2025–26 Columbus Blue Jackets season

2025–26 Columbus Blue Jackets
DivisionMetropolitan
ConferenceEastern
2025–26 record14–14–6
Home record7–6–3
Road record7–8–3
Goals for102
Goals against120
Team information
General managerDon Waddell
CoachDean Evason
CaptainBoone Jenner
Alternate captainsErik Gudbranson
Zach Werenski
ArenaNationwide Arena
Minor league affiliateCleveland Monsters (AHL)
Team leaders
GoalsZach Werenski (13)
AssistsZach Werenski (25)
PointsZach Werenski (38)
Penalty minutesMathieu Olivier (44)
Plus/minusZach Werenski (+7)
WinsJet Greaves (8)
Goals against averageJet Greaves (2.77)

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

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 Carolina Hurricanes 34 22 9 3 14 115 95 +20 47
2 Washington Capitals 34 19 11 4 18 110 88 +22 42
3 New Jersey Devils 35 20 14 1 13 101 105 −4 41
4 New York Islanders 35 19 13 3 13 103 100 +3 41
5 Philadelphia Flyers 33 17 10 6 10 99 94 +5 40
6 New York Rangers 36 17 15 4 11 91 96 −5 38
7 Pittsburgh Penguins 33 14 10 9 13 103 106 −3 37
8 Columbus Blue Jackets 34 14 14 6 7 102 120 −18 34
Updated to game(s) played on December 19, 2025. Source: National Hockey League[1]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Conference standings

Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 ME New York Islanders 35 19 13 3 13 103 100 +3 41
2 ME Philadelphia Flyers 33 17 10 6 10 99 94 +5 40
3 AT Boston Bruins 35 20 15 0 14 114 109 +5 40
4 AT Tampa Bay Lightning 34 18 13 3 15 107 90 +17 39
5 ME New York Rangers 36 17 15 4 11 91 96 −5 38
6 ME Pittsburgh Penguins 33 14 10 9 13 103 106 −3 37
7 AT Ottawa Senators 33 16 13 4 11 105 104 +1 36
8 AT Toronto Maple Leafs 33 15 13 5 11 105 108 −3 35
9 AT Buffalo Sabres 33 15 14 4 11 103 112 −9 34
10 ME Columbus Blue Jackets 34 14 14 6 7 102 120 −18 34
Updated to game(s) played on December 19, 2025. Source: National Hockey League[2]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

Preseason

The Columbus Blue Jackets preseason schedule was released on June 24, 2025.[3]

Regular season

The Columbus Blue Jackets regular season schedule was released on July 16, 2025.[11]

2025–26 game log
December: 2–5–1 (home: 1–3–0; road: 1–2–1)
# 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 [37]
27 December 4 Detroit 5–6 Columbus SO Merzlikins 16,818 13–9–5 31 [38]
28 December 6 Columbus 6–7 Florida OT Merzlikins 19,269 13–9–6 32 [39]
29 December 7 Columbus 0–2 Washington Greaves 17,312 13–10–6 32 [40]
30 December 9 Columbus 1–4 Carolina Greaves 18,299 13–11–6 32 [41]
31 December 11 Ottawa 6–3 Columbus Greaves 15,059 13–12–6 32 [42]
32 December 13 Vegas 3–2 Columbus Greaves 16,965 13–13–6 32 [43]
33 December 16 Anaheim 3–4 Columbus OT Greaves 14,120 14–13–6 34 [44]
34 December 18 Minnesota 5–2 Columbus Greaves 14,845 14–14–6 34 [45]
35 December 20 Columbus Anaheim
36 December 22 Columbus Los Angeles
37 December 28 NY Islanders Columbus
38 December 29 Columbus Ottawa
39 December 31 New Jersey Columbus

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

Player statistics

As of December 13, 2025

Skaters

Regular season[46]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Zach Werenski 31 9 23 32 +5 4
Kirill Marchenko 27 10 16 26 +5 14
Dmitri Voronkov 31 12 10 22 +2 40
Adam Fantilli 31 11 10 21 –7 13
Charlie Coyle 31 4 15 19 –4 6
Sean Monahan 31 5 12 17 –4 8
Cole Sillinger 30 3 10 13 +2 16
Miles Wood 25 8 4 12 –5 12
Denton Mateychuk 30 6 6 12 –2 2
Boone Jenner 17 4 8 12 –5 13
Ivan Provorov 31 4 7 11 +3 12
Mathieu Olivier 23 3 6 9 +2 44
Damon Severson 31 2 7 9 +1 14
Kent Johnson 30 3 4 7 –13 2
Dante Fabbro 31 2 3 5 –9 4
Isac Lundestrom 30 1 4 5 –1 4
Yegor Chinakhov 25 2 2 4 –7 4
Brendan Gaunce 10 1 2 3 –2 10
Zach Aston-Reese 17 0 3 3 +1 6
Brendan Smith 8 0 2 2 +3 9
Jake Christiansen 19 0 1 1 –9 4
Luca Del Bel Belluz 11 0 1 1 0 4
Erik Gudbranson 4 0 0 0 –2 6
Dysin Mayo 1 0 0 0 –1 0
Luca Pinelli 3 0 0 0 –1 0

Goaltenders

Regular season[47]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Jet Greaves 19 18 1,140:17 7 7 5 52 2.74 557 .907 0 0 0 0
Elvis Merzlikins 13 13 743:31 6 5 1 50 4.03 412 .879 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.

Roster

Updated December 5, 2025[48][49]

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
27 Zach Aston-Reese C L 31 2024 Staten Island, New York
59 Yegor Chinakhov RW L 24 2020 Omsk, Russia
2 Jake Christiansen D L 26 2020 West Vancouver, British Columbia
3 Charlie Coyle C R 33 2025 Weymouth, Massachusetts
65 Luca Del Bel Belluz C L 22 2022 Woodbridge, Ontario
15 Dante Fabbro D R 27 2024 Coquitlam, British Columbia
19 Adam Fantilli C L 21 2023 Nobleton, Ontario
16 Brendan Gaunce C L 31 2025 Sudbury, Ontario
73 Jet Greaves G L 24 2022 Cambridge, Ontario
44 Erik Gudbranson (A D R 33 2022 Ottawa, Ontario
38 Boone Jenner (C C L 32 2011 London, Ontario
91 Kent Johnson C L 23 2021 Port Moody, British Columbia
21 Isac Lundestrom C L 26 2025 Gällivare, Sweden
86 Kirill Marchenko RW R 25 2018 Barnaul, Russia
5 Denton Mateychuk D L 21 2022 Winnipeg, Manitoba
90 Elvis Merzlikins G L 31 2014 Riga, Latvia
23 Sean Monahan C L 31 2024 Brampton, Ontario
24 Mathieu Olivier  RW R 28 2022 Biloxi, Mississippi
9 Ivan Provorov D L 28 2023 Yaroslavl, Russia
78 Damon Severson D R 31 2023 Brandon, Manitoba
4 Cole Sillinger C L 22 2021 Columbus, Ohio
7 Brendan Smith D L 36 2025 Mimico, Ontario
10 Dmitri Voronkov C L 25 2019 Angarsk, Russia
8 Zach Werenski (A) D L 28 2015 Grosse Pointe, Michigan
11 Miles Wood LW L 30 2025 Buffalo, New York

Transactions

Trades

Date Details Ref
June 27, 2025 (2025-06-27) To Colorado Avalanche
Gavin Brindley
3rd-round pick in 2025
conditional CBJ 2nd-round pick in 2027
              or MIN 2nd-round pick in 2027
To Columbus Blue Jackets
Charlie Coyle
Miles Wood
[50]
June 28, 2025 (2025-06-28) To Detroit Red Wings
4th-round pick in 2025 (#109 overall)
4th-round pick in 2026
To Columbus Blue Jackets
3rd-round pick in 2025 (#76 overall)
[51]
June 28, 2025 (2025-06-28) To Seattle Kraken
7th-round pick in 2025 (#205 overall)
VGK 7th-round pick in 2025 (#218 overall)
To Columbus Blue Jackets
7th-round pick in 2025 (#198 overall)
[52]
September 14, 2025 (2025-09-14) To Philadelphia Flyers
6th-round pick in 2026
To Columbus Blue Jackets
Ivan Fedotov
[53]

Players acquired

Date Player New team Term Via Ref
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01) Christian Jaros HC CSKA Moscow (KHL) 1-year Free agency [54]
Isac Lundestrom Anaheim Ducks 2-year Free agency [55]
July 16, 2025 (2025-07-16) Dysin Mayo Vegas Golden Knights 1-year Free agency [56]
August 18, 2025 (2025-08-18) Hudson Fasching New York Islanders 1-year Free agency [57]
November 24, 2025 (2025-11-24) Brendan Smith Dallas Stars 1-year Free agency [58]

Players lost

Date Player New team Term Via Ref
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01) Cole Clayton San Jose Sharks 1-year Free agency [59]
Justin Danforth Buffalo Sabres 2-year Free agency [60]
Jordan Harris Boston Bruins 1-year Free agency [61]
Sean Kuraly 2-year Free agency [61]
Joseph LaBate Vancouver Canucks 1-year Free agency [62]
James van Riemsdyk Detroit Red Wings 1-year Free agency [63]
July 3, 2025 (2025-07-03) Trey Fix-Wolansky New York Rangers 1-year Free agency [64]
August 22, 2025 (2025-08-22) Luke Kunin Florida Panthers 1-year Free agency [65]
October 1, 2025 (2025-10-01) Christian Jaros HC Spartak Moscow (KHL) Waivers [66]
October 3, 2025 (2025-10-03) Daemon Hunt Minnesota Wild Waivers [67]

Signings

Date Player Term Ref
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01) Ivan Provorov 7-year [68]
Owen Sillinger 1-year [69]
July 5, 2025 (2025-07-05) Dmitri Voronkov 2-year [70]
August 13, 2025 (2025-08-13) Mikael Pyyhtia 1-year [71]
August 15, 2025 (2025-08-15) Daemon Hunt 1-year [72]

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)
1 14 Jackson Smith D  Canada Tri-City Americans (WHL)
20[A] Pyotr Andreyanov G  Russia Krasnaya Armiya (MHL)
3 76[B] Malte Vass D  Sweden Farjestad BK J20 (J20 Nationell)
5 160[C] Owen Griffin C  Canada Oshawa Generals (OHL)
6 173 Victor Hedin Raftheim D  Sweden Brynas J20 (J20 Nationell)
7 198[D] Jeremy Loranger C  Canada Sherwood Park Crusaders (BCHL)

Notes

  1. ^ The Minnesota Wild's first-round pick went to the Columbus Blue Jackets as the result of a trade on November 30, 2024, that sent David Jiricek and a fifth-round pick in 2025 to Minnesota in exchange for Daemon Hunt a third and fourth-round pick in 2026, a second-round pick in 2027 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[73] The condition – Columbus will receive a first-round pick in 2025 if Minnesota's first-round pick in 2025 is outside of the top five selections[73] – was converted when the Wild qualified for the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs on April 15, 2025.
  2. ^ The Detroit Red Wings' third-round pick went to the Blue Jackets as the result of a trade on June 28, 2025, that sent a fourth-round pick in 2025 (109th overall) and 2026 to Detroit in exchange for this pick.[74]
  3. ^ The Florida Panthers' fifth-round pick went to the Blue Jackets as the result of a trade on June 26, 2025, that sent Daniil Tarasov to Florida in exchange for this pick.[75]
  4. ^ The Seattle Kraken's seventh-round pick went to the Blue Jackets as the result of a trade on June 28, 2025, that sent a seventh-round pick in 2025 (205th overall) and Vegas's seventh-round pick in 2025 (218th overall) to Seattle in exchange for this pick.[76]

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