Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Carolina HurricanesMar 18, 2021

Final / OTThursday, Mar 18, 2021· PNC Arena

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Carolina HurricanesCAR

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
CBJ	1	1	0	1	3		CBJ	14	6	6	2	28
CAR	0	2	0	0	2		CAR	7	12	4	4	27

: CBJ 51CAR 61
: CBJ 2.63CAR 2.85
PP goals: CBJ 0CAR 1
Hits: CBJ 32CAR 24
Blocks: CBJ 19CAR 13
PIM: CBJ 6CAR 2
: CBJ 48%CAR 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Columbus Blue Jackets edge Carolina Hurricanes 3–2 (OT)

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Carolina Hurricanes 3–2 in overtime at CAR. Oliver Bjorkstrand (CBJ) led the scoring with 0G 3A. CAR's first power-play unit (Staal, Hamilton, Aho, Necas and Svechnikov) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:00 together.

Points
Oliver Bjorkstrand had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 19:38.Bjorkstrand
Points
Sebastian Aho had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:19.Aho
Points
Seth Jones had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 25:36.Jones
PP1
CAR's first power-play unit (Staal, Hamilton, Aho, Necas and Svechnikov) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:00 together.Staal Hamilton Aho Necas Svechnikov
New line
New look for CBJ: Nash–Matteau–Robinson skated 6:28 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (85.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nash Matteau Robinson
Usage
Martin Necas (CAR) played 21:39, +4:27 up on his 17:12 season average over 52 games.Necas
Usage
Michael Del Zotto (CBJ) played 11:45, −6:15 down on his 18:00 season average over 52 games.Del Zotto
Usage
Riley Nash (CBJ) played 18:00, +5:33 up on his 12:27 season average over 36 games.Nash

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)CAR attacks right (top on phones) →

CAR
CBJ
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 112 of 112 attempts · CAR 61 · CBJ 51

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CAR
CBJ
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CAR 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 32% of the game, CAR 44%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CAR

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	CAR
	50	59
	2.07	2.51
	2.00	2.47
	7	16
	1	2
	12	16
	−0.007	+0.008
	32%	44%

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

L1Atkinson – Domi – Roslovic
10:5033% CF
L2Foligno – Bjorkstrand – Laine
9:2144% CF
L3Nash – Matteau – Robinson
6:2886% CF
L4Jenner – MacInnis – Stenlund
3:3675% CF
D1Jones – Werenski
19:4950% CF
D2Savard – Gavrikov
18:3331% CF
D3Del Zotto – Kukan
11:3360% CF

PP1Foligno – Atkinson – Roslovic – Werenski – Laine
1:08100% CF
PP2Jenner – Bjorkstrand – Jones – Domi – Stenlund
0:52100% CF
PK1FAtkinson – Jenner
2:54
PK2FNash – Robinson
1:59
PK1DSavard – Gavrikov
3:08
PK2DJones – Werenski
1:58

Current CBJ line combinations →

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Staal – Fast – Svechnikov
14:1352% CF
L2Niederreiter – Aho – Necas
14:0748% CF
L3Martinook – McGinn – Foegele
9:3483% CF
L4Paquette – Lorentz – Geekie
6:5560% CF
D1Hamilton – Slavin
17:3560% CF
D2Skjei – Pesce
17:1855% CF
D3Fleury – Bean
10:5933% CF

PP1Staal – Hamilton – Aho – Necas – Svechnikov
4:0080% CF
PP2Niederreiter – Fast – Pesce – Bean – Geekie
1:110% CF
PK1FFast – Foegele
0:48
PK2FMartinook – Aho
0:19
PK1DSkjei – Slavin
1:56

Current CAR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

14:11
CBJSeth Jones (Oliver Bjorkstrand, Zach Werenski)wrist0.16 xG
CBJ: Foligno, Bjorkstrand, Jones, Werenski, LaineCAR: Staal, Fast, Hamilton, Slavin, Svechnikov
CBJ 1 – 0 CAR

2nd period

0:51
CARSebastian Aho (Nino Niederreiter, Warren Foegele)snap0.15 xG
CBJ: Foligno, Bjorkstrand, Jones, Werenski, LaineCAR: Niederreiter, Hamilton, Slavin, Foegele, Aho
CBJ 1 – 1 CAR
12:20
CARSebastian AhoPP (Martin Necas, Dougie Hamilton)snap0.15 xG
CBJ: Atkinson, Savard, Jenner, GavrikovCAR: Staal, Hamilton, Aho, Necas, Svechnikov
CBJ 1 – 2 CAR
17:50
CBJKevin Stenlund (Max Domi, Oliver Bjorkstrand)snap0.15 xG
CBJ: Jenner, Bjorkstrand, Jones, Domi, StenlundCAR: Staal, Skjei, Slavin, Pesce, Aho
CBJ 2 – 2 CAR

OT period

4:09
CBJSeth Jones (Oliver Bjorkstrand)snap0.22 xG
CBJ: Bjorkstrand, Jones, RoslovicCAR: Hamilton, Foegele, Svechnikov
CBJ 3 – 2 CAR

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
Cam Atkinson R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	1	1	0	19:43	—	—	35	18
Jack Roslovic C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	16:55	—	—	28	17
Max Domi C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	0	0	2	15:49	—	—	38	28
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L2	0	3	3	+2	3	0.25	1	0	0	19:38	—	—	43	49
Patrik Laine L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	0	1	0	17:57	—	—	39	44
Nick Foligno L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.24	2	2	2	17:45	—	—	43	38
Riley Nash C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	3	0	18:00	—	—	63	72
Eric Robinson L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	2	1	0	11:22	—	—	80	86
Stefan Matteau C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	3	0	2	10:33	—	—	78	83
Boone Jenner C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	15:41	—	—	47	66
Kevin Stenlund C	L4	1	0	1	+1	5	0.60	0	0	0	11:23	—	—	59	66
Ryan MacInnis C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:54	—	—	71	71
Seth Jones D	D1	2	0	2	+2	6	0.58	5	2	0	25:36	—	—	52	57
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	24:45	—	—	49	53
David Savard D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	2	4	0	23:51	—	—	33	25
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	5	1	0	23:47	—	—	32	40
Dean Kukan D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:52	—	—	58	37
Michael Del Zotto D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	11:45	—	—	60	29

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joonas Korpisalo(start)	W	27	25	2	.926	2.85	64:09

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jordan Staal C	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.11	1	0	0	22:58	—	—	50	51
Andrei Svechnikov R	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.36	4	2	0	21:34	—	—	55	61
Jesper Fast R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	1	0	0	19:08	—	—	55	58
Sebastian Aho C	L2	2	0	2	0	2	0.30	0	0	0	22:19	—	—	50	41
Martin Necas C	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.43	0	0	0	21:39	—	—	50	38
Nino Niederreiter R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.18	3	0	0	18:12	—	—	52	43
Warren Foegele L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.29	4	0	0	13:56	—	—	58	69
Jordan Martinook L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	3	1	0	12:31	—	—	62	65
Brock McGinn L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	2	0	0	11:22	—	—	77	96
Morgan Geekie C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:01	—	—	55	84
Steven Lorentz C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	1	0	8:44	—	—	55	76
Cedric Paquette C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:53	—	—	36	26
Jaccob Slavin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	0	1	0	25:59	—	—	64	65
Dougie Hamilton D	D1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.20	0	1	0	23:28	—	—	61	65
Brett Pesce D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.09	0	3	2	22:05	—	—	54	44
Brady Skjei D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	0	2	0	21:49	—	—	56	49
Jake Bean D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	13:51	—	—	36	22
Haydn Fleury D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	3	2	0	13:01	—	—	39	37

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)	O	28	25	3	.893	2.63	64:06

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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.