2018–19 Columbus Blue Jackets season

2018–19 Columbus Blue Jackets
2018–19 Columbus Blue Jackets
Division	5th Metropolitan
Conference	8th Eastern
2018–19 record	47–31–4
Home record	22–17–2
Road record	25–14–2
Goals for	258
Goals against	232
Team information
General manager	Jarmo Kekalainen
Coach	John Tortorella
Captain	Nick Foligno
Alternate captains	Cam Atkinson; Boone Jenner; Seth Jones
Arena	Nationwide Arena
Average attendance	16,658
Minor league affiliate(s)	Cleveland Monsters (AHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Cam Atkinson (41)
Assists	Artemi Panarin (59)
Points	Artemi Panarin (87)
Penalty minutes	Pierre-Luc Dubois (64)
Plus/minus	Josh Anderson (+25)
Wins	Sergei Bobrovsky (37)
Goals against average	Sergei Bobrovsky (2.58)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Columbus Blue Jackets season was the 19th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.^[2] On April 5, 2019, the Blue Jackets clinched a playoff spot after a 3–2 shootout win over the New York Rangers.^[3]

The Blue Jackets won their first ever playoff series by sweeping the Presidents' Trophy winners, the Tampa Bay Lightning, in the First Round of the playoffs.^[4] However, the Blue Jackets were not able to carry their success into the Second Round, and they were eliminated by the Boston Bruins in six games.

Standings

Metropolitan Division
Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Washington Capitals	82	48	26	8	44	278	249	+29	104
2	x – New York Islanders	82	48	27	7	43	228	196	+32	103
3	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	44	26	12	42	273	241	+32	100
4	x – Carolina Hurricanes	82	46	29	7	44	245	223	+22	99
5	x – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	47	31	4	45	258	232	+26	98
6	Philadelphia Flyers	82	37	37	8	34	244	281	−37	82
7	New York Rangers	82	32	36	14	26	227	272	−45	78
8	New Jersey Devils	82	31	41	10	28	222	275	−53	72

Source: National Hockey League^[5]
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ME	x – Carolina Hurricanes	82	46	29	7	44	245	223	+22	99
2	ME	x – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	47	31	4	45	258	232	+26	98

3	AT	Montreal Canadiens	82	44	30	8	41	249	236	+13	96
4	AT	Florida Panthers	82	36	32	14	33	267	280	−13	86
5	ME	Philadelphia Flyers	82	37	37	8	34	244	281	−37	82
6	ME	New York Rangers	82	32	36	14	26	227	272	−45	78
7	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	33	39	10	28	226	271	−45	76
8	AT	Detroit Red Wings	82	32	40	10	29	227	277	−50	74
9	ME	New Jersey Devils	82	31	41	10	28	222	275	−53	72
10	AT	Ottawa Senators	82	29	47	6	29	242	302	−60	64

Source: National Hockey League^[6]
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 15, 2018.^[7]

2018 preseason game log: 3–5–0 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 17	Buffalo	4–1	Columbus		Thiessen	9,845	0–1–0	Recap
2	September 18	Chicago	1–4	Columbus		Berube	10,422	1–1–0	Recap
3	September 21	Columbus	0–3	St. Louis		Bobrovsky	15,190	1–2–0	Recap
4	September 22	Columbus	3–7	Pittsburgh		Korpisalo	17,190	1–3–0	Recap
5	September 23	St. Louis	5–1	Columbus		Bobrovsky	11,758	1–4–0	Recap
6^[a]	September 25	Columbus	4–2	Buffalo		Korpisalo	—	2–4–0	Recap
7	September 28	Pittsburgh	6–7	Columbus		Bobrovsky	13,976	3–4–0	Recap
8	September 29	Columbus	1–4	Chicago		Korpisalo	20,594	3–5–0	Recap
Notes: ^a Game was played at Clinton Arena in Clinton, New York.

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.^[8]

2018–19 game log

October: 6–5–0 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 4	Columbus	3–2	Detroit	OT	Korpisalo	19,515	1–0–0	2	Recap
2	October 5	Carolina	3–1	Columbus		Bobrovsky	18,306	1–1–0	2	Recap
3	October 9	Colorado	2–5	Columbus		Bobrovsky	11,694	2–1–0	4	Recap
4	October 11	Columbus	5–4	Florida		Korpisalo	14,394	3–1–0	6	Recap
5	October 13	Columbus	2–8	Tampa Bay		Bobrovsky	19,092	3–2–0	6	Recap
6	October 18	Philadelphia	3–6	Columbus		Bobrovsky	13,492	4–2–0	8	Recap
7	October 20	Chicago	4–1	Columbus		Bobrovsky	17,005	4–3–0	8	Recap
8	October 23	Arizona	4–1	Columbus		Bobrovsky	11,458	4–4–0	8	Recap
9	October 25	Columbus	7–4	St. Louis		Korpisalo	17,068	5–4–0	10	Recap
10	October 27	Buffalo	4–5	Columbus	OT	Korpisalo	15,642	6–4–0	12	Recap
11	October 30	Detroit	5–3	Columbus		Bobrovsky	14,288	6–5–0	12	Recap

November: 9–3–2 (Home: 4–0–1 ; Road: 5–3–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
12	November 1	Columbus	4–1	San Jose		Bobrovsky	15,879	7–5–0	14	Recap
13	November 3	Columbus	1–4	Los Angeles		Bobrovsky	18,230	7–6–0	14	Recap
14	November 4	Columbus	2–3	Anaheim	OT	Korpisalo	16,727	7–6–1	15	Recap
15	November 6	Dallas	1–4	Columbus		Bobrovsky	14,159	8–6–1	17	Recap
16	November 9	Columbus	2–1	Washington		Bobrovsky	18,506	9–6–1	19	Recap
17	November 10	NY Rangers	5–4	Columbus	SO	Korpisalo	18,384	9–6–2	20	Recap
18	November 12	Columbus	2–1	Dallas		Bobrovsky	17,543	10–6–2	22	Recap
19	November 15	Florida	3–7	Columbus		Korpisalo	14,872	11–6–2	24	Recap
20	November 17	Columbus	4–1	Carolina		Bobrovsky	13,040	12–6–2	26	Recap
21	November 19	Columbus	2–4	Toronto		Bobrovsky	19,134	12–7–2	26	Recap
22	November 23	Toronto	2–4	Columbus		Bobrovsky	18,656	13–7–2	28	Recap
23	November 24	Columbus	2–4	Pittsburgh		Korpsialo	18,602	13–8–2	28	Recap
24	November 26	Columbus	7–5	Detroit		Bobrovsky	17,510	14–8–2	30	Recap
25	November 29	Minnesota	2–4	Columbus		Bobrovsky	15,210	15–8–2	32	Recap

December: 8–5–1 (Home: 4–4–1 ; Road: 4–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
26	December 1	Columbus	2–3	NY Islanders		Bobrovsky	13,917	15–9–2	32	Recap
27	December 4	Calgary	9–6	Columbus		Bobrovsky	14,885	15–10–2	32	Recap
28	December 6	Columbus	4–3	Philadelphia	OT	Bobrovsky	19,428	16–10–2	34	Recap
29	December 8	Washington	4–0	Columbus		Bobrovsky	18,501	16–11–2	34	Recap
30	December 11	Vancouver	3–2	Columbus		Korpisalo	14,689	16–12–2	34	Recap
31	December 13	Los Angeles	1–4	Columbus		Bobrovsky	15,087	17–12–2	36	Recap
32	December 15	Anaheim	2–1	Columbus	OT	Bobrovsky	16,171	17–12–3	37	Recap
33	December 17	Vegas	0–1	Columbus		Bobrovsky	15,008	18–12–3	39	Recap
34	December 20	New Jersey	1–2	Columbus		Bobrovsky	15,595	19–12–3	41	Recap
35	December 22	Columbus	4–3	Philadelphia		Bobrovsky	19,311	20–12–3	43	Recap
36	December 23	Columbus	3–0	New Jersey		Bobrovsky	12,872	21–12–3	45	Recap
37	December 27	Columbus	4–3	NY Rangers	OT	Korpisalo	18,006	22–12–3	47	Recap
38	December 28	Toronto	4–2	Columbus		Bobrovsky	18,963	22–13–3	47	Recap
39	December 31	Ottawa	3–6	Columbus		Bobrovsky	18,549	23–13–3	49	Recap

January: 5–6–0 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 2–4–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
40	January 4	Columbus	2–4	Carolina		Bobrovsky	15,346	23–14–3	49	Recap
41	January 5	Columbus	4–3	Florida	OT	Bobrovsky	15,213	24–14–3	51	Recap
42	January 8	Columbus	0–4	Tampa Bay		Bobrovsky	19,092	24–15–3	51	Recap
43	January 10	Nashville	3–4	Columbus	OT	Korpisalo	17,065	25–15–3	53	Recap
44	January 12	Columbus	2–1	Washington	OT	Korpisalo	18,506	26–15–3	55	Recap
45	January 13	NY Rangers	5–7	Columbus		Bobrovsky	17,417	27–15–3	57	Recap
46	January 15	New Jersey	1–4	Columbus		Korpisalo	16,377	28–15–3	59	Recap
47	January 18	Montreal	4–1	Columbus		Korpisalo	18,892	28–16–3	59	Recap
48	January 19	Columbus	1–2	Minnesota		Bobrovsky	19,054	28–17–3	59	Recap
49	January 29	Buffalo	5–4	Columbus		Bobrovsky	16,615	28–18–3	59	Recap
50	January 31	Columbus	3–4	Winnipeg		Bobrovsky	15,321	28–19–3	59	Recap

February: 8–5–0 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 5–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
51	February 2	St. Louis	4–2	Columbus		Korpisalo	16,681	28–20–3	59	Recap
52	February 5	Columbus	6–3	Colorado		Bobrovsky	15,398	29–20–3	61	Recap
53	February 7	Columbus	4–2	Arizona		Bobrovsky	15,319	30–20–3	63	Recap
54	February 9	Columbus	4–3	Vegas		Bobrovsky	18,301	31–20–3	65	Recap
55	February 12	Washington	0–3	Columbus		Bobrovsky	15,701	32–20–3	67	Recap
56	February 14	NY Islanders	3–0	Columbus		Bobrovsky	16,531	32–21–3	67	Recap
57	February 16	Columbus	5–2	Chicago		Bobrovsky	22,196	33–21–3	69	Recap
58	February 18	Tampa Bay	5–1	Columbus		Korpisalo	16,411	33–22–3	69	Recap
59	February 19	Columbus	2–3	Montreal		Bobrovsky	20,858	33–23–3	69	Recap
60	February 22	Columbus	3–0	Ottawa		Bobrovsky	13,918	34–23–3	71	Recap
61	February 23	San Jose	0–4	Columbus		Bobrovsky	19,025	35–23–3	73	Recap
62	February 26	Pittsburgh	5–2	Columbus		Bobrovsky	18,776	35–24–3	73	Recap
63	February 28	Philadelphia	3–4	Columbus	OT	Bobrovsky	17,169	36–24–3	75	Recap

March: 9–6–1 (Home: 5–2–0 ; Road: 4–4–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
64	March 2	Edmonton	4–0	Columbus		Bobrovsky	18,628	36–25–3	75	Recap
65	March 3	Winnipeg	5–2	Columbus		Bobrovsky	16,091	36–26–3	75	Recap
66	March 5	Columbus	2–1	New Jersey	SO	Bobrovsky	12,085	37–26–3	77	Recap
67	March 7	Columbus	0–3	Pittsburgh		Korpisalo	18,611	37–27–3	77	Recap
68	March 9	Pittsburgh	1–4	Columbus		Bobrovsky	19,146	38–27–3	79	Recap
69	March 11	Columbus	0–2	NY Islanders		Bobrovsky	11,827	38–28–3	79	Recap
70	March 12	Boston	4–7	Columbus		Bobrovsky	16,554	39–28–3	81	Recap
71	March 15	Carolina	0–3	Columbus		Bobrovsky	18,832	40–28–3	83	Recap
72	March 16	Columbus	1–2	Boston	OT	Korpisalo	17,565	40–28–4	84	Recap
73	March 19	Columbus	2–4	Calgary		Bobrovsky	18,288	40–29–4	84	Recap
74	March 21	Columbus	1–4	Edmonton		Korpisalo	18,347	40–30–4	84	Recap
75	March 24	Columbus	5–0	Vancouver		Bobrovsky	17,805	41–30–4	86	Recap
76	March 26	NY Islanders	0–4	Columbus		Bobrovsky	17,928	42–30–4	88	Recap
77	March 28	Montreal	2–6	Columbus		Bobrovsky	18,641	43–30–4	90	Recap
78	March 30	Columbus	5–2	Nashville		Bobrovsky	17,751	44–30–4	92	Recap
79	March 31	Columbus	4–0	Buffalo		Bobrovsky	17,990	45–30–4	94	Recap

April: 2–1–0 (Home: 0–1–0 ; Road: 2–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
80	April 2	Boston	6–2	Columbus		Bobrovsky	18,890	45–31–4	94	Recap
81	April 5	Columbus	3–2	NY Rangers	SO	Bobrovsky	17,341	46–31–4	96	Recap
82	April 6	Columbus	6–2	Ottawa		Korpisalo	18,425	47–31–4	98	Recap

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

Playoffs

The Blue Jackets faced the Tampa Bay Lightning in the First Round of the playoffs,^[9] and swept the series in four games, marking the first time in franchise history the team won a playoff series.^[10]

The Blue Jackets faced the Boston Bruins in the Second Round of the playoffs,^[11] where they fell to the Bruins in six games.^[12]

2019 Stanley Cup playoffs

Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A1) Tampa Bay Lightning: Columbus won 4–0
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	April 10	Columbus	4–3	Tampa Bay		Bobrovsky	19,092	1–0	Recap
2	April 12	Columbus	5–1	Tampa Bay		Bobrovsky	19,092	2–0	Recap
3	April 14	Tampa Bay	1–3	Columbus		Bobrovsky	19,224	3–0	Recap
4	April 16	Tampa Bay	3–7	Columbus		Bobrovsky	19,328	4–0	Recap

Eastern Conference Second Round vs. (A2) Boston Bruins: Boston won 4–2
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	April 25	Columbus	2–3	Boston	OT	Bobrovsky	17,565	0–1	Recap
2	April 27	Columbus	3–2	Boston	2OT	Bobrovsky	17,565	1–1	Recap
3	April 30	Boston	1–2	Columbus		Bobrovsky	19,337	2–1	Recap
4	May 2	Boston	4–1	Columbus		Bobrovsky	19,431	2–2	Recap
5	May 4	Columbus	3–4	Boston		Bobrovsky	17,565	2–3	Recap
6	May 6	Boston	3–0	Columbus		Bobrovsky	19,219	2–4	Recap

Legend: Win Loss

Player statistics

As of May 6, 2019^[13]

Skaters

Regular season^[14]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Artemi Panarin	79	28	59	87	14	23
Cam Atkinson	80	41	28	69	3	20
Pierre-Luc Dubois	82	27	34	61	16	64
Josh Anderson	82	27	20	47	25	60
Seth Jones	75	9	37	46	1	28
Zach Werenski	82	11	33	44	−12	18
Boone Jenner	77	16	22	38	6	42
Oliver Bjorkstrand	77	23	13	36	8	8
Nick Foligno	73	17	18	35	12	44
Ryan Murray	56	1	28	29	20	10
Alexander Wennberg	75	2	23	25	−1	12
David Savard	82	8	16	24	19	36
Markus Nutivaara	80	5	16	21	3	6
Anthony Duclair^‡	53	11	8	19	−3	12
Scott Harrington	73	2	15	17	6	23
Brandon Dubinsky	61	6	8	14	−16	36
Matt Duchene^†	23	4	8	12	−1	2
Ryan Dzingel^†	21	4	8	12	4	0
Riley Nash	78	3	9	12	−8	19
Markus Hannikainen	44	4	3	7	−5	2
Lukas Sedlak	47	4	2	6	−5	10
Dean Kukan	25	0	5	5	6	6
Adam McQuaid^†	14	1	1	2	−1	9
Alexandre Texier	2	1	0	1	3	0
Sonny Milano	8	1	0	1	0	0
Zac Dalpe	1	0	1	1	1	0
Mark Letestu	2	0	0	0	−1	0
Kole Sherwood	2	0	0	0	0	0
Gabriel Carlsson	1	0	0	0	−1	2
Adam Clendening	4	0	0	0	1	0
Kevin Stenlund	4	0	0	0	0	4
Eric Robinson	13	0	0	0	−4	0

Playoffs^[15]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Artemi Panarin	10	5	6	11	0	0
Matt Duchene	10	5	5	10	4	0
Seth Jones	10	3	6	9	0	0
Cam Atkinson	10	2	6	8	2	4
Zach Werenski	10	1	5	6	3	9
Oliver Bjorkstrand	10	2	3	5	−1	0
Pierre-Luc Dubois	10	2	3	5	−5	14
Scott Harrington	10	0	4	4	4	2
Alexandre Texier	8	2	1	3	−2	2
Riley Nash	7	1	2	3	2	4
Josh Anderson	10	1	2	3	−5	22
David Savard	10	1	2	3	−1	4
Boone Jenner	10	1	2	3	1	2
Nick Foligno	10	1	2	3	2	4
Ryan Dzingel	9	1	0	1	3	2
Brandon Dubinsky	10	1	0	1	0	6
Dean Kukan	10	1	0	1	−2	2
Adam Clendening	7	0	1	1	1	2
Alexander Wennberg	4	0	0	0	0	0
Markus Nutivaara	2	0	0	0	1	0
Vladislav Gavrikov	2	0	0	0	−2	0
Markus Hannikainen	1	0	0	0	−1	0

Goaltenders

Regular season^[16]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Sergei Bobrovsky	62	61	3,556:40	37	24	1	153	2.58	1,756	.913	9	0	0	2
Joonas Korpisalo	27	21	1,360:34	10	7	3	67	2.95	651	.897	0	0	0	0

Playoffs^[17]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Sergei Bobrovsky	10	10	622:56	6	4	25	2.41	333	.925	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 2018–19 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23)	To Detroit Red Wings 5th-round pick in 2019	To Columbus Blue Jackets MTL's 6th-round pick in 2018	^[18]
June 27, 2018 (2018-06-27)	To Chicago Blackhawks Jordan Schroeder	To Columbus Blue Jackets Jean-Francois Berube	^[19]
July 18, 2018 (2018-07-18)	To Arizona Coyotes Jacob Graves Conditional 6th-round pick in 2019	To Columbus Blue Jackets Ryan MacInnis	^[20]
February 11, 2019 (2019-02-11)	To Pittsburgh Penguins Blake Siebenaler	To Columbus Blue Jackets Conditional 7th-round pick in 2019	^[21]^[22]
February 22, 2019 (2019-02-22)	To Ottawa Senators Vitalii Abramov Jonathan Davidsson Conditional 1st-round pick in 2019 Conditional 1st-round pick in 2020	To Columbus Blue Jackets Julius Bergman Matt Duchene	^[23]
February 23, 2019 (2019-02-23)	To Ottawa Senators Anthony Duclair 2nd-round pick in 2020 2nd-round pick in 2021	To Columbus Blue Jackets Ryan Dzingel CGY's 7th-round pick in 2019	^[24]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)	To New Jersey Devils 5th-round pick in 2022	To Columbus Blue Jackets Keith Kinkaid	^[25]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)	To New York Rangers Julius Bergman 4th-round pick in 2019 7th-round pick in 2019	To Columbus Blue Jackets Adam McQuaid	^[26]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)	To Winnipeg Jets Alex Broadhurst	To Columbus Blue Jackets Future considerations	^[27]

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Matt Calvert	to Colorado Avalanche	3-year	^[28]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Adam Clendening	from Chicago Blackhawks	1-year	^[29]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Ian Cole	to Colorado Avalanche	3-year	^[28]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Tommy Cross	from Boston Bruins	1-year	^[30]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Cameron Gaunce	to Tampa Bay Lightning	1-year	^[31]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Jack Johnson	to Pittsburgh Penguins	5-year	^[32]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Riley Nash	from Boston Bruins	3-year	^[33]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Dillon Simpson	from Edmonton Oilers	2-year	^[34]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Thomas Vanek	to Detroit Red Wings	1-year	^[35]
July 5, 2018 (2018-07-05)	Anthony Duclair	from Chicago Blackhawks	1-year	^[36]
July 6, 2018 (2018-07-06)	Jeff Zatkoff	to Straubing Tigers (DEL)	Unknown	^[37]
July 7, 2018 (2018-07-07)	Taylor Chorney	to Lugano (NL)	1-year	^[38]
September 27, 2018 (2018-09-27)	Michael Prapavessis	from RPI Engineers (ECAC)	2-year	^[39]
June 15, 2019 (2019-06-15)	Jakob Lilja	from Djurgårdens IF (SHL)	1-year	^[40]

Waivers

Date	Player	Team	Ref

Contract terminations

Date	Player	Via	Ref

Retirement

Date	Player	Ref

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
July 5, 2018 (2018-07-05)	Boone Jenner	4-year	^[41]
July 14, 2018 (2018-07-14)	Ryan Murray	1-year	^[42]
July 15, 2018 (2018-07-15)	Oliver Bjorkstrand	3-year	^[43]
July 30, 2018 (2018-07-30)	Liam Foudy	3-year	^[44]
September 27, 2018 (2018-09-27)	Mark Letestu	1-year	^[45]
February 27, 2019 (2019-02-27)	Zac Dalpe	2-year	^[46]
March 15, 2019 (2019-03-15)	Trey Fix-Wolansky	3-year	^[47]
March 20, 2019 (2019-03-20)	Elvis Merzlikins	1-year	^[48]
April 1, 2019 (2019-04-01)	Andrew Peeke	3-year	^[49]
April 13, 2019 (2019-04-13)	Vladislav Gavrikov	2-year	^[50]
May 4, 2019 (2019-05-04)	Daniil Tarasov	3-year	^[51]
May 14, 2019 (2019-05-14)	Emil Bemstrom	3-year	^[52]
May 15, 2019 (2019-05-15)	Elvis Merzlikins	1-year	^[53]
June 4, 2019 (2019-06-04)	Veini Vehvilainen	2-year	^[54]
June 15, 2019 (2019-06-15)	Markus Hannikainen	1-year	^[55]

Draft picks

Below are the Columbus Blue Jackets' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	18	Liam Foudy	C	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
2	49	Kirill Marchenko	LW	Russia	Mamonty Yugry (MHL)
3	80	Marcus Karlberg	RW	Sweden	Leksands IF J20 (SuperElit)
6	159¹	Tim Berni	D	Switzerland	GCK Lions (NLB)
6	173	Veini Vehvilainen	G	Finland	Karpat (Liiga)
7	204	Trey Fix-Wolansky	RW	Canada	Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL)

Notes:

The Detroit Red Wings' sixth-round pick went to the Columbus Blue Jackets as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018, that sent a sixth-round pick in 2019 to Detroit in exchange for this pick.^[56]

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^ "Blue Jackets sign 2014 third round pick Elvis Merzlikins". NHL.com. March 20, 2019. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
^ "Blue Jackets sign Peeke to entry level contract". NHL.com. April 1, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
^ "Blue Jackets sign Vladislav Gavrikov". NHL.com. April 13, 2019. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
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[2] 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.

[3] Rosen, Dan (April 5, 2019). "Blue Jackets clinch playoff berth, recover against Rangers". NHL.com. Retrieved April 7, 2019.

[4] Merz, Craig (April 16, 2019). "Blue Jackets sweep Lightning in Game 4 for first playoff series victory". NHL.com. Retrieved April 17, 2019.

[5] "2018-2019 NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com.

[6] "2018-2019 NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com.

[7] "Blue Jackets Announce 2018 Preseason Schedule". NHL.com. June 15, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2018.

[8] "Columbus Blue Jackets announce 2018-19 regular season schedule". NHL.com. June 21, 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2018.

[9] "Schedule set for Blue Jackets-Lightning series in Stanley Cup Playoffs". NHL.com. April 7, 2019. Retrieved April 7, 2019.

[10] Svoboda, Jeff (April 16, 2019). "GAME 4 FINAL: Blue Jackets 7, Lightning 3". NHL.com. Retrieved April 17, 2019.

[11] "Second Round Schedule Set Between Columbus and Boston". NHL.com. April 24, 2019. Retrieved April 25, 2019.

[12] Kalman, Matt (May 6, 2019). "Bruins advance to conference final powered by Rask, defense". NHL.com. Retrieved May 7, 2019.

[regstats-13] "Columbus Blue Jackets Stats - 2018-2019". NHL.com. Retrieved April 7, 2019.

[14] "2018–19 Regular season – Columbus Blue Jackets Stats – Skaters". NHL.com. Retrieved April 7, 2019.

[15] "2018–19 Playoffs – Columbus Blue Jackets Stats – Skaters". NHL.com. Retrieved April 16, 2019.

[16] "2018–19 Regular season – Columbus Blue Jackets Stats – Goalies". NHL.com. Retrieved April 7, 2019.

[17] "2018–19 Playoffs – Columbus Blue Jackets Stats – Goalies". NHL.com. Retrieved April 16, 2019.

[2018Day2trades-18] "2018 NHL Draft Notes". NHL.com. June 23, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2018.

[19] "RELEASE: Blackhawks acquire Schroeder". NHL.com. June 27, 2018. Retrieved June 29, 2018.

[20] "Columbus Blue Jackets acquire Ryan MacInnis from Arizona". July 18, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2018.

[21] "Blue Jackets trade Siebenaler to Penguins for 2019 conditional pick". NHL.com. February 11, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2019.

[22] "Penguins acquire defenceman Blake Siebenaler from Blue Jackets". Sportsnet.ca. February 11, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2019.

[23] "Blue Jackets acquire Matt Duchene and Julius Bergman from Senators". NHL.com. February 22, 2019. Retrieved February 22, 2019.

[24] "Blue Jackets acquire Ryan Dzingel, pick from Senators". NHL.com. February 23, 2019. Retrieved February 23, 2019.

[25] "Blue Jackets acquire Keith Kinkaid from New Jersey". NHL.com. February 25, 2019. Retrieved February 25, 2019.

[26] "Blue Jackets Acquire Adam McQuaid From NY Rangers". NHL.com. February 25, 2019. Retrieved February 25, 2019.

[27] "Blue Jackets trade Broadhurst to Jets". NHL.com. February 25, 2019. Retrieved February 26, 2019.

[July_1-28] "Avs Add Depth On First Day Of Free Agency". nhl.com. Retrieved July 1, 2018.

[29] "Columbus Blue Jackets sign defenseman Adam Clendening". nhl.com. Retrieved July 1, 2018.

[30] "Columbus Blue Jackets sign defenseman Tommy Cross". nhl.com. Retrieved July 1, 2018.

[31] "Lightning sign defenseman Cameron Gaunce to one-year contract". NHL.com. Retrieved July 1, 2018.

[32] "Penguins Sign Defenseman Jack Johnson to a Five-Year Contract". Pittsburgh Penguins. July 1, 2018. Retrieved July 1, 2018.

[33] "Columbus Blue Jackets sign center Riley Nash". nhl.com. Retrieved July 1, 2018.

[34] "Columbus Blue Jackets sign defenseman Dillon Simpson". nhl.com. Retrieved July 1, 2018.

[35] Wakiji, Dana (July 1, 2018). "Wings move quickly on first day of free agency". Detroit Red Wings. Retrieved July 1, 2018.

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[38] "ECCO IL DIFENSORE STRANIERO DELL'HCL: TAYLOR CHORNEY" (in Italian). hclugano.ch. Retrieved July 9, 2018.

[39] "Columbus Blue Jackets Sign Michael Prapavessis to Two Year ELC". unionandblue.com. Retrieved September 27, 2018.

[40] "Blue Jackets sign Jakob Lilja". NHL.com. June 15, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2019.

[41] "Blue Jackets Sign Forward Boone Jenner To Four-Year Contract Extension". NHL.com. Retrieved July 5, 2018.

[42] "Blue Jackets Defenseman Ryan Murray Accepts Club Qualifying Offer". nhl.com. Retrieved July 15, 2018.

[43] "Blue Jackets sign forward Oliver Bjorkstrand to three-year contract". nhl.com. Retrieved July 15, 2018.

[44] "Blue Jackets Sign Liam Foudy To Three-Year Entry Level Contract". NHL.com. Retrieved August 5, 2018.

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[47] "Blue Jackets sign Fix-Wolansky to entry level contract". NHL.com. March 15, 2019. Retrieved March 15, 2019.

[48] "Blue Jackets sign 2014 third round pick Elvis Merzlikins". NHL.com. March 20, 2019. Retrieved March 21, 2019.

[49] "Blue Jackets sign Peeke to entry level contract". NHL.com. April 1, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.

[50] "Blue Jackets sign Vladislav Gavrikov". NHL.com. April 13, 2019. Retrieved April 14, 2019.

[51] "Blue Jackets sign Tarasov to entry level contract". NHL.com. May 4, 2019. Retrieved May 7, 2019.

[52] "CBJ sign Bemstrom to entry level contract". NHL.com. May 14, 2019. Retrieved May 15, 2019.

[53] "Blue Jackets sign Merzlikins to one-year NHL contract". NHL.com. May 15, 2019. Retrieved May 16, 2019.

[54] "Blue Jackets sign Veini Vehvilainen". NHL.com. June 4, 2019. Retrieved June 5, 2019.

[55] "Blue Jackets sign Hannikainen to one-year extension". NHL.com. June 17, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2019.

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