2021–22 Columbus Blue Jackets season

The 2021–22 Columbus Blue Jackets season was the 22nd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.^[2] On April 16, 2022, the Blue Jackets were eliminated from playoff contention when the Washington Capitals defeated the Montreal Canadiens.^[3]

2021–22 Columbus Blue Jackets
Division	6th Metropolitan
Conference	10th Eastern
2021–22 record	37–38–7
Home record	21–15–5
Road record	16–23–2
Goals for	262
Goals against	300
Team information
General manager	Jarmo Kekalainen
Coach	Brad Larsen
Captain	Boone Jenner
Alternate captains	Oliver Bjorkstrand Gustav Nyquist Zach Werenski
Arena	Nationwide Arena
Average attendance	16,237^[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Cleveland Monsters (AHL) Kalamazoo Wings (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Oliver Bjorkstrand (28)
Assists	Jakub Voracek (56)
Points	Jakub Voracek (62)
Penalty minutes	Vladislav Gavrikov (68)
Plus/minus	Gabriel Carlsson Gregory Hofmann (+6)
Wins	Elvis Merzlikins (27)
Goals against average	Daniil Tarasov (2.40)
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Carolina Hurricanes	82	54	20	8	47	278	202	+76	116
2	x – New York Rangers	82	52	24	6	44	254	207	+47	110
3	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	46	25	11	37	272	229	+43	103
4	x – Washington Capitals	82	44	26	12	35	275	245	+30	100
5	e – New York Islanders	82	37	35	10	34	231	237	−6	84
6	e – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	37	38	7	26	262	300	−38	81
7	e – New Jersey Devils	82	27	46	9	19	248	307	−59	63
8	e – Philadelphia Flyers	82	25	46	11	20	211	298	−87	61

Source: National Hockey League^[4]
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)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Conference standings

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AT	x – Boston Bruins	82	51	26	5	40	255	220	+35	107
2	ME	x – Washington Capitals	82	44	26	12	35	275	245	+30	100
3	ME	e – New York Islanders	82	37	35	10	34	231	237	−6	84
4	ME	e – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	37	38	7	26	262	300	−38	81
5	AT	e – Buffalo Sabres	82	32	39	11	25	232	290	−58	75
6	AT	e – Detroit Red Wings	82	32	40	10	21	230	312	−82	74
7	AT	e – Ottawa Senators	82	33	42	7	26	227	266	−39	73
8	ME	e – New Jersey Devils	82	27	46	9	19	248	307	−59	63
9	ME	e – Philadelphia Flyers	82	25	46	11	20	211	298	−87	61
10	AT	e – Montreal Canadiens	82	22	49	11	16	221	319	−98	55

Source: National Hockey League^[5]
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)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Preseason

2021 preseason game log: 4–2–2 (home: 2–0–2; road: 2–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 27	Columbus	3–0	Pittsburgh		Berube	12,979	1–0–0	^[6]
2	September 28	Buffalo	5–4	Columbus	SO	Greaves	9,623	1–0–1	^[7]
3	September 29	St. Louis	2–5	Columbus		Tarasov	9,220	2–0–1	^[8]
4	October 2	Columbus	1–5	Detroit		Merzlikins	14,827	2–1–1	^[9]
5	October 4	Columbus	5–3	Buffalo		Korpisalo	6,327	3–1–1	^[10]
6	October 6	Detroit	2–4	Columbus		Merzlikins	10,374	4–1–1	^[11]
7	October 8	Columbus	3–7	St. Louis		Korpisalo	14,790	4–2–1	^[12]
8	October 9	Pittsburgh	4–3	Columbus	OT	Merzlikins	14,771	4–2–2	^[13]

Regular season

2021–22 game log
October: 5–3–0 (home: 4–1–0; road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 14 Arizona 2–8 Columbus Merzlikins 17,813 1–0–0 2 ^[14] 2 October 16 Seattle 1–2 Columbus OT Merzlikins 17,593 2–0–0 4 ^[15] 3 October 19 Columbus 1–4 Detroit Korpisalo 14,165 2–1–0 4 ^[16] 4 October 21 NY Islanders 2–3 Columbus OT Merzlikins 12,937 3–1–0 6 ^[17] 5 October 23 Carolina 5–1 Columbus Korpisalo 14,386 3–2–0 6 ^[18] 6 October 25 Dallas 1–4 Columbus Merzlikins 12,629 4–2–0 8 ^[19] 7 October 29 Columbus 0–4 NY Rangers Merzlikins 14,532 4–3–0 8 ^[20] 8 October 31 Columbus 4–3 New Jersey SO Korpisalo 10,239 5–3–0 10 ^[21]
November: 7–5–0 (home: 4–2–0; road: 3–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 9 November 3 Columbus 5–4 Colorado OT Korpisalo 16,634 6–3–0 12 ^[22] 10 November 6 Colorado 2–4 Columbus Merzlikins 16,494 7–3–0 14 ^[23] 11 November 12 Washington 4–3 Columbus Korpisalo 16,985 7–4–0 14 ^[24] 12 November 13 NY Rangers 5–3 Columbus Merzlikins 15,539 7–5–0 14 ^[25] 13 November 15 Detroit 3–5 Columbus Merzlikins 15,293 8–5–0 16 ^[26] 14 November 18 Columbus 5–4 Arizona SO Merzlikins 7,865 9–5–0 18 ^[27] 15 November 20 Columbus 2–3 Vegas Merzlikins 18,313 9–6–0 18 ^[28] 16 November 22 Columbus 7–4 Buffalo Korpisalo 7,978 10–6–0 20 ^[29] 17 November 24 Winnipeg 0–3 Columbus Merzlikins 15,733 11–6–0 22 ^[30] 18 November 26 Vancouver 2–4 Columbus Merzlikins 16,992 12–6–0 24 ^[31] 19 November 27 Columbus 3–6 St. Louis Korpisalo 18,096 12–7–0 24 ^[32] 20 November 30 Columbus 0–6 Nashville Merzlikins 16,874 12–8–0 24 ^[33]
December: 3–5–1 (home: 2–0–1; road: 1–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 21 December 2 Columbus 2–3 Dallas Tarasov 17,098 12–9–0 24 ^[34] 22 December 4 Columbus 1–3 Washington Tarasov 18,573 12–10–0 24 ^[35] 23 December 5 San Jose 4–6 Columbus Merzlikins 16,824 13–10–0 26 ^[36] 24 December 7 Columbus 4–5 Toronto Merzlikins 18,793 13–11–0 26 ^[37] 25 December 9 Anaheim 2–1 Columbus SO Merzlikins 16,029 13–11–1 27 ^[38] 26 December 11 Columbus 5–4 Seattle OT Merzlikins 17,151 14–11–1 29 ^[39] 27 December 14 Columbus 3–4 Vancouver Merzlikins 18,412 14–12–1 29 ^[40] 28 December 16 Columbus 2–5 Edmonton Merzlikins 15,022 14–13–1 29 ^[41] — December 18 Columbus Calgary Postponed due to COVID-19.^[42] Moved to February 15.^[43] — December 20 Columbus Buffalo Postponed due to COVID-19.^[44] Moved to February 10.^[43] — December 23 Buffalo Columbus Postponed due to COVID-19. Moved to February 20.^[43] — December 27 Toronto Columbus Postponed due to COVID-19.^[45] Moved to February 22.^[43] — December 28 Columbus Chicago Postponed due to COVID-19.^[45] Moved to February 17.^[43] 29 December 30 Nashville 3–4 Columbus SO Merzlikins 17,494 15–13–1 31 ^[46]
January: 5–9–0 (home: 2–7–0; road: 3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 30 January 1 Carolina 7–4 Columbus Tarasov 15,736 15–14–1 31 ^[47] 31 January 4 Tampa Bay 7–2 Columbus Korpisalo 14,816 15–15–1 31 ^[48] 32 January 6 Columbus 1–3 New Jersey Korpisalo 11,523 15–16–1 31 ^[49] 33 January 8 New Jersey 3–4 Columbus Korpisalo 18,680 16–16–1 33 ^[50] — January 10 Columbus Montreal Postponed due to attendance restrictions.^[51] Moved to February 12.^[43] 34 January 11 Chicago 4–2 Columbus Korpisalo 15,444 16–17–1 33 ^[52] 35 January 13 Columbus 6–0 Carolina Merzlikins 15,979 17–17–1 35 ^[53] 36 January 15 Columbus 2–9 Florida Merzlikins 15,088 17–18–1 35 ^[54] — January 18 Columbus NY Islanders Postponed due to scheduling changes.^[55] Moved to March 10.^[43] 37 January 20 Columbus 2–1 Philadelphia Merzlikins 15,359 18–18–1 37 ^[56] 38 January 21 Pittsburgh 5–2 Columbus Korpisalo 18,477 18–19–1 37 ^[57] 39 January 23 Ottawa 2–1 Columbus Merzlikins 15,037 18–20–1 37 ^[58] 40 January 26 Calgary 6–0 Columbus Merzlikins 13,737 18–21–1 37 ^[59] 41 January 27 NY Rangers 3–5 Columbus Korpisalo 14,878 19–21–1 39 ^[60] 42 January 30 Columbus 6–3 Montreal Korpisalo 0 20–21–1 41 ^[61] 43 January 31 Florida 8–4 Columbus Merzlikins 14,214 20–22–1 41 ^[62]
February: 7–3–0 (home: 2–1–0; road: 5–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 44 February 8 Columbus 5–4 Washington Merzlikins 18,573 21–22–1 43 ^[63] 45 February 10 Columbus 4–3 Buffalo OT Merzlikins 8,476 22–22–1 45 ^[64] 46 February 12 Columbus 2–1 Montreal Merzlikins 500 23–22–1 47 ^[65] 47 February 15 Columbus 2–6 Calgary Merzlikins 9,639 23–23–1 47 ^[66] 48 February 17 Columbus 7–4 Chicago Merzlikins 19,290 24–23–1 49 ^[67] 49 February 20 Buffalo 3–7 Columbus Berube 18,608 25–23–1 51 ^[68] 50 February 22 Toronto 3–4 Columbus OT Berube 15,489 26–23–1 53 ^[69] 51 February 24 Columbus 6–3 Florida Berube 15,730 27–23–1 55 ^[70] 52 February 25 Columbus 0–4 Carolina Berube 17,112 27–24–1 55 ^[71] 53 February 27 Pittsburgh 3–2 Columbus Merzlikins 17,072 27–25–1 55 ^[72]
March: 5–6–4 (home: 4–3–2; road: 1–3–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 54 March 1 New Jersey 3–4 Columbus Merzlikins 13,678 28–25–1 57 ^[73] 55 March 4 Los Angeles 4–3 Columbus OT Merzlikins 15,778 28–25–2 58 ^[74] 56 March 5 Boston 5–4 Columbus SO Merzlikins 19,434 28–25–3 59 ^[75] 57 March 7 Toronto 5–4 Columbus Merzlikins 14,252 28–26–3 59 ^[76] 58 March 10 Columbus 0–6 NY Islanders Korpisalo 16,048 28–27–3 59 ^[77] 59 March 11 Minnesota 2–3 Columbus SO Merzlikins 16,399 29–27–3 61 ^[78] 60 March 13 Vegas 4–6 Columbus Merzlikins 16,087 30–27–3 63 ^[79] 61 March 16 Columbus 4–1 Ottawa Merzlikins 10,087 31–27–3 65 ^[80] 62 March 17 Washington 7–2 Columbus Korpisalo 15,911 31–28–3 65 ^[81] 63 March 19 St. Louis 4–5 Columbus Korpisalo 19,005 32–28–3 67 ^[82] 64 March 22 Columbus 1–5 Pittsburgh Korpisalo 18,196 32–29–3 67 ^[83] 65 March 25 Columbus 3–4 Winnipeg OT Merzlikins 13,475 32–29–4 68 ^[84] 66 March 26 Columbus 2–3 Minnesota OT Merzlikins 19,089 32–29–5 69 ^[85] 67 March 29 NY Islanders 4–3 Columbus Merzlikins 15,557 32–30–5 69 ^[86] 68 March 31 Columbus 2–5 NY Islanders Merzlikins 17,255 32–31–5 69 ^[87]
April: 5–7–2 (home: 3–1–2; road: 2–6–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 69 April 2 Columbus 2–5 Boston Merzlikins 17,850 32–32–5 69 ^[88] 70 April 4 Boston 3–2 Columbus OT Merzlikins 16,396 32–32–6 70 ^[89] 71 April 5 Columbus 4–2 Philadelphia Merzlikins 14,367 33–32–6 72 ^[90] 72 April 7 Philadelphia 4–1 Columbus Merzlikins 17,118 33–33–6 72 ^[91] 73 April 9 Columbus 5–4 Detroit OT Merzlikins 19,515 34–33–6 74 ^[92] 74 April 13 Montreal 1–5 Columbus Merzlikins 16,708 35–33–6 76 ^[93] 75 April 16 Columbus 1–2 Los Angeles Merzlikins 18,230 35–34–6 76 ^[94] 76 April 17 Columbus 4–6 Anaheim Berube 13,635 35–35–6 76 ^[95] 77 April 19 Columbus 2–3 San Jose Merzlikins 11,894 35–36–6 76 ^[96] 78 April 22 Ottawa 2–1 Columbus SO Merzlikins 18,116 35–36–7 77 ^[97] 79 April 24 Edmonton 2–5 Columbus Merzlikins 18,120 36–36–7 79 ^[98] 80 April 26 Columbus 1–4 Tampa Bay Merzlikins 19,092 36–37–7 79 ^[99] 81 April 28 Tampa Bay 2–5 Columbus Merzlikins 18,234 37–37–7 81 ^[100] 82 April 29 Columbus 3–5 Pittsburgh Merzlikins 18,402 37–38–7 81 ^[101]
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

As of March 22, 2022

Skaters

Regular season^[102] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Patrik Laine 56 26 30 56 -7 24 Oliver Bjorkstrand 80 28 29 57 −35 16 Jakub Voracek 79 6 56 62 −13 44 Boone Jenner 59 23 21 44 −11 22 Zach Werenski 68 11 37 48 −15 22 Gustav Nyquist 82 18 35 53 −12 26 Max Domi^‡ 53 9 23 32 +2 37 Jack Roslovic 81 22 23 45 +2 12 Vladislav Gavrikov 80 5 28 33 –3 68 Sean Kuraly 77 14 16 30 +2 61 Cole Sillinger 79 16 15 31 −22 37 Eric Robinson 67 10 17 27 -1 18 Alexandre Texier 36 11 9 20 0 12 Adam Boqvist 52 11 11 22 −11 12 Jake Bean 67 7 18 25 -5 26 Andrew Peeke 82 2 13 15 –14 60 Yegor Chinakhov 62 7 7 14 −27 16 Dean Kukan 41 3 8 11 -2 16 Gavin Bayreuther 43 0 8 8 0 22 Justin Danforth 45 10 4 14 -5 10 Gregory Hofmann^‡ 24 2 5 7 +6 8 Gabriel Carlsson 38 2 7 9 +6 10 Emil Bemstrom 41 6 5 11 -1 4 Brendan Gaunce 30 5 2 7 +2 12 Trey Fix-Wolansky 6 1 1 2 –1 0 Jake Christiansen 8 1 0 1 +1 0 Scott Harrington 7 0 1 1 −4 6 Kevin Stenlund 3 0 0 0 0 2 Liam Foudy 1 0 0 0 –1 0 Nick Blankenburg 7 1 2 3 -3 4 Kent Johnson 9 0 3 3 +2 2 Carson Meyer 13 1 2 3 0 6

Goaltenders

Regular season^[103]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Elvis Merzlikins	59	56	3320:07	27	23	7	178	3.22	1,742	.907	2	0	2	8
Joonas Korpisalo	22	17	1128:29	7	11	0	78	4.15	634	.877	0	0	0	2
Jean-Francois Berube	6	6	305:53	3	2	0	21	4.12	209	.900	0	0	1	0
Daniil Tarasov	4	3	174:51	0	2	0	7	2.40	111	.937	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 2021–22 season.

Key:

 †  Contract is entry-level.

 ‡  Contract initially takes effect in the 2022-23 NHL season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23)	To Chicago Blackhawks Seth Jones TBL 1st-round pick in 2021 6th-round pick in 2022	To Columbus Blue Jackets Adam Boqvist 1st-round pick in 2021 2nd-round pick in 2021 conditional 1st-round pick in 2022 or 2023^1	^[104]
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23)	To Carolina Hurricanes CHI 2nd-round pick in 2021	To Columbus Blue Jackets Jake Bean	^[105]
July 24, 2021 (2021-07-24)	To Philadelphia Flyers Cam Atkinson	To Columbus Blue Jackets Jakub Voracek	^[106]
March 21, 2022 (2022-03-21)	To Carolina Hurricanes Max Domi Tyler Inamoto	To Columbus Blue Jackets Aidan Hreschuk	^[107]
	To Florida Panthers Yegor Korshkov TOR 6th-round pick in 2022
June 30, 2022 (2022-06-30)	To Nashville Predators TOR 4th-round pick in 2022	To Columbus Blue Jackets Mathieu Olivier	^[108]

Notes:

1. Columbus would receive Chicago's 1st-round pick in 2022 if the pick was outside the top 2, otherwise Columbus would receive Chicago's 1st-round pick in 2023. As Chicago's pick was outside the top 2 selections, Columbus received Chicago's 2022 1st-round pick.

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	Gavin Bayreuther	Seattle Kraken	2-year	Free agency	^[109]
	Sean Kuraly	Boston Bruins	4-year	Free agency	^[110]
	Tyler Sikura	Cleveland Monsters (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[111]
July 30, 2021 (2021-07-30)	Brendan Gaunce	Växjö Lakers (SHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[112]
August 13, 2021 (2021-08-13)	Zac Rinaldo	Calgary Flames	1-year	Free agency	^[113]
September 30, 2021 (2021-09-30)	Jean-Francois Berube	Ontario Reign (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[114]
February 20, 2022 (2022-02-20)	Jet Greaves	Cleveland Monsters (AHL)	3-year†	Free agency	^[115]
March 7, 2022 (2022-03-07)	Billy Sweezey	Cleveland Monsters (AHL)	2-year†	Free agency	^[116]
April 8, 2022 (2022-04-08)	Nick Blankenburg	Michigan Wolverines (B1G)	1-year†	Free agency	^[117]
May 24, 2022 (2022-05-24)	Marcus Bjork	Brynäs IF (SHL)	2-year†‡	Free agency	^[118]
June 1, 2022 (2022-06-01)	Joona Luoto	Tappara (Liiga)	1-year†‡	Free agency	^[119]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref
July 21, 2021 (2021-07-21)	Gavin Bayreuther	Seattle Kraken		Expansion draft	^[120]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	Adam Clendening	Philadelphia Flyers	1-year	Free agency	^[121]
	Michael Del Zotto	Ottawa Senators	2-year	Free agency	^[122]
July 29, 2021 (2021-07-29)	Kole Sherwood	Ottawa Senators	1-year	Free agency	^[123]
July 30, 2021 (2021-07-30)	Zac Dalpe	Florida Panthers	2-year	Free agency	^[124]
October 7, 2021 (2021-10-07)	Cliff Pu	Kunlun Red Star (KHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[125]
October 12, 2021 (2021-10-12)	Mikko Lehtonen			Contract termination	^[126]
October 17, 2021 (2021-10-17)		SKA Saint Petersburg (KHL)	4-year	Free agency	^[127]
January 11, 2022 (2022-01-11)	Gregory Hofmann	EV Zug (NL)	2-year	Free agency	^[128]
January 13, 2022 (2022-01-13)				Contract termination	^[129]
June 1, 2022 (2022-06-01)	Dean Kukan	ZSC Lions (NL)	5-year‡	Free agency	^[130]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	Boone Jenner	4-year‡	^[131]
	Patrik Laine	1-year	^[132]
	Eric Robinson	2-year‡	^[133]
	Alexandre Texier	2-year	^[134]
July 29, 2021 (2021-07-29)	Jake Bean	3-year	^[135]
	Zach Werenski	6-year‡	^[136]
July 30, 2021 (2021-07-30)	Mikko Lehtonen	1-year	^[137]
August 13, 2021 (2021-08-13)	Stanislav Svozil	3-year†	^[138]
August 16, 2021 (2021-08-16)	Ole Julian Bjorgvik-Holm	3-year†	^[139]
August 18, 2021 (2021-08-18)	Cole Sillinger	3-year†	^[140]
September 21, 2021 (2021-09-21)	Elvis Merzlikins	5-year‡	^[141]
March 8, 2022 (2022-03-08)	Justin Danforth	2-year‡	^[142]
April 8, 2022 (2022-04-08)	Kent Johnson	3-year†	^[143]
May 2, 2022 (2022-05-02)	Kirill Marchenko	2-year†‡	^[144]
May 5, 2022 (2022-05-05)	Mikael Pyyhtia	3-year†‡	^[145]
May 20, 2022 (2022-05-20)	Joonas Korpisalo	1-year‡	^[146]
June 7, 2022 (2022-06-07)	Jack Roslovic	2-year‡	^[147]
June 15, 2022 (2022-06-15)	Daniil Tarasov	3-year‡	^[148]
June 17, 2022 (2022-06-17)	Liam Foudy	2-year‡	^[149]
June 18, 2022 (2022-06-18)	Brendan Gaunce	2-year‡	^[150]
July 1, 2022 (2022-07-01)	Josh Dunne	1-year‡	^[151]
July 2, 2022 (2022-07-02)	Carson Meyer	1-year‡	^[152]
July 6, 2022 (2022-07-06)	Adam Boqvist	3-year‡	^[153]

Draft picks

See also: List of Columbus Blue Jackets draft picks

Below are the Columbus Blue Jackets' selections at the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, which were held on July 23 to 24, 2021. It was held virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Round	#	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Team (League)
1	5	Kent Johnson	C	Canada	Michigan Wolverines (Big Ten)
1	12	Cole Sillinger	C	Canada	Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)
1	25	Corson Ceulemans	D	Canada	Brooks Bandits (AJHL)
3	69	Stanislav Svozil	D	Czech Republic	HC Kometa Brno (ELH)
4	101	Guillaume Richard	D	Canada	Tri-City Storm (USHL)
5	132	Nikolai Makarov	D	Russia	Krasnaya Armiya (MHL)
5	133	James Malatesta	C	Canada	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
6	165	Ben Boyd	C	Canada	Charlottetown Islanders (QMJHL)
7	197	Martin Rysavy	LW	Czech Republic	HC Vítkovice Ridera (ELH)

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