8 Days Until Opening Night: The History Of Jersey #8

With eight days until opening night at Nationwide Arena, the Columbus Blue Jackets highlighted the franchise's history of jersey number 8. Former players featured include Geoff Sanderson, who scored 30 goals during the team's inaugural season and remains the only player in franchise history to score four goals in a single game. Defenseman Jan Hejda also skated in 302 games for Columbus across four seasons.

Other players to wear number 8 include Scottie Upshall, Maksim Mayorov, and Nathan Horton. Horton's tenure featured a unique goal in 2014 that officially stood despite him missing the rescheduled continuation of the game due to an injury.