Columbus Split the Difference on Jet Greaves
The Blue Jackets filed $2.8M, Greaves filed $7.5M, and they settled at $5M. The number they landed on tells you exactly how much of this deal is faith and how much is proof.
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Blue Jackets by the numbers
Final 2025-26 regular season · source NHL, data as of 2026-09-28. Goals per game exclude shootout deciders. Standings · All 32 teams
- 40-30-12Record
- 92Points
- 17thNHL rank
- 3.00GF / GP
- 3.06GA / GP
- 18.9PP%
- 76.0PK%
- 50.6FO%
Possession · 5-on-5
Computed by Play-Pause Hockey from the league play-by-play, 2025-26, 1312 regular-season games. Where a rank is shown it is among the 32 clubs, 1st = best. PDO and zone starts carry none: a high PDO means hot rather than good, and zone starts are how a club is deployed rather than how well it plays. All 32 teams
- 50.8CF%11th of 32 · Share of shot attempts
- 50.5FF%12th of 32 · Unblocked attempts
- 100.3PDOShooting % + save %, 100 is neutral
- 49.4OZS%Share of zone faceoffs in the attacking end
Skaters
| Player | GP | G | A | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Zach Werenski | 75 | 22 | 59 | 81 |
 Kirill Marchenko | 76 | 27 | 40 | 67 |
 Adam Fantilli | 82 | 24 | 35 | 59 |
 Charlie Coyle | 82 | 20 | 38 | 58 |
 Mason Marchment | 68 | 19 | 26 | 45 |
 Boone Jenner | 67 | 13 | 25 | 38 |
 Sean Monahan | 78 | 13 | 23 | 36 |
 Cole Sillinger | 81 | 8 | 25 | 33 |
 Conor Garland | 71 | 12 | 21 | 33 |
 Damon Severson | 71 | 8 | 24 | 32 |
 Dmitri Voronkov | 63 | 17 | 15 | 32 |
 Denton Mateychuk | 75 | 13 | 18 | 31 |
 Ivan Provorov | 82 | 9 | 22 | 31 |
 Mathieu Olivier | 61 | 15 | 11 | 26 |
 Kent Johnson | 76 | 7 | 15 | 22 |
 Miles Wood | 54 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
 Danton Heinen | 46 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
 Isac Lundeström | 68 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
 Dante Fabbro | 74 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
 Brendan Gaunce | 25 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
 Zachary Aston-Reese | 27 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
 Egor Zamula | 33 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
 Erik Gudbranson | 37 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Jake Christiansen | 40 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
 Brendan Smith | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Dysin Mayo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Luca Del Bel Belluz | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Mikael Pyyhtia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Luca Pinelli | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goalies
| Goalie | GP | W | L | SV% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jet Greaves | 55 | 26 | 19 | .908 | 2.60 |
 Elvis Merzlikins | 30 | 14 | 11 | .883 | 3.40 |
Blue Jackets on NHL EDGE
Puck and player tracking, 2025-26 regular season · source NHL EDGE. Ranks are among the 32 clubs, 1st = best; defensive-zone time ranks the least time first. All 32 teams
- 23.7mphTop skating speed16th of 32league avg 23.8
- 39Shots over 90 mph23rd of 32league avg not published
- 1917Bursts over 20 mph10th of 32league avg 1762
- 3746.0miDistance skated11th of 32league avg 3727.0
- 99.0mphTop shot speed20th of 32league avg 99.7
- 2410Shots on goal6th of 32league avg 2282
- 10.2%Shooting %27th of 32league avg 11.1
- 40.2%Offensive-zone time24th of 32league avg 41.1
- 41.6%Defensive-zone time22nd of 32league avg 41.1
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