columbus_blue_jackets | city | columbus_ohio <sep> the columbus blue jackets (often simply referred to as the jackets) are a professional ice hockey team based in columbus, ohio they compete in the national hockey league (nhl) as a member of the metropolitan division in the eastern conference, and began play as an expansion team in 2000the blue jackets struggled in their initial years, failing to win 30 games in a season until 2005–06 the team qualified for the stanley cup playoffs for the first time in 2009, but were swept by the detroit red wings columbus ultimately notched their first playoff game victory in the 2014 playoffs, and won their first playoff series in the 2019 playoffs against the tampa bay lightning, becoming the first team in nhl history to sweep a presidents' trophy winner in the first round they are the only team in the league along with the seattle kraken who have never yet appeared in the conference finals 
the columbus blue jackets' city is columbus. ohio.the columbus ohio blue jackets are a professional ice hockey team