2012–13_Columbus_Blue_Jackets_season

2012–13 Columbus Blue Jackets
2012–13 Columbus Blue Jackets
Division	4th Central
Conference	9th Western
2012–13 record	24–17–7
Home record	14–5–5
Road record	10–12–2
Goals for	120
Goals against	119
Team information
General manager	Scott Howson (Oct.–Feb.); Jarmo Kekalainen (Feb.–Apr.)
Coach	Todd Richards
Captain	Vacant
Alternate captains	Adrian Aucoin; Brandon Dubinsky; Jack Johnson
Arena	Nationwide Arena
Average attendance	14,564 (80.3%); (24 games)
Team leaders
Goals	Mark Letestu (13)
Assists	Vaclav Prospal (18)
Points	Vaclav Prospal (30)
Penalty minutes	Jared Boll (100)
Plus/minus	Dalton Prout (+15)
Wins	Sergei Bobrovsky (21)
Goals against average	Sergei Bobrovsky (2.00)
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2012–13 Columbus Blue Jackets season

National Hockey League season

The 2012–13 Columbus Blue Jackets season was the 13th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.^[2] The regular season was reduced from its usual 82 games to 48 due to a lockout.

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Despite a big improvement, the Blue Jackets failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs .

Regular season

On February 12, 2013, the Blue Jackets fired general manager Scott Howson after years of disappointing hockey in Columbus.^[3] On February 13, Jarmo Kekalainen was hired as his replacement.^[4] With his hiring, Kekalainen became the first European GM in NHL history.^[5] The team picked up steam after the change at general manager, going 20–10–5 to end the season just narrowly missing out on a playoff spot.

Schedule and results

More information January: 2–5–1 (Home: 1–2–1 ; Road: 1–3–0), February: 3–7–2 (Home: 2–2–2 ; Road: 1–5–0) ...

2012–13 Game Log

January: 2–5–1 (Home: 1–2–1 ; Road: 1–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	January 19	Columbus Blue Jackets	3–2	Nashville Predators	SO	Bobrovsky	17,113	1–0–0	2	Recap
2	January 21	Detroit Red Wings	4–3	Columbus Blue Jackets	SO	Bobrovsky	19,206	1–0–1	3	Recap
3	January 23	Columbus Blue Jackets	1–5	Phoenix Coyotes	—	Mason	8,355	1–1–1	3	Recap
4	January 24	Columbus Blue Jackets	0–4	Colorado Avalanche	—	Bobrovsky	14,235	1–2–1	3	Recap
5	January 26	Chicago Blackhawks	4–2	Columbus Blue Jackets	—	Mason	18,381	1–3–1	3	Recap
6	January 28	Dallas Stars	1–2	Columbus Blue Jackets	—	Bobrovsky	10,475	2–3–1	5	Recap
7	January 29	Columbus Blue Jackets	2–3	Minnesota Wild	—	Mason	17,584	2–4–1	5	Recap
8	January 31	St. Louis Blues	4–1	Columbus Blue Jackets	—	Bobrovsky	11,155	2–5–1	5	Recap

February: 3–7–2 (Home: 2–2–2 ; Road: 1–5–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
9	February 2	Detroit Red Wings	2–4	Columbus Blue Jackets	—	Mason	17,612	3–5–1	7	Recap
10	February 5	Los Angeles Kings	4–2	Columbus Blue Jackets	—	Mason	11,019	3–6–1	7	Recap
11	February 7	Calgary Flames	4–3	Columbus Blue Jackets	OT	Bobrovsky	10,484	3–6–2	8	Recap
12	February 10	Edmonton Oilers	3–1	Columbus Blue Jackets	—	Bobrovsky	14,364	3–7–2	8	Recap
13	February 11	San Jose Sharks	2–6	Columbus Blue Jackets	—	Mason	10,837	4–7–2	10	Recap
14	February 15	Columbus Blue Jackets	1–2	Los Angeles Kings	—	Bobrovsky	18,118	4–8–2	10	Recap
15	February 16	Columbus Blue Jackets	3–5	Phoenix Coyotes	—	Mason	15,425	4–9–2	10	Recap
16	February 18	Columbus Blue Jackets	2–3	Anaheim Ducks	—	Bobrovsky	14,713	4–10–2	10	Recap
17	February 21	Columbus Blue Jackets	3–2	Detroit Red Wings	—	Bobrovsky	20,066	5–10–2	12	Recap
18	February 23	Columbus Blue Jackets	1–2	St. Louis Blues	—	Bobrovsky	19,457	5–11–2	12	Recap
19	February 24	Columbus Blue Jackets	0–1	Chicago Blackhawks	—	Mason	21,580	5–12–2	12	Recap
20	February 26	Dallas Stars	5–4	Columbus Blue Jackets	OT	Bobrovsky	11,523	5–12–3	13	Recap

March: 10–2–4 (Home: 8–0–2 ; Road: 2–2–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
21	March 1	Columbus Blue Jackets	3–4	Chicago Blackhawks	OT	Mason	21,828	5–12–4	14	Recap
22	March 3	Colorado Avalanche	1–2	Columbus Blue Jackets	OT	Bobrovsky	13,778	6–12–4	16	Recap
23	March 5	Edmonton Oilers	3–4	Columbus Blue Jackets	SO	Bobrovsky	14,952	7–12–4	18	Recap
24	March 7	Vancouver Canucks	1–2	Columbus Blue Jackets	OT	Bobrovsky	13,632	8–12–4	20	Recap
25	March 9	Detroit Red Wings	0–3	Columbus Blue Jackets	—	Bobrovsky	17,957	9–12–4	22	Recap
26	March 10	Columbus Blue Jackets	3–2	Detroit Red Wings	SO	Bobrovsky	20,066	10–12–4	24	Recap
27	March 12	Vancouver Canucks	2–1	Columbus Blue Jackets	SO	Bobrovsky	14,852	10–12–5	25	Recap
28	March 14	Chicago Blackhawks	2–1	Columbus Blue Jackets	SO	Bobrovsky	15,009	10–12–6	26	Recap
29	March 16	Phoenix Coyotes	0–1	Columbus Blue Jackets	SO	Bobrovsky	14,231	11–12–6	28	Recap
30	March 19	Nashville Predators	3–4	Columbus Blue Jackets	—	Bobrovsky	13,364	12–12–6	30	Recap
31	March 22	Calgary Flames	1–5	Columbus Blue Jackets	—	Bobrovsky	13,853	13–12–6	32	Recap
32	March 23	Columbus Blue Jackets	2–5	Nashville Predators	—	Bobrovsky	17,113	13–13–6	32	Recap
33	March 26	Columbus Blue Jackets	0–1	Vancouver Canucks	SO	Bobrovsky	18,910	13–13–7	33	Recap
34	March 28	Columbus Blue Jackets	4–6	Edmonton Oilers	—	Bobrovsky	16,839	13–14–7	33	Recap
35	March 29	Columbus Blue Jackets	6–4	Calgary Flames	—	Mason	19,289	14–14–7	35	Recap
36	March 31	Anaheim Ducks	1–2	Columbus Blue Jackets	OT	Bobrovsky	13,185	15–14–7	37	Recap

April: 9–3–0 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 6–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
37	April 4	Columbus Blue Jackets	3–1	Nashville Predators	—	Bobrovsky	17,113	16–14–7	39	Recap
38	April 5	Columbus Blue Jackets	1–3	St. Louis Blues	—	Bobrovsky	19,224	16–15–7	39	Recap
39	April 7	Minnesota Wild	3–0	Columbus Blue Jackets	—	Bobrovsky	15,909	16–16–7	39	Recap
40	April 9	San Jose Sharks	0–4	Columbus Blue Jackets	—	Bobrovsky	17,771	17–16–7	41	Recap
41	April 12	St. Louis Blues	1–4	Columbus Blue Jackets	—	Bobrovsky	17,007	18–16–7	43	Recap
42	April 13	Columbus Blue Jackets	3–2	Minnesota Wild	SO	Bobrovsky	19,187	19–16–7	45	Recap
43	April 15	Columbus Blue Jackets	4–3	Colorado Avalanche	OT	Bobrovsky	13,694	20–16–7	47	Recap
44	April 17	Columbus Blue Jackets	3–2	Anaheim Ducks	OT	Bobrovsky	15,074	21–16–7	49	Recap
45	April 18	Columbus Blue Jackets	1–2	Los Angeles Kings	—	Bobrovsky	18,118	21–17–7	49	Recap
46	April 21	Columbus Blue Jackets	4–3	San Jose Sharks	—	Bobrovsky	17,562	22–17–7	51	Recap
47	April 25	Columbus Blue Jackets	3–1	Dallas Stars	—	Bobrovsky	16,918	23–17–7	53	Recap
48	April 27	Nashville Predators	1–3	Columbus Blue Jackets	—	Bobrovsky	19,002	24–17–7	55	Recap

Legend: = Win = Loss = OT/SO Loss

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Blue Jackets relieve Scott Howson of his duties as Executive Vice President and General Manager

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Blue Jackets name Jarmo Kekalainen General Manager

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BLUE JACKETS NAME KEKALAINEN THEIR NEW GENERAL MANAGER

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Columbus Blue Jackets Acquire Goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky From Philadelphia Flyers In Exchange For Three Draft Picks

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Columbus Blue Jackets Acquire Left Wing Nick Foligno From Ottawa Senators In Exchange For Defenseman Marc Methot

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Dubinsky, Anisimov, Erixon, Pick Acquired From New York Rangers

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Blue Jackets acquire RW Spencer Machacek from Winnipeg Jets in exchange for RW Tomas Kubalik

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Blue Jackets acquire forward Matthew Ford from Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for future considerations

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Columbus Blue Jackets Acquire RW Marian Gaborik From the New York Rangers

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Columbus Blue Jackets Acquire Goaltender Michael Leighton, Third Round Pick in 2015 NHL Draft In Exchange for Goaltender Steve Mason

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Blue Jackets Acquire Forward Blake Comeau From Calgary in Exchange for Fifth Round Pick at 2013 NHL Entry Draft

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"Blue Jackets acquire goaltender Patrick Killeen from the Pittsburgh Penguins".

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Columbus Blue Jackets Sign Left Wing Jonathan Audy-Marchessault

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Columbus Blue Jackets, Defenseman Adrian Aucoin Agree To Terms On A One-Year Contract For 2012–13 Season

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Blue Jackets sign defenseman Ilari Melart to a one-year entry level contract

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Alexandre Giroux heads for KHL

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Sanford off to KHL, goaltending market continues to thin out

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Oilers agree to terms with Dane Byers

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Jets agree to terms with Ben Maxwell & Mark Dekanich

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Bruins Sign Defenseman Aaron Johnson

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Martinek Agrees To One-Year Deal

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"Blue Jackets Sign Center Cody Bass to One-Year, Two-Way NHL-AHL Contract".

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Columbus Blue Jackets Sign Forward Jake Hansen to Standard Two-Year Entry Level Contract

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Blue Jackets Ink Prospect Michael Chaput to Three-Year Entry Level Contract

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Columbus Blue Jackets Re-Sign Defenseman Nikita Nikitin

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CBJ RE-SIGN BOLL

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Columbus Blue Jacket Re-Sign Defenseman Nick Holden

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Columbus Blue Jackets Sign Goaltender Curtis McElhinney

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Jackets Ink Foligno to Three-Year Deal

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Columbus Blue Jackets Sign 2012 First Pick Ryan Murray To Standard Three-Year Entry Level Deal

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Blue Jackets re-sign Mark Letestu to a two-year contract extension

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Blue Jackets sign center Lukas Sedlak to a three-year entry level contract

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Blue Jackets re-sign Matt Calvert to a two-year contract extension

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Blue Jackets re-sign Cam Atkinson to a two-year contract extension

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Columbus Blue Jackets Re-Sign Goaltender Curtis McElhinney

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Blue Jackets sign goaltender Anton Forsberg to a three year, entry-level contract

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Blue Jackets re-sign Artem Anisimov to three-year contract extension

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Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Sergei Bobrovsky	38	37	2218:57	21	11	6	74	2.00	1084	0.932	4
Steve Mason^‡	13	11	712:05	3	6	1	35	2.95	346	0.899	0
Totals		48	2931:02	24	17	7	109	2.23	1430	0.924	4

Player	Award	Awarded
Regular Season
Sergei Bobrovsky^[7]	Vezina Trophy	June 15, 2013

June 22, 2012^[8]	To Philadelphia Flyers 2nd-round pick in 2012 4th-round pick in 2012 4th-round pick in 2013	To Columbus Blue Jackets Sergei Bobrovsky
July 1, 2012^[9]	To Ottawa Senators Marc Methot	To Columbus Blue Jackets Nick Foligno
July 23, 2012^[10]	To New York Rangers Rick Nash Steven Delisle Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2013^{[lower-alpha 1]}	To Columbus Blue Jackets Artem Anisimov Brandon Dubinsky Tim Erixon 1st-round pick in 2013
March 10, 2013^[11]	To Winnipeg Jets Tomas Kubalik	To Columbus Blue Jackets Spencer Machacek
March 12, 2013^[12]	To Philadelphia Flyers Future considerations	To Columbus Blue Jackets Matthew Ford
April 3, 2013^[13]	To New York Rangers Derick Brassard Derek Dorsett John Moore 6th-round pick in 2014	To Columbus Blue Jackets Marian Gaborik Steven Delisle Blake Parlett
April 3, 2013^[14]	To Philadelphia Flyers Steve Mason	To Columbus Blue Jackets Michael Leighton 3rd-round pick in 2015
April 3, 2013^[15]	To Calgary Flames 5th-round pick in 2013	To Columbus Blue Jackets Blake Comeau
April 3, 2013^[16]	To Pittsburgh Penguins Future considerations	To Columbus Blue Jackets Patrick Killeen

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	2	Ryan Murray	D	Canada	Everett Silvertips (WHL)
2	31	Oscar Dansk	G	Sweden	Brynas IF (Elitserien)
3	62	Joonas Korpisalo	G	Finland	Jokerit U20 (Jr. A SM-liiga)
4	95^[b]	Josh Anderson	RW	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
6	152	Daniel Zaar	RW	Sweden	Rogle BK Jr. (J20 SuperElit)
7	182	Gianluca Curcuruto	D	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)

2012–13_Columbus_Blue_Jackets_season

2012–13 Columbus Blue Jackets season

Off-season

Regular season

Standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Awards and records

Awards

Transactions

Trades

Free agents signed

Free agents lost

Claimed via waivers

Lost via waivers

Lost via retirement

Player signings

2012 Draft picks

See also

References

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Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Chicago Blackhawks	48	36	7	5	30	155	102	+53	77
2	x – St. Louis Blues	48	29	17	2	24	129	115	+14	60
3	x – Detroit Red Wings	48	24	16	8	22	124	115	+9	56
4	Columbus Blue Jackets	48	24	17	7	19	120	119	+1	55
5	Nashville Predators	48	16	23	9	14	111	139	−28	41

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CE	p – Chicago Blackhawks	48	36	7	5	30	155	102	+53	77
2	PA	y – Anaheim Ducks	48	30	12	6	24	140	118	+22	66
3	NW	y – Vancouver Canucks	48	26	15	7	21	127	121	+6	59
4	CE	x – St. Louis Blues	48	29	17	2	24	129	115	+14	60
5	PA	x – Los Angeles Kings	48	27	16	5	25	133	118	+15	59
6	PA	x – San Jose Sharks	48	25	16	7	17	124	116	+8	57
7	CE	x – Detroit Red Wings	48	24	16	8	22	124	115	+9	56
8	NW	x – Minnesota Wild	48	26	19	3	22	122	127	−5	55

9	CE	Columbus Blue Jackets	48	24	17	7	19	120	119	+1	55
10	PA	Phoenix Coyotes	48	21	18	9	17	125	131	−6	51
11	PA	Dallas Stars	48	22	22	4	20	130	142	−12	48
12	NW	Edmonton Oilers	48	19	22	7	17	125	134	−9	45
13	NW	Calgary Flames	48	19	25	4	19	128	160	−32	42
14	CE	Nashville Predators	48	16	23	9	14	111	139	−28	41
15	NW	Colorado Avalanche	48	16	25	7	14	116	152	−36	39