2015–16 Columbus Blue Jackets season

The 2015–16 Columbus Blue Jackets season was the 16th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997. Columbus hired head coach John Tortorella following the firing of Todd Richards, who started the season 0–8–0. The team began its regular season games on October 9, 2015 against the New York Rangers.
== Regular season ==
After a seven game losing streak to start the season, the Blue Jackets fired head coach Todd Richards and hired John Tortorella on October 21.John Tortorella replaces Todd Richards as Blue Jackets head coach
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Pre-season===
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap 																																																																																									
1 	September 21 	Pittsburgh 	1–0 	Columbus 	SO 	Korpisalo 	11,363 	0–0–1 	Recap 																																																																																									
2 	September 22 	St. Louis 	1–3 	Columbus 	 	Bobrovsky 	10,064 	1–0–1 	Recap 																																																																																									
3 	September 22 	Columbus 	2–5 	St. Louis 	 	McElhinney 	10,388 	1–1–1 	Recap 																																																																																									
4 	September 24 	Minnesota 	5–2 	Columbus 	 	Forsberg 	10,209 	1–2–1 	Recap 																																																																																									
5 	September 26 	Columbus 	4–2 	Pittsburgh 	 	Bobrovsky 	18,265 	2–2–1 	Recap 																																																																																									
6 	September 29 	Columbus 	5–2 	Nashville 	 	Bobrovsky 	16,027 	3–2–1 	Recap 																																																																																									
7 	October 2 	Columbus 	6–4 	Buffalo 	 	McElhinney 	17,578 	4–2–1 	Recap 																																																																																									
8 	October 3 	Nashville 	1–7 	Columbus 	 	Bobrovsky 	13,795 	5–2–1 	Recap 																																																																																									
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===Regular season===
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October: 2–10–0 (Home: 0–5–0 ; Road: 2–5–0)	October: 2–10–0 (Home: 0–5–0 ; Road: 2–5–0)	October: 2–10–0 (Home: 0–5–0 ; Road: 2–5–0)	October: 2–10–0 (Home: 0–5–0 ; Road: 2–5–0)	October: 2–10–0 (Home: 0–5–0 ; Road: 2–5–0)	October: 2–10–0 (Home: 0–5–0 ; Road: 2–5–0)	October: 2–10–0 (Home: 0–5–0 ; Road: 2–5–0)	October: 2–10–0 (Home: 0–5–0 ; Road: 2–5–0)	October: 2–10–0 (Home: 0–5–0 ; Road: 2–5–0)	October: 2–10–0 (Home: 0–5–0 ; Road: 2–5–0)	October: 2–10–0 (Home: 0–5–0 ; Road: 2–5–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 9 	NY Rangers 	4–2 	Columbus 	 	Bobrovsky 	19,027 	0–1–0 	0 	Recap
2 	October 10 	Columbus 	2–5 	NY Rangers 	 	Bobrovsky 	18,006 	0–2–0 	0 	Recap
3 	October 12 	Columbus 	2–4 	Buffalo 	 	Bobrovsky 	18,075 	0–3–0 	0 	Recap
4 	October 14 	Ottawa 	7–3 	Columbus 	 	Bobrovsky 	13,803 	0–4–0 	0 	Recap
5 	October 16 	Toronto 	6–3 	Columbus 	 	Bobrovsky 	13,885 	0–5–0 	0 	Recap
6 	October 17 	Columbus 	1–4 	Chicago 	 	McElhinney 	21,563 	0–6–0 	0 	Recap
7 	October 20 	NY Islanders 	4–0 	Columbus 	 	McElhinney 	14,295 	0–7–0 	0 	Recap
8 	October 22 	Columbus 	2–3 	Minnesota 	 	Bobrovsky 	18,650 	0–8–0 	0 	Recap
9 	October 24 	Columbus 	4–3 	Colorado 	 	Bobrovsky 	18,007 	1–8–0 	2 	Recap
10 	October 27 	Columbus 	3–1 	New Jersey 	 	Bobrovsky 	12,847 	2–8–0 	4 	Recap
11 	October 30 	Columbus 	1–2 	Washington 	 	Bobrovsky 	18,506 	2–9–0 	4 	Recap
12 	October 31 	Winnipeg 	3–2 	Columbus 	 	Bobrovsky 	12,860 	2–10–0 	4 	Recap
== Player statistics ==
Final stats
;Skaters
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	81	27	26	53	−8 	22
 	78	31	22	53	1 	14
 	79	23	26	49	−11	112
 	82	30	19	49	−15	77
 	75	17	31	48	−16	71
 	69	8 	32	40	−1 	2
 	72	12	25	37	−14	53
‡ 	38	6 	20	26	−4 	25
 	65	4 	21	25	−7 	45
 	82	4 	21	25	−10	40
 	73	11	13	24	1 	51
 	81	9 	11	20	−9 	6
† 	41	2 	18	20	−9 	12
 	60	6 	8 	14	−16	25
 	82	3 	8 	11	−6 	78
 	64	3 	6 	9 	−6 	102
 	32	2 	7 	9 	5 	15
 	49	3 	5 	8 	−9 	38
 	43	1 	7 	8 	−3 	20
 	12	4 	4 	8 	6 	0
‡ 	27	1 	7 	8 	10 	21
 	23	2 	2 	4 	−8 	23
 	24	0 	4 	4 	2 	17
 	12	1 	3 	4 	0 	2
 	61	1 	2 	3 	−6 	28
 	30	1 	2 	3 	−3 	61
 	8 	1 	1 	2 	3 	5
‡ 	16	0 	2 	2 	−6 	8
 	3 	0 	1 	1 	1 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	−2 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	4
 	4 	0 	0 	0 	−2 	0
 	8 	0 	0 	0 	9 	0
;Goaltenders
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	37	37	2,116	15	19	1	97	2.75	1049	.908	1	0	2	2
 	31	30	1,803	16	11	4	78	2.60	969 	.920	0	0	0	2
 	18	12	835 	2 	7 	3	46	3.31	417 	.890	0	0	1	0
 	4 	3 	178 	1 	3 	0	9 	3.03	97 	.907	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==
=== Suspensions/fines ===
Player 	Explanation 	Length	Salary 	Date issued
Brandon Dubinsky	Cross-checking Pittsburgh Penguins forward Sidney Crosby during NHL game No. 337 in Columbus on Friday, November 27, 2015, at 18:40 of the second period.	1 game	$31,451.61	November 28, 2015
==Awards and honours==
=== Awards ===
 Regular Season
Player	Award 	Awarded
 	NHL All-Star game selection	January 6, 2016
 	NHL Second Star of the Week	February 1, 2016
=== Milestones ===
 Regular season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached
 	600th career NHL point 	October 16, 2015
 	200th career NHL game 	November 3, 2015
 	100th career NHL assist	November 3, 2015
 	500th career NHL game 	November 17, 2015
 	100th career NHL game 	November 22, 2015
 	1st career NHL game 	November 28, 2015
R. Johansen 	300th career NHL game 	December 12, 2015
 	600th career NHL game 	December 12, 2015
 	1st career NHL game 	December 14, 2015
J. Korpisalo	1st career NHL win 	December 19, 2015
== Transactions ==
The Blue Jackets have been involved in the following transactions during the 2015–16 season.
===Trades===
Date 	Details 	Details 	Ref
June 26, 2015 	To Toronto Maple Leafs TOR's 2nd-round pick in 2015PHI's 3rd-round pick in 2015 	To Columbus Blue Jackets TBL's 1st-round pick in 2015 	
June 30, 2015 	To Chicago Blackhawks Artem AnisimovMarko DanoJeremy MorinCorey Tropp4th-round pick in 2016	To Columbus Blue Jackets Brandon SaadMichael PaliottaAlex Broadhurst	
January 6, 2016	To Nashville Predators Ryan Johansen 	To Columbus Blue Jackets Seth Jones 	
=== Free agents acquired ===
Date 	Player 	Former team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2015 	Gregory Campbell 	Boston Bruins 	2 years, $3 million 	
July 2, 2015 	Andrew Bodnarchuk	Manchester Monarchs 	1 year, $650,000 	
July 2, 2015 	Brett Gallant 	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	2 years, $1.5 million 	
July 2, 2015 	Jaime Sifers 	Springfield Falcons 	2 years, $1.25 million 	
July 3, 2015 	John Ramage 	Calgary Flames 	1 year, $600,000 	
July 7, 2015 	Kole Sherwood 	Youngstown Phantoms 	3 years, entry-level contract 	
October 1, 2015	Oleg Yevenko 	Adirondack Flames 	1 year, entry-level contract 	
March 21, 2016 	Jordan Maletta 	Niagara IceDogs 	3 years, entry-level contract 	
April 15, 2016 	Justin Scott 	Barrie Colts 	3 years, entry-level contract 	
=== Free agents lost ===
Date 	Player 	New team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2015	Mike Reilly 	Minnesota Wild 	2 years, entry-level contract 	
July 1, 2015	Mark Letestu 	Edmonton Oilers 	3 years, $5.4 million 	
July 1, 2015	Brian Gibbons	New York Rangers 	1 year, $600,000 	
July 1, 2015	Sean Collins 	Washington Capitals	1 year, $575,000 	
July 3, 2015	Luke Adam 	New York Rangers 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Jack Skille 	Colorado Avalanche 	1 year 	
=== Claimed via waivers ===
Player	Previous team	Date
=== Lost via waivers ===
Player 	New team 	Date
Andrew Bodnarchuk	Colorado Avalanche	January 5, 2016
Kevin Connauton 	Arizona Coyotes 	January 13, 2016
===Player signings===
Date 	Player 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
July 3, 2015 	Brandon Saad 	6 years, $36 million contract extension 	
July 9, 2015 	Matt Calvert 	3 years, $6.6 million contract extension 	
July 23, 2015 	Michael Chaput 	1 year, $650,000 contract extension 	
August 20, 2015 	Paul Bittner 	3 years, entry-level contract 	
September 8, 2015	David Savard 	5 years, $21.25 million contract extension	
December 20, 2015	Keegan Kolesar 	3 years, entry-level contract 	
February 11, 2016	Ryan Murray 	2 years, $5.65 million contract extension 	
February 29, 2016	Boone Jenner 	2 years, $5.8 million contract extension 	
March 1, 2016 	John Ramage 	2 years, contract extension 	
March 7, 2016 	Oleg Yevenko 	1 year, contract extension 	
March 25, 2016 	Dalton Prout 	2 years, contract extension 	
March 29, 2016 	Zach Werenski 	3 years, entry-level contract 	
April 19, 2016 	Gabriel Carlsson	3 years, entry-level contract 	
May 3, 2016 	Markus Nutivaara	2 years, entry-level contract 	
May 25, 2016 	Lukas Sedlak 	1 year 	
June 17, 2016 	Anton Forsberg 	1 year 	
June 23, 2016 	William Karlsson	2 years, $2 million 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Columbus Blue Jackets' selections at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)
1 	8 	Zach Werenski 	D 	 	University of Michigan (Big Ten)
1 	29 	Gabriel Carlsson 	D 	 	Linkopings HC (SHL)
2 	38 	Paul Bittner 	LW 	 	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
2 	58 	Kevin Stenlund 	C 	 	HV71 J20 (J20 SuperElit)
3 	69 	Keegan Kolesar 	RW 	 	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
5 	129	Sam Ruopp 	D 	 	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
5 	141	Veeti Vainio 	D 	 	Espoo Blues Jr. (Finland Jr.)
6 	159	Vladislav Gavrikov	D 	 	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL)
7 	189	Markus Nutivaara 	D 	 	Oulun Kärpät (Finland)
;Draft notes
* The Tampa Bay Lightning's first-round pick went to the Columbus Blue Jackets as the result of a trade on June 26, 2015 that sent Toronto's second-round pick in 2015 (34th overall) and Philadelphia's third-round pick in 2015 (68th overall) to Toronto in exchange for this pick.
*:Toronto previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 26, 2015 that sent Nashville's first-round pick in 2015 (24th overall) to Philadelphia in exchange for Chicago's second-round pick in 2015 (61st overall) and this pick.
*:Philadelphia previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015 that sent Braydon Coburn to Tampa Bay in exchange for Radko Gudas, a third-round pick in 2015 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Philadelphia will receive the Lightning's first-round draft pick in 2015 if it is not the first overall selection – was converted on March 30, 2015 when Tampa Bay qualified for the 2015 Stanley Cup playoffs ensuring that this pick could not be a lottery selection.
* The Anaheim Ducks' second-round pick went to the Columbus Blue Jackets as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015 that sent James Wisniewski and Detroit's third-round pick in 2015 to Anaheim in exchange for Rene Bourque, William Karlsson and this pick.
* The Columbus Blue Jackets' fourth-round pick went to the Los Angeles Kings as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent a fourth-round pick in 2015 (104th overall) and a sixth-round pick in 2016 to Philadelphia in exchange for this pick.
*:Philadelphia previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 23, 2014 that sent Scott Hartnell to Columbus in exchange for R.J. Umberger and this pick.
* The Minnesota Wild's fifth-round pick went to the Columbus Blue Jackets as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015 that sent Jordan Leopold to Minnesota in exchange for Justin Falk and this pick.
==References==
Category:Columbus Blue Jackets seasons
Columbus Blue Jackets season, 2015-16