Columbus Blue Jackets

How the Blue Jackets play under each referee

Every Blue Jackets game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample the Blue Jackets are 362-420 (46.3%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.

Updated Aug 22, 2026, 7:26 p.m.·2016-2026 (2016-10-13 – 2026-04-14)

Blue Jackets record: 362-420 (46.3%)

Officials with enough games overlap across crews; combined team-official games (1510) exceed 782 unique team matches. Table lists refs with 8+ games.

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Graham Skilliter
+25.7 pts vs team-0.3
Brad Watson
+17.3 pts vs team+0.3
Brad Meier
+16.9 pts vs team-0.3
Marc Joannette
+16.2 pts vs team-0.3
Tom Chmielewski
+13.7 pts vs team+0.3
Kelly Sutherland
+11.8 pts vs team+0.2
Chris Rooney
+10.8 pts vs team-0.1
Justin St. Pierre
+10.5 pts vs team+0.4
Tim Peel
+10.0 pts vs team-0.4
Francois St-Laurent
+8.7 pts vs team+0.1
Kendrick Nicholson
+6.0 pts vs team+0.7
Ian Walsh
+5.9 pts vs team-0.3
Kevin Pollock
+5.3 pts vs team-0.3
Dan O'Rourke
+3.7 pts vs team+0.1
Chris Schlenker
+3.7 pts vs team+0.0
Dan O'Halloran
+3.7 pts vs team-0.7
Beau Halkidis
+3.7 pts vs team+0.3
Chris Lee
+2.4 pts vs team+0.5
Jean Hebert
+2.3 pts vs team-0.3
Brandon Blandina
+2.3 pts vs team+0.1
Frederick L'Ecuyer
+1.7 pts vs team+0.3
Thomas John Luxmore
+1.5 pts vs team+0.3
Brian Pochmara
+1.2 pts vs team-0.3
Eric Furlatt
+0.9 pts vs team+0.2
Steve Kozari
+0.4 pts vs team-0.2
Michael Markovic
-0.5 pts vs team+0.8
Morgan MacPhee
-1.9 pts vs team+0.4
Brandon Schrader
-2.3 pts vs team+0.7
Jon McIsaac
-2.5 pts vs team+0.1
Kyle Rehman
-2.7 pts vs team+0.6
Furman South
-3.1 pts vs team+0.0
Jake Brenk
-3.4 pts vs team+0.1
Corey Syvret
-3.9 pts vs team-0.5
Pierre Lambert
-4.1 pts vs team-0.1
Gord Dwyer
-5.4 pts vs team+0.2
Dean Morton
-5.7 pts vs team-0.3
Wes McCauley
-6.7 pts vs team+0.3
Ghislain Hebert
-8.5 pts vs team+0.0
Francis Charron
-8.5 pts vs team+0.3
Trevor Hanson
-9.2 pts vs team+0.1
Mitch Dunning
-10.8 pts vs team+0.3
Garrett Rank
-13.7 pts vs team+0.1
Cody Beach
-15.5 pts vs team+0.7
Peter MacDougall
-16.9 pts vs team+0.3
Carter Sandlak
-18.3 pts vs team+0.6
Justin Kea
-27.5 pts vs team+0.1

Late-game proxy

How Columbus Blue Jackets compares in one-goal and overtime games vs the full sample. Based on official box scores.

Overtime / shootout games

194 of 782 games match this window

Avg combined goals
OT/shootout avg
6.1
Season avg
6.1
Pressure impact
+0.0
Avg minors
OT/shootout avg
13.5
Season avg
14.5
Pressure impact
-1.0
Over rate
OT/shootout avg
52.6%
Season avg
44.5%
Pressure impact
+8.1 pp

Over benchmark: 6.1 combined goals · Seasons: 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 782 total games in sample

One-goal or OT games

339 of 782 games match this window

Avg combined goals
One-goal/OT avg
5.7
Season avg
6.1
Pressure impact
-0.4
Avg minors
One-goal/OT avg
13.3
Season avg
14.5
Pressure impact
-1.2
Over rate
One-goal/OT avg
44.0%
Season avg
44.5%
Pressure impact
-0.5 pp

Over benchmark: 6.1 combined goals · Seasons: 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 782 total games in sample

What am I looking at?

Individual refs: stats for one official across all Blue Jackets games they worked, even with different partners.
Team baseline: the Blue Jackets went 362-420 (46.3%) across this sample. Ref win rates show how they compare to that team average.
Whistle differential: PIM differential. A positive number means opponents are penalized more often than the Blue Jackets.

Scores, PIM, and crews from NHL API. ATS/O-U from synthetic closing lines derived from final scores (12282/12282 games). Descriptive only, not market odds. Ref game counts rebuilt from DISTINCT game_id in game logs.

Columbus Blue Jackets

How the Blue Jackets play under each referee

Every Blue Jackets game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample the Blue Jackets are 362-420 (46.3%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.

Updated Aug 22, 2026, 7:26 p.m.·2016-2026 (2016-10-13 – 2026-04-14)

Blue Jackets record: 362-420 (46.3%)

Officials with enough games overlap across crews; combined team-official games (1510) exceed 782 unique team matches. Table lists refs with 8+ games.

Sort by

Graham Skilliter
+25.7 pts vs team-0.3
Brad Watson
+17.3 pts vs team+0.3
Brad Meier
+16.9 pts vs team-0.3
Marc Joannette
+16.2 pts vs team-0.3
Tom Chmielewski
+13.7 pts vs team+0.3
Kelly Sutherland
+11.8 pts vs team+0.2
Chris Rooney
+10.8 pts vs team-0.1
Justin St. Pierre
+10.5 pts vs team+0.4
Tim Peel
+10.0 pts vs team-0.4
Francois St-Laurent
+8.7 pts vs team+0.1
Kendrick Nicholson
+6.0 pts vs team+0.7
Ian Walsh
+5.9 pts vs team-0.3
Kevin Pollock
+5.3 pts vs team-0.3
Dan O'Rourke
+3.7 pts vs team+0.1
Chris Schlenker
+3.7 pts vs team+0.0
Dan O'Halloran
+3.7 pts vs team-0.7
Beau Halkidis
+3.7 pts vs team+0.3
Chris Lee
+2.4 pts vs team+0.5
Jean Hebert
+2.3 pts vs team-0.3
Brandon Blandina
+2.3 pts vs team+0.1
Frederick L'Ecuyer
+1.7 pts vs team+0.3
Thomas John Luxmore
+1.5 pts vs team+0.3
Brian Pochmara
+1.2 pts vs team-0.3
Eric Furlatt
+0.9 pts vs team+0.2
Steve Kozari
+0.4 pts vs team-0.2
Michael Markovic
-0.5 pts vs team+0.8
Morgan MacPhee
-1.9 pts vs team+0.4
Brandon Schrader
-2.3 pts vs team+0.7
Jon McIsaac
-2.5 pts vs team+0.1
Kyle Rehman
-2.7 pts vs team+0.6
Furman South
-3.1 pts vs team+0.0
Jake Brenk
-3.4 pts vs team+0.1
Corey Syvret
-3.9 pts vs team-0.5
Pierre Lambert
-4.1 pts vs team-0.1
Gord Dwyer
-5.4 pts vs team+0.2
Dean Morton
-5.7 pts vs team-0.3
Wes McCauley
-6.7 pts vs team+0.3
Ghislain Hebert
-8.5 pts vs team+0.0
Francis Charron
-8.5 pts vs team+0.3
Trevor Hanson
-9.2 pts vs team+0.1
Mitch Dunning
-10.8 pts vs team+0.3
Garrett Rank
-13.7 pts vs team+0.1
Cody Beach
-15.5 pts vs team+0.7
Peter MacDougall
-16.9 pts vs team+0.3
Carter Sandlak
-18.3 pts vs team+0.6
Justin Kea
-27.5 pts vs team+0.1

Late-game proxy

How Columbus Blue Jackets compares in one-goal and overtime games vs the full sample. Based on official box scores.

Overtime / shootout games

194 of 782 games match this window

Avg combined goals
OT/shootout avg
6.1
Season avg
6.1
Pressure impact
+0.0
Avg minors
OT/shootout avg
13.5
Season avg
14.5
Pressure impact
-1.0
Over rate
OT/shootout avg
52.6%
Season avg
44.5%
Pressure impact
+8.1 pp

Over benchmark: 6.1 combined goals · Seasons: 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 782 total games in sample

One-goal or OT games

339 of 782 games match this window

Avg combined goals
One-goal/OT avg
5.7
Season avg
6.1
Pressure impact
-0.4
Avg minors
One-goal/OT avg
13.3
Season avg
14.5
Pressure impact
-1.2
Over rate
One-goal/OT avg
44.0%
Season avg
44.5%
Pressure impact
-0.5 pp

Over benchmark: 6.1 combined goals · Seasons: 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 782 total games in sample

What am I looking at?

Individual refs: stats for one official across all Blue Jackets games they worked, even with different partners.
Team baseline: the Blue Jackets went 362-420 (46.3%) across this sample. Ref win rates show how they compare to that team average.
Whistle differential: PIM differential. A positive number means opponents are penalized more often than the Blue Jackets.

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