The 2013–14 Columbus Blue Jackets season was the 14th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.[2] Before the season, the team was moved into the Eastern Conference as a member of the Metropolitan Division. As a result of their move to the Metropolitan Division, the Blue Jackets became the fourth "Big 4" sports league team from Ohio to share a division with a team from Pittsburgh. The others are the Cincinnati Bengals and Cleveland Browns of the National Football League and the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball - Ohio teams and Pittsburgh teams have generally been rivals over the years. The Blue Jackets also qualified for the playoffs, making it for the second time in their franchise's history.
2013–14 Columbus Blue Jackets | |
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Division | 4th Metropolitan |
Conference | 7th Eastern |
2013–14 record | 43–32–7 |
Home record | 22–15–4 |
Road record | 21–17–3 |
Goals for | 231 |
Goals against | 216 |
Team information | |
General manager | Jarmo Kekalainen |
Coach | Todd Richards |
Captain | Vacant |
Alternate captains | Jared Boll Brandon Dubinsky Jack Johnson Mark Letestu |
Arena | Nationwide Arena |
Average attendance | 14,698 (88.5%)[1] (41 games) |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Springfield Falcons (AHL) Evansville IceMen (ECHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Ryan Johansen (33) |
Assists | James Wisniewski (44) |
Points | Ryan Johansen (63) |
Penalty minutes | Brandon Dubinsky (98) |
Plus/minus | Corey Tropp (+11) |
Wins | Sergei Bobrovsky (32) |
Goals against average | Sergei Bobrovsky (2.38) |
Standings
Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | y – Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 51 | 24 | 7 | 44 | 249 | 207 | +42 | 109 |
2 | x – New York Rangers | 82 | 45 | 31 | 6 | 41 | 218 | 193 | +25 | 96 |
3 | x – Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 42 | 30 | 10 | 39 | 236 | 235 | +1 | 94 |
4 | x – Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 43 | 32 | 7 | 38 | 231 | 216 | +15 | 93 |
5 | Washington Capitals | 82 | 38 | 30 | 14 | 28 | 235 | 240 | −5 | 90 |
6 | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 35 | 29 | 18 | 35 | 197 | 208 | −11 | 88 |
7 | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 36 | 35 | 11 | 34 | 207 | 230 | −23 | 83 |
8 | New York Islanders | 82 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 25 | 225 | 267 | −42 | 79 |
Pos | Div | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ME | x – Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 43 | 32 | 7 | 38 | 231 | 216 | +15 | 93 |
2 | AT | x – Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 39 | 28 | 15 | 34 | 222 | 230 | −8 | 93 |
3 | ME | Washington Capitals | 82 | 38 | 30 | 14 | 28 | 235 | 240 | −5 | 90 |
4 | ME | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 35 | 29 | 18 | 35 | 197 | 208 | −11 | 88 |
5 | AT | Ottawa Senators | 82 | 37 | 31 | 14 | 30 | 236 | 265 | −29 | 88 |
6 | AT | Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 38 | 36 | 8 | 29 | 231 | 256 | −25 | 84 |
7 | ME | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 36 | 35 | 11 | 34 | 207 | 230 | −23 | 83 |
8 | ME | New York Islanders | 82 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 25 | 225 | 267 | −42 | 79 |
9 | AT | Florida Panthers | 82 | 29 | 45 | 8 | 21 | 196 | 268 | −72 | 66 |
10 | AT | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 21 | 51 | 10 | 14 | 157 | 248 | −91 | 52 |
Schedule and results
Pre-season
2013 Pre-Season Game Log: 4–3–1 (Home: 1–2–1 ; Road: 3–1–0) | |||||||||
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# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Recap |
1 | September 15 | Pittsburgh | 4–5 | Columbus | OT | Dansk | 12,035 | 1–0–0 | Recap |
2 | September 17 | Buffalo | 3–1 | Columbus | Bobrovsky | 9,009 | 1–1–0 | Recap | |
3 | September 17 | Columbus | 3–1 | Minnesota | Smith | 17,784 | 2–1–0 | Recap | |
4 | September 18 | Columbus | 5–4 | Carolina | McKenna | 8,178 | 3–1–0 | Recap | |
5 | September 21 | Columbus | 5–3 | Pittsburgh | Bobrovsky | 18,004 | 4–1–0 | Recap | |
6 | September 23 | Minnesota | 2–1 | Columbus | SO | Bobrovsky | 10,089 | 4–1–1 | Recap |
7 | September 25 | Columbus | 0–3 | Buffalo | McKenna | 17,346 | 4–2–1 | Recap | |
8 | September 26 | Carolina | 2–1 | Columbus | Bobrovsky | 10,899 | 4–3–1 | Recap |
Regular season
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) |
Playoffs
The Columbus Blue Jackets entered the playoffs as the Eastern Conference's first wild card. They faced the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round. This marked the second time the Blue Jackets qualified for the playoffs, and given that they were swept out of the playoffs by the Detroit Red Wings in 2009, their victory in game 2 was the franchise's first playoff win.
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Legend: Win Loss |
Player stats
Final stats[3]
- Skaters
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
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Jack Johnson | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −1 | 4 |
Ryan Johansen | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 |
Brandon Dubinsky | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 |
Boone Jenner | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −4 | 4 |
Matt Calvert | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
David Savard | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
Artem Anisimov | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 4 |
Cam Atkinson | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Nick Foligno | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Fedor Tyutin | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Mark Letestu | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 0 |
James Wisniewski | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −7 | 10 |
Derek MacKenzie | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
R. J. Umberger | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 |
Jack Skille | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
Ryan Murray | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
Nick Schultz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
Blake Comeau | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 10 |
Nikita Nikitin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jared Boll | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Corey Tropp | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dalton Prout | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
- Goaltenders
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Sergei Bobrovsky | 58 | 58 | 3299 | 32 | 20 | 5 | 131 | 2.38 | 1699 | 0.923 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Curtis McElhinney | 28 | 21 | 1423 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 64 | 2.70 | 703 | 0.909 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Mike McKenna | 4 | 3 | 219 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3.01 | 114 | 0.904 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Sergei Bobrovsky | 6 | 6 | 378 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 3.17 | 218 | .908 | 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 2013–14 season.
Trades
June 30, 2013[4] | To Pittsburgh Penguins 2nd-round pick in 2013 | To Columbus Blue Jackets SJS's 2nd-round pick in 2013 3rd-round pick in 2013 |
July 2, 2013[5] | To Tampa Bay Lightning Drew Olson (rights) | To Columbus Blue Jackets Future Considerations |
February 6, 2014[6] | To Pittsburgh Penguins Spencer Machacek | To Columbus Blue Jackets Paul Thompson |
February 7, 2014[7] | To Boston Bruins Blake Parlett | To Columbus Blue Jackets Carter Camper |
March 5, 2014[8] | To Los Angeles Kings Marian Gaborik | To Columbus Blue Jackets Matt Frattin 2nd round pick in 2014 (LAK's ) or 2015 (TOR's) conditional 3rd round pick in 2014 (EDM's) or 2015 (LAK's) |
March 5, 2014[9] | To Edmonton Oilers 5th-round pick in 2014 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Nick Schultz |
March 5, 2014[10] | To Tampa Bay Lightning Jonathan Marchessault Dalton Smith | To Columbus Blue Jackets Matt Taormina Dana Tyrell |
June 23, 2014[11] | To Philadelphia Flyers R. J. Umberger 4th-round pick in 2015 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Scott Hartnell |
June 25, 2014[12] | To Edmonton Oilers Nikita Nikitin | To Columbus Blue Jackets CBJ's 5th-round pick in 2014 |
Free agents lost
Player | New team | Contract terms |
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Nick Holden[20] | Colorado Avalanche | 2 years, $1.2 million |
Nick Drazenovic[21] | Pittsburgh Penguins | 1 year, $550,000 |
Michael Leighton | HC Donbass (KHL) | 1 year |
Lost via waivers
Player | New team | Date |
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Player signings
Player | Date | Contract terms |
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Sergei Bobrovsky[23] | July 1, 2013 | 2 years, $11.25 million |
Blake Comeau[24] | July 2, 2013 | 1 year, $1 million |
Cody Bass[14] | July 5, 2013 | 1 year, $600,000 |
Thomas Larkin[25] | July 5, 2013 | 2 years, $1.2 million entry-level contract |
David Savard[26] | July 15, 2013 | 1 year, $709,275 |
Spencer Machacek[27] | July 19, 2013 | 1 year, $632,500 |
Blake Parlett[27] | July 19, 2013 | 1 year, $577,500 |
Cody Goloubef[28] | July 25, 2013 | 1 year, $826,875 |
Jared Boll[29] | September 13, 2013 | 3 years, $5.1 million contract extension |
Josh Anderson[30] | November 5, 2013 | 3 years, $2.1275 million entry-level contract |
Oliver Bjorkstrand[31] | December 26, 2013 | 3 years, $2.1275 million entry-level contract |
Kerby Rychel[32] | December 31, 2013 | 3 years, $3.825 million entry-level contract |
Joonas Korpisalo[33] | March 21, 2014 | 3 years, $2.2275 million entry-level contract |
T. J. Tynan[34] | April 1, 2014 | 2 years, $1.435 million entry-level contract |
Oscar Dansk[35] | May 8, 2014 | 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract |
Alexander Wennberg[36] | May 16, 2014 | 3 years, $4.2 million entry-level contract |
Daniel Zaar[37] | May 30, 2014 | 3 years, $1.995 million entry-level contract |
Curtis McElhinney[38] | June 23, 2014 | 1 year, $600,000 contract extension |
Draft picks
Columbus Blue Jackets' picks at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, which was held in Newark, New Jersey on June 30, 2013.[39]
Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 14 | Alexander Wennberg | Center | Sweden | Djurgardens IF (Sweden) |
1 | 19[a] | Kerby Rychel | Left Wing | Canada | Windsor Spitfires (OHL) |
1 | 27[b] | Marko Dano | Center | Slovakia | Slovan Bratislava (KHL) |
2 | 50[c] | Dillon Heatherington | Defence | Canada | Swift Current Broncos (WHL) |
3 | 89[d] | Oliver Bjorkstrand | Right Wing | Denmark | Portland Winterhawks (WHL) |
4 | 105 | Nick Moutrey | Center/Left Wing | Canada | Saginaw Spirit (OHL) |
6 | 165 | Markus Soberg | Right Wing | Norway | Frolunda HC (Sweden-Jr) |
7 | 195 | Peter Quenneville | Center/Right Wing | Canada | Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL) |
- Draft notes[40]
- a The New York Rangers' first-round pick went to the Columbus Blue Jackets as a result of a July 23, 2012, trade that sent Rick Nash, Steven Delisle and a 2013 conditional third-round pick to the Rangers in exchange for Artem Anisimov, Brandon Dubinsky, Tim Erixon and this pick.[41]
- b The Los Angeles Kings' first-round pick went to the Columbus Blue Jackets as a result of a February 23, 2012, trade that sent Jeff Carter to the Kings in exchange for Jack Johnson and this pick.[42]
- The Columbus Blue Jackets' second-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013, that sent San Jose's second-round pick in 2013 (50th overall) and a third-round pick in 2013 (89th overall) to Columbus in exchange for this pick.[43]
- c The San Jose Sharks' second-round pick went to the Columbus Blue Jackets as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013, that sent a second-round pick in 2013 (44th overall) to Pittsburgh in exchange for a third-round pick in 2013 (89th overall) and this pick.[43] Pittsburgh previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013, that sent Tyler Kennedy to San Jose in exchange for this pick.[44]
- The Columbus Blue Jackets' third-round pick went to the New York Rangers as the result of a July 23, 2012, trade that sent Artem Anisimov, Brandon Dubinsky, Tim Erixon and a 2013 first-round pick to the Blue Jackets in exchange for Rick Nash, Steven Delisle and this pick.[41]
- d The Pittsburgh Penguins' third-round pick went to the Columbus Blue Jackets as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013, that sent a second-round pick in 2013 (44th overall) to Pittsburgh in exchange for San Jose's second-round pick in 2013 (50th overall) and this pick.[43]
- The Columbus Blue Jackets' fifth-round pick went to the Calgary Flames as the result of an April 3, 2013, trade that sent Blake Comeau to the Blue Jackets in exchange for this pick.[45]