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Columbus Blue Jackets vs. New Jersey DevilsDec 1, 2025

Final· Prudential Center
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Goals123TShots123T
CBJ1135CBJ811625
NJD2013NJD1014933
CBJ 43NJD 65
CBJ 2.77NJD 3.82
PP goals
CBJ 1NJD 2
Hits
CBJ 21NJD 23
Blocks
CBJ 11NJD 11
PIM
CBJ 34NJD 40
CBJ 64%NJD 36%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Columbus Blue Jackets beat New Jersey Devils 5–3

Columbus Blue Jackets beat New Jersey Devils 5–3 at NJD. Charlie Coyle (CBJ) led the scoring with 1G 2A. NJD's first power-play unit (Meier, Bratt, Hischier, Mercer and Nemec) scored 2 power-play goals on 4 attempts in 5:24 together.

  1. Points
    Charlie Coyle had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 20:27.Coyle
  2. Points
    Sean Monahan had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:23.Monahan
  3. Points
    Miles Wood had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:30.Wood
  4. Points
    Nico Hischier had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 23:51.Hischier
  5. Points
    Jesper Bratt had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 23:46.Bratt
  6. Points
    Zach Werenski had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 26:57.Werenski
  7. PP1
    NJD's first power-play unit (Meier, Bratt, Hischier, Mercer and Nemec) scored 2 power-play goals on 4 attempts in 5:24 together.MeierBrattHischierMercerNemec
  8. Usage
    Jonas Siegenthaler (NJD) played 6:06, −13:33 down on his 19:39 season average over 81 games.Siegenthaler

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: 108 attempts, 58 on goal, 8 goals, 6.58 expected goals; best chance Charlie Coyle at 0.42 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 108 of 108 attempts · NJD 65 · CBJ 43

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 3.82 to 2.77 (NJD led the chances), shot attempts 65 to 43, 8 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdNJDCBJHPMMCMMWnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • NJD
  • CBJ
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
NJDCBJcontrol2nd3rdHischier · 1st 1:26Palat · 1st 3:03Mateychuk · 1st 9:54Monahan · 2nd 1:28Coyle · 3rd 6:40Monahan · 3rd 7:14Meier · 3rd 11:51Wood · 3rd 13:31
  • 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 23% of the game, NJD 34%.

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 Jake Allen (54:27) for NJD and Elvis Merzlikins (59:56) for CBJ, 8 goals.

NJD
CBJ
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

NJD skaters (rows) against CBJ skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the NJD side.

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, NJD rows versus CBJ columns: 250 matchups; most common Nemec vs Mateychuk, 8:32 at 70% xGF.

NJD ↓ · CBJ →CoyleWoodLundeströmFantilliVoronkovJohnsonSillingerMonahanPinelliGaunceChinakhovAston-ReeseWerenskiProvorovMateychukSeversonFabbroSmithL1 HischierL1 BrattL1 MeierL2 MercerL2 GritsyukL2 PalatL3 BrownL3 GlassL3 CotterL4 GlendeningL4 LammikkoL4 NoesenD1 NemecD1 HughesD2 CholowskiD2 DillonD3 HamiltonD3 Siegenthaler
NJD xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

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

Sequence card
StatCBJNJD
3647
1.912.75
1.882.52
711
04
1919
+0.095−0.095
23%34%

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. 1:26
    NJDNico HischierPP (Jesper Bratt, Dawson Mercer)wrist0.10 xG
    CBJ: Coyle, Monahan, Provorov, MateychukNJD: Meier, Bratt, Hischier, Mercer, Nemec
    CBJ 0 – 1 NJD
  2. 3:03
    NJDOndrej Palat (Arseny Gritsyuk)wrist0.22 xG
    CBJ: Severson, Monahan, Sillinger, Mateychuk, PinelliNJD: Palat, Gritsyuk, Mercer, Hughes, Nemec
    CBJ 0 – 2 NJD
  3. 9:54
    CBJDenton MateychukPP (Charlie Coyle, Ivan Provorov)tip-in0.12 xG
    CBJ: Coyle, Provorov, Johnson, Sillinger, MateychukNJD: Palat, Hamilton, Siegenthaler, Bratt
    CBJ 1 – 2 NJD

2nd period

  1. 1:28
    CBJSean Monahan (Cole Sillinger, Zach Werenski)wrist0.20 xG
    CBJ: Severson, Monahan, Werenski, SillingerNJD: Siegenthaler, Glass, Gritsyuk, Hughes
    CBJ 2 – 2 NJD

3rd period

  1. 6:40
    CBJCharlie Coyle (Zach Werenski, Miles Wood)backhand0.42 xG
    CBJ: Coyle, Wood, Werenski, Provorov, LundeströmNJD: Noesen, Glendening, Lammikko, Cholowski, Hughes
    CBJ 3 – 2 NJD
  2. 7:14
    CBJSean Monahan (Isac Lundeström)snap0.19 xG
    CBJ: Smith, Wood, Monahan, Provorov, LundeströmNJD: Meier, Bratt, Hischier, Hughes, Nemec
    CBJ 4 – 2 NJD
  3. 11:51
    NJDTimo MeierPP (Jesper Bratt, Nico Hischier)snap0.22 xG
    CBJ: Wood, Provorov, Lundeström, MateychukNJD: Meier, Bratt, Hischier, Mercer, Nemec
    CBJ 4 – 3 NJD
  4. 13:31
    CBJMiles Wood (Charlie Coyle)wrist0.23 xG
    CBJ: Coyle, Wood, Werenski, Provorov, LundeströmNJD: Meier, Bratt, Hischier, Hughes, Nemec
    CBJ 5 – 3 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
Charlie Coyle CL1123+210.4200020:27——5082
Miles Wood LL1112+320.3141019:30——4884
Isac Lundeström CL1011+320.1001016:30——4791
Adam Fantilli CL2000030.3600720:53——4033
Dmitri Voronkov LL2000010.08001012:37——3817
Kent Johnson CL2000020.0400010:34——4117
Cole Sillinger CL3011000.0732217:00——3919
Sean Monahan CL3202+120.4011416:23——2826
Luca Pinelli CL3000-120.150006:58——4715
Brendan Gaunce CL4000020.5540012:37——4317
Egor Chinakhov RL4000010.011009:17——7074
Zachary Aston-Reese LL4000000.000007:01——4046
Zach Werenski DD1022+310.0212226:57——3436
Ivan Provorov DD1011+310.0030025:59——4242
Denton Mateychuk DD2101-110.1212021:07——5238
Damon Severson DD2000020.0500218:01——5834
Dante Fabbro DD3000020.1021017:15——3357
Brendan Smith DD3000+100.0011711:06——2971
CBJ goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)W33303.9093.8259:56

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Nico Hischier CL1112-240.6410023:51——5857
Jesper Bratt LL1022-240.2900023:46——6460
Timo Meier RL1101-240.9031023:45——6759
Dawson Mercer CL2011+130.3800019:53——7397
Arseny Gritsyuk RL2011030.3602017:56——5083
Ondrej Palat LL2101+110.3211012:01——6794
Connor Brown RL3000000.1010413:38——5648
Cody Glass CL3000-110.1520212:19——6977
Paul Cotter LL3000000.0060510:47——578
Luke Glendening CL4000-100.0023011:06——2910
Juho Lammikko CL4000-100.002009:02——3515
Stefan Noesen RL4000-120.092058:33——567
Simon Nemec DD1000-110.3002029:28——5051
Luke Hughes DD1000-360.1901025:51——4739
Dennis Cholowski DD2000-110.0210018:06——6565
Brenden Dillon DD2000000.0000710:32——8898
Dougie Hamilton DD3000030.0721221:17——5758
Jonas Siegenthaler DD3000-100.0000156:06——200
NJD goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jake Allen(start)L25205.8002.3654:27

Goal anatomy

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

Nico Hischier (NJD PP) 1st 1:26 · assists Jesper Bratt, Dawson Mercer · Forecheck turnover · 23.1 mph shot.

Denton Mateychuk · 1st 9:54 · CBJ PP

Play
deflection
Entry
carry
Odd man
5-on-4
Passes
0
Shot
17.7 mph
Distance
14 ft
Entry to goal
5.6 s

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Sean Monahan · 2nd 1:28 · CBJ

Play
rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
2 (royal road)
Shot
41.6 mph
Distance
15 ft
Entry to goal
2.7 s

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Charlie Coyle · 3rd 6:40 · CBJ

Play
rebound
Entry
pass
Odd man
1-on-0
Passes
0
Shot
6.7 mph
Distance
9 ft
Entry to goal
7.3 s
Type
rebound

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Miles Wood · 3rd 13:31 · CBJ

Play
dump-and-chase
Entry
dump
Odd man
2-on-1
Passes
1
Shot
47.3 mph
Distance
13 ft
Entry to goal
5.9 s

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