The Columbus Blue Jackets’ first home game of the 2024-25 season was an emotional one as the organization honored left wing Johnny Gaudreau, who was killed in an accident during the offseason. The team shared a video tribute to their late teammate on the Nationwide Arena scoreboard before the game,

An emotional video tribute to Johnny Gaudreau and 13 seconds of silence — for his uniform number — opened the Columbus Blue Jackets’ first game at Nationwide Arena since the star player’s death nearly a month ago.

The Blue Jackets are home tonight for the first time in the preseason and will take on the St. Louis Blues. This is the first of four preseason home games scheduled, and the second of eight preseason games in total.

Preseason game No. 3 is upon the St. Louis Blues and it will be a third straight game away from home when they face off against the Columbus Blue Jackets at 6 p.m. at Nationwide Arena (stlouisblues.com,