Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Carolina HurricanesApr 2, 2026

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CBJ	0	1	0	1		CBJ	2	4	4	10
CAR	3	1	1	5		CAR	9	6	6	21

: CBJ 46CAR 52
: CBJ 1.62CAR 1.88
PP goals: CBJ 0CAR 1
Hits: CBJ 18CAR 19
Blocks: CBJ 14CAR 19
PIM: CBJ 6CAR 8
: CBJ 40%CAR 60%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Carolina Hurricanes rout Columbus Blue Jackets 5–1

Carolina Hurricanes beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–1 at home. Logan Stankoven (CAR) led the scoring with 2G 0A. CAR's first power-play unit (Gostisbehere, Ehlers, Aho, Svechnikov and Jarvis) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:42 together.

Points
Logan Stankoven had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:09.Stankoven
Points
Sebastian Aho had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:30.Aho
Points
Taylor Hall had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:50.Hall
PP1
CAR's first power-play unit (Gostisbehere, Ehlers, Aho, Svechnikov and Jarvis) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:42 together.Gostisbehere Ehlers Aho Svechnikov Jarvis
New line
New look for CBJ: Marchenko–Sillinger–Fantilli skated 5:17 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marchenko Sillinger Fantilli
Luck
CAR scored 5 goals on 1.88 expected goals (52 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for CBJ: Monahan–Heinen–Johnson skated 4:40 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (80% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Monahan Heinen Johnson
Usage
Isac Lundeström (CBJ) played 15:34, +3:14 up on his 12:20 season average over 67 games.Lundeström

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 98 of 98 attempts · CAR 52 · CBJ 46

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 26% of the game, CAR 35%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

CAR 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	CAR
	49	54
	1.78	1.82
	1.75	1.74
	6	11
	4	5
	29	23
	−0.048	+0.049
	26%	35%

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

L1Marchenko – Sillinger – Fantilli
5:1756% CF
L2Jenner – Wood – Lundeström
5:0975% CF
L3Monahan – Heinen – Johnson
4:4080% CF
L4Coyle – Garland – Del Bel Belluz
3:5160% CF
D1Provorov – Zamula
12:2545% CF
D2Werenski – Fabbro
11:5341% CF
D3Gudbranson – Mateychuk
9:0240% CF

PP1Monahan – Werenski – Garland – Johnson – Mateychuk
2:2550% CF
PP2Coyle – Werenski – Marchenko – Del Bel Belluz – Fantilli
2:00100% CF
PK1FMonahan – Lundeström
0:57
PK2FCoyle – Jenner
0:30
PK1DGudbranson – Provorov
1:38
PK2DWerenski – Fabbro
0:20

Current CBJ line combinations →

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Hall – Stankoven – Blake
11:4565% CF
L2Aho – Svechnikov – Jarvis
10:0467% CF
L3Staal – Martinook – Ehlers
9:3556% CF
L4Jankowski – Carrier – Robinson
8:5142% CF
D1Walker – Miller
16:3064% CF
D2Slavin – Chatfield
14:4450% CF
D3Gostisbehere – Nikishin
10:5660% CF

PP1Gostisbehere – Ehlers – Aho – Svechnikov – Jarvis
1:42100% CF
PP2Hall – Ehlers – Nikishin – Stankoven – Blake
0:19
PK1FStaal – Martinook
2:20
PK2FAho – Jarvis
1:29
PK1DSlavin – Chatfield
3:19
PK2DWalker – Miller
0:52

Current CAR 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
Kirill Marchenko R	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.21	0	0	0	16:15	—	—	39	60
Adam Fantilli C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.07	1	1	0	16:06	—	—	42	67
Cole Sillinger C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:06	—	—	54	68
Isac Lundeström C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	3	0	15:34	—	—	55	68
Boone Jenner C	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.42	2	0	0	15:04	—	—	46	49
Miles Wood L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	2	0	0	12:45	—	—	58	82
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	2	13:37	—	—	50	60
Kent Johnson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	0	0	0	13:22	—	—	60	77
Sean Monahan C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.12	1	0	0	12:38	—	—	47	23
Charlie Coyle C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	18:40	—	—	40	28
Conor Garland R	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:30	—	—	44	30
Luca Del Bel Belluz C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:18	—	—	36	26
Ivan Provorov D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.20	0	1	2	20:08	—	—	44	25
Egor Zamula D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	0	1	0	16:19	—	—	59	42
Zach Werenski D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	1	1	0	22:12	—	—	41	68
Dante Fabbro D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	2	0	20:33	—	—	48	65
Denton Mateychuk D	D3	1	0	1	0	2	0.41	0	2	2	20:29	—	—	54	70
Erik Gudbranson D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	2	2	0	18:22	—	—	38	50

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	L	21	16	5	.762	1.88	59:53

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jackson Blake R	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.05	0	0	0	15:42	—	—	62	69
Logan Stankoven C	L1	2	0	2	+2	4	0.51	1	1	0	15:09	—	—	61	63
Taylor Hall L	L1	0	2	2	+2	1	0.21	0	1	0	13:50	—	—	62	76
Sebastian Aho C	L2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.17	1	0	0	16:30	—	—	59	65
Andrei Svechnikov R	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.17	2	1	0	15:59	—	—	56	44
Seth Jarvis R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.13	0	0	0	15:42	—	—	53	50
Nikolaj Ehlers L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	0	1	0	15:56	—	—	44	23
Jordan Staal C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	3	2	0	15:53	—	—	52	49
Jordan Martinook L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.06	0	2	0	14:04	—	—	60	95
Eric Robinson L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	12:12	—	—	31	15
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	11:29	—	—	33	17
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	1	1	0	10:58	—	—	47	23
Sean Walker D	D1	0	0	0	+2	5	0.24	2	3	0	22:51	—	—	49	60
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.02	2	1	4	21:45	—	—	57	65
Jalen Chatfield D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	1	2	0	20:44	—	—	52	33
Jaccob Slavin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	20:37	—	—	46	23
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	1	1	4	16:21	—	—	46	27
Alexander Nikishin D	D3	1	0	1	0	1	0.09	3	0	0	16:18	—	—	52	29

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Frederik Andersen(start)	W	10	9	1	.900	1.62	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Logan Stankoven (CAR) 1st 2:27 · assists K'Andre Miller, Taylor Hall · Deflection · carried in · 43.0 mph shot · 8.1 s from entry to goal.

Logan Stankoven · 1st 2:27 · CAR

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 43.0 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 8.1 s
Type: deflection

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Logan Stankoven · 1st 8:52 · CAR

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 26.5 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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Alexander Nikishin · 1st 12:50 · CAR SH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 70.9 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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Jordan Martinook · 2nd 11:37 · CAR

Play: deflection
Entry: dump
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 43.1 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 9.4 s
Type: deflection

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Denton Mateychuk · 2nd 11:24 · CBJ

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 11.1 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Type: rebound

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Andrei Svechnikov · 3rd 6:44 · CAR PP

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 71.3 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s
Type: one-timer

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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. Carolina HurricanesApr 2, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Carolina Hurricanes rout Columbus Blue Jackets 5–1

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

Carolina Hurricanes

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Columbus Blue Jackets

Carolina Hurricanes

Goal anatomy

Logan Stankoven · 1st 2:27 · CAR

Logan Stankoven · 1st 8:52 · CAR

Alexander Nikishin · 1st 12:50 · CAR SH

Jordan Martinook · 2nd 11:37 · CAR

Denton Mateychuk · 2nd 11:24 · CBJ

Andrei Svechnikov · 3rd 6:44 · CAR PP