Preseason Road Game No. 1 (0-0-0, 0 pts.)

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1 BLUE JACKETS PRESEASON GAME NOTES Sept. 20, 2011 at Winnipeg Jets Referees: Chris Lee (28); Graham Skilliter (#) Linesmen: Derek Nansen (70); Thor Nelson (80) Preseason Game No. 2 (0-0-0, 0 pts.) Preseason Road Game No. 1 (0-0-0, 0 pts.) OPENING OF EIGHT-GAME PRESEASON SCHEDULE: Tonight s 8:30 p.m. ET contest at Winnipeg marks the second of eight games on the Blue Jackets 2011 preseason schedule, as Columbus is hosting Winnipeg in a split squad contest tonight at Nationwide Arena. Tonight is also the first games of six in seven days, three of which will be at Nationwide Arena. Following tonight s games, Columbus will host Washington tomorrow night, followed by a trip to Minnesota to face the Wild on Friday. The Jackets return home Sunday to face Buffalo before heading to the nation s capital to face Washington Monday night. The club will play its final home preseason game Sept. 29 against Minnesota before closing out the preseason schedule on the road Sept. 30 at Carolina. BLUE JACKETS OPEN ELEVETH TRAINING CAMP: The Blue Jackets opened their eleventh National Hockey League season with the opening of training camp this past Saturday at the OhioHealth Ice Haus with a total of 59 players taking to the ice. Two of the first three days consisted of on ice practices sandwiched around the second annual Owners Tournament. Players were divided into four teams and played two games each. For a complete training camp roster, visit OWNERS TOURNAMENT RESULTS: Team Wolfe defeated Team Pizzuti, 5-2, in the championship game of the Blue Jackets Third Annual Owners Tournament on Sunday. Michael Chaput scored two goals, including the game-winner, and added an assist to help Team Wolfe rally from an early 2-0 deficit. In the consolation game, Team McConnell beat Team Crane, 4-1, to take third place. Ryan Johansen led Team McConnell with a goal and two assists, while goaltender Curtis Sanford overcame an early goal against to pick up the win in net. The tournament opened with a pair of 4-1 games as Team Wolfe (Dorsett, 1-1-2) topped Team Crane (Tyutin, 1-0-1) and Pizzuti (Smith, 2-0-2) beat Team McConnell (Carter, 1-0-1) COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS PRESEASON SCHEDULE: Date Day Opponent Location Time (ET)/Result Sept. 20 Tuesday WINNIPEG JETS NATIONWIDE ARENA 7 p.m. Sept. 20 Tuesday at Winnipeg Jets MTS Centre 8:30 p.m. Sept. 21 Wednesday WASHINGTON CAPITALS NATIONWIDE ARENA 7 p.m. Sept. 23 Friday at Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center 8 p.m. Sept. 25 Sunday BUFFALO SABRES NATIONWIDE ARENA 5 p.m. Sept. 26 Monday at Washington Capitals Verizon Center 7 p.m. Sept. 29 Thursday MINNESOTA WILD NATIONWDIE ARENA 7 p.m. Sept. 30 Friday at Carolina Hurricanes RBC Center 7 p.m COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS PRESEASON GAME-BY-GAME RESULTS: Gm Date Opponent Result Record Score Goal Scorers GWG PP PK SF-SA W-L Goalie Attn. 1 Sept. 20 Winnipeg 2 Sept. 20 at Winnipeg 3 Sept. 21 Washington 4 Sept. 23 at Minnesota 5 Sept. 25 Buffalo 6 Sept. 26 at Washington 7 Sept. 29 Minnesota 8 Sept. 30 at Carolina

2 COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS ALL-TIME PRESEASON RESULTS YEAR-BY-YEAR PRESEASON RESULTS Overall Home Road Neutral Top Scorer Top Goaltender 2000: Maltais 7 GP, Denis 1-1-0, 2.49, : Sanderson 5 GP, Denis 0-2-2, 1.99, : Sanderson 7 GP, Labbe 2-0-0, 1.51, : Spacek 6 GP, Denis 2-2-0, 1.87, : Brule 6 GP, Leclaire 2-1-0, 2.86, : Platt 4 GP, Leclaire 3-0-0, 1.20, : Chimera 6 GP, Mason 1-2-0, 1.78, : Nash 4 GP, Leclaire 2-0-0, 2.64, : Voracek 6 GP, Garon 2-0-0, 2.35, : Huselius 4 GP, Mason 2-1-0, 3.65, PRESEASON RESULTS Date Day Opponent Location Result (Shootout) Sept. 21 Tuesday at Atlanta Thrashers Philips Arena W, 5-2 Sept. 22 Wednesday WASHINGTON CAPITALS NATIONWIDE ARENA L, 2-6 Sept. 24 Friday PITTSBURGH PENGUINS NATIONWIDE ARENA L, 4-5 Sept. 25 Saturday at Pittsburgh Penguins Consol Energy Center L, 1-3 Sept. 28 Tuesday MINNESOTA WILD NATIONWIDE ARENA W, 3-2 SO Sept. 30 Thursday at Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center W, 4-2 Oct. 1 Friday at Washington Capitals Verizon Center L, 3-5 Oct. 2 Saturday ATLANTA THRASHERS NATIONWIDE ARENA W, PRESEASON GAME-BY-GAME (*shootout) Date Opponent Res. Rec. CBJ Goals GWG PP PK SF-SA W-L Goalie Sept. 21 at Atlanta W, , 12, 85, 11, 23 Gabriel Garon-Pavelec Sept. 22 WASHINGTON L, , 28 Fleischmann Varlamov-Mason Sept. 24 PITTSBURGH L, , 33, 25, 33 Comrie Curry-Garon Sept. 25 at Pittsburgh L, Malkin Fleury-Mason Sept. 28 MINNESOTA SOW, , 29, 20x Huselius LeNeveu-Backstrom Sept. 30 at Minnesota W, , 19, 26, 93 Pahlsson Mason-Backstrom Oct. 1 at Washington L, , 29, 71 Fehr Neuvirth-Garon Oct. 2 ATLANTA W, , 20, 50, 28 Filatov Mason-Mason 2010 PRESEASON STATISTICS Pos Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM LW Kristian Huselius C Antoine Vermette LW Nikita Filatov C Kyle Wilson D Anton Stralman RW Tomas Kubalik LW Tom Sestito LW Ethan Moreau LW Rick Nash C Michael Blunden D Nate Guenin D Nick Holden C Samuel Pahlsson RW Jakub Voracek RW Chris Clark C R.J. Umberger D David Savard D Rostislav Klesla D Jonathan Sigalet D Michael Ratchuk LW Oliver Gabriel LW Matt Calvert D Fedor Tyutin C Dan Fritsche D Jan Hejda C Derrick Brassard D Marc Methot Pos Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM C Derek MacKenzie RW Petr Straka D Dalton Prout D Brent Regner D Theo Ruth LW Dalton Smith RW Kyle Neuber C Trevor Frischmon D Grant Clitsome D Cody Goloubef C Chad Kolarik RW Jared Boll RW Ben Guite LW Maksim Mayorov C Ryan Johansen C Andrew Murray RW Derek Dorsett D Mike Commodore D John Moore Total Goaltenders GP MIN REC SO GAA SV% David LeNeveu Steve Mason Mathieu Garon Daren Machesney Total

3 2011 PRESEASON OPPONENTS WINNIPEG JETS MTS Centre (15,015) Phone: (204) ; Website: Jets.NHL.com General Manager: Kevin Cheveldayoff Preseason Meetings: Sept. 20 at CBJ, Sept. 20 at WIN Head Coach: Claude Noel Regular Season at Columbus: Nov. 12 PR Contact: Scott Brown, (204) Regular Season at Winnipeg: None Results: , 80 pts. (4th place, Southeast Division; 12th place, Eastern Conference) Players to Watch: RW Nik Antropov ( in 76 games), C Rich Peverley ( in 82 games) Goaltender to Watch: Chris Mason ( , 2.53 GAA,.913 SV%, 2 SO in 61 games with St. Louis) WASHINGTON CAPITALS VERIZON CENTER (18,277) Phone: (202) ; Website: Capitals.NHL.com General Manager: George McPhee Preseason Meetings: Sept. 21 at CBJ; Sept. 26 at WSH Head Coach: Bruce Boudreau Regular Season at Columbus: Dec. 31 PR Contact: Sergey Kocharov, (202) Regular Season at Washington: None Results: , 107 pts. (1 st place, Southeast Division; 1 st place, Eastern Conference) Players to Watch: LW Alex Ovechkin ( in 72 games); C Nicklas Backstrom ( in 82 games) Goaltender to Watch: Semyon Varlamov (15-4-6, 2.55 GAA,.909 SV%, 2 SO in 26 games) MINNESOTA WILD XCEL ENERGY CENTER (18,064) Phone: (651) ; Website: Wild.NHL.com General Manager: Chuck Fletcher Preseason Meetings: Sept. 23 at MIN, Sept. 29 at CBJ Head Coach: Mike Yeo Regular Season at Columbus: Nov. 15, Feb. 7 PR Contact: Aaron Sickman ( ) Regular Season at Minnesota: Oct. 8, Feb Results: , 84 pts. (4 th place, Northwest Division; 13th place, Western Conference) Players to Watch: C Mikko Koivu ( in 80 games); RW Martin Havlat ( in 73 games) Goaltender to Watch: Niklas Backstrom ( , 2.72 GAA,.903 SV%, 2 SO in 71 games) BUFFALO SABRES First Niagara Center (18,690) Phone: ; Website: Sabres.NHL.com General Manager: Darcy Regier Preseason Meetings: Sept. 25 at CBJ Head Coach: Lindy Ruff Regular Season at Columbus: Nov. 25 PR Contact: Kevin Snow ( ) Regular Season at Buffalo: Oct Results: , 96 pts. (3rd place, Northeast Division; 7th place, Eastern Conference) Players to Watch: C Sidney Crosby ( in 81 games); C Evgeni Malkin ( in 67 games) Goaltender to Watch: Marc-Andre Fleury ( , 2.65 GAA,.905 SV%, 1 SO in 67 games) CAROLINA HURRICANE RBC Center (18,176) Phone: ; Website: Hurricanes.NHL.com General Manager: Jim Rutherford Preseason Meetings: Sept. 30 at Car. Head Coach: Paul Maurice Regular Season at Columbus: Mar. 23 PR Contact: Kyle Hanlin ( ) Regular Season at Carolina: None Results: , 91 pts. (3rd place, Southeast Division; 9th place, Eastern Conference) Players to Watch: C Sidney Crosby ( in 81 games); C Evgeni Malkin ( in 67 games) Goaltender to Watch: Marc-Andre Fleury ( , 2.65 GAA,.905 SV%, 1 SO in 67 games)

4 BLUE JACKETS RECAP COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS COMPLETE 10TH NHL SEASON: The Columbus Blue Jackets completed their 10th season in the National Hockey League with a record (81 pts.), finishing fifth in the Central Division, 13th in the Western Conference and 24th in the NHL Columbus had the best start in franchise history, posting a mark in the first 20 games (previous best was a record in ) The Blue Jackets posted winning records in October (6-4-0), November (8-4-0) and February (8-3- 1) The record in October and November marked the highest winning percentage (.636) for the first two months of the season in club history (previous best was ,.591 winning percentage in ) The club had a season-high six-game regulation unbeaten streak from Feb (5-0-1) Columbus posted a season-high five-game winning streak from Nov The Jackets lost a season-high five-straight games in regulation from Jan and had two, six-game winless skids (Mar. 1-11, and Mar. 31-Nov. 9, 0-4-2) Over the past four seasons, the Blue Jackets have averaged 35 wins and 83 points compared to just under 29 wins and 68 points in their first six seasons. BLUE JACKETS AT HOME: The Blue Jackets posted a record (39 pts.) at Nationwide Arena Columbus had a seasonhigh three-game home winning streak from Oct. 22-Nov. 2 The Jackets had a season-high five-game point streak at home, posting a record Feb. 11-Mar. 9 Columbus lost three-straight games in regulation at home once (Mar ) and was winless at home in six-straight games from Mar (0-4-2) In 10 seasons, Columbus is in 410 home games. COLUMBUS ON THE ROAD: The Blue Jackets posted a record (42 pts.) on the road The club broke franchise records for most road wins (previous best was 16 in ) and most road points (previous best was 39 in ) Columbus also set a club record for consecutive road wins with six-straight from Jan. 19-Feb. 18 The Jackets also set a franchise record with points in eight-straight games, going Jan. 15-Feb. 18 The club was winless in a season-high five-straight games from Mar. 22-Apr. 8 (0-3-2) In 10 NHL seasons, Columbus is in 410 road games. GOALS FOR/GOALS AGAINST: Overall The Blue Jackets scored 210 goals in 82 games to average 2.56 goals per game this season (24th in NHL) The Jackets were shut out six times The Blue Jackets allowed 250 goals in 82 games, averaging 3.05 goalsagainst per game (26th in NHL) The club shut out its opponents on six occasions Home Columbus was outscored by its opponents 104 (2.54) to 122 (2.98) in 41 home games Road Columbus was outscored 106 (2.59) to 128 (3.12) in 41 road games. ATTENDANCE REPORT: Columbus averaged 13,659 fans per game (546,350 total) in 40 home games with six sellouts at Nationwide Arena (capacity 18,144) this season (one home game was played at Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden) In 409 home games since joining the NHL in 2000, the Blue Jackets have averaged 16,341 fans per game (6,683,379 total), which is 90.1 percent of capacity at Nationwide Arena. There have been 142 sellouts. ON THE POWER PLAY: Columbus converted 42-of-301 power play opportunities (14.0 percent), which ranked 29th in the NHL The club was 21-of-166 at home (12.6 pct./30th in NHL) and 21-of-135 on the road (15.6 pct./18th in NHL) Columbus scored a power play goal in 36-of-82 games and was in those contests The Jackets scored a power play goal in a season-high four games in a row twice (Dec , 4-for-9 and Feb , 9-for-23) Columbus scored two power play goals in a game six times The Jackets scored three power play goals in a game once (3-of-9 Feb. 25 vs. Phoenix) The club s season high for attempts was nine (three goals) in a 5-3 W vs. Phoenix on Feb. 25 C Derick Brassard led the club in power play scoring with , followed by LW Rick Nash (6-8-14), LW R.J. Umberger (8-5-13) and D Fedor Tyutin ( ). PENALTY KILLING: The Blue Jackets successfully killed off 252-of-314 opponent power play opportunities (81.7 pct.), which ranked 22nd in the NHL The club stopped 129-of-154 attempts at home (83.8 pct./12th in NHL) and 123-of-160 attempts on the road (76.9 pct./26th in NHL) The club posted a record in 37 games in which it shut out its opponents The Blue Jackets didn t allow a power play goal in a season-high four consecutive games from Feb (13-of-13) Columbus was a franchise-best 9-of-9 on Mar. 12 in a 3-2 win at Carolina The Jackets allowed a season-high three power play goals three times (on Dec. 4 in a 7-2 loss vs. Pittsburgh, four attempts; on Dec. 9 in a 4-1 loss at St. Louis, three attempts; on Jan. 4 in a 4-2 loss at Phoenix, four attempts). SHORTHANDED SCORING: The Blue Jackets scored six shorthanded goals, which ranked 15th-T in the NHL The club scored one SHG at home (26th-T in NHL) and five SHG on the road (eighth-t in NHL) LW R.J. Umberger (3-0-3) and RW Derek Dorsett (0-3-3) tied for the club lead in shorthanded scoring C Derek MacKenzie had 1-1-2, while eight players tied with one point each The Jackets allowed 11 shorthanded goals, which ranked 26th-T in the NHL The club allowed eight SHG at home (28th-T in NHL) and three SHG on the road (11th-T in NHL). IN THE PENALTY BOX: The Blue Jackets accumulated 1,127 penalty minutes in 82 games, averaging 13.6 penalty minutes per game (22nd-T in the NHL) Columbus racked up a season-high 50 PIM (14 penalties) in a 2-1 loss vs. Dallas on Nov. 18 RW Derek Dorsett led the Jackets and ranked fifth in the NHL with 184 penalty minutes, while RW Jared Boll ranked second on the club and seventh in the NHL with 182 penalty minutes C Antoine Vermette ranked third with 60 penalty minutes.

5 PLAYER NOTES NASH LEADS JACKETS, AMONG LEAGUE S BEST: LW Rick Nash collected in 75 games to lead the club in goals for the seventh-straight season and points for the fourth-straight season He also led the club in assists, game-winning goals (7), shots on goal (305), multi-goal games (7), multi-point games (16) and takeaways (47), while ranking second in power play goals (6- tied), shooting percentage (10.5) and time on ice average among forwards (18:55) He set the club record for multi-goal games (7) He ranked sixth in the NHL in shots, 12th (tied) in game-winning goals and 14th (tied) in goals He is one of only four players to record 30 goals and 60 points in each of the past four seasons (Calgary s Jarome Iginla, New Jersey s Ilya Kovalchuk and Washington s Alex Ovechkin) He is the franchise s all-time leader in games played (592), goals (259), assists (229), points (488), power play goals (77), power play points (163), game-winning goals (42), shorthanded goals (12), hat tricks (5), shots on goal (1,972), multi-goal games (41) and multi-point games (122) He hit the 30-assist mark for the fifth-straight season and the 60-point mark for the fourth-straight season He was selected to play in his fifth-consecutive All-Star Game and recorded a goal and an assist for Team Staal in an loss. UMBERGER BECOMES CBJ IRONMAN: LW R.J. Umberger registered in 82 games and was one of three players to play in all 82 games (Samuel Pahlsson, Antoine Vermette) He set career highs in points, shorthanded goals (3) and games played (tied) He has set the franchise record for consecutive games played, playing in 246-straight games since Oct. 10, 2008 He has played in 249-consecutive games overall, dating back to Apr. 2, 2008 vs. Pittsburgh (with Philadelphia) He set a franchise record with assists in eight-straight games Nov (eight assists) He collected during a franchise record 10-game point streak Scored two goals Dec. 23 vs. Vancouver He led the club in power play goals (8), shorthanded goals (3) and time on ice average among forwards (19:12), while ranking second on the club in goals, assists, points, game-winning goals (3-tied), shots (220) and takeaways (44) He scored a shorthanded goal Oct. 15 vs. Chicago, which marked the 100th goal of his NHL career He scored another shorthanded goal Oct. 16 at Minnesota to become the third player in club history to score shorthanded goals in back-to-back games He played the 400th game of his NHL career Oct. 25 vs. Philadelphia. MIDSEASON CALLUPS SHINE DURING ROOKIE CAMPAIGN: LW Matt Calvert and D Grant Clitsome joined the Blue Jackets midway through the season and made immediate impacts Calvert tallied in 42 games in his first professional season, after being recalled from Springfield (AHL) on Jan. 6 He ranked third on the club in plus/minus rating (+3-tied) and fifth (tied) in power play goals (3) He scored 11 goals in his first 25 games He made his NHL debut Jan. 7 at Anaheim and scored the first goal of his NHL career Jan. 8 at Los Angeles (Jonathan Quick) He became the second Blue Jackets rookie to register a hat trick with three goals, including the first game-winning goal of his NHL career, Feb. 25 vs. Phoenix (Ilya Bryzgalov) He added an assist in the game for his first career four-point game He was named the NHL s Third Star of the Week for the week ending Feb. 27 ( in three games) Clitsome totaled in 31 games with Columbus after being recalled from Springfield on Jan. 9 He ranked second on the club in time on ice average (21:16) and was fourth among club defensemen in goals, assists and points He logged 19- or-more minutes in 27-of-31 games He had goals in back-to-back games Jan and picked up assists in five-straight games Feb VERMETTE CONTINUES IRONMAN STREAK: C Antoine Vermette recorded in 82 games He was one of three players to play in all 82 games (Samuel Pahlsson, R.J. Umberger) and has not missed a game as a Blue Jacket since making his debut with the club Mar. 7, 2009 at Detroit, a streak of 181 games The streak is the fourth-longest in franchise history He set career highs in penalty minutes (60), shots (183) and games played (tied) He led the club and ranked 14th (tied) in the NHL in face-off percentage (55.6) He also ranked second on the club in game-winning goals (3-tied), third in goals, points (tied), penalty minutes and shots (183-tied), while ranking fifth in assists and power play goals (3-tied) He played the 500th game of his NHL career Jan. 8 at Los Angeles. MacKENZIE HAS BREAKOUT YEAR IN FIRST FULL NHL SEASON: MacKenzie tallied and had a +14 plus/minus rating in 63 games this season In his 10th professional season, he set career highs in goals, assists, points, penalty minutes, plus/minus rating, shorthanded goals (1), game-winning goals (1), shots (76) and games played He led the team in plus/minus rating, which is tops among all forwards in franchise history (+12, David Vyborny, ) In his first nine pro seasons, he never played more than 18 games in the NHL He ranked second on the club in shorthanded goals (tied) and face-off percentage (52.0- tied) He played the 100th game of his NHL career Feb. 11 vs. Colorado He recorded the first multi-goal game and first gamewinning goal of his NHL career Mar. 12 at Carolina (Cam Ward). MISCELLANEOUS PLAYER NOTES: RW Derek Dorsett led the club and ranked fifth in the NHL in penalty minutes with 184 to his credit RW Jared Boll ranked second on the club and seventh in the NHL in penalty minutes (182), snapping his streak of three-straight years leading the team in that category D Marc Methot tallied in 74 games with Columbus and set career highs in assists, penalty minutes (58), shots (58-tied) and games played He ranked second on the club in hits (176) and was third in blocked shots (98) He played in 20-or-more minuets in 39 games He played the 200th game of his NHL career Feb. 1 vs. Chicago Methot was one of five players to represent his country at the World Championships He was scoreless with two penalty minutes and was +2 in seven games for Canada LW Rick Nash collected and was +4 in seven games, serving as Canada s captain C Antoine Vermette was scoreless in four games for Canada D Sami Lepisto registered and was +3 in nine games to help Finland win the gold medal RW Jakub Voracek notched and was +1 in nine games to help the Czech Republic win the bronze medal.