<P> The Columbus Blue Jackets are a professional ice hockey team based in Columbus, Ohio . They are members of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). </P> <P> The Blue Jackets were founded as an expansion team in 2000 . The team qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in 2009 . </P> <P> The Blue Jackets' name and logos are inspired by Ohio's Civil War history . The Blue Jackets play their home games at Nationwide Arena in downtown Columbus, which opened in 2000 . They are affiliated with the Cleveland Monsters of the AHL . </P> <P> Prior to the establishment of the Blue Jackets, the last NHL team in the state of Ohio was the Cleveland Barons, who played from 1976 to 1978 . In Columbus, the Blue Jackets replaced the Columbus Chill of the ECHL, who played in the city from 1991 to 1999 . The Chill played at the Ohio Expo Center Coliseum where they had an 83 - game sellout streak, which was a minor league hockey record at the time . </P>

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