By Joe Coopersmith

Dean Evason CBJ head coach on team being improved in 2024-25 and season ending 6-1 win over NY Islanders 4 17 2025

BLUE JACKETS TEAM NOTES

• Columbus ended the 2024-25 season on a six-game winning streak, tied for the longest of the campaign (Jan. 4-16).  The club won all six games in regulation to tie the franchise mark for longest regulation win streak (3^rd time; Dec. 22, 2016-Jan. 3, 2017 and Jan. 11-22, 2020).
• The Jackets did not give up a power play goal in their last five games to end the regular season (10-of-10 PK).
• The Blue Jackets improved their 2024-25 season totals by 13 wins and 23 points compared to 2023-24 (27-43-12, 66 pts., .402 points pct.). It was the largest positive change in the NHL in wins and points from the past campaign.  CBJ’s .143 points pct improvement from 2023-24 to 2024-25 is the third-largest gain in franchise history, trailing the .196 from 2015-16 (.463) to 2016-17 (.659) and .177 from 2011-12 (.396) to 2012-13 (.573).
• CBJ went 14-5-2 in the last 21 home games in 2024-25 with the team recording points in 22 of the past 28 home contests (18-6-4) as well as in 27 of the last 34 played at home (22-7-5).
• Columbus’ 57 points tied for the most points at home in a single season with the 2017-18 campaign.  The club’s 26 wins were also tied for the second-most at home in a single season (2017-18), trailing the 28 home wins in the 2016-17 campaign.
• The club recorded 267 goals (not including SO goals) in 2024-25, a new club record for a single season after surpassing the 258 scored in the 2021-22 season.  The Blue Jackets averaged 3.25 goals-for-per-game for the highest average in a single season in franchise history and ahead of the 3.15 in 2021-22.
• The Jackets scored six goals tonight for an NHL-high an franchise record 16^th time of the season tonight.
• Columbus scored five goals in the second period tonight to match the franchise record for most scored in a single period (4^th time, MR: 3 period, Dec. 31, 2018 vs. OTT).
• The Jackets scored 161 goals at Nationwide Arena this season, the most in a single season in franchise history (139, 2021-22). The club also set new franchise marks at home in goals-for-per-game (3.92) as well as power player percentage (25-of-94, 26.6%).  The team outscored opponents 161-123 at home in 2024-25 for a +38 goal differential, the second highest mark in CBJ history (2016-17, +42).
• Tonight’s attendance was a sellout crowd of 18,874, the Blue Jackets’ 15^th of the season.  Columbus had beyond capacity crowds in 10 of the past 16 games played at Nationwide Arena since Jan. 25 (17,773 avg.).

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