Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Montreal CanadiensFeb 2, 2020

FinalSunday, Feb 2, 2020· Centre Bell

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Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CBJ	1	2	1	4		CBJ	10	9	8	27
MTL	0	1	2	3		MTL	10	11	9	30

: CBJ 47MTL 72
: CBJ 2.54MTL 2.23
PP goals: CBJ 0MTL 0
Hits: CBJ 22MTL 30
Blocks: CBJ 24MTL 14
PIM: CBJ 6MTL 6
: CBJ 57%MTL 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Columbus Blue Jackets edge Montreal Canadiens 4–3

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Montreal Canadiens 4–3 at MTL. Pierre-Luc Dubois (CBJ) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for CBJ: Jenner–Milano–Bemstrom skated 9:26 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (29.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Pierre-Luc Dubois had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 16:34.Dubois
Points
Tomas Tatar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:50.Tatar
New line
New look for CBJ: Jenner–Milano–Bemstrom skated 9:26 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (29.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jenner Milano Bemstrom
Usage
Ilya Kovalchuk (MTL) played 20:53, +4:00 up on his 16:53 season average over 45 games.Kovalchuk
Usage
Nick Suzuki (MTL) played 20:10, +4:14 up on his 15:56 season average over 70 games.Suzuki
Usage
Nate Thompson (MTL) played 8:12, −4:39 down on his 12:51 season average over 69 games.Thompson
Usage
Alexander Wennberg (CBJ) played 12:50, −3:55 down on his 16:45 season average over 56 games.Wennberg
Usage
Eric Robinson (CBJ) played 6:48, −4:14 down on his 11:02 season average over 49 games.Robinson

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)MTL attacks right (top on phones) →

MTL
CBJ
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 119 of 119 attempts · MTL 72 · CBJ 47

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
CBJ
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MTL 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 20% of the game, MTL 31%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MTL

CBJ

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

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

Sequence card
Stat	CBJ	MTL
	43	77
	1.35	2.55
	1.34	2.44
	5	5
	5	6
	17	19
	+0.048	−0.048
	20%	31%

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

L1Jenner – Milano – Bemstrom
9:2630% CF
L2Foligno – Bjorkstrand – Dubois
7:1253% CF
L3Nyquist – Atkinson – Wennberg
7:0713% CF
L4Gerbe – Nash – Robinson
6:2870% CF
D1Savard – Gavrikov
17:2826% CF
D2Jones – Werenski
16:1252% CF
D3Harrington – Nutivaara
12:0629% CF

PP1Foligno – Atkinson – Jones – Wennberg – Bemstrom
2:14100% CF
PP2Nyquist – Jenner – Bjorkstrand – Werenski – Dubois
1:46100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Jenner
2:21
PK2FGerbe – Atkinson
0:32
PK1DJones – Werenski
2:40
PK2DHarrington – Gavrikov
0:32

Current CBJ line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Kovalchuk – Armia – Suzuki
12:4871% CF
L2Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
9:2568% CF
L3Cousins – Lehkonen – Domi
8:5368% CF
L4Thompson – Weise – Poehling
4:3043% CF
D1Weber – Chiarot
15:3257% CF
D2Scandella – Mete
15:0161% CF
D3Petry – Kulak
13:2275% CF

PP1Petry – Tatar – Gallagher – Danault – Suzuki
2:4025% CF
PP2Kovalchuk – Weber – Cousins – Armia – Domi
1:02100% CF
PK1FDanault – Lehkonen
2:14
PK2FThompson – Armia
1:41
PK1DWeber – Chiarot
2:39
PK2DPetry – Scandella
0:58

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

12:45
CBJVladislav Gavrikov (Oliver Bjorkstrand, Pierre-Luc Dubois)wrist0.03 xG
CBJ: Foligno, Savard, Bjorkstrand, Gavrikov, DuboisMTL: Petry, Weise, Danault, Kulak, Poehling
CBJ 1 – 0 MTL

2nd period

3:31
CBJPierre-Luc Dubois (Nick Foligno, Zach Werenski)backhand0.14 xG
CBJ: Foligno, Bjorkstrand, Jones, Werenski, DuboisMTL: Weber, Tatar, Chiarot, Gallagher, Danault
CBJ 2 – 0 MTL
9:18
MTLTomas Tatar (Brendan Gallagher, Nick Suzuki)wrist0.04 xG
CBJ: Nash, Milano, Werenski, Gavrikov, DuboisMTL: Weber, Tatar, Chiarot, Gallagher, Suzuki
CBJ 2 – 1 MTL
17:52
CBJPierre-Luc Duboiswrap-around0.04 xG
CBJ: Foligno, Bjorkstrand, Jones, Werenski, DuboisMTL: Weber, Tatar, Chiarot, Gallagher, Danault
CBJ 3 – 1 MTL

3rd period

15:52
MTLMax Domi (Ben Chiarot, Nick Cousins)wrist0.04 xG
CBJ: Gerbe, Savard, Bjorkstrand, Gavrikov, DuboisMTL: Weber, Chiarot, Cousins, Lehkonen, Domi
CBJ 3 – 2 MTL
18:07
CBJGustav NyquistEN (Seth Jones)wrist0.75 xG
CBJ: Nyquist, Atkinson, Jones, Werenski, DuboisMTL: Weber, Tatar, Chiarot, Gallagher, Danault, Domi
CBJ 4 – 2 MTL
18:59
MTLShea Weber (Ilya Kovalchuk, Tomas Tatar)slap0.03 xG
CBJ: Foligno, Atkinson, Savard, Jenner, GavrikovMTL: Kovalchuk, Weber, Tatar, Gallagher, Danault, Domi
CBJ 4 – 3 MTL

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
Boone Jenner C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.31	1	1	0	19:11	—	—	24	19
Sonny Milano L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	0	0	2	14:42	—	—	39	30
Emil Bemstrom C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	12:59	—	—	32	26
Nick Foligno L	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.25	5	1	0	18:37	—	—	38	43
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.14	3	0	2	18:00	—	—	37	46
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L2	2	1	3	+2	2	0.18	0	0	0	16:34	—	—	50	53
Gustav Nyquist R	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.81	1	0	0	18:38	—	—	20	7
Cam Atkinson R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	0	0	0	17:18	—	—	22	15
Alexander Wennberg C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:50	—	—	16	6
Riley Nash C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:05	—	—	52	58
Nathan Gerbe C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.24	3	0	0	9:58	—	—	63	64
Eric Robinson L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	4	0	0	6:48	—	—	70	83
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D1	1	0	1	-2	1	0.03	0	5	0	21:36	—	—	27	14
David Savard D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	7	2	20:57	—	—	28	22
Seth Jones D	D2	0	1	1	+3	2	0.03	0	1	0	24:23	—	—	53	55
Zach Werenski D	D2	0	1	1	+2	4	0.12	0	1	0	23:41	—	—	50	53
Markus Nutivaara D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	6	0	12:56	—	—	31	16
Scott Harrington D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	1	0	12:47	—	—	29	10

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	W	30	27	3	.900	2.23	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ilya Kovalchuk L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	2	1	0	20:53	—	—	69	76
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.30	2	0	0	20:10	—	—	76	84
Joel Armia R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	19:29	—	—	67	70
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.04	2	1	2	19:46	—	—	62	61
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.28	1	0	0	18:27	—	—	65	65
Tomas Tatar L	L2	1	1	2	-1	2	0.18	2	0	2	17:50	—	—	59	49
Max Domi C	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.29	1	0	0	16:57	—	—	61	71
Nick Cousins C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.18	3	0	0	12:58	—	—	74	77
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.15	3	0	0	12:44	—	—	61	73
Nate Thompson C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	1	0	8:12	—	—	57	39
Ryan Poehling C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	2	0	0	7:04	—	—	62	63
Dale Weise R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	3	2	2	6:49	—	—	27	28
Shea Weber D	D1	1	0	1	0	4	0.20	1	2	0	23:15	—	—	58	59
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.06	2	2	0	22:41	—	—	62	55
Marco Scandella D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.16	0	0	0	16:50	—	—	58	56
Victor Mete D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	3	0	15:17	—	—	62	57
Jeff Petry D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	1	1	0	21:06	—	—	71	78
Brett Kulak D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	1	1	0	15:07	—	—	78	78

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	L	26	23	3	.885	1.78	58:25

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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.