<P> The Blue Jackets set three franchise records during the 2016--17 season . On November 4, 2016, the Blue Jackets scored a franchise - record ten goals in a 10--0 shutout win against the Montreal Canadiens, becoming the first team to do so since 2011 (when the St. Louis Blues beat the Detroit Red Wings 10--3). In mid-November, the Blue Jackets got a franchise record seventh consecutive win at home . During a franchise - record 16 - game win streak that started in late November, Tortorella recorded his 500th career win in a 4--3 Blue Jackets overtime win on the road against the Vancouver Canucks, becoming the first American - born head coach to reach 500 wins . The team had a record of 14--0--0 in December . The team's win streak ended in early January when they lost 5--0 to the Washington Capitals . The win streak was the second longest in NHL history behind the 1992--93 Pittsburgh Penguins' 17 consecutive games . The team finished with a record of 50--24--8 and 108 points, setting a franchise record . </P> <P> During the first round of the 2017 playoffs, the Blue Jackets were placed in a matchup against the Pittsburgh Penguins . The team lost three straight games to begin the series, but won the fourth game to save themselves from elimination . This game in which they won 5 - 4 marked the Blue Jackets first regulation win in the Stanley Cup Playoffs . Despite this, they would ultimately lose the series in five games . In the following off - season, on June 23, 2017, the Jackets made another deal with the Blackhawks sending Brandon Saad back to Chicago for Artemi Panarin and Tyler Motte . </P> <P> The Blue Jackets returned to the playoffs in 2018 as a wild card qualifier, going in back - to - back years for the first time . There they faced the Metropolitan Division champion Washington Capitals in the first round, winning the first two games in overtime and their first series lead . However, they lost the next four games and the series in six games . </P> <P> The name "Blue Jackets" was chosen to celebrate "patriotism, pride, and the rich Civil War history in the state of Ohio and city of Columbus ." When President Abraham Lincoln requested that Ohio raise ten regiments at the outbreak of the Civil War, the state responded by raising a total of 23 volunteer infantry regiments for three months of service . Ohio also produced a number of great Civil War figures, including William Tecumseh Sherman, Ulysses S. Grant, Philip Sheridan and George Custer . Columbus itself was host to large military bases, Camp Chase and Camp Thomas, which saw hundreds of thousands of Union soldiers and thousands of Confederate prisoners during the Civil War . </P>

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