2024–25 Columbus Blue Jackets season

National Hockey League season

2024–25 Columbus Blue Jackets
Division	Metropolitan
Conference	Eastern
2024–25 record	0–0–0
Home record	0–0–0
Road record	0–0–0
Goals for	0
Goals against	0
Team information
General manager	Don Waddell
Coach	Dean Evason
Captain	Boone Jenner
Alternate captains	Erik Gudbranson Sean Kuraly Zach Werenski
Arena	Nationwide Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)	Cleveland Monsters (AHL)
← 2023–24 →

The 2024–25 Columbus Blue Jackets season will be the 25th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.

Schedule and results

Preseason

The Columbus Blue Jackets preseason schedule was released on June 21, 2024.^[1]

2024 preseason game log: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 23	Columbus		Buffalo
2	September 25	St. Louis		Columbus
3	September 27	Columbus		Washington
4	September 28	Buffalo		Columbus
5	September 30	Washington		Columbus
6	October 1	Columbus		St. Louis
7	October 3	Pittsburgh		Columbus
8	October 4	Columbus		Pittsburgh

Regular season

The Columbus Blue Jackets regular season schedule was released on July 2, 2024.^[2]

2024–25 game log

October: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 10	Columbus	–	Minnesota
2	October 12	Columbus	–	Colorado
3	October 15	Florida	–	Columbus
4	October 17	Buffalo	–	Columbus
5	October 19	Minnesota	–	Columbus
6	October 22	Toronto	–	Columbus
7	October 26	Columbus	–	Nashville
8	October 28	Edmonton	–	Columbus
9	October 30	NY Islanders	–	Columbus

November: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
10	November 1	Winnipeg	–	Columbus
11	November 2	Columbus	–	Washington
12	November 5	Columbus	–	San Jose
13	November 9	Columbus	–	Los Angeles
14	November 10	Columbus	–	Anaheim
15	November 12	Columbus	–	Seattle
16	November 15	Pittsburgh	–	Columbus
17	November 16	Columbus	–	Montreal
18	November 18	Columbus	–	Boston
19	November 21	Tampa Bay	–	Columbus
20	November 23	Carolina	–	Columbus
21	November 27	Montreal	–	Columbus
22	November 29	Calgary	–	Columbus

December: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
23	December 1	Columbus	–	Chicago
24	December 3	Columbus	–	Calgary
25	December 5	Columbus	–	Edmonton
26	December 6	Columbus	–	Vancouver
27	December 8	Columbus	–	Winnipeg
28	December 10	Philadelphia	–	Columbus
29	December 12	Washington	–	Columbus
30	December 14	Anaheim	–	Columbus
31	December 15	Columbus	–	Carolina
32	December 17	Columbus	–	Tampa Bay
33	December 19	New Jersey	–	Columbus
34	December 21	Columbus	–	Philadelphia
35	December 23	Montreal	–	Columbus
36	December 27	Boston	–	Columbus
37	December 28	Columbus	–	Boston
38	December 31	Carolina	–	Columbus

January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
39	January 2	Detroit	–	Columbus
40	January 4	St. Louis	–	Columbus
41	January 7	Columbus	–	Pittsburgh
42	January 9	Seattle	–	Columbus
43	January 11	Columbus	–	St. Louis
44	January 14	Philadelphia	–	Columbus
45	January 16	San Jose	–	Columbus
46	January 18	Columbus	–	NY Rangers
47	January 20	Columbus	–	NY Islanders
48	January 22	Columbus	–	Toronto
49	January 23	Columbus	–	Carolina
50	January 25	Los Angeles	–	Columbus
51	January 30	Columbus	–	Vegas
52	January 31	Columbus	–	Utah

February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
53	February 2	Columbus	–	Dallas
54	February 4	Columbus	–	Buffalo
55	February 6	Utah	–	Columbus
56	February 8	NY Rangers	–	Columbus
57	February 22	Chicago	–	Columbus
58	February 25	Dallas	–	Columbus
59	February 27	Columbus	–	Detroit

March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
60	March 1	Detroit	–	Columbus
61	March 4	Columbus	–	Tampa Bay
62	March 6	Columbus	–	Florida
63	March 9	Columbus	–	NY Rangers
64	March 11	Columbus	–	New Jersey
65	March 13	Vegas	–	Columbus
66	March 15	NY Rangers	–	Columbus
67	March 17	New Jersey	–	Columbus
68	March 20	Florida	–	Columbus
69	March 21	Columbus	–	Pittsburgh
70	March 24	Columbus	–	NY Islanders
71	March 28	Vancouver	–	Columbus
72	March 29	Columbus	–	Ottawa

April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
73	April 1	Nashville	–	Columbus
74	April 3	Colorado	–	Columbus
75	April 5	Columbus	–	Toronto
76	April 6	Columbus	–	Ottawa
77	April 8	Ottawa	–	Columbus
78	April 10	Buffalo	–	Columbus
79	April 12	Washington	–	Columbus
80	April 13	Columbus	–	Washington
81	April 15	Columbus	–	Philadelphia
82	April 17	NY Islanders	–	Columbus

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

Roster

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Updated July 28, 2024^[3]^[4]


No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
45	Gavin Brindley	RW	R	19	2023	Estero, Florida
59	Yegor Chinakhov	RW	L	23	2020	Omsk, Russia
17	Justin Danforth	RW	R	31	2021	Oshawa, Ontario
19	Adam Fantilli	C	L	19	2023	Nobleton, Ontario
–	Dylan Gambrell	C	R	27	2024	Bonney Lake, Washington
13	Johnny Gaudreau	LW	L	30	2022	Salem, New Jersey
44	Erik Gudbranson (A)	D	R	32	2022	Ottawa, Ontario
38	Boone Jenner (C)	C	L	31	2011	London, Ontario
3	Jack Johnson	D	L	37	2024	Indianapolis, Indiana
91	Kent Johnson	C	L	21	2021	Port Moody, British Columbia
7	Sean Kuraly (A)	C	L	31	2021	Dublin, Ohio
29	Patrik Laine	RW	R	26	2021	Tampere, Finland
86	Kirill Marchenko	RW	R	24	2018	Barnaul, Russia
90	Elvis Merzlikins	G	L	30	2014	Riga, Latvia
23	Sean Monahan	C	L	29	2024	Brampton, Ontario
24	Mathieu Olivier	RW	R	27	2022	Biloxi, Mississippi
9	Ivan Provorov	D	L	27	2023	Yaroslavl, Russia
78	Damon Severson	D	R	30	2023	Brandon, Manitoba
4	Cole Sillinger (RFA)	C	L	21	2021	Columbus, Ohio
40	Daniil Tarasov	G	L	25	2017	Novokuznetsk, Russia
10	Dmitri Voronkov	C	L	23	2019	Angarsk, Russia
8	Zach Werenski (A)	D	L	27	2015	Grosse Pointe, Michigan

Transactions

The Blue Jackets have been involved in the following transactions during the 2024–25 season.

Key

† Contract is entry-level.
‡ Contract initially takes effect in the 2025–26 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 28, 2024 (2024-06-28)	To St. Louis Blues Alexandre Texier	To Columbus Blue Jackets 4th-round pick in 2025	^[5]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref

Draft picks

Below are the Columbus Blue Jackets' selections at the 2024 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 28 to 29, 2024, at Sphere in Paradise, Nevada.

Round	#	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Team (League)
1	4	Cayden Lindstrom	C	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
2	36	Charlie Elick	D	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
3	60	Evan Gardner	G	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
3	86	Luca Marrelli	D	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
4	101	Tanner Henricks	D	United States	Lincoln Stars (USHL)
6	165	Luke Ashton	D	Canada	Langley Rivermen (BCHL)

References

^ "Blue Jackets announce 2024 preseason schedule". June 21, 2024. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
^ Newland, Jason (July 2, 2024). "Blue Jackets announce 2024-25 regular season schedule". Columbus Blue Jackets. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
^ "Columbus Blue Jackets Roster". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
^ "Columbus Blue Jackets Hockey Transactions". The Sports Network. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
^ "Blue Jackets acquire fourth-round pick from St. Louis for Alexandre Texier". Columbus Blue Jackets. June 28, 2024. Retrieved June 29, 2024 – via NHL.com.

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