2018–19 Columbus Blue Jackets season

2018–19 Columbus Blue Jackets
Division	5th Metropolitan
Conference	8th Eastern
2018–19 record	47–31–4
Home record	22–17–2
Road record	25–14–2
Goals for	258
Goals against	232
Team information
General manager	Jarmo Kekalainen
Coach	John Tortorella
Captain	Nick Foligno
Alternate captains	Cam Atkinson Boone Jenner Seth Jones
Arena	Nationwide Arena
Average attendance	16,658[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Cleveland Monsters (AHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Cam Atkinson (41)
Assists	Artemi Panarin (59)
Points	Artemi Panarin (87)
Penalty minutes	Pierre-Luc Dubois (64)
Plus/minus	Josh Anderson (+25)
Wins	Sergei Bobrovsky (37)
Goals against average	Sergei Bobrovsky (2.58)

The 2018–19 Columbus Blue Jackets season was the 19th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.[2] On April 5, 2019, the Blue Jackets clinched a playoff spot after a 3–2 shootout win over the New York Rangers.[3]

The Blue Jackets won their first ever playoff series by sweeping the Presidents' Trophy winners, the Tampa Bay Lightning, in the First Round of the playoffs.[4] However, the Blue Jackets were not able to carry their success into the Second Round, and they were eliminated by the Boston Bruins in six games.

Standings

Metropolitan Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Washington Capitals	82	48	26	8	44	278	249	+29	104
2	x – New York Islanders	82	48	27	7	43	228	196	+32	103
3	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	44	26	12	42	273	241	+32	100
4	x – Carolina Hurricanes	82	46	29	7	44	245	223	+22	99
5	x – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	47	31	4	45	258	232	+26	98
6	Philadelphia Flyers	82	37	37	8	34	244	281	−37	82
7	New York Rangers	82	32	36	14	26	227	272	−45	78
8	New Jersey Devils	82	31	41	10	28	222	275	−53	72

Source: National Hockey League[5]
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ME	x – Carolina Hurricanes	82	46	29	7	44	245	223	+22	99
2	ME	x – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	47	31	4	45	258	232	+26	98
3	AT	Montreal Canadiens	82	44	30	8	41	249	236	+13	96
4	AT	Florida Panthers	82	36	32	14	33	267	280	−13	86
5	ME	Philadelphia Flyers	82	37	37	8	34	244	281	−37	82
6	ME	New York Rangers	82	32	36	14	26	227	272	−45	78
7	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	33	39	10	28	226	271	−45	76
8	AT	Detroit Red Wings	82	32	40	10	29	227	277	−50	74
9	ME	New Jersey Devils	82	31	41	10	28	222	275	−53	72
10	AT	Ottawa Senators	82	29	47	6	29	242	302	−60	64

Source: National Hockey League[6]
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 15, 2018.[7]

2018 preseason game log: 3–5–0 (Home: 2–2–0; Road: 1–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 17	Buffalo	4–1	Columbus		Thiessen	9,845	0–1–0	Recap
2	September 18	Chicago	1–4	Columbus		Berube	10,422	1–1–0	Recap
3	September 21	Columbus	0–3	St. Louis		Bobrovsky	15,190	1–2–0	Recap
4	September 22	Columbus	3–7	Pittsburgh		Korpisalo	17,190	1–3–0	Recap
5	September 23	St. Louis	5–1	Columbus		Bobrovsky	11,758	1–4–0	Recap
6^[a]	September 25	Columbus	4–2	Buffalo		Korpisalo	—	2–4–0	Recap
7	September 28	Pittsburgh	6–7	Columbus		Bobrovsky	13,976	3–4–0	Recap
8	September 29	Columbus	1–4	Chicago		Korpisalo	20,594	3–5–0	Recap
Notes: ^a Game was played at Clinton Arena in Clinton, New York.

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.[8]

2018–19 game log
October: 6–5–0 (Home: 3–4–0; Road: 3–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 4 Columbus 3–2 Detroit OT Korpisalo 19,515 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 5 Carolina 3–1 Columbus Bobrovsky 18,306 1–1–0 2 Recap 3 October 9 Colorado 2–5 Columbus Bobrovsky 11,694 2–1–0 4 Recap 4 October 11 Columbus 5–4 Florida Korpisalo 14,394 3–1–0 6 Recap 5 October 13 Columbus 2–8 Tampa Bay Bobrovsky 19,092 3–2–0 6 Recap 6 October 18 Philadelphia 3–6 Columbus Bobrovsky 13,492 4–2–0 8 Recap 7 October 20 Chicago 4–1 Columbus Bobrovsky 17,005 4–3–0 8 Recap 8 October 23 Arizona 4–1 Columbus Bobrovsky 11,458 4–4–0 8 Recap 9 October 25 Columbus 7–4 St. Louis Korpisalo 17,068 5–4–0 10 Recap 10 October 27 Buffalo 4–5 Columbus OT Korpisalo 15,642 6–4–0 12 Recap 11 October 30 Detroit 5–3 Columbus Bobrovsky 14,288 6–5–0 12 Recap
November: 9–3–2 (Home: 4–0–1; Road: 5–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 12 November 1 Columbus 4–1 San Jose Bobrovsky 15,879 7–5–0 14 Recap 13 November 3 Columbus 1–4 Los Angeles Bobrovsky 18,230 7–6–0 14 Recap 14 November 4 Columbus 2–3 Anaheim OT Korpisalo 16,727 7–6–1 15 Recap 15 November 6 Dallas 1–4 Columbus Bobrovsky 14,159 8–6–1 17 Recap 16 November 9 Columbus 2–1 Washington Bobrovsky 18,506 9–6–1 19 Recap 17 November 10 NY Rangers 5–4 Columbus SO Korpisalo 18,384 9–6–2 20 Recap 18 November 12 Columbus 2–1 Dallas Bobrovsky 17,543 10–6–2 22 Recap 19 November 15 Florida 3–7 Columbus Korpisalo 14,872 11–6–2 24 Recap 20 November 17 Columbus 4–1 Carolina Bobrovsky 13,040 12–6–2 26 Recap 21 November 19 Columbus 2–4 Toronto Bobrovsky 19,134 12–7–2 26 Recap 22 November 23 Toronto 2–4 Columbus Bobrovsky 18,656 13–7–2 28 Recap 23 November 24 Columbus 2–4 Pittsburgh Korpsialo 18,602 13–8–2 28 Recap 24 November 26 Columbus 7–5 Detroit Bobrovsky 17,510 14–8–2 30 Recap 25 November 29 Minnesota 2–4 Columbus Bobrovsky 15,210 15–8–2 32 Recap
December: 8–5–1 (Home: 4–4–1; Road: 4–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 26 December 1 Columbus 2–3 NY Islanders Bobrovsky 13,917 15–9–2 32 Recap 27 December 4 Calgary 9–6 Columbus Bobrovsky 14,885 15–10–2 32 Recap 28 December 6 Columbus 4–3 Philadelphia OT Bobrovsky 19,428 16–10–2 34 Recap 29 December 8 Washington 4–0 Columbus Bobrovsky 18,501 16–11–2 34 Recap 30 December 11 Vancouver 3–2 Columbus Korpisalo 14,689 16–12–2 34 Recap 31 December 13 Los Angeles 1–4 Columbus Bobrovsky 15,087 17–12–2 36 Recap 32 December 15 Anaheim 2–1 Columbus OT Bobrovsky 16,171 17–12–3 37 Recap 33 December 17 Vegas 0–1 Columbus Bobrovsky 15,008 18–12–3 39 Recap 34 December 20 New Jersey 1–2 Columbus Bobrovsky 15,595 19–12–3 41 Recap 35 December 22 Columbus 4–3 Philadelphia Bobrovsky 19,311 20–12–3 43 Recap 36 December 23 Columbus 3–0 New Jersey Bobrovsky 12,872 21–12–3 45 Recap 37 December 27 Columbus 4–3 NY Rangers OT Korpisalo 18,006 22–12–3 47 Recap 38 December 28 Toronto 4–2 Columbus Bobrovsky 18,963 22–13–3 47 Recap 39 December 31 Ottawa 3–6 Columbus Bobrovsky 18,549 23–13–3 49 Recap
January: 5–6–0 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 2–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 40 January 4 Columbus 2–4 Carolina Bobrovsky 15,346 23–14–3 49 Recap 41 January 5 Columbus 4–3 Florida OT Bobrovsky 15,213 24–14–3 51 Recap 42 January 8 Columbus 0–4 Tampa Bay Bobrovsky 19,092 24–15–3 51 Recap 43 January 10 Nashville 3–4 Columbus OT Korpisalo 17,065 25–15–3 53 Recap 44 January 12 Columbus 2–1 Washington OT Korpisalo 18,506 26–15–3 55 Recap 45 January 13 NY Rangers 5–7 Columbus Bobrovsky 17,417 27–15–3 57 Recap 46 January 15 New Jersey 1–4 Columbus Korpisalo 16,377 28–15–3 59 Recap 47 January 18 Montreal 4–1 Columbus Korpisalo 18,892 28–16–3 59 Recap 48 January 19 Columbus 1–2 Minnesota Bobrovsky 19,054 28–17–3 59 Recap 49 January 29 Buffalo 5–4 Columbus Bobrovsky 16,615 28–18–3 59 Recap 50 January 31 Columbus 3–4 Winnipeg Bobrovsky 15,321 28–19–3 59 Recap
February: 8–5–0 (Home: 3–4–0; Road: 5–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 2 St. Louis 4–2 Columbus Korpisalo 16,681 28–20–3 59 Recap 52 February 5 Columbus 6–3 Colorado Bobrovsky 15,398 29–20–3 61 Recap 53 February 7 Columbus 4–2 Arizona Bobrovsky 15,319 30–20–3 63 Recap 54 February 9 Columbus 4–3 Vegas Bobrovsky 18,301 31–20–3 65 Recap 55 February 12 Washington 0–3 Columbus Bobrovsky 15,701 32–20–3 67 Recap 56 February 14 NY Islanders 3–0 Columbus Bobrovsky 16,531 32–21–3 67 Recap 57 February 16 Columbus 5–2 Chicago Bobrovsky 22,196 33–21–3 69 Recap 58 February 18 Tampa Bay 5–1 Columbus Korpisalo 16,411 33–22–3 69 Recap 59 February 19 Columbus 2–3 Montreal Bobrovsky 20,858 33–23–3 69 Recap 60 February 22 Columbus 3–0 Ottawa Bobrovsky 13,918 34–23–3 71 Recap 61 February 23 San Jose 0–4 Columbus Bobrovsky 19,025 35–23–3 73 Recap 62 February 26 Pittsburgh 5–2 Columbus Bobrovsky 18,776 35–24–3 73 Recap 63 February 28 Philadelphia 3–4 Columbus OT Bobrovsky 17,169 36–24–3 75 Recap
March: 9–6–1 (Home: 5–2–0; Road: 4–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 64 March 2 Edmonton 4–0 Columbus Bobrovsky 18,628 36–25–3 75 Recap 65 March 3 Winnipeg 5–2 Columbus Bobrovsky 16,091 36–26–3 75 Recap 66 March 5 Columbus 2–1 New Jersey SO Bobrovsky 12,085 37–26–3 77 Recap 67 March 7 Columbus 0–3 Pittsburgh Korpisalo 18,611 37–27–3 77 Recap 68 March 9 Pittsburgh 1–4 Columbus Bobrovsky 19,146 38–27–3 79 Recap 69 March 11 Columbus 0–2 NY Islanders Bobrovsky 11,827 38–28–3 79 Recap 70 March 12 Boston 4–7 Columbus Bobrovsky 16,554 39–28–3 81 Recap 71 March 15 Carolina 0–3 Columbus Bobrovsky 18,832 40–28–3 83 Recap 72 March 16 Columbus 1–2 Boston OT Korpisalo 17,565 40–28–4 84 Recap 73 March 19 Columbus 2–4 Calgary Bobrovsky 18,288 40–29–4 84 Recap 74 March 21 Columbus 1–4 Edmonton Korpisalo 18,347 40–30–4 84 Recap 75 March 24 Columbus 5–0 Vancouver Bobrovsky 17,805 41–30–4 86 Recap 76 March 26 NY Islanders 0–4 Columbus Bobrovsky 17,928 42–30–4 88 Recap 77 March 28 Montreal 2–6 Columbus Bobrovsky 18,641 43–30–4 90 Recap 78 March 30 Columbus 5–2 Nashville Bobrovsky 17,751 44–30–4 92 Recap 79 March 31 Columbus 4–0 Buffalo Bobrovsky 17,990 45–30–4 94 Recap
April: 2–1–0 (Home: 0–1–0; Road: 2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 80 April 2 Boston 6–2 Columbus Bobrovsky 18,890 45–31–4 94 Recap 81 April 5 Columbus 3–2 NY Rangers SO Bobrovsky 17,341 46–31–4 96 Recap 82 April 6 Columbus 6–2 Ottawa Korpisalo 18,425 47–31–4 98 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

Main article: 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Blue Jackets faced the Tampa Bay Lightning in the First Round of the playoffs,[9] and swept the series in four games, marking the first time in franchise history the team won a playoff series.[10]

The Blue Jackets faced the Boston Bruins in the Second Round of the playoffs,[11] where they fell to the Bruins in six games.[12]

2019 Stanley Cup playoffs
Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A1) Tampa Bay Lightning: Columbus won 4–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 10 Columbus 4–3 Tampa Bay Bobrovsky 19,092 1–0 Recap 2 April 12 Columbus 5–1 Tampa Bay Bobrovsky 19,092 2–0 Recap 3 April 14 Tampa Bay 1–3 Columbus Bobrovsky 19,224 3–0 Recap 4 April 16 Tampa Bay 3–7 Columbus Bobrovsky 19,328 4–0 Recap
Eastern Conference Second Round vs. (A2) Boston Bruins: Boston won 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 25 Columbus 2–3 Boston OT Bobrovsky 17,565 0–1 Recap 2 April 27 Columbus 3–2 Boston 2OT Bobrovsky 17,565 1–1 Recap 3 April 30 Boston 1–2 Columbus Bobrovsky 19,337 2–1 Recap 4 May 2 Boston 4–1 Columbus Bobrovsky 19,431 2–2 Recap 5 May 4 Columbus 3–4 Boston Bobrovsky 17,565 2–3 Recap 6 May 6 Boston 3–0 Columbus Bobrovsky 19,219 2–4 Recap
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

As of May 6, 2019[13]

Skaters

Regular season[14] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Artemi Panarin 79 28 59 87 14 23 Cam Atkinson 80 41 28 69 3 20 Pierre-Luc Dubois 82 27 34 61 16 64 Josh Anderson 82 27 20 47 25 60 Seth Jones 75 9 37 46 1 28 Zach Werenski 82 11 33 44 −12 18 Boone Jenner 77 16 22 38 6 42 Oliver Bjorkstrand 77 23 13 36 8 8 Nick Foligno 73 17 18 35 12 44 Ryan Murray 56 1 28 29 20 10 Alexander Wennberg 75 2 23 25 −1 12 David Savard 82 8 16 24 19 36 Markus Nutivaara 80 5 16 21 3 6 Anthony Duclair^‡ 53 11 8 19 −3 12 Scott Harrington 73 2 15 17 6 23 Brandon Dubinsky 61 6 8 14 −16 36 Matt Duchene^† 23 4 8 12 −1 2 Ryan Dzingel^† 21 4 8 12 4 0 Riley Nash 78 3 9 12 −8 19 Markus Hannikainen 44 4 3 7 −5 2 Lukas Sedlak 47 4 2 6 −5 10 Dean Kukan 25 0 5 5 6 6 Adam McQuaid^† 14 1 1 2 −1 9 Alexandre Texier 2 1 0 1 3 0 Sonny Milano 8 1 0 1 0 0 Zac Dalpe 1 0 1 1 1 0 Mark Letestu 2 0 0 0 −1 0 Kole Sherwood 2 0 0 0 0 0 Gabriel Carlsson 1 0 0 0 −1 2 Adam Clendening 4 0 0 0 1 0 Kevin Stenlund 4 0 0 0 0 4 Eric Robinson 13 0 0 0 −4 0

Playoffs[15] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Artemi Panarin 10 5 6 11 0 0 Matt Duchene 10 5 5 10 4 0 Seth Jones 10 3 6 9 0 0 Cam Atkinson 10 2 6 8 2 4 Zach Werenski 10 1 5 6 3 9 Oliver Bjorkstrand 10 2 3 5 −1 0 Pierre-Luc Dubois 10 2 3 5 −5 14 Scott Harrington 10 0 4 4 4 2 Alexandre Texier 8 2 1 3 −2 2 Riley Nash 7 1 2 3 2 4 Josh Anderson 10 1 2 3 −5 22 David Savard 10 1 2 3 −1 4 Boone Jenner 10 1 2 3 1 2 Nick Foligno 10 1 2 3 2 4 Ryan Dzingel 9 1 0 1 3 2 Brandon Dubinsky 10 1 0 1 0 6 Dean Kukan 10 1 0 1 −2 2 Adam Clendening 7 0 1 1 1 2 Alexander Wennberg 4 0 0 0 0 0 Markus Nutivaara 2 0 0 0 1 0 Vladislav Gavrikov 2 0 0 0 −2 0 Markus Hannikainen 1 0 0 0 −1 0

Goaltenders

Regular season[16]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Sergei Bobrovsky	62	61	3,556:40	37	24	1	153	2.58	1,756	.913	9	0	0	2
Joonas Korpisalo	27	21	1,360:34	10	7	3	67	2.95	651	.897	0	0	0	0

Playoffs[17]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Sergei Bobrovsky	10	10	622:56	6	4	25	2.41	333	.925	0	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Blue Jackets. Stats reflect time with the Blue Jackets only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Blue Jackets only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Transactions

The Blue Jackets have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23)	To Detroit Red Wings 5th-round pick in 2019	To Columbus Blue Jackets MTL's 6th-round pick in 2018	[18]
June 27, 2018 (2018-06-27)	To Chicago Blackhawks Jordan Schroeder	To Columbus Blue Jackets Jean-Francois Berube	[19]
July 18, 2018 (2018-07-18)	To Arizona Coyotes Jacob Graves Conditional 6th-round pick in 2019	To Columbus Blue Jackets Ryan MacInnis	[20]
February 11, 2019 (2019-02-11)	To Pittsburgh Penguins Blake Siebenaler	To Columbus Blue Jackets Conditional 7th-round pick in 2019	[21][22]
February 22, 2019 (2019-02-22)	To Ottawa Senators Vitalii Abramov Jonathan Davidsson Conditional 1st-round pick in 2019 Conditional 1st-round pick in 2020	To Columbus Blue Jackets Julius Bergman Matt Duchene	[23]
February 23, 2019 (2019-02-23)	To Ottawa Senators Anthony Duclair 2nd-round pick in 2020 2nd-round pick in 2021	To Columbus Blue Jackets Ryan Dzingel CGY's 7th-round pick in 2019	[24]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)	To New Jersey Devils 5th-round pick in 2022	To Columbus Blue Jackets Keith Kinkaid	[25]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)	To New York Rangers Julius Bergman 4th-round pick in 2019 7th-round pick in 2019	To Columbus Blue Jackets Adam McQuaid	[26]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)	To Winnipeg Jets Alex Broadhurst	To Columbus Blue Jackets Future considerations	[27]

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Matt Calvert	to Colorado Avalanche	3-year	[28]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Adam Clendening	from Chicago Blackhawks	1-year	[29]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Ian Cole	to Colorado Avalanche	3-year	[28]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Tommy Cross	from Boston Bruins	1-year	[30]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Cameron Gaunce	to Tampa Bay Lightning	1-year	[31]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Jack Johnson	to Pittsburgh Penguins	5-year	[32]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Riley Nash	from Boston Bruins	3-year	[33]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Dillon Simpson	from Edmonton Oilers	2-year	[34]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Thomas Vanek	to Detroit Red Wings	1-year	[35]
July 5, 2018 (2018-07-05)	Anthony Duclair	from Chicago Blackhawks	1-year	[36]
July 6, 2018 (2018-07-06)	Jeff Zatkoff	to Straubing Tigers (DEL)	Unknown	[37]
July 7, 2018 (2018-07-07)	Taylor Chorney	to Lugano (NL)	1-year	[38]
September 27, 2018 (2018-09-27)	Michael Prapavessis	from RPI Engineers (ECAC)	2-year	[39]
June 15, 2019 (2019-06-15)	Jakob Lilja	from Djurgårdens IF (SHL)	1-year	[40]

Waivers

Date	Player	Team	Ref

Contract terminations Date Player Via Ref

Retirement Date Player Ref

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
July 5, 2018 (2018-07-05)	Boone Jenner	4-year	[41]
July 14, 2018 (2018-07-14)	Ryan Murray	1-year	[42]
July 15, 2018 (2018-07-15)	Oliver Bjorkstrand	3-year	[43]
July 30, 2018 (2018-07-30)	Liam Foudy	3-year	[44]
September 27, 2018 (2018-09-27)	Mark Letestu	1-year	[45]
February 27, 2019 (2019-02-27)	Zac Dalpe	2-year	[46]
March 15, 2019 (2019-03-15)	Trey Fix-Wolansky	3-year	[47]
March 20, 2019 (2019-03-20)	Elvis Merzlikins	1-year	[48]
April 1, 2019 (2019-04-01)	Andrew Peeke	3-year	[49]
April 13, 2019 (2019-04-13)	Vladislav Gavrikov	2-year	[50]
May 4, 2019 (2019-05-04)	Daniil Tarasov	3-year	[51]
May 14, 2019 (2019-05-14)	Emil Bemstrom	3-year	[52]
May 15, 2019 (2019-05-15)	Elvis Merzlikins	1-year	[53]
June 4, 2019 (2019-06-04)	Veini Vehvilainen	2-year	[54]
June 15, 2019 (2019-06-15)	Markus Hannikainen	1-year	[55]

Draft picks

See also: List of Columbus Blue Jackets draft picks

Below are the Columbus Blue Jackets' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	18	Liam Foudy	C	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
2	49	Kirill Marchenko	LW	Russia	Mamonty Yugry (MHL)
3	80	Marcus Karlberg	RW	Sweden	Leksands IF J20 (SuperElit)
6	159^1	Tim Berni	D	Switzerland	GCK Lions (NLB)
6	173	Veini Vehvilainen	G	Finland	Karpat (Liiga)
7	204	Trey Fix-Wolansky	RW	Canada	Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL)

Notes:

1. The Detroit Red Wings' sixth-round pick went to the Columbus Blue Jackets as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018, that sent a sixth-round pick in 2019 to Detroit in exchange for this pick.[56]

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