2020–21 Columbus Blue Jackets season

The 2020–21 Columbus Blue Jackets season is the 21st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.[1] On December 20, 2020, the league temporarily realigned into four divisions with no conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing closure of the Canada-United States border. As a result of this realignment the Blue Jackets will play this season in the Central Division and will only play games against the other teams in their new division during the regular season and potentially the first two rounds of the playoffs.

2020–21 Columbus Blue Jackets
2020–21 record5–5–3
Home record3–2–2
Road record2–3–1
Goals for36
Goals against43
Team information
General managerJarmo Kekalainen
CoachJohn Tortorella
CaptainNick Foligno
Alternate captainsCam Atkinson
Boone Jenner
Seth Jones
ArenaNationwide Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)Cleveland Monsters (AHL)
Team leaders
GoalsOliver Bjorkstrand
Nick Foligno
Alexandre Texier (4)
AssistsOliver Bjorkstrand (7)
PointsOliver Bjorkstrand (11)
Penalty minutesOliver Bjorkstrand (23)
Plus/minusMichael Del Zotto (+9)
WinsJoonas Korpisalo (3)
Goals against averageElvis Merzlikins (2.76)

Standings

Divisional standings
Central Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 Tampa Bay Lightning 9 7 1 1 6 32 18 +14 15
2 Florida Panthers 8 6 0 2 3 29 23 +6 14
3 Columbus Blue Jackets 12 5 4 3 4 31 37 −6 13
4 Carolina Hurricanes 8 6 2 0 3 26 19 +7 12
5 Chicago Blackhawks 12 4 4 4 4 35 39 −4 12
6 Dallas Stars 8 5 2 1 4 32 21 +11 11
7 Nashville Predators 11 5 6 0 2 29 36 −7 10
8 Detroit Red Wings 12 2 8 2 1 22 43 −21 6
Updated to game(s) played on February 5, 2021. Source: National Hockey League[2]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater amount of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater amount of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater amount of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.[3]

2020–21 game log
February: 1–2–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
11February 2Dallas6–3ColumbusKorpisalo04–4–311Recap
12February 4Dallas3–4ColumbusKorpisalo05–4–313Recap
13February 7Carolina6–5ColumbusKorpisalo05–5–313Recap
14February 8Carolina–Columbus
15February 11Columbus–Chicago
16February 13Columbus–Chicago
17February 15Columbus–Carolina
18February 18Nashville–Columbus
19February 20Nashville–Columbus
20February 23Chicago–Columbus
21February 25Chicago–Columbus
22February 27Columbus–Nashville
23February 28Columbus–Nashville

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

Roster

Updated February 4, 2021[4][5]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
13 Cam Atkinson (A) RW R 31 2008 Riverside, Connecticut
52 Emil Bemstrom RW R 21 2017 Nyköping, Sweden
28 Oliver Bjorkstrand RW R 25 2013 Herning, Denmark
53 Gabriel Carlsson D L 24 2015 Örebro, Sweden
6 Adam Clendening D R 28 2018 Niagara Falls, New York
15 Michael Del Zotto D L 30 2021 Stouffville, Ontario
16 Max Domi C L 25 2020 Winnipeg, Manitoba
17 Brandon Dubinsky  C/LW L 34 2012 Anchorage, Alaska
71 Nick Foligno (C) LW L 33 2012 Buffalo, New York
19 Liam Foudy C L 21 2018 Toronto, Ontario
44 Vladislav Gavrikov D L 25 2015 Yaroslavl, Russia
25 Mikhail Grigorenko C L 26 2020 Khabarovsk, Russia
4 Scott Harrington D L 27 2016 Kingston, Ontario
38 Boone Jenner (A) C L 27 2011 London, Ontario
33 Cam Johnson G L 26 2021 Troy, Michigan
3 Seth Jones (A) D R 26 2016 Arlington, Texas
80 Matiss Kivlenieks G L 24 2017 Riga, Latvia
9 Mikko Koivu C L 37 2020 Turku, Finland
70 Joonas Korpisalo G L 26 2015 Pori, Finland
46 Dean Kukan D L 27 2015 Zürich, Switzerland
29 Patrik Laine RW R 22 2021 Tampere, Finland
23 Stefan Matteau LW L 26 2020 Chicago, Illinois
90 Elvis Merzlikins  G L 26 2014 Riga, Latvia
20 Riley Nash C R 31 2018 Consort, Alberta
14 Gustav Nyquist  LW L 31 2019 Halmstad, Sweden
2 Andrew Peeke D R 22 2016 Parkland, Florida
50 Eric Robinson LW L 25 2018 Bellmawr, New Jersey
96 Jack Roslovic C R 24 2021 Columbus, Ohio
58 David Savard D R 30 2009 Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec
11 Kevin Stenlund  C R 24 2015 Stockholm, Sweden
42 Alexandre Texier C L 21 2017 Grenoble, France
8 Zach Werenski D L 23 2015 Grosse Pointe, Michigan

References
  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. "NHL Hockey Standings". www.nhl.com. National Hockey League.
  3. "2020-21 NHL schedule announced". NHL.com. December 23, 2020. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
  4. "Columbus Blue Jackets Roster". National Hockey League. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  5. "Columbus Blue Jackets Hockey Transactions". The Sports Network. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
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