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Columbus Blue Jackets vs. New Jersey DevilsMar 11, 2025

Final· Prudential Center
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CBJ
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NJD
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Goals123TShots123T
CBJ0213CBJ68620
NJD3115NJD1111628
CBJ 51NJD 55
CBJ 1.57NJD 3.00
PP goals
CBJ 0NJD 1
Hits
CBJ 27NJD 16
Blocks
CBJ 14NJD 13
PIM
CBJ 10NJD 6
CBJ 54%NJD 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–3

New Jersey Devils beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–3 at home. Jesper Bratt (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 2A. NJD's first power-play unit (Meier, Bratt, Hischier, Mercer and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 3:23 together.

  1. Points
    Jesper Bratt had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 17:23.Bratt
  2. Points
    Mathieu Olivier had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:55.Olivier
  3. Points
    Luke Hughes had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:30.Hughes
  4. Points
    Cody Glass had 2 assists (2 points) in 16:32.Glass
  5. PP1
    NJD's first power-play unit (Meier, Bratt, Hischier, Mercer and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 3:23 together.MeierBrattHischierMercerHughes
  6. New line
    New look for NJD: Haula–Bratt–Glass skated 9:55 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.HaulaBrattGlass
  7. Usage
    Brian Dumoulin (NJD) played 14:35, −5:01 down on his 19:36 season average over 79 games.Dumoulin
  8. Luck
    NJD scored 5 goals on 3.00 expected goals (55 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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.

Shot map, CBJ at NJD: 106 attempts, 48 on goal, 8 goals, 4.57 expected goals; best chance Paul Cotter at 0.47 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← CBJ attacks left (bottom on phones)NJD attacks right (top on phones) →
  • NJD
  • CBJ
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 106 of 106 attempts · NJD 55 · CBJ 51

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, CBJ at NJD: expected goals 3.00 to 1.57 (NJD led the chances), shot attempts 55 to 51, 8 goals.

0.01.02.03.01st2nd3rdNJDCBJHCBOMMHOnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • NJD
  • CBJ
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
NJDCBJcontrol2nd3rdHischier · 1st 6:37Cotter · 1st 10:49Bratt · 1st 18:51Olivier · 2nd 3:30Marchenko · 2nd 7:16Meier · 2nd 16:49Hughes · 3rd 0:26Olivier · 3rd 10:29
  • 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 20% of the game, NJD 38%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, CBJ at NJD: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Jacob Markstrom (60:00) for NJD and Elvis Merzlikins (59:09) for CBJ, 8 goals.

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
StatCBJNJD
4648
1.232.35
1.222.28
510
56
1413
+0.013−0.013
20%38%

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

Current CBJ line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 6:37
    NJDNico HischierPP (Jesper Bratt, Luke Hughes)tip-in0.14 xG
    CBJ: Kuraly, Werenski, Provorov, Aston-ReeseNJD: Meier, Bratt, Hischier, Mercer, Hughes
    CBJ 0 – 1 NJD
  2. 10:49
    NJDPaul Cotterbackhand0.06 xG
    CBJ: van Riemsdyk, Jenner, Provorov, Chinakhov, MateychukNJD: Dillon, Noesen, Glass, Kovacevic, Cotter
    CBJ 0 – 2 NJD
  3. 18:51
    NJDJesper Bratt (Cody Glass)wrist0.14 xG
    CBJ: van Riemsdyk, Kuraly, Werenski, Fabbro, Aston-ReeseNJD: Dumoulin, Haula, Bratt, Glass, Kovacevic
    CBJ 0 – 3 NJD

2nd period

  1. 3:30
    CBJMathieu Olivier (Denton Mateychuk, Kent Johnson)tip-in0.08 xG
    CBJ: Jenner, Provorov, Olivier, Johnson, MateychukNJD: Haula, Dillon, Cholowski, Bratt, Glass
    CBJ 1 – 3 NJD
  2. 7:16
    CBJKirill Marchenko (Adam Fantilli, Zach Werenski)backhand0.09 xG
    CBJ: Werenski, Fabbro, Marchenko, Voronkov, FantilliNJD: Tatar, Dumoulin, Meier, Mercer, Hughes
    CBJ 2 – 3 NJD
  3. 16:49
    NJDTimo Meier (Stefan Noesen, Brian Dumoulin)wrist0.06 xG
    CBJ: Werenski, Fabbro, Marchenko, Johnson, FantilliNJD: Dumoulin, Noesen, Meier, Kovacevic, Mercer
    CBJ 2 – 4 NJD

3rd period

  1. 0:26
    NJDLuke Hughes (Cody Glass, Jesper Bratt)wrist0.02 xG
    CBJ: Jenner, Werenski, Fabbro, Olivier, JohnsonNJD: Haula, Pesce, Bratt, Glass, Hughes
    CBJ 2 – 5 NJD
  2. 10:29
    CBJMathieu Olivier (Boone Jenner)wrist0.09 xG
    CBJ: Jenner, Severson, Olivier, Johnson, MateychukNJD: Haula, Dillon, Cholowski, Bratt, Glass
    CBJ 3 – 5 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Adam Fantilli CL1011010.1120018:39——3823
Kirill Marchenko RL1101020.1300217:22——4227
Dmitri Voronkov LL1000+110.2200017:08——4420
Kent Johnson CL2011010.0110217:36——6553
Boone Jenner CL2011020.1910017:07——7057
Mathieu Olivier RL2202+130.1830215:55——6553
Justin Danforth RL3000000.0022013:43——4024
Luke Kunin CL3000010.1541012:50——4225
Egor Chinakhov RL3000-110.1340212:35——4127
Sean Kuraly CL4000-110.1012012:23——3933
James van Riemsdyk LL4000-200.0000011:40——4644
Zachary Aston-Reese LL4000-110.0141011:11——4048
Zach Werenski DD1011-230.0702028:47——5250
Dante Fabbro DD1000-210.0322219:14——5347
Ivan Provorov DD2000010.0710023:39——5737
Denton Mateychuk DD2011+100.1302018:08——5244
Damon Severson DD3000+110.0401016:10——4220
Jake Christiansen DD3000000.002109:43——339
CBJ goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)L28235.8213.0059:09

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jesper Bratt LL1123010.3511017:23——5040
Cody Glass CL1022+100.0300016:32——5545
Erik Haula LL1000020.0712215:13——4745
Nico Hischier CL2101050.5200217:40——6184
Timo Meier RL2101060.4930017:39——6276
Stefan Noesen RL2011+220.2710014:15——6587
Dawson Mercer CL3000020.3602019:40——3150
Ondrej Palat LL3000010.0511013:27——3156
Tomas Tatar LL3000-110.0020012:04——3954
Nathan Bastian RL4000000.0620012:17——5779
Curtis Lazar CL4000000.0131010:59——7194
Paul Cotter LL4101+120.5210210:26——7378
Brett Pesce DD1000+100.0000024:34——4316
Luke Hughes DD1112020.0400022:30——3812
Johnathan Kovacevic DD2000+310.0003020:12——6173
Brian Dumoulin DD2011+110.2001014:35——6790
Brenden Dillon DD3000-100.0012021:26——4759
Dennis Cholowski DD3000-210.0300013:08——4864
NJD goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)W20173.8501.5760:00

Goal anatomy

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

Nico Hischier (NJD PP) 1st 6:37 · assists Jesper Bratt, Luke Hughes · Deflection · 14.6 mph shot.

Paul Cotter · 1st 10:49 · NJD

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
1-on-0
Passes
0
Shot
19.0 mph
Distance
7 ft
Entry to goal
2.2 s

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Jesper Bratt · 1st 18:51 · NJD

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
3-on-2
Passes
0
Shot
33.0 mph
Distance
7 ft
Entry to goal
2.6 s

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Timo Meier · 2nd 16:49 · NJD

Play
rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
3
Shot
61.6 mph
Distance
33 ft
Entry to goal
2.2 s

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Luke Hughes · 3rd 0:26 · NJD

Play
point-shot
Entry
pass
Odd man
No
Passes
2
Shot
64.5 mph
Distance
45 ft
Entry to goal
7.0 s

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