Columbus Blue Jackets
National Hockey League team in Columbus, Ohio
Key facts
- Conference
- Eastern
- Division
- Metropolitan
- History
- Columbus Blue Jackets , 2000 –present
- Home arena
- Nationwide Arena
- City
- Columbus, Ohio
- Team colors
- Union blue, goal red, capital silver, white
- Media
- FanDuel Sports Network Ohio , Columbus Alternative (105.7 FM) , The Fan (97.1 FM) , ESPN Columbus (1460 AM)
- Owner
- John P. McConnell
- General manager
- Don Waddell
- Head coach
- Rick Bowness
- Captain
- Boone Jenner
- Minor league affiliates
- Cleveland Monsters ( AHL )
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The Columbus Blue Jackets (colloquially known as the Jackets) are a professional ice hockey team based in Columbus, Ohio. The Blue Jackets compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference. The franchise began play as an expansion team in 2000.
The franchise struggled in their initial years, failing to win 30 games in a season until 2005–06. The team qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in 2009, but were swept by the defending Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings in the first round. Columbus did not win a playoff game until the 2014 playoffs against the Pittsburgh Penguins, and won their first playoff series in 2019 against the Tampa Bay Lightning, and in the process becoming the first team in NHL history to sweep the Presidents' Trophy winners in the first round. Along with the Seattle Kraken (started play in 2021) and Utah Mammoth (started play in 2024), the Blue Jackets are one of only three teams in the league who have yet to appear in the conference finals in their respective conferences.