2025–26 Columbus Blue Jackets season

The 2025–26 Columbus Blue Jackets season was the 26th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.

On April 13, 2026, the Blue Jackets were eliminated from playoff contention for the sixth consecutive season following a 3–2 shootout win by the Philadelphia Flyers against the Carolina Hurricanes.

Standings Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

Preseason The Columbus Blue Jackets preseason schedule was released on June 24, 2025. 2025 preseason game log: 2–5–0 (home: 2–2–0; road: 0–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 21 St. Louis 1–4 Columbus Fedotov 12,066 1–0–0 2 September 22 Buffalo 4–0 Columbus Greaves 9,778 1–1–0 3 September 23 Columbus 1–2 Buffalo Fedotov 9,903 1–2–0 4 September 24 Pittsburgh 1–4 Columbus Greaves 11,185 2–2–0 5 September 27 Columbus 1–4 Pittsburgh Merzlikins 18,333 2–3–0 6 September 30 Washington 4–3 Columbus Greaves 11,128 2–4–0 7 October 4 Columbus 1–2 Washington Merzlikins 12,131 2–5–0

Regular season The Columbus Blue Jackets regular season schedule was released on July 16, 2025. 2025–26 game logOctober: 6–4–0 (home: 2–3–0; road: 4–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 9 Columbus 1–2 Nashville Greaves 17,244 0–1–0 0 2 October 11 Columbus 7–4 Minnesota Merzlikins 18,836 1–1–0 2 3 October 13 New Jersey 3–2 Columbus Greaves 18,627 1–2–0 2 4 October 16 Colorado 4–1 Columbus Merzlikins 17,249 1–3–0 2 5 October 18 Tampa Bay 2–3 Columbus Greaves 15,822 2–3–0 4 6 October 21 Columbus 5–1 Dallas Merzlikins 18,532 3–3–0 6 7 October 24 Washington 5–1 Columbus Greaves 17,714 3–4–0 6 8 October 25 Columbus 5–4 Pittsburgh SO Merzlikins 15,261 4–4–0 8 9 October 28 Columbus 4–3 Buffalo OT Greaves 15,059 5–4–0 10 10 October 29 Toronto 3–6 Columbus Merzlikins 16,558 6–4–0 12 November: 5–5–5 (home: 3–0–3; road: 2–5–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 November 1 St. Louis 2–3 Columbus Greaves 17,130 7–4–0 14 12 November 2 Columbus 2–3 NY Islanders Merzlikins 14,984 7–5–0 14 13 November 5 Columbus 1–5 Calgary Greaves 16,802 7–6–0 14 14 November 8 Columbus 3–4 Vancouver Merzlikins 18,763 7–7–0 14 15 November 10 Columbus 4–5 Edmonton OT Greaves 18,247 7–7–1 15 16 November 11 Columbus 2–1 Seattle SO Greaves 17,151 8–7–1 17 17 November 13 Edmonton 4–5 Columbus Greaves 18,749 9–7–1 19 18 November 15 NY Rangers 2–1 Columbus SO Greaves 16,298 9–7–2 20 19 November 17 Montreal 3–4 Columbus SO Greaves 14,811 10–7–2 22 20 November 18 Columbus 2–5 Winnipeg Merzlikins 13,847 10–8–2 22 21 November 20 Columbus 3–2 Toronto OT Greaves 18,438 11–8–2 24 22 November 22 Columbus 3–4 Detroit OT Greaves 19,515 11–8–3 25 23 November 24 Columbus 5–1 Washington Greaves 17,337 11–9–3 25 24 November 26 Toronto 2–1 Columbus OT Greaves 16,632 11–9–4 26 25 November 28 Pittsburgh 4–3 Columbus OT Greaves 18,194 11–9–5 27 December: 6–7–1 (home: 3–4–0; road: 3–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 26 December 1 Columbus 5–3 New Jersey Merzlikins 13,381 12–9–5 29 27 December 4 Detroit 5–6 Columbus SO Merzlikins 16,818 13–9–5 31 28 December 6 Columbus 6–7 Florida OT Merzlikins 19,269 13–9–6 32 29 December 7 Columbus 0–2 Washington Greaves 17,312 13–10–6 32 30 December 9 Columbus 1–4 Carolina Greaves 18,299 13–11–6 32 31 December 11 Ottawa 6–3 Columbus Greaves 15,059 13–12–6 32 32 December 13 Vegas 3–2 Columbus Greaves 16,965 13–13–6 32 33 December 16 Anaheim 3–4 Columbus OT Greaves 14,120 14–13–6 34 34 December 18 Minnesota 5–2 Columbus Greaves 14,845 14–14–6 34 35 December 20 Columbus 3–4 Anaheim Merzlikins 15,897 14–15–6 34 36 December 22 Columbus 3–1 Los Angeles Greaves 18,145 15–15–6 36 37 December 28 NY Islanders 2–4 Columbus Greaves 18,223 16–15–6 38 38 December 29 Columbus 4–1 Ottawa Greaves 17,902 17–15–6 40 39 December 31 New Jersey 3–2 Columbus Greaves 17,163 17–16–6 40 January: 7–4–1 (home: 5–1–1; road: 2–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 40 January 3 Buffalo 1–5 Columbus Greaves 18,809 18–16–6 42 41 January 4 Pittsburgh 5–4 Columbus OT Greaves 18,212 18–16–7 43 42 January 6 Columbus 2–5 San Jose Greaves 16,258 18–17–7 43 43 January 8 Columbus 3–5 Vegas Greaves 17,614 18–18–7 43 44 January 10 Columbus 0–4 Colorado Merzlikins 18,127 18–19–7 43 45 January 11 Columbus 3–2 Utah OT Greaves 12,478 19–19–7 45 46 January 13 Calgary 3–5 Columbus Greaves 13,385 20–19–7 47 47 January 15 Vancouver 1–4 Columbus Merzlikins 14,918 21–19–7 49 48 January 17 Columbus 4–3 Pittsburgh SO Merzlikins 18,296 22–19–7 51 49 January 20 Ottawa 4–1 Columbus Merzlikins 13,278 22–20–7 51 50 January 22 Dallas 0–1 Columbus Greaves 14,372 23–20–7 53 51 January 24 Tampa Bay 5–8 Columbus Greaves 16,852 24–20–7 55 — January 26 Los Angeles Columbus Game postponed due to severe weather. Makeup date: March 9 52 January 28 Philadelphia 3–5 Columbus Merzlikins 15,244 25–20–7 57 53 January 30 Columbus 4–2 Chicago Merzlikins 20,247 26–20–7 59 54 January 31 Columbus 5–3 St. Louis Greaves 18,096 27–20–7 61 February: 2–1–1 (home: 1–0–1; road: 1–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 55 February 3 Columbus 3–0 New Jersey Merzlikins 15,551 28–20–7 63 56 February 4 Chicago 0–4 Columbus Greaves 18,575 29–20–7 65 57 February 26 Columbus 2–4 Boston Merzlikins 17,850 29–21–7 65 58 February 28 NY Islanders 4–3 Columbus OT Greaves 18,925 29–21–8 65 March: 9–4–4 (home: 5–2–3; road: 4–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 59 March 2 Columbus 5–4 NY Rangers OT Merzlikins 16,790 30–21–8 68 60 March 3 Nashville 2–3 Columbus Greaves 16,526 31–21–8 70 61 March 5 Florida 2–4 Columbus Greaves 16,669 32–21–8 72 62 March 7 Utah 5–4 Columbus OT Merzlikins 18,668 32–21–9 73 63 March 9 Los Angeles 5–4 Columbus OT Greaves 14,838 32–21–10 74 64 March 10 Columbus 5–2 Tampa Bay Merzlikins 19,092 33–21–10 76 65 March 12 Columbus 1–2 Florida OT Merzlikins 18,686 33–21–11 77 66 March 14 Columbus 2–1 Philadelphia SO Greaves 19,645 34–21–11 79 67 March 17 Carolina 1–5 Columbus Greaves 16,156 35–21–11 81 68 March 19 NY Rangers 3–6 Columbus Greaves 15,829 36–21–11 83 69 March 21 Seattle 2–5 Columbus Merzlikins 18,864 37–21–11 85 70 March 22 Columbus 0–1 NY Islanders Greaves 17,255 37–22–11 85 71 March 24 Columbus 3–2 Philadelphia Greaves 19,304 38–22–11 87 72 March 26 Columbus 1–2 Montreal Greaves 20,962 38–23–11 87 73 March 28 San Jose 3–2 Columbus Merzlikins 18,874 38–24–11 87 74 March 29 Boston 4–3 Columbus SO Greaves 18,684 38–24–12 88 75 March 31 Carolina 5–2 Columbus Greaves 18,293 38–25–12 88 April: 2–4–0 (home: 0–3–0; road: 2–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 76 April 2 Columbus 1–5 Carolina Merzlikins 18,556 38–26–12 88 77 April 4 Winnipeg 2–1 Columbus Greaves 18,272 38–27–12 88 78 April 7 Columbus 4–3 Detroit SO Greaves 17,687 39–27–12 90 79 April 9 Columbus 0–5 Buffalo Greaves 19,070 39–28–12 90 80 April 11 Columbus 5–2 Montreal Greaves 20,962 40–28–12 92 81 April 12 Boston 3–2 Columbus Greaves 18,532 40–29–12 92 82 April 14 Washington 2–1 Columbus Greaves 18,244 40–30–12 92 Legend:

Player statistics As of April 14, 2026

Skaters Regular season Player 75 22 59 81 +7 18 76 27 40 67 +7 32 82 24 35 59 38 82 20 38 58 +3 14 67 13 25 38 +3 44 78 13 23 36 12 81 8 25 33 +2 37 63 17 15 32 59 † 39 15 17 32 +21 30 71 8 24 32 +18 45 75 13 18 31 +12 8 82 9 22 31 +14 32 61 15 11 26 +13 101 76 7 15 22 20 54 8 6 14 26 68 4 8 12 4 74 5 6 11 33 † 33 5 5 10 +6 8 † 21 5 2 7 4 ‡ 29 3 3 6 6 25 2 4 6 12 27 1 4 5 12 37 1 2 3 +6 19 40 0 3 3 8 15 0 2 2 11 † 20 0 2 2 +2 0 5 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 +1 0 14 0 1 1 4 3 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 55 53 3276:06 26 19 9 142 2.60 1539 .908 2 0 1 0 30 29 1678:37 14 11 3 95 3.40 812 .883 1 0 2 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

Trades Date Details Ref To Colorado AvalancheGavin Brindley3rd-round pick in 2025conditional CBJ 2nd-round pick in 2027or MIN 2nd-round pick in 2027 To Columbus Blue JacketsCharlie CoyleMiles Wood To Detroit Red Wings4th-round pick in 2025 (#109 overall)4th-round pick in 2026 To Columbus Blue Jackets3rd-round pick in 2025 (#76 overall) To Seattle Kraken7th-round pick in 2025 (#205 overall)VGK 7th-round pick in 2025 (#218 overall) To Columbus Blue Jackets7th-round pick in 2025 (#198 overall) To Philadelphia Flyers6th-round pick in 2026 To Columbus Blue JacketsIvan Fedotov To Seattle KrakenNYR 4th-round pick in 20262nd-round pick in 2027 To Columbus Blue JacketsMason Marchment To Pittsburgh PenguinsEgor Chinakhov To Columbus Blue JacketsDanton HeinenSTL 2nd-round pick in 2026WSH 3rd-round pick in 2027 To Vancouver Canucks3rd-round pick in 20262nd-round pick in 2028 To Columbus Blue JacketsConor Garland

Players acquired Date Player New team Term Via Ref Christian Jaros HC CSKA Moscow (KHL) 1-year Free agency Isac Lundestrom Anaheim Ducks 2-year Free agency Dysin Mayo Vegas Golden Knights 1-year Free agency Hudson Fasching New York Islanders 1-year Free agency Brendan Smith Dallas Stars 1-year Free agency

Players lost Date Player New team Term Via Ref Cole Clayton San Jose Sharks 1-year Free agency Justin Danforth Buffalo Sabres 2-year Free agency Jordan Harris Boston Bruins 1-year Free agency Sean Kuraly 2-year Free agency Joseph LaBate Vancouver Canucks 1-year Free agency James van Riemsdyk Detroit Red Wings 1-year Free agency Trey Fix-Wolansky New York Rangers 1-year Free agency Luke Kunin Florida Panthers 1-year Free agency Christian Jaros HC Spartak Moscow (KHL) Waivers Daemon Hunt Minnesota Wild Waivers

Signings Date Player Term Ref Ivan Provorov 7-year Owen Sillinger 1-year Dmitri Voronkov 2-year Mikael Pyyhtia 1-year Daemon Hunt 1-year

Draft picks

Below are the Columbus Blue Jackets' selections at the 2025 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 27 and 28, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California.

Round # Player Pos. Nationality Team (League)114 Jackson Smith D Tri-City Americans (WHL)20 Pyotr Andreyanov G Krasnaya Armiya (MHL)376 Malte Vass D Farjestad BK J20 (J20 Nationell)5160 Owen Griffin C Oshawa Generals (OHL)6173 Victor Hedin Raftheim D Brynas J20 (J20 Nationell)7198 Jeremy Loranger C Sherwood Park Crusaders (BCHL) Notes

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