2019–20 Columbus Blue Jackets season

The 2019–20 Columbus Blue Jackets season was the 20th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.

The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled.

The Blue Jackets advanced to the playoffs and defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in the qualifying round, but were defeated in the first round by the Tampa Bay Lightning in five games.

As of the 2025–26 season, this is the most recent time the Blue Jackets qualified for the playoffs.

Standings

Divisional standings

Eastern Conference

Schedule and results

Preseason The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2019. The September 29 game between the Blue Jackets and the St. Louis Blues was cancelled due to issues with the team's flight. 2019 preseason game log: 2–3–1 (home: 2–1–0; road: 0–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 17 Buffalo 1–4 Columbus Kivlenieks — 1–0–0 2 September 19 Columbus 1–4 Pittsburgh Vehvilainen 15,649 1–1–0 3 September 21 Pittsburgh 1–3 Columbus Korpisalo 13,637 2–1–0 4 September 22 Columbus 3–5 St. Louis Merzlikins 16,672 2–2–0 5 September 25 Columbus 3–4 Buffalo OT Merzlikins 15,788 2–2–1 6 September 27 New Jersey 2–0 Columbus Korpisalo 12,347 2–3–1 7 September 29 St. Louis – Columbus Game cancelled due to a mechanical issue with St. Louis' aircraft.

Regular season The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019. 2019–20 game logOctober: 5–5–2 (home: 3–3–1; road: 2–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 4 Toronto 4–1 Columbus Korpisalo 18,776 0–1–0 0 2 October 5 Columbus 2–7 Pittsburgh Merzlikins 18,595 0–2–0 0 3 October 7 Buffalo 3–4 Columbus OT Korpisalo 14,518 1–2–0 2 4 October 11 Anaheim 2–1 Columbus Korpisalo 15,368 1–3–0 2 5 October 12 Columbus 3–2 Carolina Korpisalo 16,224 2–3–0 4 6 October 16 Dallas 2–3 Columbus Korpisalo 14,683 3–3–0 6 7 October 18 Columbus 2–3 Chicago OT Merzlikins 21,518 3–3–1 7 8 October 19 NY Islanders 3–2 Columbus OT Korpisalo 15,276 3–3–2 8 9 October 21 Columbus 4–3 Toronto OT Korpisalo 18,898 4–3–2 10 10 October 24 Carolina 3–4 Columbus OT Korpisalo 15,398 5–3–2 12 11 October 26 Columbus 4–7 Philadelphia Korpisalo 17,840 5–4–2 12 12 October 30 Edmonton 4–1 Columbus Korpisalo 14,193 5–5–2 12 November: 6–6–2 (home: 5–3–0; road: 1–3–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 1 Columbus 3–4 St. Louis OT Merzlikins 18,096 5–5–3 13 14 November 2 Calgary 3–0 Columbus Korpisalo 13,618 5–6–3 13 15 November 5 Vegas 2–1 Columbus Korpisalo 15,435 5–7–3 13 16 November 7 Columbus 3–2 Arizona Korpisalo 12,115 6–7–3 15 17 November 9 Columbus 2–4 Colorado Korpisalo 18,070 6–8–3 15 18 November 12 Columbus 2–3 Montreal SO Merzlikins 20,758 6–8–4 16 19 November 15 St. Louis 2–3 Columbus OT Korpisalo 18,505 7–8–4 18 20 November 19 Montreal 2–5 Columbus Korpisalo 14,118 8–8–4 20 21 November 21 Detroit 4–5 Columbus Korpisalo 14,417 9–8–4 22 22 November 23 Columbus 3–4 Winnipeg Merzlikins 15,325 9–9–4 22 23 November 25 Ottawa 0–1 Columbus Korpisalo 14,730 10–9–4 24 24 November 27 Philadelphia 3–2 Columbus Korpisalo 14,975 10–10–4 24 25 November 29 Pittsburgh 2–5 Columbus Korpisalo 17,402 11–10–4 26 26 November 30 Columbus 0–2 NY Islanders Merzlikins 13,433 11–11–4 26 December: 7–3–4 (home: 4–2–1; road: 3–1–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 27 December 3 Arizona 4–2 Columbus Korpisalo 14,455 11–12–4 26 28 December 5 NY Rangers 3–2 Columbus Korpisalo 15,785 11–13–4 26 29 December 7 Columbus 1–4 Florida Merzlikins 11,640 11–14–4 26 30 December 9 Columbus 5–2 Washington Korpisalo 18,573 12–14–4 28 31 December 12 Columbus 0–1 Pittsburgh OT Korpisalo 18,415 12–14–5 29 32 December 14 Columbus 3–4 Ottawa OT Korpisalo 11,020 12–14–6 30 33 December 16 Washington 0–3 Columbus Korpisalo 16,602 13–14–6 32 34 December 17 Columbus 5–3 Detroit Korpisalo 17,639 14–14–6 34 35 December 19 Los Angeles 2–3 Columbus OT Korpisalo 17,117 15–14–6 36 36 December 21 New Jersey 1–5 Columbus Korpisalo 17,188 16–14–6 38 37 December 23 Columbus 3–2 NY Islanders Korpisalo 13,917 17–14–6 40 38 December 27 Columbus 1–2 Washington OT Korpisalo 18,573 17–14–7 41 39 December 29 Chicago 3–2 Columbus SO Merzlikins 18,544 17–14–8 42 40 December 31 Florida 1–4 Columbus Merzlikins 18,977 18–14–8 44 January: 9–2–0 (home: 4–1–0; road: 5–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 41 January 2 Columbus 2–1 Boston OT Merzlikins 17,850 19–14–8 46 42 January 4 San Jose 3–2 Columbus Merzlikins 18,874 19–15–8 46 43 January 6 Columbus 4–2 Los Angeles Merzlikins 14,964 20–15–8 48 44 January 7 Columbus 4–3 Anaheim Merzlikins 16,153 21–15–8 50 45 January 9 Columbus 1–3 San Jose Merzlikins 17,085 21–16–8 50 46 January 11 Columbus 3–0 Vegas Merzlikins 18,400 22–16–8 52 47 January 14 Boston 0–3 Columbus Merzlikins 17,349 23–16–8 54 48 January 16 Carolina 2–3 Columbus Merzlikins 17,900 24–16–8 56 49 January 18 New Jersey 0–5 Columbus Merzlikins 18,680 25–16–8 58 50 January 19 Columbus 2–1 NY Rangers Kivlenieks 17,423 26–16–8 60 51 January 22 Winnipeg 3–4 Columbus Merzlikins 18,425 27–16–8 62 February: 4–5–6 (home: 3–3–2; road: 1–2–4) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 February 1 Columbus 1–2 Buffalo OT Kivlenieks 17,650 27–16–9 63 53 February 2 Columbus 4–3 Montreal Merzlikins 21,302 28–16–9 65 54 February 4 Florida 0–1 Columbus OT Merzlikins 17,811 29–16–9 67 55 February 7 Detroit 0–2 Columbus Merzlikins 18,978 30–16–9 69 56 February 8 Colorado 2–1 Columbus Merzlikins 19,022 30–17–9 69 57 February 10 Tampa Bay 2–1 Columbus OT Merzlikins 17,131 30–17–10 70 58 February 13 Columbus 3–4 Buffalo OT Kivlenieks 16,923 30–17–11 71 59 February 14 NY Rangers 3–1 Columbus Merzlikins 18,888 30–18–11 71 60 February 16 Columbus 3–4 New Jersey SO Merzlikins 16,514 30–18–12 72 61 February 18 Columbus 1–5 Philadelphia Merzlikins 18,273 30–19–12 72 62 February 20 Philadelphia 4–3 Columbus OT Merzlikins 18,365 30–19–13 73 63 February 22 Columbus 3–4 Nashville SO Merzlikins 17,549 30–19–14 74 64 February 24 Ottawa 3–4 Columbus OT Korpisalo 17,518 31–19–14 76 65 February 25 Columbus 4–5 Minnesota Kivlenieks 17,057 31–20–14 76 66 February 28 Minnesota 5–0 Columbus Korpisalo 18,955 31–21–14 76 March: 2–1–1 (home: 1–0–0; road: 1–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 67 March 1 Vancouver 3–5 Columbus Korpisalo 18,378 32–21–14 78 68 March 4 Columbus 2–3 Calgary OT Korpisalo 18,696 32–21–15 79 69 March 7 Columbus 1–4 Edmonton Korpisalo 17,085 32–22–15 79 70 March 8 Columbus 2–1 Vancouver Merzlikins 18,871 33–22–15 81 Cancelled games # Date Visitor Home 71 March 12 Pittsburgh Columbus 72 March 14 Nashville Columbus 73 March 16 Columbus Boston 74 March 19 Washington Columbus 75 March 21 Columbus Toronto 76 March 23 Columbus New Jersey 77 March 24 Columbus NY Rangers 78 March 27 Columbus Tampa Bay 79 March 28 Columbus Dallas 80 March 30 NY Islanders Columbus 81 April 2 Tampa Bay Columbus 82 April 3 Columbus CarolinaLegend:

Playoffs

The Blue Jackets defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in the qualifying round in five games.

The Blue Jackets faced the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round, and lost in five games. 2020 Stanley Cup playoffsEastern Conference Qualifying Round vs. (8) Toronto Maple Leafs: Columbus won 3–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 2 Columbus 2–0 Toronto Korpisalo 1–0 2 August 4 Columbus 0–3 Toronto Korpisalo 1–1 3 August 6 Toronto 3–4 Columbus OT Merzlikins 2–1 4 August 7 Toronto 4–3 Columbus OT Merzlikins 2–2 5 August 9 Columbus 3–0 Toronto Korpisalo 3–2 Eastern Conference first round vs. (2) Tampa Bay Lightning: Tampa Bay won 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 11 Columbus 2–3 Tampa Bay 5OT Korpisalo 0–1 2 August 13 Columbus 3–1 Tampa Bay Korpisalo 1–1 3 August 15 Tampa Bay 3–2 Columbus Korpisalo 1–2 4 August 17 Tampa Bay 2–1 Columbus Korpisalo 1–3 5 August 19 Columbus 4–5 Tampa Bay OT Korpisalo 1–4 Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season Player 70 18 31 49 −2 49 70 15 27 42 4 16 63 20 21 41 9 10 49 21 15 36 8 12 67 10 21 31 −3 62 56 6 24 30 10 20 44 12 14 26 2 6 70 11 13 24 −14 36 57 5 17 22 −5 16 56 10 10 20 −10 8 69 5 13 18 1 18 ‡ 46 5 13 18 −5 22 64 5 9 14 6 10 36 6 7 13 3 10 50 7 5 12 10 12 68 0 11 11 −3 35 32 6 4 10 2 8 30 4 6 10 −7 22 37 3 6 9 2 4 27 2 7 9 −9 4 39 1 7 8 −3 16 37 2 3 5 5 2 33 1 4 5 −9 12 26 1 3 4 −8 17 9 2 1 3 0 5 22 1 2 3 1 4 † 6 1 1 2 −2 0 10 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 −1 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 −1 2

Playoffs Player 10 4 6 10 3 4 8 3 5 8 3 4 10 2 4 6 1 10 10 3 2 5 5 2 10 1 3 4 2 4 10 0 4 4 0 2 10 3 0 3 −5 0 10 1 2 3 1 4 10 1 2 3 −4 6 10 0 3 3 −4 2 10 1 1 2 −4 0 10 1 1 2 −1 0 10 0 2 2 0 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 10 1 0 1 −3 4 10 1 0 1 0 0 9 1 0 1 0 2 9 0 1 1 2 7 5 0 0 0 −1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 −1 0 2 0 0 0 −1 0 1 0 0 0 −1 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 37 35 2,125:54 19 12 5 92 2.60 1,030 .911 2 0 1 0 33 31 1,815:08 13 9 8 71 2.35 919 .923 5 0 0 0 6 4 284:50 1 1 2 14 2.95 137 .898 0 0 0 0

Playoffs Player 9 9 599:00 3 5 19 1.90 320 .941 2 0 0 0 2 1 122:45 1 1 4 1.96 74 .946 0 0 1 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.

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