Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Anaheim DucksDec 20, 2025

FinalSaturday, Dec 20, 2025· Honda Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CBJ	1	1	1	3		CBJ	9	10	7	26
ANA	2	1	1	4		ANA	10	11	7	28

: CBJ 69ANA 61
: CBJ 3.35ANA 3.99
PP goals: CBJ 1ANA 0
Hits: CBJ 12ANA 19
Blocks: CBJ 11ANA 26
PIM: CBJ 4ANA 4
: CBJ 57%ANA 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Anaheim Ducks edge Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3

Anaheim Ducks beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 at home. Mikael Granlund (ANA) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for CBJ: Marchment–Johnson–Fantilli skated 14:29 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Mikael Granlund had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:23.Granlund
Points
Zach Werenski had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 27:56.Werenski
New line
New look for CBJ: Marchment–Johnson–Fantilli skated 14:29 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marchment Johnson Fantilli
New line
New look for CBJ: Coyle–Jenner–Marchenko skated 11:05 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Coyle Jenner Marchenko
New line
New look for ANA: Granlund–Strome–Vatrano skated 9:44 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (55% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Granlund Strome Vatrano
New line
New look for CBJ: Lundeström–Chinakhov–Del Bel Belluz skated 6:30 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lundeström Chinakhov Del Bel Belluz
New line
New look for CBJ: Monahan–Voronkov–Sillinger skated 10:03 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (74.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Monahan Voronkov Sillinger
Usage
Denton Mateychuk (CBJ) played 23:24, +4:16 up on his 19:08 season average over 74 games.Mateychuk

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)ANA attacks right (top on phones) →

ANA
CBJ
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 130 of 130 attempts · ANA 61 · CBJ 69

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

ANA
CBJ
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

ANA 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 36% of the game, ANA 28%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

ANA

CBJ

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

ANA 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	ANA
	76	62
	2.93	4.19
	2.86	4.02
	13	16
	5	6
	24	22
	+0.048	−0.048
	36%	28%

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

L1Marchment – Johnson – Fantilli
14:2950% CF
L2Coyle – Jenner – Marchenko
11:0552% CF
L3Monahan – Voronkov – Sillinger
10:0374% CF
L4Lundeström – Chinakhov – Del Bel Belluz
6:3033% CF
D1Werenski – Mateychuk
18:5254% CF
D2Severson – Provorov
16:0558% CF
D3Smith – Fabbro
7:5467% CF

PP1Monahan – Werenski – Marchenko – Voronkov – Fantilli
2:1133% CF
PP2Coyle – Jenner – Severson – Provorov – Marchment
1:12100% CF
PK1FJenner – Monahan
1:30
PK2FCoyle – Sillinger
1:08
PK1DWerenski – Provorov
2:25
PK2DFabbro – Mateychuk
1:08

Current CBJ line combinations →

Anaheim Ducks

L1Kreider – Terry – Carlsson
12:2842% CF
L2McTavish – Gauthier – Sennecke
11:0139% CF
L3Granlund – Strome – Vatrano
9:4455% CF
L4Killorn – Johnston – Poehling
9:3853% CF
D1Trouba – LaCombe
18:5645% CF
D2Gudas – Mintyukov
15:4238% CF
D3Moore – Zellweger
11:1552% CF

PP1Granlund – Strome – McTavish – Mintyukov – Sennecke
2:1275% CF
PP2Kreider – Terry – LaCombe – Gauthier – Carlsson
1:36100% CF
PK1FKillorn – Poehling
1:32
PK2FKreider – Vatrano
1:16
PK1DTrouba – LaCombe
1:52
PK2DGudas – Moore
0:51

Current ANA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Adam Fantilli C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	1	2	0	22:32	—	—	42	33
Mason Marchment L	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.44	1	0	2	19:41	—	—	51	42
Kent Johnson C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	1	0	2	15:40	—	—	52	44
Charlie Coyle C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.11	3	1	0	17:38	—	—	52	56
Kirill Marchenko R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	3	0	0	17:36	—	—	44	35
Boone Jenner C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.24	0	3	0	17:11	—	—	50	37
Sean Monahan C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.36	0	0	0	15:41	—	—	76	56
Dmitri Voronkov L	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.92	0	0	0	14:38	—	—	74	53
Cole Sillinger C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.17	0	0	0	12:13	—	—	75	59
Isac Lundeström C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:51	—	—	39	18
Luca Del Bel Belluz C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	0	0	0	7:56	—	—	47	20
Egor Chinakhov R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:21	—	—	38	20
Zach Werenski D	D1	1	1	2	-1	4	0.22	0	1	0	27:56	—	—	47	24
Denton Mateychuk D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	23:24	—	—	55	33
Ivan Provorov D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	26:18	—	—	48	40
Damon Severson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.19	1	2	0	19:22	—	—	63	58
Dante Fabbro D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	2	0	0	10:30	—	—	65	53
Brendan Smith D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.27	0	0	0	10:07	—	—	61	51

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	L	28	24	4	.857	3.99	59:25

Anaheim Ducks

ANA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Chris Kreider L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.53	0	0	0	17:47	—	—	43	60
Leo Carlsson C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.45	0	0	0	17:16	—	—	40	58
Troy Terry R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	3	0	17:11	—	—	41	55
Mason McTavish C	L2	1	0	1	+1	6	0.52	0	0	0	17:04	—	—	39	40
Beckett Sennecke R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	4	16:15	—	—	37	46
Cutter Gauthier L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	0	0	0	16:04	—	—	39	38
Mikael Granlund C	L3	1	1	2	+1	4	0.69	1	1	0	15:23	—	—	53	89
Ryan Strome C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.19	0	0	0	13:48	—	—	56	77
Frank Vatrano R	L3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.12	1	1	0	12:56	—	—	54	82
Alex Killorn L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.18	1	1	0	13:20	—	—	50	57
Ryan Poehling C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:58	—	—	50	49
Ross Johnston L	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.20	5	0	0	11:53	—	—	50	57
Jackson LaCombe D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	0	2	0	25:03	—	—	49	53
Jacob Trouba D	D1	1	0	1	0	1	0.09	3	2	0	24:29	—	—	49	56
Pavel Mintyukov D	D2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.30	0	6	0	20:18	—	—	39	59
Radko Gudas D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	6	3	0	19:21	—	—	36	55
Ian Moore D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.00	1	3	0	13:25	—	—	63	76
Olen Zellweger D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	0	2	0	13:06	—	—	50	61

ANA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Lukas Dostal(start)	W	26	23	3	.885	3.35	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Mikael Granlund (ANA) 1st 2:14 · assists Olen Zellweger, Frank Vatrano · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-1 at the blue line · 56.2 mph shot · 2.5 s from entry to goal.

Mikael Granlund · 1st 2:14 · ANA

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 56.2 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Jacob Trouba · 1st 3:00 · ANA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 72.4 mph
Distance: 53 ft
Type: one-timer

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Dmitri Voronkov · 1st 5:54 · CBJ PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 19.2 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Type: rebound

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Mason Marchment · 2nd 3:39 · CBJ

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 54.3 mph
Distance: 55 ft
Entry to goal: 6.6 s

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Mason McTavish · 2nd 13:36 · ANA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 53.4 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 6.4 s

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Zach Werenski · 3rd 12:44 · CBJ

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 73.4 mph
Distance: 31 ft

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Pavel Mintyukov · 3rd 16:31 · ANA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 34.2 mph
Distance: 13 ft

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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.

Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Anaheim DucksDec 20, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Anaheim Ducks edge Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Columbus Blue Jackets

Anaheim Ducks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Columbus Blue Jackets

Anaheim Ducks

Goal anatomy

Mikael Granlund · 1st 2:14 · ANA

Jacob Trouba · 1st 3:00 · ANA

Dmitri Voronkov · 1st 5:54 · CBJ PP

Mason Marchment · 2nd 3:39 · CBJ

Mason McTavish · 2nd 13:36 · ANA

Zach Werenski · 3rd 12:44 · CBJ

Pavel Mintyukov · 3rd 16:31 · ANA