2025–26 Columbus Blue Jackets season

2025–26 Columbus Blue Jackets
Division	Metropolitan
Conference	Eastern
2025–26 record	0–0–0
Home record	0–0–0
Road record	0–0–0
Team information
General manager	Don Waddell
Coach	Dean Evason
Captain	Boone Jenner
Alternate captains	Erik Gudbranson Zach Werenski
Arena	Nationwide Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)	Cleveland Monsters (AHL)
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The 2025–26 Columbus Blue Jackets season is the 26th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.

The Columbus Blue Jackets preseason schedule was released on June 24, 2025.^[1]

2025 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 21	St. Louis	–	Columbus
2	September 22	Buffalo	–	Columbus
3	September 23	Columbus	–	Buffalo
4	September 24	Pittsburgh	–	Columbus
5	September 27	Columbus	–	Pittsburgh
6	September 30	Washington	–	Columbus
7	October 4	Columbus	–	Washington

The Columbus Blue Jackets regular season schedule was released on July 16, 2025.^[2]

2025–26 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 9 Columbus – Nashville 2 October 11 Columbus – Minnesota 3 October 13 New Jersey – Columbus 4 October 16 Colorado – Columbus 5 October 18 Tampa Bay – Columbus 6 October 21 Columbus – Dallas 7 October 24 Washington – Columbus 8 October 25 Columbus – Pittsburgh 9 October 28 Columbus – Buffalo 10 October 29 Toronto – Columbus
November: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 November 1 St. Louis – Columbus 12 November 2 Columbus – NY Islanders 13 November 5 Columbus – Calgary 14 November 8 Columbus – Vancouver 15 November 10 Columbus – Edmonton 16 November 11 Columbus – Seattle 17 November 13 Edmonton – Columbus 18 November 15 NY Rangers – Columbus 19 November 17 Montreal – Columbus 20 November 18 Columbus – Winnipeg 21 November 20 Columbus – Toronto 22 November 22 Columbus – Detroit 23 November 24 Columbus – Washington 24 November 26 Toronto – Columbus 25 November 28 Pittsburgh – Columbus
December: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 26 December 1 Columbus – New Jersey 27 December 4 Detroit – Columbus 28 December 6 Columbus – Florida 29 December 7 Columbus – Washington 30 December 9 Columbus – Carolina 31 December 11 Ottawa – Columbus 32 December 13 Vegas – Columbus 33 December 16 Anaheim – Columbus 34 December 18 Minnesota – Columbus 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
January: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 40 January 3 Buffalo – Columbus 41 January 4 Pittsburgh – Columbus 42 January 6 Columbus – San Jose 43 January 8 Columbus – Vegas 44 January 10 Columbus – Colorado 45 January 11 Columbus – Utah 46 January 13 Calgary – Columbus 47 January 15 Vancouver – Columbus 48 January 17 Columbus – Pittsburgh 49 January 20 Ottawa – Columbus 50 January 22 Dallas – Columbus 51 January 24 Tampa Bay – Columbus 52 January 26 Los Angeles – Columbus 53 January 28 Philadelphia – Columbus 54 January 30 Columbus – Chicago 55 January 31 Columbus – St. Louis
February: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 56 February 3 Columbus – New Jersey 57 February 4 Chicago – Columbus 58 February 26 Columbus – Boston 59 February 28 NY Islanders – Columbus
March: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 60 March 2 Columbus – NY Rangers 61 March 3 Nashville – Columbus 62 March 5 Florida – Columbus 63 March 7 Utah – Columbus 64 March 10 Columbus – Tampa Bay 65 March 12 Columbus – Florida 66 March 14 Columbus – Philadelphia 67 March 17 Carolina – Columbus 68 March 19 NY Rangers – Columbus 69 March 21 Seattle – Columbus 70 March 22 Columbus – NY Islanders 71 March 24 Columbus – Philadelphia 72 March 26 Columbus – Montreal 73 March 28 San Jose – Columbus 74 March 29 Boston – Columbus 75 March 31 Carolina – Columbus
April: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 76 April 2 Columbus – Carolina 77 April 4 Winnipeg – Columbus 78 April 7 Columbus – Detroit 79 April 9 Columbus – Buffalo 80 April 11 Columbus – Montreal 81 April 12 Boston – Columbus 82 April 14 Washington – Columbus
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
TBA

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
TBA			0:00					0.00				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.