Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Montreal CanadiensFeb 12, 2022

FinalSaturday, Feb 12, 2022· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CBJ	1	0	1	2		CBJ	18	14	10	42
MTL	0	0	1	1		MTL	8	9	14	31

: CBJ 73MTL 58
: CBJ 4.84MTL 2.80
PP goals: CBJ 1MTL 0
Hits: CBJ 23MTL 16
Blocks: CBJ 14MTL 18
PIM: CBJ 4MTL 8
: CBJ 44%MTL 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Columbus Blue Jackets edge Montreal Canadiens 2–1

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Montreal Canadiens 2–1 at MTL. Patrik Laine (CBJ) led the scoring with 1G 1A. CBJ's first power-play unit (Voracek, Jenner, Bjorkstrand, Werenski and Laine) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:21 together.

Points
Patrik Laine had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:28.Laine
PP1
CBJ's first power-play unit (Voracek, Jenner, Bjorkstrand, Werenski and Laine) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:21 together.Voracek Jenner Bjorkstrand Werenski Laine
New line
New look for CBJ: Jenner–Bjorkstrand–Laine skated 13:26 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jenner Bjorkstrand Laine
Goalie
Samuel Montembeault (MTL) faced 42 shots and stopped 40 (.952), +12 against a season average of 29.6; the loss.Montembeault
New line
New look for CBJ: Nyquist–Kuraly–Domi skated 11:57 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nyquist Kuraly Domi
Luck
CBJ scored 2 goals on 4.84 expected goals (73 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
MTL scored 1 goal on 2.80 expected goals (58 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Cole Caufield (MTL) played 13:39, −3:05 down on his 16:44 season average over 66 games.Caufield

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 131 of 131 attempts · MTL 58 · CBJ 73

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 43% of the game, MTL 21%.

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
	77	60
	5.29	3.14
	4.82	3.07
	22	13
	8	7
	25	28
	−0.017	+0.017
	43%	21%

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 – Bjorkstrand – Laine
13:2664% CF
L2Nyquist – Kuraly – Domi
11:5771% CF
L3Voracek – Chinakhov – Sillinger
9:4233% CF
L4Gaunce – Roslovic – Fix-Wolansky
5:3850% CF
D1Werenski – Peeke
17:0564% CF
D2Gavrikov – Boqvist
12:0143% CF
D3Kukan – Bayreuther
8:0457% CF

PP1Voracek – Jenner – Bjorkstrand – Werenski – Laine
3:2167% CF
PP2Nyquist – Domi – Roslovic – Boqvist – Chinakhov
1:3950% CF
PK1FNyquist – Kuraly
0:49
PK2FJenner – Roslovic
0:42
PK1DGavrikov – Peeke
1:58

Current CBJ line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Anderson – Evans – Pitlick
11:5323% CF
L2Toffoli – Lehkonen – Suzuki
11:3650% CF
L3Byron – Hoffman – Gallagher
9:2947% CF
L4Armia – Poehling – Caufield
7:4156% CF
D1Petry – Chiarot
11:1245% CF
D2Kulak – Clague
9:4843% CF
D3Wideman – Romanov
6:3553% CF

PP1Hoffman – Wideman – Toffoli – Suzuki – Caufield
1:33100% CF
PP2Petry – Gallagher – Anderson – Pitlick – Poehling
0:27
PK1FToffoli – Suzuki
1:39
PK2FLehkonen – Evans
1:30
PK1DChiarot – Romanov
2:11
PK2DPetry – Clague
1:07

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:16
CBJOliver Bjorkstrand (Patrik Laine)wrist0.17 xG
CBJ: Jenner, Bjorkstrand, Werenski, Laine, PeekeMTL: Chiarot, Anderson, Evans, Pitlick, Romanov
CBJ 1 – 0 MTL

3rd period

2:55
MTLCole Caufield (Ryan Poehling)wrist0.14 xG
CBJ: Gaunce, Roslovic, Gavrikov, Fix-Wolansky, BoqvistMTL: Petry, Chiarot, Armia, Poehling, Caufield
CBJ 1 – 1 MTL
19:52
CBJPatrik LainePP (Zach Werenski, Jakub Voracek)slap0.04 xG
CBJ: Voracek, Jenner, Bjorkstrand, Werenski, LaineMTL: Chiarot, Evans, Suzuki, Romanov
CBJ 2 – 1 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	3	0.34	4	3	0	21:05	—	—	58	54
Patrik Laine L	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.20	1	0	0	19:28	—	—	63	62
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.30	5	0	0	18:59	—	—	61	57
Gustav Nyquist R	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.82	0	1	0	18:57	—	—	66	75
Sean Kuraly C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.67	4	1	0	17:33	—	—	70	81
Max Domi C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	2	16:16	—	—	60	71
Cole Sillinger C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.52	2	0	2	14:54	—	—	37	49
Jakub Voracek R	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.23	0	0	0	14:47	—	—	43	38
Egor Chinakhov R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.34	0	0	0	13:43	—	—	40	50
Jack Roslovic C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	0	0	0	9:26	—	—	54	60
Brendan Gaunce C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	3	0	0	9:16	—	—	55	73
Trey Fix-Wolansky R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	6:34	—	—	43	54
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	1	1	+1	8	0.70	0	1	0	28:22	—	—	66	74
Andrew Peeke D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.27	2	1	0	23:42	—	—	63	70
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	4	0	22:41	—	—	49	52
Adam Boqvist D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	17:18	—	—	50	60
Dean Kukan D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:24	—	—	48	50
Gavin Bayreuther D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	9:35	—	—	53	49

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	W	31	30	1	.968	2.80	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jake Evans C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	1	2	0	15:23	—	—	27	13
Rem Pitlick C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	0	1	0	14:41	—	—	30	18
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	1	2	0	13:48	—	—	27	18
Nick Suzuki C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	1	0	20:47	—	—	57	55
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	0	0	0	0	7	0.54	2	0	0	18:55	—	—	57	63
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.50	1	0	0	14:48	—	—	48	51
Mike Hoffman C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	0	0	0	14:46	—	—	41	30
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.42	2	0	0	14:15	—	—	52	32
Paul Byron L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:20	—	—	45	38
Cole Caufield R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.27	1	0	0	13:39	—	—	50	45
Ryan Poehling C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.08	0	1	0	11:06	—	—	45	44
Joel Armia R	L4	0	0	0	+1	3	0.08	0	2	0	10:16	—	—	65	88
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	2	3	2	23:26	—	—	48	48
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	2	22:57	—	—	39	40
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	2	20:51	—	—	47	31
Kale Clague D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	1	0	17:04	—	—	44	34
Alexander Romanov D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	2	0	19:19	—	—	36	29
Chris Wideman D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	1	2	14:28	—	—	48	44

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	L	42	40	2	.952	4.84	59:52

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.