Goal Lead Blown in the Very First Game

Three goals up after one period in the first game in franchise history, October 7, 2000, and they lost 5 to 3 to Chicago. Kid, most guys wait till the second date to let a crowd of eighteen thousand down.

Series Lost Before Their First Series Win

Four playoff series, four losses, before they won one. Detroit, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Washington. Columbus kept gettin' invited to the party and kept gettin' sent home with a Dixie cup and a handshake.

Straight Springs Missing the Playoffs, Still Going

Six straight springs without a playoff game, 2021 through 2026. The last one they played was in a Toronto bubble with nobody in the buildin'. That's the last playoff crowd Columbus got, pal: zero.

Years Before Their First Playoff Series Win

Eighteen years. Every other team in the league had won a playoff series before Columbus did. They were the last one standin' with a zero, like the last guy at open mic with no laughs.

Springs Home Alone in 25 Seasons

Nineteen springs missed in twenty-five seasons. That's three outta four years home watchin' the playoffs on a phone like a teenager who got grounded.

Playoff Games Lost, All-Time, Out of 41

Forty-one playoff games in twenty-five years, and they lost twenty-six. Fifteen wins total. More seasons in the league than playoff wins, and I counted twice.

Regulation Losses in 2022-23, a Franchise High

Forty-eight losses in regulation in 2022-23. Twenty-five wins, nine overtime or shootout losses, and a buildin' full of people who learned the cannon only fires when you score.

Saves in One Playoff Loss, an NHL Record

Eighty-five saves by Korpisalo against Tampa, a playoff record, in a game that went five overtimes. Columbus lost anyway. Their goalie played like a hero and the rest of 'em played like it was a Tuesday.

Days Without a Cup Since Their First Game

 

Every day since October 7, 2000, the day they blew a 3-0 lead in game one, and not one of 'em ended with a Cup. Twenty-five seasons, one cannon, zero parades.

Columbus bought a cannon to celebrate goals. How's that workin' out?

A dark hockey arena where a giant black Civil War cannon droops its barrel to the floor, a soaked fuse dripping, a tiny cloud reading POOF, Union-blue cartoon fans in kepi caps covering their ears and checking pocket watches, an empty cobwebbed trophy case with one moth, a torn blue banner, a bucket and spilled beer, and visiting fans laughing behind the glass

Over twenty-five seasons the Jackets scored 5,331 regular season goals and allowed 6,063. The cannon fires for the first number, so it's been a long, quiet hangover.

Participation Trophies

  • Blew a 3-0 First-Period Lead in the Franchise's Very First Game and Lost 5-3 to Chicago (October 7, 2000)
  • Blew a 2-0 Series Lead to Washington in 2018, After Winning Both Games in Overtime
  • Waited 18 Years for a First Playoff Series Win, the Last NHL Franchise to Get One (2019)
  • Lost 48 Games in Regulation in 2022–23, a Franchise High
  • Made 85 Saves in One Playoff Game, an NHL Record, and Still Lost in Five Overtimes (2020)

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