The Columbus Blue Jackets have announced their opening night roster for when the team will face off against the New York Islanders on Friday, October 6 at Nationwide Arena. The team will have 13 forwards, eight defensemen and two goaltenders going into opening night.
Forwards (13)
- 9 Artemi Panarin
- 10 Alexander Wennberg
- 11 Matt Calvert
- 13 Cam Atkinson
- 17 Brandon Dubinsky
- 18 Pierre-Luc Dubois
- 22 Sonny Milano
- 28 Oliver Bjorkstrand
- 36 Zac Dalpe
- 37 Markus Hannikainen
- 45 Lukas Sedlak
- 71 Nick Foligno
- 77 Josh Anderson
Defense (8)
- 3 Seth Jones
- 4 Scott Harrington
- 7 Jack Johnson
- 8 Zach Werenski
- 27 Ryan Murray
- 53 Gabriel Carlsson
- 58 David Savard
- 65 Markus Nutivaara
Goaltenders (2)
- 70 Joonas Korpisalo
- 72 Sergei Bobrovsky
The most surprising inclusion on this list is that of Zac Dalpe. Dalpe is a career AHLer that has bounced around the league. After a strong training camp, he has beaten out upstart Tyler Motte for one of the final spots on the roster.
