2008-09 Columbus Blue Jackets Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 41-31-10 (SO: 6-7) - 92 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Central Division
Postseason: 0-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to Detroit Red Wings 4-0
Coach: Ken Hitchcock (41-31, 10 OTL)
Location: Columbus, Ohio
2008-09 Columbus Blue Jackets RosterTeam Record: 41-31-10 (SO: 6-7) - 92 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Central Division
Postseason: 0-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to Detroit Red Wings 4-0
Coach: Ken Hitchcock (41-31, 10 OTL)
Location: Columbus, Ohio
2008-09 Columbus Blue Jackets Results
The Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League ended the 2008-09 season with a record of 41 wins and 31 losses (and 10 overtime losses), with a 6-7 showing in shootouts for 92 points, finishing fourth in the NHL's Central Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-4.
The Blue Jackets netted 226 goals and allowed 230. Rick Nash scored 40 goals for Columbus and recorded 39 assists. Steve Mason earned 33 wins for the squad and a team-best 2.29 goals against average, best among goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Ken Hitchcock coached the team. The 2008-09 Columbus Blue Jackets lost in the NHL conference quarter-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Nash | L | 78 | 40 | 39 | 79 | 52 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 263 | 15.2 |
| Kristian Huselius | L | 74 | 21 | 35 | 56 | 44 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 212 | 9.9 |
| R.J. Umberger | C | 82 | 26 | 20 | 46 | 53 | -10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 234 | 11.1 |
| Jakub Voracek | R | 80 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 101 | 8.9 |
| Manny Malhotra | C | 77 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 116 | 9.5 |
| Fedor Tyutin | D | 82 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 81 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167 | 5.4 |
| Jason Williams | C | 39 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 74 | 16.2 |
| Derick Brassard | C | 31 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 16.9 |
| Fredrik Modin | L | 50 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 8.0 |
| Mike Commodore | D | 81 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 100 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 4.9 |
| Jason Chimera | L | 49 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 115 | 7.0 |
| Michael Peca | C | 71 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 58 | -6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 74 | 5.4 |
| Jan Hejda | D | 82 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 38 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 66 | 4.5 |
| Kris Russell | D | 66 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 28 | -10 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 86 | 2.3 |
| Raffi Torres | L | 51 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 23 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 74 | 16.2 |
| Marc Methot | D | 66 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 55 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 6.9 |
| Jared Boll | R | 75 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 180 | -6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 5.5 |
| Antoine Vermette | C | 17 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 21.2 |
| Andrew Murray | C | 67 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 10 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 89 | 9.0 |
| Rostislav Klesla | D | 34 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3.3 |
| Jiri Novotny | C | 42 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 7.1 |
| Christian Backman | D | 56 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 3.7 |
| Derek Dorsett | R | 52 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 150 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 6.8 |
| Nikita Filatov | L | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 40.0 |
| Craig MacDonald | C | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Pascal Leclaire | G | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clay Wilson | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Alexandre Picard | L | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Aaron Rome | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Ole-Kristian Tollefsen | D | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 37 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Chris Gratton | C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Dan LaCosta | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fredrik Norrena | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derek MacKenzie | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Mike York | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Wade Dubielewicz | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Mason | G | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Maxim Mayorov | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1563 | 220 | 372 | 592 | 1207 | 73 | 41 | 81 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 0 | 2370 | 9.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Mason | 61 | 3664 | 33 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 140 | 2.29 | 1658 | 1518 | .916 |
| Pascal Leclaire | 12 | 674 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 3.83 | 324 | 281 | .867 |
| Dan LaCosta | 3 | 156 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1.54 | 80 | 76 | .950 |
| Wade Dubielewicz | 3 | 169 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3.55 | 77 | 67 | .870 |
| Fredrik Norrena | 8 | 323 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3.16 | 133 | 116 | .872 |
| Totals | 87 | 4986 | 41 | 31 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 214 | 2.58 | 2486 | 2272 | .914 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Nash | L | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 | |
| Kristian Huselius | L | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 | |
| R.J. Umberger | C | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 33.3 | |
| Jakub Voracek | R | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | |
| Manny Malhotra | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Fedor Tyutin | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Jason Williams | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Fredrik Modin | L | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | |
| Mike Commodore | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Jason Chimera | L | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | |
| Michael Peca | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Jan Hejda | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Kris Russell | D | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | |
| Raffi Torres | L | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Marc Methot | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Jared Boll | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Antoine Vermette | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Rostislav Klesla | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Derek Dorsett | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Aaron Rome | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Steve Mason | G | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 76 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 58 | -36 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 6.4 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Mason | 4 | 239 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4.27 | 139 | 122 | .878 |
| Totals | 4 | 239 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4.27 | 156 | 139 | .891 |
