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Columbus Blue Jackets

24 reports in the 2026-27 edition.

Jake Christiansen

Jake Christiansen

#2

D · Columbus Blue Jackets

Undrafted, a hundred and fifty-two games, and no goals in forty of them.

Charlie Coyle

Charlie Coyle

#3

C · Columbus Blue Jackets

Twenty-four goals at thirty-four, from a median of sixteen feet.

Dante Fabbro

Dante Fabbro

#15

D · Columbus Blue Jackets

Fifty-four goals for and thirty-three against, and expected goals that say it was a coin flip.

Adam Fantilli

Adam Fantilli

#19

C · Columbus Blue Jackets

Fifty-nine points at twenty-one, and a shot chart that still has a step to take.

Conor Garland

Conor Garland

#83

RW · Columbus Blue Jackets

Five foot ten, a hundred and sixty-five pounds, and the eighteenth percentile.

73

Jet Greaves

G · Columbus Blue Jackets

Undrafted, a career .913, and the reason this club stayed in games it had no business in.

Erik Gudbranson

Erik Gudbranson

#44

D · Columbus Blue Jackets

The third overall pick in 2010, and the first percentile in expected goals.

Danton Heinen

Danton Heinen

#43

LW · Columbus Blue Jackets

Six hundred and twelve games of being quietly useful, and the ninety-fifth percentile.

Kent Johnson

Kent Johnson

#91

C · Columbus Blue Jackets

The fifth pick in 2021, a hundred and seventy pounds, and twenty-two points.

Ryan Lomberg

Ryan Lomberg

#94

LW · Columbus Blue Jackets

Five foot nine, fifty-nine penalty minutes, and nine points.

Isac Lundeström

Isac Lundeström

#21

C · Columbus Blue Jackets

Four hundred and five games, and the fifteenth percentile in both columns.

Kirill Marchenko

Kirill Marchenko

#86

RW · Columbus Blue Jackets

A hundred and two goals in two hundred and ninety-two games, from a second-round pick.

5

Denton Mateychuk

D · Columbus Blue Jackets

Five foot eleven, thirteen goals from the blue line, and a minus-twenty-one in the goals column.

Elvis Merzlikins

Elvis Merzlikins

#90

G · Columbus Blue Jackets

Two hundred and seventy-four games, and a .883 that has taken the job away from him.

Sean Monahan

Sean Monahan

#23

C · Columbus Blue Jackets

Eight hundred and ninety-six games, and fifty-seven per cent of his shots from inside twenty feet.

Valeri Nichushkin

Valeri Nichushkin

#43

RW · Columbus Blue Jackets

Six foot four, forty-nine points, and the ninety-seventh percentile.

Mathieu Olivier

Mathieu Olivier

#24

RW · Columbus Blue Jackets

A hundred and one penalty minutes, fifteen goals, and the eighty-sixth percentile.

Ivan Provorov

Ivan Provorov

#9

D · Columbus Blue Jackets

Sixteen hundred and forty-three five-on-five minutes, the most of anyone in this book.

Damon Severson

Damon Severson

#78

D · Columbus Blue Jackets

Eight hundred and fifty-five games, and the best expected-goal share on the roster.

Cole Sillinger

Cole Sillinger

#4

C · Columbus Blue Jackets

Thirty-three points, and a shot chart that has not moved in five seasons.

Dmitri Voronkov

Dmitri Voronkov

#10

LW · Columbus Blue Jackets

Six foot five, and the shortest average shot distance of any player in this edition.

Zach Werenski

Zach Werenski

#8

D · Columbus Blue Jackets

Eighty-one points and twenty-six and a half minutes a night, and the goals still went against him.

CW

Colton White

D · Columbus Blue Jackets

A hundred and seven NHL games and not a single goal in any of them.

Miles Wood

Miles Wood

#11

LW · Columbus Blue Jackets

Fifty-three per cent of his shots from inside twenty feet, and eight goals.

How they were used

2025-26 · 82 games

Measured from shift charts at five-on-five, not projected. Units are built from the strongest partnership outward and ordered by how much they were used; the percentage is the share of the first player’s five-on-five ice time spent alongside each linemate. A low number means the club never settled on a combination. Players who have gone are marked — either to another club, or off an NHL roster altogether, which covers retirement and an unsigned summer alike.

Forwards

Second line

L Mason Marchment now SJS 34%

Third line

C Boone Jenner now WSH 27%

Fourth line

R Egor Chinakhov now PIT 16%

Defence

First pair

Second pair

Third pair

Goaltending

By games played