Columbus Blue Jackets vs. New Jersey DevilsApr 6, 2023

FinalThursday, Apr 6, 2023· Prudential Center

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Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CBJ	0	1	0	1		CBJ	5	8	4	17
NJD	1	3	4	8		NJD	8	14	14	36

: CBJ 41NJD 69
: CBJ 1.71NJD 4.20
PP goals: CBJ 0NJD 2
Hits: CBJ 20NJD 8
Blocks: CBJ 14NJD 16
PIM: CBJ 20NJD 22
: CBJ 62%NJD 38%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils rout Columbus Blue Jackets 8–1

New Jersey Devils beat Columbus Blue Jackets 8–1 at home. Jack Hughes (NJD) led the scoring with 2G 2A. NJD's first power-play unit (Hamilton, Meier, Bratt, Hischier and Hughes) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 2:37 together.

Points
Jack Hughes had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 14:26.Hughes
Points
Timo Meier had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:33.Meier
Points
John Marino had 3 assists (3 points) in 20:05.Marino
Points
Erik Haula had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:49.Haula
Points
Ryan Graves had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:32.Graves
Points
Nico Hischier had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:08.Hischier
PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Hamilton, Meier, Bratt, Hischier and Hughes) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 2:37 together.Hamilton Meier Bratt Hischier Hughes
Usage
Johnny Gaudreau (CBJ) played 2:15, −17:23 down on his 19:38 season average over 79 games.Gaudreau

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 110 of 110 attempts · NJD 69 · CBJ 41

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 27% of the game, NJD 53%.

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
	34	65
	1.47	3.65
	1.38	3.44
	10	14
	7	6
	25	22
	+0.054	−0.054
	27%	53%

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

L1Kuraly – Robinson – Luoto
10:2253% CF
L2Jenner – Foudy – Marchenko
4:1017% CF
L3Roslovic – Bemstrom – Johnson
3:5025% CF
D1Boqvist – Berni
14:1142% CF
D2Peeke – Bayreuther
13:0632% CF
D3Sweezey – Bjork
9:3430% CF

PP1Jenner – Roslovic – Boqvist – Marchenko – Johnson
7:0275% CF
PP2Bayreuther – Bemstrom – Foudy – Dunne – McKown
2:4350% CF
PK1FKuraly – Robinson
1:29
PK2FRoslovic – Foudy
0:41
PK1DPeeke – Bayreuther
0:57
PK2DBoqvist – Berni
0:55

Current CBJ line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Wood – McLeod – Sharangovich
8:1178% CF
L2Haula – Meier – Boqvist
8:0965% CF
L3Tatar – Hischier – Mercer
7:3789% CF
L4Palat – Bratt – Hughes
7:1846% CF
D1Smith – Severson
14:3877% CF
D2Graves – Marino
12:0470% CF
D3Hamilton – Bahl
11:2050% CF

PP1Hamilton – Meier – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes
2:37100% CF
PP2Tatar – Palat – Severson – Wood – Mercer
0:45100% CF
PK1FHischier – Sharangovich
3:37
PK2FHaula – Mercer
2:36
PK1DGraves – Marino
5:19
PK2DSmith – Bahl
2:46

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

11:35
NJDJack Hughessnap0.08 xG
CBJ: Roslovic, Bayreuther, Foudy, Dunne, McKownNJD: Hamilton, Graves, McLeod, Sharangovich, Hughes
CBJ 0 – 1 NJD

2nd period

1:20
NJDTomas Tatar (Nico Hischier, Ryan Graves)snap0.21 xG
CBJ: Jenner, Foudy, Boqvist, Marchenko, BerniNJD: Tatar, Graves, Marino, Hischier, Mercer
CBJ 0 – 2 NJD
2:20
NJDJack HughesPP (Timo Meier, Nico Hischier)snap0.11 xG
CBJ: Kuraly, Peeke, Robinson, SweezeyNJD: Hamilton, Meier, Bratt, Hischier, Hughes
CBJ 0 – 3 NJD
11:33
CBJJoona Luoto (Sean Kuraly, Eric Robinson)snap0.33 xG
CBJ: Kuraly, Robinson, Luoto, Sweezey, BjorkNJD: Palat, Severson, Graves, Bratt, Hughes
CBJ 1 – 3 NJD
16:16
NJDTimo MeierPP (Jack Hughes, Jesper Bratt)snap0.16 xG
CBJ: Roslovic, Bayreuther, Foudy, SweezeyNJD: Hamilton, Meier, Bratt, Hischier, Hughes
CBJ 1 – 4 NJD

3rd period

2:07
NJDErik Haula (John Marino, Jesper Boqvist)snap0.07 xG
CBJ: Roslovic, Bayreuther, Bemstrom, Sweezey, JohnsonNJD: Haula, Graves, Meier, Marino, Boqvist
CBJ 1 – 5 NJD
4:40
NJDTimo Meier (John Marino, Jack Hughes)wrist0.16 xG
CBJ: Kuraly, Peeke, Bayreuther, Robinson, LuotoNJD: Graves, Meier, Marino, Bratt, Hughes
CBJ 1 – 6 NJD
6:36
NJDDamon SeversonSH (Erik Haula)snap0.09 xG
CBJ: Jenner, Roslovic, Boqvist, Marchenko, JohnsonNJD: Smith, Haula, Severson, Mercer
CBJ 1 – 7 NJD
9:27
NJDRyan Graves (Michael McLeod, John Marino)wrist0.16 xG
CBJ: Jenner, Foudy, Boqvist, Marchenko, BerniNJD: Graves, Meier, Marino, McLeod, Sharangovich
CBJ 1 – 8 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
Eric Robinson L	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:51	—	—	50	45
Sean Kuraly C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.24	1	0	0	14:45	—	—	58	46
Joona Luoto L	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.34	1	1	0	14:18	—	—	46	46
Kirill Marchenko R	L2	0	0	0	-3	3	0.59	0	0	0	21:35	—	—	27	17
Boone Jenner C	L2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.08	0	0	0	21:24	—	—	29	26
Liam Foudy C	L2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:32	—	—	30	15
Kent Johnson C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.10	0	0	0	21:24	—	—	32	26
Jack Roslovic C	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.07	1	1	0	18:52	—	—	39	16
Emil Bemstrom C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:32	—	—	24	15
Adam Boqvist D	D1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.02	0	1	0	24:18	—	—	41	26
Tim Berni D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	2	0	19:30	—	—	39	40
Gavin Bayreuther D	D2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.07	1	0	0	21:41	—	—	30	11
Andrew Peeke D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	4	3	0	17:48	—	—	31	13
Billy Sweezey D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	7	2	4	15:59	—	—	27	32
Marcus Bjork D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	16	9:58	—	—	36	47
Josh Dunne C	—	0	0	0	-1	3	0.16	4	3	0	13:26	—	—	21	16
Hunter McKown C	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	0	0	11:44	—	—	25	22
Johnny Gaudreau L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	2:15	—	—	33	0

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Michael Hutchinson(start)	L	24	19	5	.792	2.60	42:07
Jon Gillies	—	12	9	3	.750	1.60	17:53

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Yegor Sharangovich C	L1	0	0	0	+2	4	0.25	0	0	2	18:29	—	—	69	63
Michael McLeod C	L1	0	1	1	+2	4	0.25	1	0	2	14:45	—	—	78	83
Miles Wood L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	0	2	11:27	—	—	80	69
Timo Meier R	L2	2	1	3	+3	3	0.69	1	0	0	17:33	—	—	66	79
Erik Haula L	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.09	1	0	0	16:49	—	—	56	65
Jesper Boqvist C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.42	0	0	0	12:48	—	—	65	85
Dawson Mercer C	L3	0	0	0	+2	2	0.28	0	1	0	15:14	—	—	75	95
Nico Hischier C	L3	0	2	2	+1	2	0.19	0	0	2	15:08	—	—	80	93
Tomas Tatar L	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.55	0	0	0	14:00	—	—	77	92
Jack Hughes C	L4	2	2	4	+1	3	0.26	0	0	0	14:26	—	—	47	39
Jesper Bratt L	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.06	0	1	0	11:56	—	—	47	35
Ondrej Palat L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:27	—	—	43	18
Brendan Smith D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.60	1	6	0	21:38	—	—	76	94
Damon Severson D	D1	1	0	1	0	2	0.12	0	0	0	19:54	—	—	68	70
Ryan Graves D	D2	1	1	2	+4	3	0.34	1	4	0	21:32	—	—	64	60
John Marino D	D2	0	3	3	+4	0	0.00	0	3	0	20:05	—	—	69	69
Dougie Hamilton D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	0	0	0	18:23	—	—	59	75
Kevin Bahl D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	14	15:26	—	—	50	70

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	W	17	16	1	.941	1.71	60:00

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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.