The 2021–22 Columbus Blue Jackets season was the 22nd season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 25, 1997. On April 16, 2022, the Blue Jackets were eliminated from playoff contention for the second consecutive season when the Washington Capitals defeated the Montreal Canadiens.

Standings

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

Preseason 2021 preseason game log: 4–2–2 (home: 2–0–2; road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 27 Columbus 3–0 Pittsburgh Berube 12,979 1–0–0 2 September 28 Buffalo 5–4 Columbus SO Greaves 9,623 1–0–1 3 September 29 St. Louis 2–5 Columbus Tarasov 9,220 2–0–1 4 October 2 Columbus 1–5 Detroit Merzlikins 14,827 2–1–1 5 October 4 Columbus 5–3 Buffalo Korpisalo 6,327 3–1–1 6 October 6 Detroit 2–4 Columbus Merzlikins 10,374 4–1–1 7 October 8 Columbus 3–7 St. Louis Korpisalo 14,790 4–2–1 8 October 9 Pittsburgh 4–3 Columbus OT Merzlikins 14,771 4–2–2

Regular season 2021–22 game logOctober: 5–3–0 (home: 4–1–0; road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 14 Arizona 2–8 Columbus Merzlikins 17,813 1–0–0 2 2 October 16 Seattle 1–2 Columbus OT Merzlikins 17,593 2–0–0 4 3 October 19 Columbus 1–4 Detroit Korpisalo 14,165 2–1–0 4 4 October 21 NY Islanders 2–3 Columbus OT Merzlikins 12,937 3–1–0 6 5 October 23 Carolina 5–1 Columbus Korpisalo 14,386 3–2–0 6 6 October 25 Dallas 1–4 Columbus Merzlikins 12,629 4–2–0 8 7 October 29 Columbus 0–4 NY Rangers Merzlikins 14,532 4–3–0 8 8 October 31 Columbus 4–3 New Jersey SO Korpisalo 10,239 5–3–0 10 November: 7–5–0 (home: 4–2–0; road: 3–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 9 November 3 Columbus 5–4 Colorado OT Korpisalo 16,634 6–3–0 12 10 November 6 Colorado 2–4 Columbus Merzlikins 16,494 7–3–0 14 11 November 12 Washington 4–3 Columbus Korpisalo 16,985 7–4–0 14 12 November 13 NY Rangers 5–3 Columbus Merzlikins 15,539 7–5–0 14 13 November 15 Detroit 3–5 Columbus Merzlikins 15,293 8–5–0 16 14 November 18 Columbus 5–4 Arizona SO Merzlikins 7,865 9–5–0 18 15 November 20 Columbus 2–3 Vegas Merzlikins 18,313 9–6–0 18 16 November 22 Columbus 7–4 Buffalo Korpisalo 7,978 10–6–0 20 17 November 24 Winnipeg 0–3 Columbus Merzlikins 15,733 11–6–0 22 18 November 26 Vancouver 2–4 Columbus Merzlikins 16,992 12–6–0 24 19 November 27 Columbus 3–6 St. Louis Korpisalo 18,096 12–7–0 24 20 November 30 Columbus 0–6 Nashville Merzlikins 16,874 12–8–0 24 December: 3–5–1 (home: 2–0–1; road: 1–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 21 December 2 Columbus 2–3 Dallas Tarasov 17,098 12–9–0 24 22 December 4 Columbus 1–3 Washington Tarasov 18,573 12–10–0 24 23 December 5 San Jose 4–6 Columbus Merzlikins 16,824 13–10–0 26 24 December 7 Columbus 4–5 Toronto Merzlikins 18,793 13–11–0 26 25 December 9 Anaheim 2–1 Columbus SO Merzlikins 16,029 13–11–1 27 26 December 11 Columbus 5–4 Seattle OT Merzlikins 17,151 14–11–1 29 27 December 14 Columbus 3–4 Vancouver Merzlikins 18,412 14–12–1 29 28 December 16 Columbus 2–5 Edmonton Merzlikins 15,022 14–13–1 29 — December 18 Columbus Calgary Postponed due to COVID-19. Moved to February 15. — December 20 Columbus Buffalo Postponed due to COVID-19. Moved to February 10. — December 23 Buffalo Columbus Postponed due to COVID-19. Moved to February 20. — December 27 Toronto Columbus Postponed due to COVID-19. Moved to February 22. — December 28 Columbus Chicago Postponed due to COVID-19. Moved to February 17. 29 December 30 Nashville 3–4 Columbus SO Merzlikins 17,494 15–13–1 31 January: 5–9–0 (home: 2–7–0; road: 3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 30 January 1 Carolina 7–4 Columbus Tarasov 15,736 15–14–1 31 31 January 4 Tampa Bay 7–2 Columbus Korpisalo 14,816 15–15–1 31 32 January 6 Columbus 1–3 New Jersey Korpisalo 11,523 15–16–1 31 33 January 8 New Jersey 3–4 Columbus Korpisalo 18,680 16–16–1 33 — January 10 Columbus Montreal Postponed due to attendance restrictions. Moved to February 12. 34 January 11 Chicago 4–2 Columbus Korpisalo 15,444 16–17–1 33 35 January 13 Columbus 6–0 Carolina Merzlikins 15,979 17–17–1 35 36 January 15 Columbus 2–9 Florida Merzlikins 15,088 17–18–1 35 — January 18 Columbus NY Islanders Postponed due to scheduling changes. Moved to March 10. 37 January 20 Columbus 2–1 Philadelphia Merzlikins 15,359 18–18–1 37 38 January 21 Pittsburgh 5–2 Columbus Korpisalo 18,477 18–19–1 37 39 January 23 Ottawa 2–1 Columbus Merzlikins 15,037 18–20–1 37 40 January 26 Calgary 6–0 Columbus Merzlikins 13,737 18–21–1 37 41 January 27 NY Rangers 3–5 Columbus Korpisalo 14,878 19–21–1 39 42 January 30 Columbus 6–3 Montreal Korpisalo 0 20–21–1 41 43 January 31 Florida 8–4 Columbus Merzlikins 14,214 20–22–1 41 February: 7–3–0 (home: 2–1–0; road: 5–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 44 February 8 Columbus 5–4 Washington Merzlikins 18,573 21–22–1 43 45 February 10 Columbus 4–3 Buffalo OT Merzlikins 8,476 22–22–1 45 46 February 12 Columbus 2–1 Montreal Merzlikins 500 23–22–1 47 47 February 15 Columbus 2–6 Calgary Merzlikins 9,639 23–23–1 47 48 February 17 Columbus 7–4 Chicago Merzlikins 19,290 24–23–1 49 49 February 20 Buffalo 3–7 Columbus Berube 18,608 25–23–1 51 50 February 22 Toronto 3–4 Columbus OT Berube 15,489 26–23–1 53 51 February 24 Columbus 6–3 Florida Berube 15,730 27–23–1 55 52 February 25 Columbus 0–4 Carolina Berube 17,112 27–24–1 55 53 February 27 Pittsburgh 3–2 Columbus Merzlikins 17,072 27–25–1 55 March: 5–6–4 (home: 4–3–2; road: 1–3–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 54 March 1 New Jersey 3–4 Columbus Merzlikins 13,678 28–25–1 57 55 March 4 Los Angeles 4–3 Columbus OT Merzlikins 15,778 28–25–2 58 56 March 5 Boston 5–4 Columbus SO Merzlikins 19,434 28–25–3 59 57 March 7 Toronto 5–4 Columbus Merzlikins 14,252 28–26–3 59 58 March 10 Columbus 0–6 NY Islanders Korpisalo 16,048 28–27–3 59 59 March 11 Minnesota 2–3 Columbus SO Merzlikins 16,399 29–27–3 61 60 March 13 Vegas 4–6 Columbus Merzlikins 16,087 30–27–3 63 61 March 16 Columbus 4–1 Ottawa Merzlikins 10,087 31–27–3 65 62 March 17 Washington 7–2 Columbus Korpisalo 15,911 31–28–3 65 63 March 19 St. Louis 4–5 Columbus Korpisalo 19,005 32–28–3 67 64 March 22 Columbus 1–5 Pittsburgh Korpisalo 18,196 32–29–3 67 65 March 25 Columbus 3–4 Winnipeg OT Merzlikins 13,475 32–29–4 68 66 March 26 Columbus 2–3 Minnesota OT Merzlikins 19,089 32–29–5 69 67 March 29 NY Islanders 4–3 Columbus Merzlikins 15,557 32–30–5 69 68 March 31 Columbus 2–5 NY Islanders Merzlikins 17,255 32–31–5 69 April: 5–7–2 (home: 3–1–2; road: 2–6–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 69 April 2 Columbus 2–5 Boston Merzlikins 17,850 32–32–5 69 70 April 4 Boston 3–2 Columbus OT Merzlikins 16,396 32–32–6 70 71 April 5 Columbus 4–2 Philadelphia Merzlikins 14,367 33–32–6 72 72 April 7 Philadelphia 4–1 Columbus Merzlikins 17,118 33–33–6 72 73 April 9 Columbus 5–4 Detroit OT Merzlikins 19,515 34–33–6 74 74 April 13 Montreal 1–5 Columbus Merzlikins 16,708 35–33–6 76 75 April 16 Columbus 1–2 Los Angeles Merzlikins 18,230 35–34–6 76 76 April 17 Columbus 4–6 Anaheim Berube 13,635 35–35–6 76 77 April 19 Columbus 2–3 San Jose Merzlikins 11,894 35–36–6 76 78 April 22 Ottawa 2–1 Columbus SO Merzlikins 18,116 35–36–7 77 79 April 24 Edmonton 2–5 Columbus Merzlikins 18,120 36–36–7 79 80 April 26 Columbus 1–4 Tampa Bay Merzlikins 19,092 36–37–7 79 81 April 28 Tampa Bay 2–5 Columbus Merzlikins 18,234 37–37–7 81 82 April 29 Columbus 3–5 Pittsburgh Merzlikins 18,402 37–38–7 81 Legend:

Player statistics As of March 22, 2022

Skaters

Regular season Player 56 26 30 56 -7 24 80 28 29 57 −35 16 79 6 56 62 −13 44 59 23 21 44 −11 22 68 11 37 48 −15 22 82 18 35 53 −12 26 ‡ 53 9 23 32 +2 37 81 22 23 45 +2 12 80 5 28 33 –3 68 77 14 16 30 +2 61 79 16 15 31 −22 37 67 10 17 27 -1 18 36 11 9 20 0 12 52 11 11 22 −11 12 67 7 18 25 -5 26 82 2 13 15 –14 60 62 7 7 14 −27 16 41 3 8 11 -2 16 43 0 8 8 0 22 45 10 4 14 -5 10 ‡ 24 2 5 7 +6 8 38 2 7 9 +6 10 41 6 5 11 -1 4 30 5 2 7 +2 12 6 1 1 2 –1 0 8 1 0 1 +1 0 7 0 1 1 −4 6 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 –1 0 7 1 2 3 -3 4 9 0 3 3 +2 2 13 1 2 3 0 6

Goaltenders Regular season Player 59 56 3320:07 27 23 7 178 3.22 1,742 .907 2 0 2 8 22 17 1128:29 7 11 0 78 4.15 634 .877 0 0 0 2 6 6 305:53 3 2 0 21 4.12 209 .900 0 0 1 0 4 3 174:51 0 2 0 7 2.40 111 .937 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 2021–22 season.

Key:

Contract is entry-level.

Contract initially takes effect in the 2022-23 NHL season.

Trades Date Details Ref To Chicago BlackhawksSeth JonesTBL 1st-round pick in 20216th-round pick in 2022 To Columbus Blue JacketsAdam Boqvist1st-round pick in 20212nd-round pick in 2021conditional 1st-round pick in 2022 or 20231 To Carolina HurricanesCHI 2nd-round pick in 2021 To Columbus Blue JacketsJake Bean To Philadelphia FlyersCam Atkinson To Columbus Blue JacketsJakub Voracek To Carolina HurricanesMax DomiTyler InamotoTo Columbus Blue JacketsAidan HreschukTo Florida PanthersYegor KorshkovTOR 6th-round pick in 2022 To Nashville PredatorsTOR 4th-round pick in 2022 To Columbus Blue JacketsMathieu Olivier Notes: Columbus would receive Chicago's 1st-round pick in 2022 if the pick was outside the top 2, otherwise Columbus would receive Chicago's 1st-round pick in 2023. As Chicago's pick was outside the top 2 selections, Columbus received Chicago's 2022 1st-round pick.

Players acquired Date Player Former team Term Via Ref Gavin Bayreuther Seattle Kraken 2-year Free agency Sean Kuraly Boston Bruins 4-year Free agency Tyler Sikura Cleveland Monsters (AHL) 1-year Free agency Brendan Gaunce Växjö Lakers (SHL) 1-year Free agency Zac Rinaldo Calgary Flames 1-year Free agency Jean-Francois Berube Ontario Reign (AHL) 1-year Free agency Jet Greaves Cleveland Monsters (AHL) 3-year Free agency Billy Sweezey Cleveland Monsters (AHL) 2-year Free agency Nick Blankenburg Michigan Wolverines (B1G) 1-year Free agency Marcus Bjork Brynäs IF (SHL) 2-year Free agency Joona Luoto Tappara (Liiga) 1-year Free agency

Players lost Date Player New team Term Via Ref Gavin Bayreuther Seattle Kraken Expansion draft Adam Clendening Philadelphia Flyers 1-year Free agency Michael Del Zotto Ottawa Senators 2-year Free agency Kole Sherwood Ottawa Senators 1-year Free agency Zac Dalpe Florida Panthers 2-year Free agency Cliff Pu Kunlun Red Star (KHL) 1-year Free agency Mikko Lehtonen Contract termination SKA Saint Petersburg (KHL) 4-year Free agency Gregory Hofmann EV Zug (NL) 2-year Free agency Contract termination Dean Kukan ZSC Lions (NL) 5-year Free agency

Signings Date Player Term Ref Boone Jenner 4-year Patrik Laine 1-year Eric Robinson 2-year Alexandre Texier 2-year Jake Bean 3-year Zach Werenski 6-year Mikko Lehtonen 1-year Stanislav Svozil 3-year Ole Julian Bjorgvik-Holm 3-year Cole Sillinger 3-year Elvis Merzlikins 5-year Justin Danforth 2-year Kent Johnson 3-year Kirill Marchenko 2-year Mikael Pyyhtia 3-year Joonas Korpisalo 1-year Jack Roslovic 2-year Daniil Tarasov 3-year Liam Foudy 2-year Brendan Gaunce 2-year Josh Dunne 1-year Carson Meyer 1-year Adam Boqvist 3-year

Draft picks

Below are the Columbus Blue Jackets' selections at the 2021 NHL entry draft, which were held on July 23 to 24, 2021. It was held virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.