap
9 	October 21 	Columbus 	4–3 	Toronto 	OT 	Korpisalo 	18,898 	4–3–2 	10 	Recap
10 	October 24 	Carolina 	3–4 	Columbus 	OT 	Korpisalo 	15,398 	5–3–2 	12 	Recap
11 	October 26 	Columbus 	4–7 	Philadelphia 	 	Korpisalo 	17,840 	5–4–2 	12 	Recap
12 	October 30 	Edmonton 	4–1 	Columbus 	 	Korpisalo 	14,193 	5–5–2 	12 	Recap
===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. 
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Eastern Conference Qualifying Round vs. (8) Toronto Maple Leafs: Columbus won 3–2	Eastern Conference Qualifying Round vs. (8) Toronto Maple Leafs: Columbus won 3–2	Eastern Conference Qualifying Round vs. (8) Toronto Maple Leafs: Columbus won 3–2	Eastern Conference Qualifying Round vs. (8) Toronto Maple Leafs: Columbus won 3–2	Eastern Conference Qualifying Round vs. (8) Toronto Maple Leafs: Columbus won 3–2	Eastern Conference Qualifying Round vs. (8) Toronto Maple Leafs: Columbus won 3–2	Eastern Conference Qualifying Round vs. (8) Toronto Maple Leafs: Columbus won 3–2	Eastern Conference Qualifying Round vs. (8) Toronto Maple Leafs: Columbus won 3–2	Eastern Conference Qualifying Round vs. (8) Toronto Maple Leafs: Columbus won 3–2
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Series 	Recap
1 	August 2 	Columbus 	2–0 	Toronto 	 	Korpisalo 	1–0 	Recap
2 	August 4 	Columbus 	0–3 	Toronto 	 	Korpisalo 	1–1 	Recap
3 	August 6 	Toronto 	3–4 	Columbus 	OT 	Merzlikins 	2–1 	Recap
4 	August 7 	Toronto 	4–3 	Columbus 	OT 	Merzlikins 	2–2 	Recap
5 	August 9 	Columbus 	3–0 	Toronto 	 	Korpisalo 	3–2 	Recap
==Player statistics==
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	70	18	31	49	−2 	49
 	70	15	27	42	4 	16
 	63	20	21	41	9 	10
 	49	21	15	36	8 	12
 	67	10	21	31	−3 	62
 	56	6 	24	30	10 	20
 	44	12	14	26	2 	6
 	70	11	13	24	−14	36
 	57	5 	17	22	−5 	16
 	56	10	10	20	−10	8
 	69	5 	13	18	1 	18
‡ 	46	5 	13	18	−5 	22
 	64	5 	9 	14	6 	10
 	36	6 	7 	13	3 	10
 	50	7 	5 	12	10 	12
 	68	0 	11	11	−3 	35
 	32	6 	4 	10	2 	8
 	30	4 	6 	10	−7 	22
 	37	3 	6 	9 	2 	4
 	27	2 	7 	9 	−9 	4
 	39	1 	7 	8 	−3 	16
 	37	2 	3 	5 	5 	2
 	33	1 	4 	5 	−9 	12
 	26	1 	3 	4 	−8 	17
 	9 	2 	1 	3 	0 	5
 	22	1 	2 	3 	1 	4
† 	6 	1 	1 	2 	−2 	0
 	10	0 	1 	1 	1 	0
 	2 	0 	1 	1 	1 	0
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	6 	0 	0 	0 	−1 	2
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	−1 	2
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	10	4	6	10	3 	4
 	8 	3	5	8 	3 	4
 	10	2	4	6 	1 	10
 	10	3	2	5 	5 	2
 	10	1	3	4 	2 	4
 	10	0	4	4 	0 	2
 	10	3	0	3 	−5	0
 	10	1	2	3 	1 	4
 	10	1	2	3 	−4	6
 	10	0	3	3 	−4	2
 	10	1	1	2 	−4	0
 	10	1	1	2 	−1	0
 	10	0	2	2 	0 	4
 	2 	1	0	1 	1 	0
 	10	1	0	1 	−3	4
 	10	1	0	1 	0 	0
 	9 	1	0	1 	0 	2
 	9 	0	1	1 	2 	7
 	5 	0	0	0 	−1	2
 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0
 	2 	0	0	0 	−1	0
 	2 	0	0	0 	−1	0
 	1 	0	0	0 	−1	0
===Goaltenders===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	37	35	2,125:54	19	12	5	92	2.60	1,030	.911	2	0	1	0
 	33	31	1,815:08	13	9 	8	71	2.35	919 	.923	5	0	0	0
 	6 	4 	284:50 	1 	1 	2	14	2.95	137 	.898	0	0	0	0
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	9	9	599:00	3	5	19	1.90	320	.941	2	0	0	0
 	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.
==Roster==
==References==
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