Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Boston BruinsFeb 26, 2026

FinalThursday, Feb 26, 2026· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CBJ	1	0	1	2		CBJ	20	9	11	40
BOS	1	1	2	4		BOS	10	8	5	23

: CBJ 77BOS 58
: CBJ 3.92BOS 3.23
PP goals: CBJ 0BOS 1
Hits: CBJ 24BOS 20
Blocks: CBJ 11BOS 20
PIM: CBJ 6BOS 2
: CBJ 41%BOS 59%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Boston Bruins beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–2

Boston Bruins beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–2 at home. Viktor Arvidsson (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. BOS's first power-play unit (Lindholm, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoy and Geekie) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:27 together.

Points
Viktor Arvidsson had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:29.Arvidsson
Points
Adam Fantilli had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:09.Fantilli
Points
Mason Marchment had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:32.Marchment
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Lindholm, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoy and Geekie) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:27 together.Lindholm Pastrnak Zacha McAvoy Geekie
Goalie
Joonas Korpisalo (BOS) faced 38 shots and stopped 36 (.947), +11 against a season average of 27.5; the win.Korpisalo
Luck
CBJ scored 2 goals on 3.92 expected goals (77 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for BOS: Eyssimont–Geekie–Minten skated 7:16 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (52.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eyssimont Geekie Minten
New line
New look for BOS: Lindholm–Pastrnak–Khusnutdinov skated 8:47 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lindholm Pastrnak Khusnutdinov

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← CBJ attacks left (bottom on phones)BOS attacks right (top on phones) →

BOS
CBJ
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 135 of 135 attempts · BOS 58 · CBJ 77

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

BOS
CBJ
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BOS pressure
CBJ pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CBJ 35% of the game, BOS 30%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

BOS

CBJ

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

BOS skaters (rows) against CBJ skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the BOS side.

Matchup matrix

BOS xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	CBJ	BOS
	80	59
	4.21	2.36
	3.96	2.21
	18	14
	1	2
	24	29
	−0.039	+0.039
	35%	30%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Marchment – Marchenko – Fantilli
14:3958% CF
L2Coyle – Olivier – Sillinger
10:5159% CF
L3Monahan – Voronkov – Johnson
9:3545% CF
L4Jenner – Wood – Lundeström
8:4655% CF
D1Severson – Werenski
20:1569% CF
D2Provorov – Mateychuk
12:1462% CF
D3Gudbranson – Fabbro
9:5837% CF

PP1Coyle – Werenski – Marchenko – Johnson – Fantilli
0:54
PP2Severson – Monahan – Provorov – Marchment – Voronkov
0:48100% CF
PK1FCoyle – Monahan
2:36
PK2FJenner – Lundeström
1:11
PK1DGudbranson – Provorov
2:48
PK2DSeverson – Werenski
0:59

Current CBJ line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Arvidsson – Zacha – Mittelstadt
9:5355% CF
L2Kuraly – Jeannot – Kastelic
9:4433% CF
L3Lindholm – Pastrnak – Khusnutdinov
8:4742% CF
L4Eyssimont – Geekie – Minten
7:1653% CF
D1McAvoy – Aspirot
16:2646% CF
D2Lindholm – Lohrei
14:4538% CF
D3Zadorov – Jokiharju
13:0632% CF

PP1Lindholm – Pastrnak – Zacha – McAvoy – Geekie
2:2775% CF
PP2Lindholm – Arvidsson – Mittelstadt – Lohrei – Minten
1:50
PK1FLindholm – Khusnutdinov
0:37
PK2FZacha – Minten
0:36
PK1DLindholm – McAvoy
1:03
PK2DZadorov – Aspirot
0:36

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kirill Marchenko R	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.41	0	0	2	19:43	—	—	58	58
Adam Fantilli C	L1	1	1	2	0	5	0.63	6	1	0	19:09	—	—	58	60
Mason Marchment L	L1	0	2	2	0	0	0.08	2	0	2	18:32	—	—	58	57
Charlie Coyle C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.46	1	1	0	17:12	—	—	61	65
Cole Sillinger C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	4	0	0	14:51	—	—	61	71
Mathieu Olivier R	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.54	3	0	0	13:42	—	—	61	71
Sean Monahan C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:33	—	—	52	74
Kent Johnson C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.42	0	1	0	12:28	—	—	50	68
Dmitri Voronkov L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.26	0	0	0	12:06	—	—	54	77
Boone Jenner C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	1	0	0	12:57	—	—	62	61
Isac Lundeström C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	0	0	11:40	—	—	52	37
Miles Wood L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	1	0	2	10:07	—	—	62	64
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	1	1	-1	7	0.34	1	2	0	28:34	—	—	65	74
Damon Severson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	2	0	22:31	—	—	69	76
Ivan Provorov D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	0	1	0	19:43	—	—	66	56
Denton Mateychuk D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	0	0	0	16:43	—	—	47	45
Erik Gudbranson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	15:20	—	—	39	45
Dante Fabbro D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	14:56	—	—	41	54

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	L	22	19	3	.864	2.21	58:32

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Casey Mittelstadt C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.22	1	0	0	15:40	—	—	54	35
Pavel Zacha C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	1	0	0	15:29	—	—	54	37
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	2	0	2	+1	3	0.64	0	0	0	14:29	—	—	48	31
Tanner Jeannot L	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	13:14	—	—	24	33
Sean Kuraly C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.38	1	0	0	12:42	—	—	31	40
Mark Kastelic C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.31	3	2	0	11:45	—	—	29	34
David Pastrnak R	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.72	1	2	0	22:20	—	—	40	33
Elias Lindholm C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.14	0	0	0	19:35	—	—	36	27
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:50	—	—	42	43
Morgan Geekie C	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.08	2	0	0	17:50	—	—	53	39
Fraser Minten C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	3	0	0	15:19	—	—	54	39
Michael Eyssimont C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	0	0	2	10:03	—	—	55	47
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	23:55	—	—	46	41
Jonathan Aspirot D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	7	0	21:11	—	—	46	48
Hampus Lindholm D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	1	0	20:16	—	—	33	30
Mason Lohrei D	D2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.19	1	0	0	17:25	—	—	50	45
Nikita Zadorov D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	2	0	17:39	—	—	32	23
Henri Jokiharju D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	2	0	16:18	—	—	44	30

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joonas Korpisalo(start)	W	38	36	2	.947	3.73	53:57
Michael DiPietro	—	2	2	0	.1000	0.19	6:03

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Kirill Marchenko (CBJ) 1st 4:32 · assists Mason Marchment, Adam Fantilli · Odd-man rush · carried in · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 73.2 mph shot · 1.7 s from entry to goal.

Kirill Marchenko · 1st 4:32 · CBJ

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 73.2 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 s

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Viktor Arvidsson · 1st 15:51 · BOS

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 49.4 mph
Distance: 55 ft
Entry to goal: 4.6 s

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Morgan Geekie · 2nd 6:54 · BOS PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 66.5 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Type: one-timer

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Sean Kuraly · 3rd 11:15 · BOS

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 80.6 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 s

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Adam Fantilli · 3rd 13:45 · CBJ

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 71.1 mph
Distance: 41 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s

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Viktor Arvidsson · 3rd 19:27 · BOS EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 1
Shot: 46.8 mph
Distance: 74 ft

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Boston BruinsFeb 26, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Boston Bruins beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Columbus Blue Jackets

Boston Bruins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Columbus Blue Jackets

Boston Bruins

Goal anatomy

Kirill Marchenko · 1st 4:32 · CBJ

Viktor Arvidsson · 1st 15:51 · BOS

Morgan Geekie · 2nd 6:54 · BOS PP

Sean Kuraly · 3rd 11:15 · BOS

Adam Fantilli · 3rd 13:45 · CBJ

Viktor Arvidsson · 3rd 19:27 · BOS EN