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2019–20 Columbus Blue Jackets season

The 2019–20 Columbus Blue Jackets season was the 20th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.[2]

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.[3][4] On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled.[5]

The Blue Jackets advanced to the playoffs and defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in the qualifying round,[6] but were defeated in the first round by the Tampa Bay Lightning in five games.[7]

The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2019.[11] The September 29 game between the Blue Jackets and the St. Louis Blues was cancelled due to issues with the team's flight.[12]

2019–20 game log
October: 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 [20]
2 October 5 Columbus 2–7 Pittsburgh Merzlikins 18,595 0–2–0 0 [21]
3 October 7 Buffalo 3–4 Columbus OT Korpisalo 14,518 1–2–0 2 [22]
4 October 11 Anaheim 2–1 Columbus Korpisalo 15,368 1–3–0 2 [23]
5 October 12 Columbus 3–2 Carolina Korpisalo 16,224 2–3–0 4 [24]
6 October 16 Dallas 2–3 Columbus Korpisalo 14,683 3–3–0 6 [25]
7 October 18 Columbus 2–3 Chicago OT Merzlikins 21,518 3–3–1 7 [26]
8 October 19 NY Islanders 3–2 Columbus OT Korpisalo 15,276 3–3–2 8 [27]
9 October 21 Columbus 4–3 Toronto OT Korpisalo 18,898 4–3–2 10 [28]
10 October 24 Carolina 3–4 Columbus OT Korpisalo 15,398 5–3–2 12 [29]
11 October 26 Columbus 4–7 Philadelphia Korpisalo 17,840 5–4–2 12 [30]
12 October 30 Edmonton 4–1 Columbus Korpisalo 14,193 5–5–2 12 [31]
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 [32]
14 November 2 Calgary 3–0 Columbus Korpisalo 13,618 5–6–3 13 [33]
15 November 5 Vegas 2–1 Columbus Korpisalo 15,435 5–7–3 13 [34]
16 November 7 Columbus 3–2 Arizona Korpisalo 12,115 6–7–3 15 [35]
17 November 9 Columbus 2–4 Colorado Korpisalo 18,070 6–8–3 15 [36]
18 November 12 Columbus 2–3 Montreal SO Merzlikins 20,758 6–8–4 16 [37]
19 November 15 St. Louis 2–3 Columbus OT Korpisalo 18,505 7–8–4 18 [38]
20 November 19 Montreal 2–5 Columbus Korpisalo 14,118 8–8–4 20 [39]
21 November 21 Detroit 4–5 Columbus Korpisalo 14,417 9–8–4 22 [40]
22 November 23 Columbus 3–4 Winnipeg Merzlikins 15,325 9–9–4 22 [41]
23 November 25 Ottawa 0–1 Columbus Korpisalo 14,730 10–9–4 24 [42]
24 November 27 Philadelphia 3–2 Columbus Korpisalo 14,975 10–10–4 24 [43]
25 November 29 Pittsburgh 2–5 Columbus Korpisalo 17,402 11–10–4 26 [44]
26 November 30 Columbus 0–2 NY Islanders Merzlikins 13,433 11–11–4 26 [45]
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 [46]
28 December 5 NY Rangers 3–2 Columbus Korpisalo 15,785 11–13–4 26 [47]
29 December 7 Columbus 1–4 Florida Merzlikins 11,640 11–14–4 26 [48]
30 December 9 Columbus 5–2 Washington Korpisalo 18,573 12–14–4 28 [49]
31 December 12 Columbus 0–1 Pittsburgh OT Korpisalo 18,415 12–14–5 29 [50]
32 December 14 Columbus 3–4 Ottawa OT Korpisalo 11,020 12–14–6 30 [51]
33 December 16 Washington 0–3 Columbus Korpisalo 16,602 13–14–6 32 [52]
34 December 17 Columbus 5–3 Detroit Korpisalo 17,639 14–14–6 34 [53]
35 December 19 Los Angeles 2–3 Columbus OT Korpisalo 17,117 15–14–6 36 [54]
36 December 21 New Jersey 1–5 Columbus Korpisalo 17,188 16–14–6 38 [55]
37 December 23 Columbus 3–2 NY Islanders Korpisalo 13,917 17–14–6 40 [56]
38 December 27 Columbus 1–2 Washington OT Korpisalo 18,573 17–14–7 41 [57]
39 December 29 Chicago 3–2 Columbus SO Merzlikins 18,544 17–14–8 42 [58]
40 December 31 Florida 1–4 Columbus Merzlikins 18,977 18–14–8 44 [59]
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 [60]
42 January 4 San Jose 3–2 Columbus Merzlikins 18,874 19–15–8 46 [61]
43 January 6 Columbus 4–2 Los Angeles Merzlikins 14,964 20–15–8 48 [62]
44 January 7 Columbus 4–3 Anaheim Merzlikins 16,153 21–15–8 50 [63]
45 January 9 Columbus 1–3 San Jose Merzlikins 17,085 21–16–8 50 [64]
46 January 11 Columbus 3–0 Vegas Merzlikins 18,400 22–16–8 52 [65]
47 January 14 Boston 0–3 Columbus Merzlikins 17,349 23–16–8 54 [66]
48 January 16 Carolina 2–3 Columbus Merzlikins 17,900 24–16–8 56 [67]
49 January 18 New Jersey 0–5 Columbus Merzlikins 18,680 25–16–8 58 [68]
50 January 19 Columbus 2–1 NY Rangers Kivlenieks 17,423 26–16–8 60 [69]
51 January 22 Winnipeg 3–4 Columbus Merzlikins 18,425 27–16–8 62 [70]
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 [71]
53 February 2 Columbus 4–3 Montreal Merzlikins 21,302 28–16–9 65 [72]
54 February 4 Florida 0–1 Columbus OT Merzlikins 17,811 29–16–9 67 [73]
55 February 7 Detroit 0–2 Columbus Merzlikins 18,978 30–16–9 69 [74]
56 February 8 Colorado 2–1 Columbus Merzlikins 19,022 30–17–9 69 [75]
57 February 10 Tampa Bay 2–1 Columbus OT Merzlikins 17,131 30–17–10 70 [76]
58 February 13 Columbus 3–4 Buffalo OT Kivlenieks 16,923 30–17–11 71 [77]
59 February 14 NY Rangers 3–1 Columbus Merzlikins 18,888 30–18–11 71 [78]
60 February 16 Columbus 3–4 New Jersey SO Merzlikins 16,514 30–18–12 72 [79]
61 February 18 Columbus 1–5 Philadelphia Merzlikins 18,273 30–19–12 72 [80]
62 February 20 Philadelphia 4–3 Columbus OT Merzlikins 18,365 30–19–13 73 [81]
63 February 22 Columbus 3–4 Nashville SO Merzlikins 17,549 30–19–14 74 [82]
64 February 24 Ottawa 3–4 Columbus OT Korpisalo 17,518 31–19–14 76 [83]
65 February 25 Columbus 4–5 Minnesota Kivlenieks 17,057 31–20–14 76 [84]
66 February 28 Minnesota 5–0 Columbus Korpisalo 18,955 31–21–14 76 [85]
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 [86]
68 March 4 Columbus 2–3 Calgary OT Korpisalo 18,696 32–21–15 79 [87]
69 March 7 Columbus 1–4 Edmonton Korpisalo 17,085 32–22–15 79 [88]
70 March 8 Columbus 2–1 Vancouver Merzlikins 18,871 33–22–15 81 [89]
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 Carolina

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

The Blue Jackets faced the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round, and lost in five games.[91]

†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.