Dive into the Blue Jackets' season halfway point. Unpack key team and player stats, and see if they can rally for a playoff push.
The Columbus Blue Jackets have officially hit the halfway mark of the 2025-26 season. Which means it is a good time to look back at the first 41 games and go over some stats from the first half of the season.
TEAM STATS
Power Play % - 18.4% - 20th in the league
Penalty Kill - 75.9.3% - 29th in the league
Face Off Win % - 50.7% - 14th in the league
Goals For Per Game - 3.00 - 20th in the league
Goals Against Per Game - 3.32 - 8th worst in the league
Points
- Zach Werenski - 47 - 2nd among all NHL Defensemen
- Kirill Marchenko - 33- 11 Power Play Points
- Dmitri Voronkov - 27
Goals
- Zach Werenski - 15 - T-1st among all NHL Defensemen
- Kirill Marchenko - 15
- Dmitri Voronkov - 1`5 - 6 Power Play goals
Assists
- Zach Werenski - 29 - 5th among all NHL Defensemen
- Charlie Coyle - 19
- Kirill Marchenko - 18
Time On Ice
- Zach Werenski - 26:40 - 2nd in the NHL for all Skaters
- Ivan Provorov - 25:58
- Denton Mateychuk - 20:57
Penalty Minutes
- Mathieu Olivier - 53
- Dmitri Voronkov - 49
- Damon Severson - 24
Hits
- Mathieu Olivier - 97
- Dmitri Voronkov - 64
- Charlie Coyle - 61
Face-Off Win %
- Sean Monahan - 53.5%
- Adam Fantilli - 50.4%
- Charlie Coyle - 50.4%
GOALIES
Records
- Jet Greaves - 12-10-6
- Elvis Merzļikins - 6-6-1
Goals Against Average
- Jet Greaves - 2.64
- Elvis Merzļikins - 4.04
Goals Against
- Elvis Merzļikins - 54
- Jet Greaves - 74
Save Percentage
- Jet Greaves - .910%
- Elvis Merzļikins - .877%
Quality Starts
- Jet Greaves - 17
- Elvis Merzļikins - 6
Do you think the Blue Jackets can turn around their season and push back into the playoffs. Well, if they can continue to follow in Werenski's lead and get more quality starts from Greaves, they definitely can.
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