2009–10 Columbus Blue Jackets season

The 2009–10 Columbus Blue Jackets season was the team's tenth season of play in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Blue Jackets were unable to qualify for the playoffs, despite qualifying the previous year.

Regular season On February 3, 2010, the Jackets fired head coach Ken Hitchcock and named Claude Noel as interim head coach. Blue Jackets fire Hitchcock

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results Green background indicates win (2 points). Red background indicates regulation loss (0 points). Silver background indicates overtime/shootout loss (1 point).

Pre-season

2009 Pre-season game log: 4–3–1 (home: 3–1–0; road: 1–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record 1 September 15 Columbus Blue Jackets 4 - 5 Pittsburgh Penguins OT LaCosta 15,766 0-0-1 2 September 18 Columbus Blue Jackets 0 - 2 Minnesota Wild Mason 18,064 0-1-1 3 September 19 Columbus Blue Jackets 2 - 3 Nashville Predators LaCosta 10,703 0-2-1 4 September 21 Minnesota Wild 1 - 5 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 10,056 1-2-1 5 September 22 Boston Bruins 5 - 6 Columbus Blue Jackets SO Garon 10,571 2-2-1 6 September 24 Pittsburgh Penguins 2 - 5 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 12,638 3-2-1 7 September 26 Columbus Blue Jackets 4 - 2 Boston Bruins Garon 16,711 4-2-1 8 September 27 Nashville Predators 4 - 2 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 13,761 4-3-1

Regular season 2009–10 game log October: 6–5–1 (home: 3–1–1; road: 3–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 1 October 3 Minnesota Wild 1 - 2 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 18,159 1-0-0 2 2 October 5 Columbus Blue Jackets 5 - 3 Vancouver Canucks Mason 18,810 2-0-0 4 3 October 8 Columbus Blue Jackets 3 - 6 San Jose Sharks Mason 17,562 2-1-0 4 4 October 10 Columbus Blue Jackets 2 - 0 Phoenix Coyotes Garon 17,532 3-1-0 6 5 October 13 Calgary Flames 1 - 2 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 13,280 4-1-0 8 6 October 17 Los Angeles Kings 1 - 4 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 15,251 5-1-0 10 7 October 20 Columbus Blue Jackets 3 - 6 Calgary Flames Mason 19,289 5-2-0 10 8 October 22 Columbus Blue Jackets 4 - 6 Edmonton Oilers Garon 16,839 5-3-0 10 9 October 24 Columbus Blue Jackets 6 - 4 Anaheim Ducks Mason 14,468 6-3-0 12 10 October 25 Columbus Blue Jackets 2 - 6 Los Angeles Kings Mason 15,820 6-4-0 12 11 October 28 Phoenix Coyotes 4 - 1 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 13,184 6-5-0 12 12 October 30 Pittsburgh Penguins 4 - 3 Columbus Blue Jackets SO Mason 19,136 6-5-1 13 November: 7–4–3 (home: 4–1–2; road: 3–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 13 November 1 Columbus Blue Jackets 5 - 4 Washington Capitals OT Mason 18,277 7-5-1 15 14 November 4 San Jose Sharks 3 - 2 Columbus Blue Jackets SO Mason 13,401 7-5-2 16 15 November 5 Columbus Blue Jackets 4 - 3 Atlanta Thrashers Garon 10,878 8-5-2 18 16 November 7 Carolina Hurricanes 2 - 3 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 14,850 9-5-2 20 17 November 11 Detroit Red Wings 9 - 1 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 15,304 9-6-2 20 18 November 13 Anaheim Ducks 2 - 3 Columbus Blue Jackets SO Garon 15,577 10-6-2 22 19 November 16 Edmonton Oilers 2 - 3 Columbus Blue Jackets SO Garon 13,030 11-6-2 24 20 November 19 Columbus Blue Jackets 4 - 1 Dallas Stars Mason 16,155 12-6-2 26 21 November 21 Columbus Blue Jackets 3 - 4 Nashville Predators SO Mason 13,790 12-6-3 27 22 November 23 Columbus Blue Jackets 4 - 7 New York Rangers Garon 18,200 12-7-3 27 23 November 24 Columbus Blue Jackets 3 - 5 Montreal Canadiens Garon 21,273 12-8-3 27 24 November 26 Columbus Blue Jackets 1 - 2 Ottawa Senators Mason 19,244 12-9-3 27 25 November 28 Calgary Flames 4 - 3 Columbus Blue Jackets SO Mason 17,772 12-9-4 28 26 November 30 St. Louis Blues 2 - 5 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 12,391 13-9-4 30 December: 2–9–5 (home: 2–4–2; road: 0–5–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 27 December 1 Columbus Blue Jackets 3 - 4 Chicago Blackhawks SO Mason 20,363 13-9-5 31 28 December 3 Toronto Maple Leafs 6 - 2 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 13,825 13-10-5 31 29 December 5 Colorado Avalanche 3 - 2 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 14,909 13-11-5 31 30 December 9 Florida Panthers 0 - 3 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 12,800 14-11-5 33 31 December 10 Columbus Blue Jackets 3 - 4 Nashville Predators SO Garon 14,601 14-11-6 34 32 December 12 Anaheim Ducks 3 - 1 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 14,461 14-12-6 34 33 December 14 Nashville Predators 5 - 3 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 12,856 14-13-6 34 34 December 15 Columbus Blue Jackets 1 - 2 Minnesota Wild Mason 18,086 14-14-6 34 35 December 17 Phoenix Coyotes 2 - 1 Columbus Blue Jackets SO Garon 13,363 14-14-7 35 36 December 19 Columbus Blue Jackets 2 - 5 Colorado Avalanche Mason 11,782 14-15-7 35 37 December 21 Columbus Blue Jackets 2 - 5 Phoenix Coyotes Garon 9,348 14-16-7 35 38 December 23 Columbus Blue Jackets 1 - 3 Dallas Stars Mason 16,532 14-17-7 35 39 December 26 Columbus Blue Jackets 1 - 2 Detroit Red Wings Garon 20,066 14-18-7 35 40 December 28 Detroit Red Wings 0 - 1 Columbus Blue Jackets OT Mason 18,421 15-18-7 37 41 December 29 Columbus Blue Jackets 1 - 2 New York Islanders SO Mason 12,192 15-18-8 38 42 December 31 Nashville Predators 2 - 1 Columbus Blue Jackets OT Garon 18,221 15-18-9 39 January: 7–8–0 (home: 3-3–0; road: 4–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 43 January 2 Colorado Avalanche 3 - 2 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 17,371 15-19-9 39 44 January 5 Columbus Blue Jackets 3 - 7 Vancouver Canucks Mason 18,810 15-20-9 39 45 January 7 Columbus Blue Jackets 4 - 2 Edmonton Oilers Garon 16,839 16-20-9 41 46 January 8 Columbus Blue Jackets 3 - 2 Calgary Flames Garon 19,289 17-20-9 43 47 January 10 Dallas Stars 0 - 2 Columbus Blue Jackets Garon 14,501 18-20-9 45 48 January 12 Columbus Blue Jackets 1 - 4 St. Louis Blues Garon 17,900 18-21-9 45 49 January 14 Columbus Blue Jackets 0 - 3 Chicago Blackhawks Garon 21,884 18-22-9 45 50 January 16 Chicago Blackhawks 6 - 5 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 18,738 18-23-9 45 51 January 18 St. Louis Blues 2 - 4 Columbus Blue Jackets Garon 14,505 19-23-9 47 52 January 19 Columbus Blue Jackets 3 - 5 Philadelphia Flyers Garon 19,126 19-24-9 47 53 January 21 Columbus Blue Jackets 3 - 2 Boston Bruins Mason 17,565 20-24-9 49 54 January 23 Columbus Blue Jackets 2 - 4 Minnesota Wild Mason 18,173 20-25-9 49 55 January 26 Nashville Predators 2 - 3 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 13,775 21-25-9 51 56 January 28 Los Angeles Kings 4 - 1 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 13,709 21-26-9 51 57 January 30 Columbus Blue Jackets 3 - 2 St. Louis Blues Garon 19,150 22-26-9 53 February: 3–2–1 (home: 3–1–1; road: 0–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 58 February 2 Columbus Blue Jackets 1 - 5 Colorado Avalanche Garon 11,213 22-27-9 53 59 February 4 Dallas Stars 1 - 2 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 14,028 23-27-9 55 60 February 6 Buffalo Sabres 0 - 4 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 18,576 24-27-9 57 61 February 10 San Jose Sharks 0 - 3 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 15,234 25-27-9 59 62 February 12 Vancouver Canucks 4 - 3 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 16,564 25-28-9 59 63 February 14 Chicago Blackhawks 5 - 4 Columbus Blue Jackets SO Garon 17,673 25-28-10 60 March: 7–4-3 (home: 5–1–2; road: 2–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 64 March 2 Vancouver Canucks 4 - 3 Columbus Blue Jackets OT Mason 14,513 25-28-11 61 65 March 6 Columbus Blue Jackets 1 - 2 San Jose Sharks Mason 17,562 25-29-11 61 66 March 8 Columbus Blue Jackets 0 - 6 Los Angeles Kings Mason 17,524 25-30-11 61 67 March 9 Columbus Blue Jackets 5 - 2 Anaheim Ducks Garon 13,700 26-30-11 63 68 March 11 Atlanta Thrashers 1 - 2 Columbus Blue Jackets Garon 13,459 27-30-11 65 69 March 13 St. Louis Blues 5 - 1 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 16,453 27-31-11 65 70 March 15 Edmonton Oilers 3 - 5 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 13,603 28-31-11 67 71 March 19 Minnesota Wild 2 - 4 Columbus Blue Jackets Garon 16,419 29-31-11 69 72 March 20 Columbus Blue Jackets 0 - 1 Nashville Predators OT Mason 16,363 29-31-12 70 73 March 23 Columbus Blue Jackets 3 - 6 New Jersey Devils Mason 14,202 29-32-12 70 74 March 25 Chicago Blackhawks 3 - 8 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 14,573 30-32-12 72 75 March 27 New York Islanders 4 - 3 Columbus Blue Jackets OT Garon 16,972 30-32-13 73 76 March 28 Columbus Blue Jackets 4 - 2 Chicago Blackhawks Mason 22,043 31-32-13 75 77 March 30 Tampa Bay Lightning 2 - 3 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 15,760 32-32-13 77 April: 0–3–2 (home: 0–1–1; road: 0–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 78 April 1 Columbus Blue Jackets 2 - 3 Detroit Red Wings Mason 19,259 32-33-13 77 79 April 3 Washington Capitals 3 - 2 Columbus Blue Jackets Mason 16,957 32-34-13 77 80 April 5 Columbus Blue Jackets 1 - 2 St. Louis Blues OT Garon 17,601 32-34-14 78 81 April 7 Columbus Blue Jackets 3 - 4 Detroit Red Wings Mason 20,066 32-35-14 78 82 April 9 Detroit Red Wings 1 - 0 Columbus Blue Jackets SO Mason 18,512 32-35-15 79

Player statistics

Skaters Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM 76 33 34 67 -2 58 82 27 38 65 +2 32 74 23 40 63 -4 36 82 23 32 55 -16 40 81 16 34 50 -7 26 79 9 27 36 -17 48 73 6 28 34 -17 37 80 6 26 32 -7 49 ‡ 60 19 12 31 -8 32 70 7 15 22 +3 32 ‡ 39 8 9 17 -7 47 79 3 13 16 -9 32 51 4 10 14 +6 105 62 3 10 13 -14 36 57 2 9 11 -9 62 ‡ 31 0 10 10 -2 17 26 2 6 8 -7 26 60 2 6 8 -8 51 46 5 2 7 -6 6 68 4 3 7 -8 149 ‡ 24 2 4 6 -6 12 † 36 3 2 5 -8 21 18 1 3 4 +3 0 40 2 2 4 +3 59 †‡ 17 1 2 3 +2 10 11 1 2 3 0 6 13 2 0 2 0 8 6 0 2 2 +2 2 ‡ 9 0 0 0 -3 10 3 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 -1 0 † 10 0 0 0 -5 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 0

Goaltenders Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime losses; GA = Goals against; GAA= Goals against average; SA= Shots against; SV= Saves; Sv% = Save percentage; SO= Shutouts Regular season Player GP TOI W L OT GA GAA SA Sv% SO G A PIM 58 3201 20 26 9 163 3.06 1653 .901 5 0 2 2 35 1771 12 9 6 83 2.81 858 .903 2 0 0 2

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Blue Jackets. Stats reflect time with the Blue Jackets only. ‡Traded mid-season Italics denotes franchise record

Awards and records

Awards Regular season Player Award Awarded Mathieu GaronBurrows, Hiller, Garon named week's '3 Stars' NHL Third Star of the Week January 11, 2010

Records

Player Record Number Reached Steve Mason Career Shutouts 13 February 6, 2010

Milestones

Regular season Player Milestone Reached Rick Nash 200th NHL Goal October 24, 2009 Antoine Vermette 100th NHL Goal January 8, 2010 Mathieu Garon 100th NHL Win January 8, 2010 Grant Clitsome 1st NHL Point1st NHL Assist March 2, 2010 Mike Blunden 1st NHL Point1st NHL Assist March 9, 2010 Fedor Tyutin 100th NHL Assist March 11, 2010 Mike Blunden 1st NHL Goal March 25, 2010 Grant Clitsome 1st NHL Goal March 27, 2010 Tomas Kana 1st NHL Point1st NHL Assist April 7, 2010

Transactions

The Blue Jackets have been involved in the following transactions during the 2009–10 season.

Trades