Columbus Blue Jackets vs. New Jersey DevilsFeb 16, 2020

Final / SOSunday, Feb 16, 2020· Prudential Center

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Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
CBJ	2	0	1	0	0	3		CBJ	12	20	21	2	55
NJD	0	3	0	0	1	4		NJD	6	15	2	3	26

: CBJ 86NJD 45
: CBJ 6.41NJD 3.28
PP goals: CBJ 0NJD 0
Hits: CBJ 11NJD 26
Blocks: CBJ 6NJD 20
PIM: CBJ 0NJD 4
: CBJ 54%NJD 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils edge Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 (SO)

New Jersey Devils beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 in a shootout at home. Joey Anderson (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Mackenzie Blackwood (NJD) faced 55 shots and stopped 52 (.945), +24 against a season average of 30.9; the win.

Points
Joey Anderson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:14.Anderson
Points
Kyle Palmieri had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:34.Palmieri
Points
Kevin Rooney had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:34.Rooney
Goalie
Mackenzie Blackwood (NJD) faced 55 shots and stopped 52 (.945), +24 against a season average of 30.9; the win.Blackwood
New line
New look for NJD: Palmieri–Bratt–Hischier skated 12:24 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (23.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Palmieri Bratt Hischier
Luck
CBJ scored 3 goals on 6.41 expected goals (86 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for NJD: Zajac–Gusev–Wood skated 12:09 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zajac Gusev Wood
Usage
Markus Nutivaara (CBJ) played 21:02, +5:15 up on his 15:47 season average over 36 games.Nutivaara

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)NJD attacks right (top on phones) →

NJD
CBJ
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 131 of 131 attempts · NJD 45 · CBJ 86

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NJD
CBJ
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NJD 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 63% of the game, NJD 14%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NJD

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	NJD
	86	47
	6.42	2.80
	5.89	2.58
	17	14
	6	2
	22	10
	+0.049	−0.049
	63%	14%

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

L1Gerbe – Foligno – Jenner
14:5472% CF
L2Nyquist – Bjorkstrand – Stenlund
13:4560% CF
L3Milano – Dubois – Bemstrom
11:5068% CF
L4Nash – Robinson – Lilja
9:1544% CF
D1Savard – Gavrikov
20:2568% CF
D2Werenski – Nutivaara
19:3663% CF
D3Harrington – Peeke
13:4663% CF

PP1Nyquist – Jenner – Milano – Werenski – Stenlund
2:0089% CF
PP2Foligno – Bjorkstrand – Werenski – Dubois – Bemstrom
1:48100% CF

Current CBJ line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Palmieri – Bratt – Hischier
12:2424% CF
L2Zajac – Gusev – Wood
12:0930% CF
L3Merkley – Rooney – Anderson
11:1550% CF
L4Simmonds – Zacha – Hughes
10:5048% CF
D1Severson – Butcher
19:3733% CF
D2Subban – Mueller
19:2846% CF
D3Carrick – White
12:4324% CF

PK1FZajac – Anderson
1:38
PK2FZacha – Rooney
1:21
PK1DCarrick – White
1:21
PK2DSeverson – Mueller
0:59

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:28
CBJAndrew Peeke (Sonny Milano, Pierre-Luc Dubois)wrist0.04 xG
CBJ: Harrington, Milano, Peeke, Dubois, BemstromNJD: Simmonds, Severson, Butcher, Zacha, Hughes
CBJ 1 – 0 NJD
6:19
CBJZach Werenski (Eric Robinson, Markus Nutivaara)snap0.02 xG
CBJ: Nash, Werenski, Nutivaara, Robinson, LiljaNJD: Zajac, Carrick, Gusev, Wood, White
CBJ 2 – 0 NJD

2nd period

1:20
NJDJoey Anderson (Kevin Rooney, Kyle Palmieri)snap0.05 xG
CBJ: Milano, Werenski, Peeke, Dubois, BemstromNJD: Subban, Palmieri, Mueller, Rooney, Anderson
CBJ 2 – 1 NJD
3:51
NJDNick Merkley (Kevin Rooney, Joey Anderson)wrist0.04 xG
CBJ: Gerbe, Foligno, Jenner, Harrington, PeekeNJD: Severson, Butcher, Merkley, Rooney, Anderson
CBJ 2 – 2 NJD
11:55
NJDKyle Palmieri (Nico Hischier, Jesper Bratt)snap0.19 xG
CBJ: Nyquist, Savard, Bjorkstrand, Stenlund, GavrikovNJD: Subban, Palmieri, Mueller, Bratt, Hischier
CBJ 2 – 3 NJD

3rd period

8:45
CBJKevin Stenlund (Oliver Bjorkstrand, Gustav Nyquist)snap0.19 xG
CBJ: Nyquist, Harrington, Bjorkstrand, Stenlund, PeekeNJD: Subban, Palmieri, Mueller, Bratt, Hischier
CBJ 3 – 3 NJD

Decided in the shootout: CBJ 3 – 4 NJD.

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
Nick Foligno L	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.48	3	0	0	19:56	—	—	78	69
Boone Jenner C	L1	0	0	0	-1	6	0.78	0	1	0	18:19	—	—	70	64
Nathan Gerbe C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	1	0	0	15:52	—	—	75	65
Gustav Nyquist R	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.58	0	0	0	19:54	—	—	55	71
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.86	1	0	0	19:47	—	—	61	78
Kevin Stenlund C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.41	0	1	0	18:24	—	—	62	77
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.49	0	1	0	18:52	—	—	73	85
Sonny Milano L	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.32	0	0	0	16:11	—	—	67	86
Emil Bemstrom C	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.73	0	0	0	15:41	—	—	73	86
Riley Nash C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.15	0	0	0	11:20	—	—	52	52
Eric Robinson L	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.20	0	0	0	10:20	—	—	41	28
Jakob Lilja L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	1	1	0	9:33	—	—	44	28
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.13	2	1	0	24:02	—	—	66	69
David Savard D	D1	0	0	0	-1	6	0.23	1	0	0	20:38	—	—	70	80
Zach Werenski D	D2	1	0	1	0	7	0.44	0	0	0	26:49	—	—	65	69
Markus Nutivaara D	D2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.28	1	1	0	21:02	—	—	65	70
Scott Harrington D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:19	—	—	57	59
Andrew Peeke D	D3	1	0	1	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	14:01	—	—	61	65

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	O	26	23	3	.885	3.28	65:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nico Hischier C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:48	—	—	31	14
Kyle Palmieri C	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.31	1	1	0	16:34	—	—	32	20
Jesper Bratt L	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	15:52	—	—	31	17
Travis Zajac C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:04	—	—	24	16
Miles Wood L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.28	4	2	0	16:31	—	—	24	16
Nikita Gusev L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	1	0	0	14:33	—	—	32	17
Kevin Rooney C	L3	0	2	2	+2	2	0.28	5	0	0	14:34	—	—	44	65
Joey Anderson R	L3	1	1	2	+2	3	0.30	1	0	0	13:14	—	—	55	82
Nick Merkley R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.06	4	1	0	12:38	—	—	46	81
Jack Hughes C	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.90	0	0	0	15:48	—	—	44	47
Pavel Zacha C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.33	0	0	2	15:44	—	—	40	39
Wayne Simmonds R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.23	3	1	0	14:34	—	—	41	45
Damon Severson D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	2	4	2	24:02	—	—	30	28
Will Butcher D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	1	0	22:08	—	—	34	30
P.K. Subban D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	5	0	25:16	—	—	44	44
Mirco Mueller D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	2	0	22:08	—	—	46	45
Colton White D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	0	15:53	—	—	25	15
Connor Carrick D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	2	0	15:39	—	—	24	15

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	55	52	3	.945	6.41	65:00

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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.