2017–18 Columbus Blue Jackets season

The 2017–18 Columbus Blue Jackets season was the 18th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Preseason===
The preseason schedule was published on June 19, 2017.
2017 preseason game log: 4–3–1 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 3–0–1)	2017 preseason game log: 4–3–1 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 3–0–1)	2017 preseason game log: 4–3–1 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 3–0–1)	2017 preseason game log: 4–3–1 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 3–0–1)	2017 preseason game log: 4–3–1 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 3–0–1)	2017 preseason game log: 4–3–1 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 3–0–1)	2017 preseason game log: 4–3–1 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 3–0–1)	2017 preseason game log: 4–3–1 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 3–0–1)	2017 preseason game log: 4–3–1 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 3–0–1)	2017 preseason game log: 4–3–1 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 3–0–1)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 19 	Chicago 	5–2 	Columbus 	 	Korpisalo 	10,548 	0–1–0 	Recap
2 	September 20 	Columbus 	2–3 	St. Louis 	OT 	Kulbakov 	9,648 	0–1–1 	Recap
3 	September 22 	Pittsburgh 	4–3 	Columbus 	 	Kivlenieks 	12,115 	0–2–1 	Recap
4 	September 23 	Columbus 	3–2 	Chicago 	 	Korpisalo 	20,395 	1–2–1 	Recap
5 	September 24 	Nashville 	5–3 	Columbus 	 	Bobrovsky 	12,044 	1–3–1 	Recap
6 	September 26 	St. Louis 	2–5 	Columbus 	 	Korpisalo 	9,757 	2–3–1 	Recap
7 	September 28 	Columbus 	4–3 	Nashville 	SO 	Bobrovsky 	16,052 	3–3–1 	Recap
8 	September 30 	Columbus 	3–0 	Pittsburgh 	 	Bobrovsky 	18,338 	4–3–1 	Recap
===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was released on June 22, 2017.
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October: 8–4–0 (Home: 5–2–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 8–4–0 (Home: 5–2–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 8–4–0 (Home: 5–2–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 8–4–0 (Home: 5–2–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 8–4–0 (Home: 5–2–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 8–4–0 (Home: 5–2–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 8–4–0 (Home: 5–2–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 8–4–0 (Home: 5–2–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 8–4–0 (Home: 5–2–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 8–4–0 (Home: 5–2–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 8–4–0 (Home: 5–2–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 6 	NY Islanders 	0–5 	Columbus 	 	Bobrovsky 	18,595 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap
2 	October 7 	Columbus 	1–5 	Chicago 	 	Korpisalo 	21,264 	1–1–0 	2 	Recap
3 	October 10 	Columbus 	2–1 	Carolina 	OT 	Bobrovsky 	7,892 	2–1–0 	4 	Recap
4 	October 13 	NY Rangers 	1–3 	Columbus 	 	Bobrovsky 	15,342 	3–1–0 	6 	Recap
5 	October 14 	Columbus 	5–4 	Minnesota 	OT 	Bobrovsky 	19,064 	4–1–0 	8 	Recap
6 	October 17 	Columbus 	5–2 	Winnipeg 	 	Korpisalo 	15,321 	5–1–0 	10 	Recap
7 	October 19 	Tampa Bay 	2–0 	Columbus 	 	Bobrovsky 	13,155 	5–2–0 	10 	Recap
8 	October 21 	Los Angeles 	6–4 	Columbus 	 	Bobrovsky 	15,329 	5–3–0 	10 	Recap
9 	October 25 	Buffalo 	1–5 	Columbus 	 	Bobrovsky 	14,383 	6–3–0 	12 	Recap
10 	October 27 	Winnipeg 	1–2 	Columbus 	OT 	Bobrovsky 	14,224 	7–3–0 	14 	Recap
11 	October 28 	Columbus 	1–4 	St. Louis 	 	Korpisalo 	17,834 	7–4–0 	14 	Recap
12 	October 30 	Boston 	3–4 	Columbus 	SO 	Bobrovsky 	13,396 	8–4–0 	16 	Recap
===Playoffs===
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Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M1) Washington Capitals: Washington won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M1) Washington Capitals: Washington won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M1) Washington Capitals: Washington won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M1) Washington Capitals: Washington won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M1) Washington Capitals: Washington won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M1) Washington Capitals: Washington won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M1) Washington Capitals: Washington won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M1) Washington Capitals: Washington won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M1) Washington Capitals: Washington won 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M1) Washington Capitals: Washington won 4–2
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap
1 	April 12 	Columbus 	4–3 	Washington 	OT 	Bobrovsky 	18,506 	1–0 	Recap
2 	April 15 	Columbus 	5–4 	Washington 	OT 	Bobrovsky 	18,506 	2–0 	Recap
3 	April 17 	Washington 	3–2 	Columbus 	2OT 	Bobrovsky 	19,337 	2–1 	Recap
4 	April 19 	Washington 	4–1 	Columbus 	 	Bobrovsky 	19,395 	2–2 	Recap
5 	April 21 	Columbus 	3–4 	Washington 	OT 	Bobrovsky 	18,506 	2–3 	Recap
6 	April 23 	Washington 	6–3 	Columbus 	 	Bobrovsky 	18,667 	2–4 	Recap
==Player statistics==
As of April 23, 2018
;Skaters
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	81	27	55	82	23 	26
 	78	16	41	57	10 	30
 	82	20	28	48	8 	49
 	65	24	22	46	19 	14
 	82	11	29	40	4 	9
 	77	16	21	37	8 	16
 	66	8 	27	35	22 	12
 	72	15	18	33	1 	50
 	75	13	19	32	1 	39
 	63	19	11	30	–1 	42
 	69	9 	15	24	–10	33
 	61	7 	16	23	13 	14
 	55	14	8 	22	–8 	10
 	62	6 	10	16	–2 	33
 	81	4 	12	16	2 	32
† 	19	7 	8 	15	9 	8
 	44	1 	11	12	4 	8
 	77	3 	8 	11	–6 	22
 	53	4 	4 	8 	–3 	21
† 	20	2 	5 	7 	11 	24
 	33	3 	3 	6 	–1 	6
‡ 	31	3 	2 	5 	–3 	2
 	32	2 	3 	5 	0 	8
† 	20	1 	3 	4 	0 	0
 	11	0 	4 	4 	2 	2
 	21	1 	1 	2 	–4 	4
 	14	0 	2 	2 	0 	4
†‡ 	14	0 	1 	1 	–2 	4
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	–1 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0
 	12	0 	0 	0 	–3 	13
† 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	6	2	5	7	–4	6
 	6	1	4	5	–3	4
 	6	3	1	4	4 	4
 	6	2	2	4	–3	2
 	6	2	2	4	0 	6
 	6	2	1	3	–4	4
 	6	1	2	3	3 	21
 	6	1	2	3	–3	4
 	6	1	2	3	0 	0
 	6	1	2	3	0 	2
 	6	0	3	3	–1	2
 	6	1	1	2	–1	2
 	3	1	1	2	–1	0
 	6	0	1	1	3 	2
 	6	0	0	0	0 	0
 	3	0	0	0	0 	0
 	6	0	0	0	–1	0
 	6	0	0	0	1 	6
 	6	0	0	0	2 	0
;Goaltenders
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	65	65	3,911:34	37	22	6	158	2.42	1,993	.921	5	0	3	0
 	18	17	1,048:49	8 	8 	1	58 	3.32	564 	.897	0	0	0	0
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	6	6	415:27	2	4	22	3.18	221	.900	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.
==Transactions==
The Blue Jackets have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Vegas Golden KnightsDavid Clarkson1st round pick in 20172nd round pick in 2019	To Columbus Blue JacketsExpansion Draft considerations 	
 	To Chicago BlackhawksBrandon SaadAnton Forsberg5th round pick in 2018 	To Columbus Blue JacketsArtemi PanarinTyler Motte6th round pick in 2017	
 	To Minnesota WildDante Salituro 	To Columbus Blue JacketsJordan Schroeder 	
 	To Vegas Golden KnightsKeegan Kolesar 	To Columbus Blue JacketsTBL's 2nd round pick in 2017 	
 	To Arizona CoyotesJohn Ramage 	Columbus Blue JacketsFuture considerations 	
 	To Los Angeles KingsFuture considerations 	To Columbus Blue JacketsJeff Zatkoff 	
 	To Nashville Predators4th round pick in 2018 	To Columbus Blue JacketsMark Letestu 	
 	To Ottawa SenatorsNick Moutrey3rd-round pick in 2020 	To Columbus Blue JacketsIan Cole 	
 	To Arizona CoyotesJordan Maletta 	To Columbus Blue JacketsRyan Kujawinski 	
 	To Vancouver CanucksJussi JokinenTyler Motte 	To Columbus Blue JacketsThomas Vanek 	
Notes:
* The Vegas Golden Knights will not select Josh Anderson, Jack Johnson, or Joonas Korpisalo in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft
===Free agents acquired===
Date	Player 	Former team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
 	Cameron Gaunce	Pittsburgh Penguins	2-year, $1.3 million 	
 	Andre Benoit 	Malmö Redhawks 	1-year, $800,000 	
 	Doyle Somerby 	Boston Terriers 	2-year, $1.85 million entry-level contract 	
 	Maxime Fortier	Halifax Mooseheads 	3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract	
 	Nathan Gerbe 	Genève-Servette HC 	1-year, $650,000 	
 	Eric Robinson 	Princeton Tigers 	2-year, $1.85 million entry-level contract 	
===Free agents lost===
Date	Player 	New team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Ryan Stanton	Edmonton Oilers 	2-year, $1.4 million 	
 	Kyle Quincey	Minnesota Wild 	1-year, $1.25 million 	
 	Sam Gagner 	Vancouver Canucks 	3-year, $9.45 million 	
 	T.J. Tynan 	Vegas Golden Knights	2-year, $1.3 million 	
 	Oscar Dansk 	Vegas Golden Knights	1-year, $650,000 	
 	Jaime Sifers	Utica Comets 	2-year 	
 	Oleg Yevenko	Stockton Heat 	Unknown 	
===Claimed via waivers===
Player 	Previous team 	Date	Ref
Jussi Jokinen 	Los Angeles Kings 	 	
Taylor Chorney	Washington Capitals	 	
===Lost via waivers===
Player	New team	Date	Ref
 	 	 	
===Lost via retirement===
Date	Player	Ref
===Player signings===
Date	Player 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
 	Alex Broadhurst 	1-year, $650,000 	
 	Jordan Schroeder 	2-year, $1.3 million 	
 	Alex Wennberg 	6-year, $29.4 million 	
 	Josh Anderson 	3-year, $5.55 million 	
 	Cam Atkinson 	7-year, $41.125 million contract extension 	
 	Dean Kukan 	2-year, $1.45 million contract extension 	
 	Nathan Gerbe 	2-year, $1.35 million contract extension 	
 	Markus Nutivaara 	4-year, $10.8 million contract extension 	
 	Jonathan Davidsson	3-year, $2.55 million entry-level contract 	
 	Alexandre Texier 	3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract	
 	Alex Broadhurst 	1-year, $700,000 contract extension 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Columbus Blue Jackets' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2 	451 	Alexandre Texier 	C 	France 	Brûleurs de Loups (Ligue Magnus)
3 	86 	Daniil Tarasov 	G 	Russia 	Tolpar Ufa (MHL)
4 	117 	Emil Bemstrom 	C 	Sweden 	Leksands IF (J20 SuperElit)
5 	148 	Kale Howarth 	C 	Canada 	Trail Smoke Eaters (BCHL)
6 	1702	Jonathan Davidsson	RW 	Sweden 	Djurgårdens IF (SHL)
6 	179 	Carson Meyer 	RW 	USA 	Miami RedHawks (NCHC)
7 	210 	Robbie Stucker 	D 	USA 	Saint Thomas Academy (USHS)
Draft notes:
# The Tampa Bay Lightning's second-round pick went to the Columbus Blue Jackets as the result of a trade on June 24, 2017 that sent Keegan Kolesar to Vegas in exchange for this pick.
# The New York Islanders' sixth-round pick went to the Columbus Blue Jackets as the result of a trade on June 23, 2017 that sent Brandon Saad, Anton Forsberg and a fifth-round pick in 2018 to Chicago in exchange for Artemi Panarin, Tyler Motte and this pick.
==References==
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