2021–22 Columbus Blue Jackets season

The 2021–22 Columbus Blue Jackets season was the 22nd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997. On April 16, 2022, the Blue Jackets were eliminated from playoff contention when the Washington Capitals defeated the Montreal Canadiens.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
== Schedule and results ==
=== Preseason ===
2021 preseason game log: 4–2–2 (Home: 2–0–2 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2021 preseason game log: 4–2–2 (Home: 2–0–2 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2021 preseason game log: 4–2–2 (Home: 2–0–2 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2021 preseason game log: 4–2–2 (Home: 2–0–2 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2021 preseason game log: 4–2–2 (Home: 2–0–2 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2021 preseason game log: 4–2–2 (Home: 2–0–2 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2021 preseason game log: 4–2–2 (Home: 2–0–2 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2021 preseason game log: 4–2–2 (Home: 2–0–2 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2021 preseason game log: 4–2–2 (Home: 2–0–2 ; Road: 2–2–0)	2021 preseason game log: 4–2–2 (Home: 2–0–2 ; Road: 2–2–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 27 	Columbus 	3–0 	Pittsburgh 	 	Berube 	12,979 	1–0–0 	
2 	September 28 	Buffalo 	5–4 	Columbus 	SO 	Greaves 	9,623 	1–0–1 	
3 	September 29 	St. Louis 	2–5 	Columbus 	 	Tarasov 	9,220 	2–0–1 	
4 	October 2 	Columbus 	1–5 	Detroit 	 	Merzlikins 	14,827 	2–1–1 	
5 	October 4 	Columbus 	5–3 	Buffalo 	 	Korpisalo 	6,327 	3–1–1 	
6 	October 6 	Detroit 	2–4 	Columbus 	 	Merzlikins 	10,374 	4–1–1 	
7 	October 8 	Columbus 	3–7 	St. Louis 	 	Korpisalo 	14,790 	4–2–1 	
8 	October 9 	Pittsburgh 	4–3 	Columbus 	OT 	Merzlikins 	14,771 	4–2–2 	
=== Regular season ===
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October: 5–3–0 (Home: 4–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	October: 5–3–0 (Home: 4–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	October: 5–3–0 (Home: 4–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	October: 5–3–0 (Home: 4–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	October: 5–3–0 (Home: 4–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	October: 5–3–0 (Home: 4–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	October: 5–3–0 (Home: 4–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	October: 5–3–0 (Home: 4–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	October: 5–3–0 (Home: 4–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	October: 5–3–0 (Home: 4–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	October: 5–3–0 (Home: 4–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 14 	Arizona 	2–8 	Columbus 	 	Merzlikins 	17,813 	1–0–0 	2 	
2 	October 16 	Seattle 	1–2 	Columbus 	OT 	Merzlikins 	17,593 	2–0–0 	4 	
3 	October 19 	Columbus 	1–4 	Detroit 	 	Korpisalo 	14,165 	2–1–0 	4 	
4 	October 21 	NY Islanders 	2–3 	Columbus 	OT 	Merzlikins 	12,937 	3–1–0 	6 	
5 	October 23 	Carolina 	5–1 	Columbus 	 	Korpisalo 	14,386 	3–2–0 	6 	
6 	October 25 	Dallas 	1–4 	Columbus 	 	Merzlikins 	12,629 	4–2–0 	8 	
7 	October 29 	Columbus 	0–4 	NY Rangers 	 	Merzlikins 	14,532 	4–3–0 	8 	
8 	October 31 	Columbus 	4–3 	New Jersey 	SO 	Korpisalo 	10,239 	5–3–0 	10 	
==Player statistics==
As of March 22, 2022
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	45	25	23	48	-3 	14
 	62	22	26	48	−23	8
 	61	4 	42	46	−9 	32
 	59	23	21	44	−11	22
 	58	10	31	41	−11	22
 	64	16	23	39	−7 	18
‡ 	53	9 	23	32	+2 	37
 	63	12	18	30	–1 	8
 	62	3 	26	29	–1 	46
 	64	11	13	24	+6 	53
 	61	11	10	21	−21	23
 	49	8 	13	21	+1 	12
 	36	11	9 	20	0 	12
 	40	10	9 	19	−10	10
 	49	4 	13	17	-6 	26
 	64	1 	12	13	–15	44
 	53	7 	5 	12	−25	14
 	32	3 	6 	9 	+2 	14
 	38	0 	8 	8 	0 	22
 	27	5 	2 	7 	+3 	4
‡ 	24	2 	5 	7 	+6 	8
 	30	2 	5 	7 	+5 	6
 	23	3 	3 	6 	+1 	4
 	14	3 	2 	5 	–1 	6
 	6 	1 	1 	2 	–1 	0
 	4 	1 	0 	1 	+2 	0
 	7 	0 	1 	1 	−4 	6
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	–1 	0
===Goaltenders===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	42	40	2308:03	22	15	3	130	3.38	1,341	.903	2	0	2	6
 	22	17	1128:29	7 	11	0	78 	4.15	634 	.877	0	0	0	2
 	4 	4 	240:20 	3 	1 	0	13 	3.25	170 	.924	0	0	1	0
 	4 	3 	174:51 	0 	2 	0	7 	2.40	111 	.937	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 2021–22 season.
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Chicago BlackhawksSeth JonesTBL 1st-round pick in 2021 (Nolan Allan)6th-round pick in 2022	To Columbus Blue JacketsAdam Boqvist1st-round pick in 2021 (Cole Sillinger)2nd-round pick in 2021 (Aleksi Heimosalmi)Conditional 1st-round pick in 2022 or 2023	
 	To Carolina HurricanesCHI 2nd-round pick in 2021 (Aleksi Heimosalmi) 	To Columbus Blue JacketsJake Bean 	
 	To Philadelphia FlyersCam Atkinson 	To Columbus Blue JacketsJakub Voracek 	
 	To Carolina HurricanesMax DomiTyler Inamoto 	To Columbus Blue JacketsAidan Hreschuk 	
 	To Florida PanthersYegor KorshkovCBJ 6th-round pick in 2022 	To Columbus Blue JacketsAidan Hreschuk 	
Notes:
* Columbus will receive Chicago's 1st-round pick in 2022 if the pick is outside the top 2, otherwise Columbus will receive Chicago's 1st-round pick in 2023.
===Players acquired===
Date	Player 	Former team 	Term 	Via 	Ref
 	Gavin Bayreuther 	Seattle Kraken 	2-year	Free agency	
 	Sean Kuraly 	Boston Bruins 	4-year	Free agency	
 	Tyler Sikura 	Cleveland Monsters (AHL) 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Brendan Gaunce 	Vaxjo Lakers (SHL) 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Zac Rinaldo 	Calgary Flames 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Jean-Francois Berube	Ontario Reign (AHL) 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Jet Greaves 	Cleveland Monsters (AHL) 	3-year	Free agency	
 	Billy Sweezey 	Cleveland Monsters (AHL) 	2-year	Free agency	
 	Nick Blankenburg 	Michigan Wolverines (B1G)	1-year	Free agency	
===Players lost===
Date	Player 	New team 	Term 	Via 	Ref
 	Gavin Bayreuther 	Seattle Kraken 	 	Expansion draft 	
 	Adam Clendening 	Philadelphia Flyers 	1-year	Free agency 	
 	Michael Del Zotto	Ottawa Senators 	2-year	Free agency 	
 	Kole Sherwood 	Ottawa Senators 	1-year	Free agency 	
 	Zac Dalpe 	Florida Panthers 	2-year	Free agency 	
 	Cliff Pu 	Kunlun Red Star (KHL) 	1-year	Free agency 	
 	Mikko Lehtonen 	 	 	Contract termination	
 	Mikko Lehtonen 	SKA St. Petersburg (KHL)	4-year	Free agency 	
 	Gregory Hofmann 	EV Zug (NL) 	2-year	Free agency 	
 	Gregory Hofmann 	 	 	Contract termination	
===Signings===
Date	Player 	Term 	Contract type	Ref
 	Boone Jenner 	4-year	Extension 	
 	Patrik Laine 	1-year	Re-signing 	
 	Eric Robinson 	2-year	Extension 	
 	Alexandre Texier	2-year	Re-signing 	
 	Jake Bean 	3-year	Re-signing 	
 	Zach Werenski 	6-year	Extension 	
 	Mikko Lehtonen 	1-year	Re-signing 	
 	Stanislav Svozil	3-year	Entry-level 	
 	Ole Holm 	3-year	Entry-level 	
 	Cole Sillinger 	3-year	Entry-level 	
 	Elvis Merzlikins	5-year	Extension 	
 	Justin Danforth 	2-year	Extension 	
 	Kent Johnson 	3-year	Entry-level 	
 	Kirill Marchenko	2-year	Entry-level 	
 	Mikael Pyyhtia 	3-year	Entry-level 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Columbus Blue Jackets' selections at the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, which were held on July 23 to 24, 2021. It was held virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos.	Nationality	Team (League)
1 	5 	Kent Johnson 	C 	 	Michigan Wolverines (Big Ten)
1 	12 	Cole Sillinger 	C 	 	Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)
1 	25 	Corson Ceulemans 	D 	 	Brooks Bandits (AJHL)
3 	69 	Stanislav Svozil 	D 	 	HC Kometa Brno (ELH)
4 	101	Guillaume Richard	D 	 	Tri-City Storm (USHL)
5 	132	Nikolai Makarov 	D 	 	Krasnaya Armiya (MHL)
5 	133	James Malatesta 	C 	 	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
6 	165	Ben Boyd 	C 	 	Charlottetown Islanders (QMJHL)
7 	197	Martin Rysavy 	LW 	 	HC Vítkovice Ridera (ELH)
==References==
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