Columbus Blue Jackets vs. New York IslandersMar 31, 2022

FinalThursday, Mar 31, 2022· UBS Arena

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Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ

2

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New York IslandersNYI

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CBJ	0	2	0	2		CBJ	5	14	13	32
NYI	2	0	3	5		NYI	14	10	12	36

: CBJ 53NYI 59
: CBJ 2.68NYI 4.50
PP goals: CBJ 0NYI 0
Hits: CBJ 26NYI 21
Blocks: CBJ 11NYI 10
PIM: CBJ 2NYI 4
: CBJ 57%NYI 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Islanders beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–2

New York Islanders beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–2 at home. Mathew Barzal (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Elvis Merzlikins (CBJ) faced 35 shots and stopped 31 (.886), +2 against a season average of 32.5; the loss.

Points
Mathew Barzal had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:17.Barzal
Goalie
Elvis Merzlikins (CBJ) faced 35 shots and stopped 31 (.886), +2 against a season average of 32.5; the loss.Merzlikins
New line
New look for CBJ: Gaunce–Bemstrom–Robinson skated 9:34 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (76.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gaunce Bemstrom Robinson
Usage
Dean Kukan (CBJ) played 20:51, +4:40 up on his 16:11 season average over 40 games.Kukan
Usage
Brendan Gaunce (CBJ) played 11:38, +3:39 up on his 7:59 season average over 29 games.Gaunce
Usage
Jakub Voracek (CBJ) played 21:04, +3:40 up on his 17:24 season average over 78 games.Voracek
PP1
CBJ's PP1 (Voracek, Bjorkstrand, Roslovic, Laine and Boqvist) went scoreless in 3:24 of 5v4 time with 1 attempt.Voracek Bjorkstrand Roslovic Laine Boqvist

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)NYI attacks right (top on phones) →

NYI
CBJ
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 112 of 112 attempts · NYI 59 · CBJ 53

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NYI
CBJ
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NYI 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 15% of the game, NYI 39%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NYI

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	NYI
	55	66
	2.56	4.22
	2.46	3.89
	12	17
	4	4
	14	23
	+0.055	−0.055
	15%	39%

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

L1Voracek – Roslovic – Laine
10:5233% CF
L2Kuraly – Danforth – Chinakhov
10:4867% CF
L3Gaunce – Bemstrom – Robinson
9:3476% CF
L4Nyquist – Bjorkstrand – Sillinger
8:5235% CF
D1Kukan – Bean
18:0045% CF
D2Gavrikov – Peeke
16:5143% CF
D3Carlsson – Boqvist
10:5340% CF

PP1Voracek – Bjorkstrand – Roslovic – Laine – Boqvist
3:2450% CF
PP2Nyquist – Bean – Bemstrom – Chinakhov – Sillinger
1:51100% CF
PK1FKuraly – Robinson
0:59
PK2FNyquist – Roslovic
0:58
PK1DGavrikov – Peeke
1:11
PK2DCarlsson – Kukan
0:46

Current CBJ line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Parise – Barzal – Wahlstrom
11:5252% CF
L2Lee – Nelson – Beauvillier
11:3360% CF
L3Bailey – Palmieri – Pageau
11:1560% CF
L4Martin – Cizikas – Bellows
7:3936% CF
D1Chara – Dobson
14:5938% CF
D2Pelech – Pulock
13:5071% CF
D3Aho – Hutton
13:0438% CF

PP1Parise – Bailey – Palmieri – Pulock – Beauvillier
0:50100% CF
PP2Lee – Nelson – Pageau – Barzal – Dobson
0:48
PK1FBailey – Cizikas
2:05
PK2FParise – Pageau
1:46
PK1DPelech – Pulock
2:40
PK2DChara – Dobson
2:13

Current NYI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:39
NYISebastian Aho (Brock Nelson)snap0.01 xG
CBJ: Kuraly, Kukan, Bean, Danforth, ChinakhovNYI: Lee, Nelson, Beauvillier, Aho, Hutton
CBJ 0 – 1 NYI
8:50
NYIOliver Wahlstrom (Zach Parise, Mathew Barzal)snap0.14 xG
CBJ: Nyquist, Bjorkstrand, Carlsson, Boqvist, SillingerNYI: Chara, Parise, Barzal, Wahlstrom, Dobson
CBJ 0 – 2 NYI

2nd period

8:47
CBJEmil Bemstrom (Eric Robinson, Jake Bean)wrist0.02 xG
CBJ: Gaunce, Kukan, Bean, Bemstrom, RobinsonNYI: Martin, Cizikas, Bellows, Aho, Hutton
CBJ 1 – 2 NYI
10:26
CBJJustin Danforth (Vladislav Gavrikov, Egor Chinakhov)backhand0.20 xG
CBJ: Kuraly, Gavrikov, Peeke, Danforth, ChinakhovNYI: Chara, Lee, Nelson, Beauvillier, Dobson
CBJ 2 – 2 NYI

3rd period

3:16
NYIKyle Palmieri (Josh Bailey, Adam Pelech)wrist0.03 xG
CBJ: Voracek, Roslovic, Kukan, Laine, BeanNYI: Bailey, Palmieri, Nelson, Pelech, Pulock
CBJ 2 – 3 NYI
9:52
NYIMathew Barzalwrist0.16 xG
CBJ: Kuraly, Gavrikov, Peeke, Danforth, RobinsonNYI: Parise, Pulock, Barzal, Aho, Wahlstrom
CBJ 2 – 4 NYI
19:03
NYIRyan PulockENwrist0.50 xG
CBJ: Voracek, Nyquist, Bjorkstrand, Laine, Boqvist, SillingerNYI: Cizikas, Lee, Nelson, Pelech, Pulock
CBJ 2 – 5 NYI

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
Jakub Voracek R	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	2	0	21:04	—	—	26	19
Patrik Laine L	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.32	1	0	0	20:51	—	—	27	19
Jack Roslovic C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	1	0	0	15:40	—	—	38	34
Sean Kuraly C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.33	5	1	0	16:42	—	—	50	55
Egor Chinakhov R	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.07	3	1	0	15:05	—	—	57	73
Justin Danforth R	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.21	2	1	0	12:16	—	—	65	77
Emil Bemstrom C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.15	1	0	0	13:13	—	—	77	63
Eric Robinson L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.13	1	0	0	11:44	—	—	75	47
Brendan Gaunce C	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.26	1	0	0	11:38	—	—	57	31
Gustav Nyquist R	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.02	0	0	0	17:54	—	—	33	24
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.12	1	0	2	17:46	—	—	28	11
Cole Sillinger C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.29	2	2	0	14:39	—	—	42	35
Jake Bean D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.05	0	0	0	21:28	—	—	48	35
Dean Kukan D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	20:51	—	—	48	35
Andrew Peeke D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	3	2	0	19:44	—	—	44	46
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D2	0	1	1	0	5	0.23	2	0	0	19:30	—	—	48	49
Adam Boqvist D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.18	0	1	0	17:54	—	—	43	28
Gabriel Carlsson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	1	0	12:13	—	—	40	28

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	L	35	31	4	.886	4.00	57:48

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Zach Parise L	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.30	0	1	0	17:16	—	—	50	79
Mathew Barzal C	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.37	0	0	0	16:17	—	—	55	79
Oliver Wahlstrom R	L1	1	0	1	+2	4	0.34	2	0	0	13:59	—	—	57	89
Brock Nelson C	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.07	0	0	0	17:36	—	—	57	37
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.67	0	0	2	15:51	—	—	54	34
Anders Lee L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	0	0	14:57	—	—	62	42
Josh Bailey R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.35	0	0	0	17:05	—	—	61	65
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.42	5	1	0	16:34	—	—	60	72
Kyle Palmieri C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.32	2	0	0	14:48	—	—	68	76
Casey Cizikas C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	11:59	—	—	38	36
Matt Martin L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	2	1	0	10:11	—	—	50	65
Kieffer Bellows L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.21	2	0	0	9:00	—	—	38	52
Zdeno Chara D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	20:42	—	—	38	27
Noah Dobson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	0	2	19:55	—	—	42	38
Ryan Pulock D	D2	1	0	1	+3	4	0.73	0	3	0	22:59	—	—	69	82
Adam Pelech D	D2	0	1	1	+2	4	0.16	1	1	0	21:50	—	—	76	90
Grant Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.40	2	1	0	16:51	—	—	44	57
Sebastian Aho D	D3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.02	1	1	0	16:31	—	—	39	40

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov(start)	W	32	30	2	.938	2.68	59:39

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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.