By the numbers: A look at the 2023-24 season for the Blue Jackets

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Adam Boqvist certainly is a gentleman. The CBJ defenseman played 35 games and had zero penalty minutes, a rare accomplishment. Boqvist became just the second CBJ player in team history to play in at least 30 games and have zero penalty minutes, joining Mark Letestu, who skated in 54 games in 2014-15 without a penalty. Boqvist was one of just three NHL players this season to play in at least 35 games with zero PIM and one of 17 players over the past 10 seasons.

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Ivan Provorov posted a pair of notable accomplishments this season in his first campaign with the Blue Jackets. On Jan. 13, he became the first player in team history to score two goals on his birthday during a loss to Seattle. Provorov was also the only CBJ player this season to skate in all 82 games, marking the 39th time in team history a Blue Jacket played 82 contests and the first since Gus Nyquist and Andrew Peeke did in 2021-22.

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The Blue Jackets’ Russian line of Yegor Chinakhov, Dmitri Voronkov and Kirill Marchenko caught the attention of fans when it was paired together at times during the season. The trio’s biggest accomplishment might have come Nov. 27, as all three scored goals in a 5-2 win over Boston. Add in defenseman Ivan Provorov’s goal and it marked the first time ever four different Russian-born players had scored for the same NHL team in a game.

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Columbus had four hat tricks on the year, getting three-goal games from Boone Jenner, Kirill Marchenko, Cole Sillinger and Alex Nylander. Nylander’s hat trick March 4 served as the 50th hat trick in team history, and he became the 30th player in CBJ colors to have one.

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Five was the magic number for the Blue Jackets on the season. Columbus won every game this season when scoring at least five goals, going 14-0 in such situations.

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Columbus fans showed up in droves to support the Blue Jackets this year, selling out 15 home dates on the season. In all, the team’s total attendance of 697,667 and its average crowd of 17,016 fans were both the best since the 2003-04 season. In all, it was the fifth highest attendance in franchise history.

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The Blue Jackets’ strength this year was scoring goals, and they certainly showed that in a Dec. 19 game at Buffalo. CBJ fans were given an early Christmas present as the Blue Jackets raced to a 9-4 victory over the Sabres in a game in which the team scored the second most goals in franchise history. Kirill Marchenko had a hat trick while Johnny Gaudreau also had three points and…