Columbus Blue Jackets vs. New Jersey DevilsFeb 3, 2026

FinalTuesday, Feb 3, 2026· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CBJ	0	0	3	3		CBJ	3	9	14	26
NJD	0	0	0	0		NJD	7	10	7	24

: CBJ 48NJD 52
: CBJ 3.11NJD 2.66
PP goals: CBJ 0NJD 0
Hits: CBJ 19NJD 18
Blocks: CBJ 13NJD 11
PIM: CBJ 8NJD 6
: CBJ 54%NJD 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Columbus Blue Jackets beat New Jersey Devils 3–0

Columbus Blue Jackets beat New Jersey Devils 3–0 at NJD. Mathieu Olivier (CBJ) led the scoring with 2G 0A. NJD scored 0 goals on 2.66 expected goals (52 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Mathieu Olivier had two goals (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:09.Olivier
Luck
NJD scored 0 goals on 2.66 expected goals (52 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for CBJ: Jenner–Wood–Heinen skated 5:19 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jenner Wood Heinen
New line
New look for CBJ: Marchment–Lundeström–Fantilli skated 6:47 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (20% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marchment Lundeström Fantilli
New line
New look for NJD: Bratt–Cotter–Mercer skated 6:42 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bratt Cotter Mercer
New line
New look for NJD: Glendening–Lammikko–Tsyplakov skated 4:42 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Glendening Lammikko Tsyplakov
Usage
Connor Brown (NJD) played 24:10, +6:42 up on his 17:28 season average over 74 games.Brown
Usage
Dawson Mercer (NJD) played 12:17, −6:01 down on his 18:18 season average over 81 games.Mercer

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 100 of 100 attempts · NJD 52 · CBJ 48

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 25%.

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

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

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
Stat	CBJ	NJD
	48	47
	2.21	1.47
	2.08	1.43
	8	5
	4	5
	23	17
	−0.001	+0.000
	27%	25%

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

L1Coyle – Olivier – Sillinger
10:1023% CF
L2Monahan – Voronkov – Johnson
8:3258% CF
L3Marchment – Lundeström – Fantilli
6:4720% CF
L4Jenner – Wood – Heinen
5:1957% CF
D1Severson – Werenski
18:1650% CF
D2Provorov – Mateychuk
11:3958% CF
D3Gudbranson – Fabbro
9:0650% CF

PP1Coyle – Severson – Werenski – Marchment – Fantilli
1:56100% CF
PP2Jenner – Monahan – Provorov – Johnson – Mateychuk
0:45100% CF
PK1FCoyle – Monahan
2:38
PK2FJenner – Lundeström
1:55
PK1DGudbranson – Provorov
4:23
PK2DSeverson – Werenski
0:20

Current CBJ line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Brown – Meier – Glass
11:4665% CF
L2Hischier – Gritsyuk – Hameenaho
9:1244% CF
L3Bratt – Cotter – Mercer
6:4246% CF
L4Glendening – Lammikko – Tsyplakov
4:4271% CF
D1Hamilton – Pesce
13:2059% CF
D2Dillon – Nemec
12:2150% CF
D3Siegenthaler – Kovacevic
11:3244% CF

PP1Hamilton – Brown – Meier – Bratt – Hischier
3:4173% CF
PP2Gritsyuk – Mercer – Nemec – Hameenaho – Tsyplakov
0:45100% CF
PK1FBrown – Bratt
0:52
PK2FHischier – Mercer
0:18
PK1DDillon – Pesce
1:41
PK2DSiegenthaler – Kovacevic
0:51

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

5:24
CBJDante Fabbrowrist0.02 xG
CBJ: Monahan, Fabbro, Voronkov, Johnson, MateychukNJD: Siegenthaler, Bratt, Kovacevic, Cotter, Mercer
CBJ 1 – 0 NJD
12:05
CBJMathieu Olivier (Cole Sillinger, Boone Jenner)backhand0.17 xG
CBJ: Jenner, Provorov, Olivier, Sillinger, MateychukNJD: Hamilton, Brown, Meier, Hischier, Nemec
CBJ 2 – 0 NJD
16:00
CBJMathieu OlivierEN (Charlie Coyle, Zach Werenski)unknown0.87 xG
CBJ: Coyle, Severson, Monahan, Werenski, OlivierNJD: Hamilton, Brown, Meier, Bratt, Hischier, Gritsyuk
CBJ 3 – 0 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
Charlie Coyle C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.29	3	0	0	16:35	—	—	21	48
Cole Sillinger C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	2	1	0	14:14	—	—	31	66
Mathieu Olivier R	L1	2	0	2	+2	1	1.06	3	0	0	14:09	—	—	37	69
Sean Monahan C	L2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.10	0	2	0	15:54	—	—	57	76
Dmitri Voronkov L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	3	1	0	11:10	—	—	54	49
Kent Johnson C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	0	0	0	10:58	—	—	59	72
Adam Fantilli C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	3	1	0	17:56	—	—	46	53
Mason Marchment L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	4	16:43	—	—	48	59
Isac Lundeström C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	15:02	—	—	44	17
Boone Jenner C	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	0.23	0	1	0	15:30	—	—	72	80
Danton Heinen L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	0	0	0	12:54	—	—	67	81
Miles Wood L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	3	1	2	10:42	—	—	67	70
Damon Severson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	1	0	24:38	—	—	49	69
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.54	0	1	2	23:11	—	—	49	64
Ivan Provorov D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	22:21	—	—	52	46
Denton Mateychuk D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.03	0	0	0	17:57	—	—	57	51
Erik Gudbranson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	1	0	17:54	—	—	39	50
Dante Fabbro D	D3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.04	0	2	0	14:17	—	—	55	77

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	W	24	24	0	.1000	2.66	59:55

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Connor Brown R	L1	-2	2	0.30	0	1	0	24:10	—	—	54	59
Timo Meier R	L1	-2	5	0.73	1	0	0	20:06	—	—	54	60
Cody Glass C	L1	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	14:48	—	—	67	80
Nico Hischier C	L2	-2	3	1.11	0	0	2	21:21	—	—	46	20
Arseny Gritsyuk R	L2	-1	4	0.17	1	1	2	18:06	—	—	56	33
Lenni Hameenaho R	L2	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:15	—	—	38	26
Jesper Bratt L	L3	-2	1	0.02	0	0	0	18:52	—	—	41	21
Paul Cotter L	L3	-1	0	0.00	8	0	0	13:07	—	—	37	32
Dawson Mercer C	L3	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:17	—	—	44	36
Luke Glendening C	L4	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:04	—	—	46	41
Maxim Tsyplakov R	L4	0	1	0.14	0	1	0	7:52	—	—	67	68
Juho Lammikko C	L4	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:13	—	—	56	46
Dougie Hamilton D	D1	-2	4	0.05	0	1	0	23:27	—	—	58	30
Brett Pesce D	D1	0	2	0.07	0	2	0	19:59	—	—	52	36
Simon Nemec D	D2	-1	0	0.00	0	3	0	18:30	—	—	44	27
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	1	0.06	2	0	2	18:15	—	—	50	23
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D3	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:41	—	—	46	64
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D3	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	17:15	—	—	41	65

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	L	25	23	2	.920	2.24	58:42

Goal anatomy

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

Mathieu Olivier (CBJ EN) 3rd 16:00 · assists Charlie Coyle, Zach Werenski · Forecheck turnover · loose puck · 1.1 mph shot · 7.8 s from entry to goal.

Mathieu Olivier · 3rd 16:00 · CBJ EN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 1.1 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 7.8 s

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Dante Fabbro · 3rd 5:24 · CBJ

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 63.3 mph
Distance: 43 ft
Type: rebound

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Mathieu Olivier · 3rd 12:05 · CBJ

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2
Shot: 29.8 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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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.