2016–17 Columbus Blue Jackets season

2016–17 Columbus Blue Jackets
2016–17 Columbus Blue Jackets
Division	TBD Metropolitan
Conference	TBD Eastern
2016–17 record	14–5–4
Home record	8–3–1
Road record	6–2–3
Goals for	73
Goals against	52
Team information
General manager	Jarmo Kekalainen
Coach	John Tortorella
Captain	Nick Foligno
Alternate captains	Brandon Dubinsky; Boone Jenner
Arena	Nationwide Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Nick Foligno (9)
Assists	Alexander Wennberg (15)
Points	Cam Atkinson; Nick Foligno; Alexander Wennberg (21)
Penalty minutes	Nick Foligno (33)
Plus/minus	Brandon Saad; David Savard (+10)
Wins	Sergei Bobrovsky (13)
Goals against average	Curtis McElhinney (2.03)
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Columbus Blue Jackets season is the 17th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.^[1]

Off-season

Training camp

Regular Season

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division
Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Washington Capitals	82	55	19	8	53	263	182	+81	118
2	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	50	21	11	46	282	234	+48	111
3	x – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	50	24	8	47	249	195	+54	108
4	x – New York Rangers	82	48	28	6	45	256	220	+36	102
5	New York Islanders	82	41	29	12	39	241	242	−1	94
6	Philadelphia Flyers	82	39	33	10	32	219	236	−17	88
7	Carolina Hurricanes	82	36	31	15	33	215	236	−21	87
8	New Jersey Devils	82	28	40	14	25	183	244	−61	70

Source: National Hockey League^[2]
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot

Conference standings

Template:2016–17 NHL Eastern Conference standings

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–4–0 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 25^[A]	St. Louis	5–0	Columbus		Forsberg	8,574	0–1–0	Recap
2	September 25^[A]	Columbus	3–7	St. Louis		Korpisalo	10,394	0–2–0	Recap
3	September 26	Columbus	3–2	Boston	SO	McElhinney	16,285	1–2–0	Recap
4	September 29	Nashville	2–3	Columbus	OT	McElhinney	8,644	2–2–0	Recap
5	October 2	Pittsburgh	0–2	Columbus		Bobrovsky	11,966	2–3–0	Recap
6	October 4	Columbus	3–2	Nashville	OT	Korpisalo	16,432	3–3–0	Recap
7	October 6	Boston	2–1	Columbus		Bobrovsky	8,851	3–4–0	Recap
8	October 8	Columbus	5–3	Pittsburgh		Bobrovsky	18,258	4–4–0	Recap
^A – indicates split-squad game.

Regular season

2016–17 Game Log

October: 3–3–1 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 2–1–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 13	Boston	6–3	Columbus		Bobrovsky	18,144	0–1–0	0	Recap
2	October 15	San Jose	3–2	Columbus		Bobrovsky	16,546	0–2–0	0	Recap
3	October 21	Chicago	2–3	Columbus		Bobrovsky	15,789	1–2–0	2	Recap
4	October 22	Columbus	3–0	Dallas		Bobrovsky	18,532	2–2–0	4	Recap
5	October 25	Columbus	2–3	Los Angeles	OT	Bobrovsky	18,230	2–2–1	5	Recap
6	October 27	Columbus	1–3	San Jose		Bobrovsky	17,229	2–3–1	5	Recap
7	October 28	Columbus	4–0	Anaheim		Bobrovsky	15,841	3–3–1	7	Recap

November: 9–2–3 (Home: 7–1–1 ; Road: 2–1–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
8	November 1	Dallas	2–3	Columbus	OT	Bobrovsky	10,141	4–3–1	9	Recap
9	November 4	Montreal	0–10	Columbus		Bobrovsky	14,436	5–3–1	11	Recap
10	November 5	Columbus	1–2	St. Louis	OT	McElhinney	18,245	5–3–2	12	Recap
11	November 9	Anaheim	2–3	Columbus	OT	Bobrovsky	10,250	6–3–2	14	Recap
12	November 10	Columbus	2–5	Boston		Bobrovsky	17,565	6–4–2	14	Recap
13	November 12	St. Louis	4–8	Columbus		Bobrovsky	15,788	7–4–2	16	Recap
14	November 15	Washington	1–2	Columbus	OT	Bobrovsky	11,738	8–4–2	18	Recap
15	November 18	NY Rangers	2–4	Columbus		Bobrovsky	14,541	9–4–2	20	Recap
16	November 20	Columbus	3–2	Washington		Bobrovsky	18,506	10–4–2	22	Recap
17	November 21	Colorado	3–2	Columbus	OT	McElhinney	10,063	10–4–3	23	Recap
18	November 23	Calgary	2–0	Columbus		Bobrovsky	13,140	10–5–3	23	Recap
19	November 25	Columbus	5–3	Tampa Bay		Bobrovsky	19,092	11–5–3	25	Recap
20	November 26	Columbus	1–2	Florida	SO	Bobrovsky	13,573	11–5–4	26	Recap
21	November 29	Tampa Bay	1–5	Columbus		Bobrovsky	10,366	12–5–4	28	Recap

December: 2–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 2–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
22	December 1	Columbus	3–2	Colorado		Bobrovsky	12,141	13–5–4	30	Recap
23	December 3	Columbus	3–2	Arizona	SO	McElhinney	11,287	14–5–4	32	Recap
24	December 5	Arizona	–	Columbus
25	December 9	Columbus	–	Detroit
26	December 10	NY Islanders	–	Columbus
27	December 13	Columbus	–	Edmonton
28	December 16	Columbus	–	Calgary
29	December 18	Columbus	–	Vancouver
30	December 20	Los Angeles	–	Columbus
31	December 22	Pittsburgh	–	Columbus
32	December 23	Montreal	–	Columbus
33	December 27	Boston	–	Columbus
34	December 29	Columbus	–	Winnipeg
35	December 31	Columbus	–	Minnesota

January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
36	January 3	Edmonton	–	Columbus
37	January 5	Columbus	–	Washington
38	January 7	NY Rangers	–	Columbus
39	January 8	Philadelphia	–	Columbus
40	January 10	Columbus	–	Carolina
41	January 13	Columbus	–	Tampa Bay
42	January 14	Columbus	–	Florida
43	January 17	Carolina	–	Columbus
44	January 19	Ottawa	–	Columbus
45	January 21	Carolina	–	Columbus
46	January 22	Columbus	–	Ottawa
47	January 24	Columbus	–	NY Islanders
48	January 26	Columbus	–	Nashville
49	January 31	Columbus	–	NY Rangers

February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
50	February 3	Columbus	–	Pittsburgh
51	February 4	New Jersey	–	Columbus
52	February 7	Columbus	–	Detroit
53	February 9	Vancouver	–	Columbus
54	February 11	Detroit	–	Columbus
55	February 13	NY Rangers	–	Columbus
56	February 15	Toronto	–	Columbus
57	February 17	Pittsburgh	–	Columbus
58	February 19	Nashville	–	Columbus
59	February 25	NY Islanders	–	Columbus
60	February 26	Columbus	–	NY Rangers
61	February 28	Columbus	–	Montreal

March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
62	March 2	Minnesota	–	Columbus
63	March 4	Columbus	–	Ottawa
64	March 5	Columbus	–	New Jersey
65	March 7	New Jersey	–	Columbus
66	March 10	Buffalo	–	Columbus
67	March 11	Columbus	–	Buffalo
68	March 13	Columbus	–	Philadelphia
69	March 16	Florida	–	Columbus
70	March 18	NY Islanders	–	Columbus
71	March 19	Columbus	–	New Jersey
72	March 22	Toronto	–	Columbus
73	March 23	Columbus	–	Washington
74	March 25	Philadelphia	–	Columbus
75	March 28	Buffalo	–	Columbus
76	March 30	Columbus	–	Carolina
77	March 31	Columbus	–	Chicago

April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
78	April 2	Washington	–	Columbus
79	April 4	Columbus	–	Pittsburgh
80	April 6	Winnipeg	–	Columbus
81	April 8	Columbus	–	Philadelphia
82	April 9	Columbus	–	Toronto

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

As of November 3, 2016^[3]

Skaters

Regular season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Nick Foligno	8	2	7	9	3	9
Zach Werenski	8	2	6	8	0	2
Alexander Wennberg	8	1	7	8	3	2
Brandon Saad	8	3	4	7	5	0
Scott Hartnell	8	2	3	5	3	2
Cam Atkinson	8	2	3	5	−7	2
Sam Gagner	7	3	1	4	2	0
Seth Jones	8	2	2	4	0	0
Josh Anderson	8	2	0	2	3	13
William Karlsson	8	1	1	2	0	2
David Savard	8	0	2	2	0	4
Lukas Sedlak	6	0	2	2	2	0
Matt Calvert	8	1	0	1	−5	2
Brandon Dubinsky	8	0	1	1	−8	13
Boone Jenner	8	0	1	1	−8	4
Jack Johnson	8	0	0	0	1	4
Markus Nutivaara	8	0	0	0	−2	2
Dalton Prout	5	0	0	0	0	6
Ryan Murray	3	0	0	0	−3	2
Oliver Bjorkstrand	3	0	0	0	−2	4

Goaltenders

Regular season^[3]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Sergei Bobrovsky	18	18	972:54	11	5	2	37	2.05	533	.930	2	0	0	0
Curtis McElhinney	3	2	124:43	0	0	2	6	2.01	80	.925	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

Updated November 21, 2024^[4]^[5]


No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
27	Zach Aston-Reese	C	L	30	2024	Staten Island, New York
59	Yegor Chinakhov	RW	L	23	2020	Omsk, Russia
2	Jake Christiansen	D	L	25	2020	West Vancouver, British Columbia
17	Justin Danforth	RW	R	31	2021	Oshawa, Ontario
15	Dante Fabbro	D	R	26	2024	Coquitlam, British Columbia
19	Adam Fantilli	C	L	20	2023	Nobleton, Ontario
44	Erik Gudbranson (A)	D	R	32	2022	Ottawa, Ontario
22	Jordan Harris	D	L	24	2024	Haverhill, Massachusetts
38	Boone Jenner (C)	C	L	31	2011	London, Ontario
3	Jack Johnson	D	L	37	2024	Indianapolis, Indiana
91	Kent Johnson	C	L	22	2021	Port Moody, British Columbia
7	Sean Kuraly (A)	C	L	31	2021	Dublin, Ohio
62	Kevin Labanc	RW	R	28	2024	Staten Island, New York
86	Kirill Marchenko	RW	R	24	2018	Barnaul, Russia
90	Elvis Merzlikins	G	L	30	2014	Riga, Latvia
23	Sean Monahan	C	L	30	2024	Brampton, Ontario
24	Mathieu Olivier	RW	R	27	2022	Biloxi, Mississippi
9	Ivan Provorov	D	L	27	2023	Yaroslavl, Russia
78	Damon Severson	D	R	30	2023	Brandon, Manitoba
4	Cole Sillinger	C	L	21	2021	Columbus, Ohio
40	Daniil Tarasov	G	L	25	2017	Novokuznetsk, Russia
21	James van Riemsdyk	LW	L	35	2024	Middletown, New Jersey
10	Dmitri Voronkov	C	L	24	2019	Angarsk, Russia
8	Zach Werenski (A)	D	L	27	2015	Grosse Pointe, Michigan

Transactions

The Blue Jackets have been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 25, 2016	To Toronto Maple Leafs Kerby Rychel	To Columbus Blue Jackets Scott Harrington conditional 5th-round pick in 2017	^[6]
November 28, 2016	To Colorado Avalanche Cody Goloubef	To Columbus Blue Jackets Ryan Stanton	^[7]

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Dante Salituro	Ottawa 67’s	3 years, $2.2 million entry-level contract	^[8]
July 5, 2016 (2016-07-05)	Jacob Graves	London Knights	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract	^[9]
August 1, 2016 (2016-08-01)	Sam Gagner	Philadelphia Flyers	1 year, $650,000	^[10]

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Michael Chaput	Vancouver Canucks	1 year, $600,000	^[11]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Fedor Tyutin	Colorado Avalanche	1 year, $2 million	^[12]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Justin Falk	Buffalo Sabres	1 year, $650,000	^[13]
July 5, 2016 (2016-07-05)	Jared Boll	Anaheim Ducks	2 years, $1.8 million	^[14]
October 10, 2016 (2016-10-10)	Rene Bourque	Colorado Avalanche	1 year, $650,000	^[15]

Claimed via waivers

Player	Previous team	Date

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 29, 2016 (2016-06-29)	Seth Jones	6 years, $32.4 million	^[16]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Pierre-Luc Dubois	3 years, $10.275 million entry-level contract	^[17]
July 25, 2016 (2016-07-25)	Alex Broadhurst	1 year, $600,000	^[18]
July 25, 2016 (2016-07-25)	T. J. Tynan	1 year, $600,000	^[18]
July 25, 2016 (2016-07-25)	Scott Harrington	1 year, $632,500	^[18]

Draft picks

Below are the Columbus Blue Jackets' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, held June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	3	Pierre-Luc Dubois	LW	Canada	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL)
2	34	Andrew Peeke	D	United States	Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)
3	65	Vitalii Abramov	RW	Russia	Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL)
6	155	Peter Thome	G	United States	Aberdeen Wings (NAHL)
7	185	Calvin Thurkauf	C	Switzerland	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)

Notes

The Columbus Blue Jackets' fourth-round pick went to the New York Islanders as the result of a trade on June 25, 2016 that sent a fourth-round pick in 2016 (110th overall) and a sixth-round pick in 2017 to Chicago in exchange for this pick.^[19]

Chicago previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 30, 2015 that sent Brandon Saad, Michael Paliotta and Alex Broadhurst to Columbus in exchange for Artem Anisimov, Jeremy Morin, Corey Tropp, Marko Dano and this pick.^[20]

The Columbus Blue Jackets' fifth-round pick went to the St. Louis Blues as the result of a trade on November 15, 2014 that sent Jordan Leopold to Columbus in exchange for this pick.^[21]

References

^ National Hockey League (2013). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2014. Diamond Sports Data, Inc. p. 49. ISBN 978-1-894801-26-3.
^ "2016-2017 NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com.
^ ^a ^b "2015-2016 Regular Season Stats - Points - Columbus Blue Jackets - Statistics". Columbus Blue Jackets. Retrieved April 13, 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Columbus Blue Jackets Roster". National Hockey League. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
^ "Columbus Blue Jackets Hockey Transactions". The Sports Network. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
^ "Blue Jackets acquire defenseman Scott Harrington". nhl.com. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
^ "Blue Jackets acquire Ryan Stanton from Avalanche". nhl.com. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
^ "Blue Jackets sign forward Dante Salituro to entry level contract". nhl.com. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
^ "Blue Jackets sign defenseman Jacob Graves to entry level contract". nhl.com. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
^ "Blue Jackets sign center Sam Gagner to one-year contract". nhl.com. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "Canucks sign Chaput, Rendulic & Billins". nhl.com. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
^ "Avalanche Signs Fedor Tyutin". Colorado Avalanche. July 5, 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "SABRES SIGN DEFENSEMAN JUSTIN FALK". Buffalo Sabres. July 5, 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Ducks Sign RW Boll to Two-Year Contract". Anaheim Ducks. July 5, 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Avalanche Signs Gabriel And Rene Bourque". Colorado Avalanche. October 10, 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Blue Jackets sign defenseman Seth Jones to six-year extension". nhl.com. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
^ "Blue Jackets sign Pierre-Luc Dubois to three-year, entry level contract". nhl.com. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Blue Jackets sign three players to one-year, two-way (NHL/AHL) contracts". nhl.com. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "Blackhawks select nine players at 2016 NHL Draft". June 25, 2016. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
^ "Saad traded to Blue Jackets by Blackhawks". June 30, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
^ "Blue Jackets acquire defenseman Leopold from Blues". National Hockey League. November 15, 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2014.

[1] National Hockey League (2013). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2014. Diamond Sports Data, Inc. p. 49. ISBN 978-1-894801-26-3.

[2] "2016-2017 NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com.

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[4] "Columbus Blue Jackets Roster". National Hockey League. Retrieved November 21, 2024.

[5] "Columbus Blue Jackets Hockey Transactions". The Sports Network. Retrieved November 21, 2024.

[6] "Blue Jackets acquire defenseman Scott Harrington". nhl.com. Retrieved June 30, 2016.

[7] "Blue Jackets acquire Ryan Stanton from Avalanche". nhl.com. Retrieved November 29, 2016.

[8] "Blue Jackets sign forward Dante Salituro to entry level contract". nhl.com. Retrieved July 6, 2016.

[9] "Blue Jackets sign defenseman Jacob Graves to entry level contract". nhl.com. Retrieved July 6, 2016.

[10] "Blue Jackets sign center Sam Gagner to one-year contract". nhl.com. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[11] "Canucks sign Chaput, Rendulic & Billins". nhl.com. Retrieved July 5, 2016.

[12] "Avalanche Signs Fedor Tyutin". Colorado Avalanche. July 5, 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[13] "SABRES SIGN DEFENSEMAN JUSTIN FALK". Buffalo Sabres. July 5, 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[14] "Ducks Sign RW Boll to Two-Year Contract". Anaheim Ducks. July 5, 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[15] "Avalanche Signs Gabriel And Rene Bourque". Colorado Avalanche. October 10, 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[16] "Blue Jackets sign defenseman Seth Jones to six-year extension". nhl.com. Retrieved June 30, 2016.

[17] "Blue Jackets sign Pierre-Luc Dubois to three-year, entry level contract". nhl.com. Retrieved July 6, 2016.

[Sign3-18] "Blue Jackets sign three players to one-year, two-way (NHL/AHL) contracts". nhl.com. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[BlackDay2-19] "Blackhawks select nine players at 2016 NHL Draft". June 25, 2016. Retrieved June 25, 2016.

[20] "Saad traded to Blue Jackets by Blackhawks". June 30, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.

[21] "Blue Jackets acquire defenseman Leopold from Blues". National Hockey League. November 15, 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2014.

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