Matthew Schaefer · 1st 5:53 · NYI PP
- Play
- turnover-forecheck
- Passes
- 1
- Shot
- 67.0 mph
- Distance
- 37 ft
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Columbus Blue Jackets vs. New York IslandersNov 2, 2025
Final· UBS Arena
| Goals | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | Shots | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CBJ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | CBJ | 3 | 14 | 5 | 22 | |
| NYI | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | NYI | 18 | 10 | 11 | 39 |
- CBJ 45NYI 70
- CBJ 2.74NYI 4.82
- PP goals
- CBJ 0NYI 1
- Hits
- CBJ 26NYI 10
- Blocks
- CBJ 13NYI 10
- PIM
- CBJ 4NYI 8
- CBJ 32%NYI 68%
Fantasy takeaways
Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.
New York Islanders edge Columbus Blue Jackets 3–2
New York Islanders beat Columbus Blue Jackets 3–2 at home. Matthew Schaefer (NYI) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Matthew Schaefer (NYI) played 17:24, −7:22 down on his 24:46 season average over 81 games.
- PointsMatthew Schaefer had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:24.Schaefer
- UsageMatthew Schaefer (NYI) played 17:24, −7:22 down on his 24:46 season average over 81 games.Schaefer
- GoalieElvis Merzlikins (CBJ) faced 39 shots and stopped 36 (.923), +12 against a season average of 27.1; the loss.Merzlikins
- UsageDenton Mateychuk (CBJ) played 13:01, −6:15 down on his 19:16 season average over 74 games.Mateychuk
- New lineNew look for CBJ: Aston-Reese–Lundeström–Johnson skated 6:48 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Aston-ReeseLundeströmJohnson
- New line
- LuckNYI scored 3 goals on 4.82 expected goals (70 attempts), well short of its chances.
- UsageAnthony Duclair (NYI) played 8:30, −4:47 down on his 13:17 season average over 61 games.Duclair
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.
Shot map, CBJ at NYI: 115 attempts, 61 on goal, 5 goals, 7.56 expected goals; best chance Jean-Gabriel Pageau at 0.60 xG.
Strength
Period
Team
← CBJ attacks left (bottom on phones)NYI attacks right (top on phones) →
- NYI
- CBJ
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Showing 115 of 115 attempts · NYI 70 · CBJ 45
Game flow
Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.
Cumulative shot attempts
Game flow, CBJ at NYI: expected goals 4.82 to 2.74 (NYI led the chances), shot attempts 70 to 45, 5 goals.
- 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 22% of the game, NYI 42%.
Shift chart
Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.
Shifts
Shift chart, CBJ at NYI: 38 players over 60:00; most ice David Rittich (59:42) for NYI and Elvis Merzlikins (59:22) for CBJ, 5 goals.
NYI
CBJ
goals / penalties
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Penalty
Head-to-head matchups
NYI skaters (rows) against CBJ skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the NYI side.
Matchup matrix
Head-to-head matrix, NYI rows versus CBJ columns: 250 matchups; most common Barzal vs Marchenko, 11:29 at 66% xGF.
NYI 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).
| Stat | CBJ | NYI |
|---|---|---|
| 42 | 74 | |
| 2.19 | 4.66 | |
| 1.93 | 4.27 | |
| 11 | 19 | |
| 2 | 4 | |
| 25 | 19 | |
| −0.085 | +0.085 | |
| 22% | 42% |
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
- 12:1114% CF
- 9:5326% CF
- 9:0740% CF
- L4Aston-Reese – Lundeström – Johnson6:4854% CF
- 19:0125% CF
- 12:4145% CF
- D3Fabbro – Christiansen10:1813% CF
- 4:1667% CF
- 1:49100% CF
- 0:34
- 0:34
New York Islanders
- 12:1371% CF
- 10:5762% CF
- 10:2092% CF
- 7:2338% CF
- 14:5365% CF
- 13:2479% CF
- 10:5463% CF
- 0:37100% CF
- 2:43
- 2:29
- 3:13
- 2:24
Scoring summary
Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.
1st period
- 5:53CBJ 0 – 1 NYI
2nd period
- 15:21CBJ 1 – 1 NYI
3rd period
- 12:10CBJ 2 – 1 NYI
- 18:53CBJ 2 – 2 NYI
- 19:22CBJ 2 – 3 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
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Coyle C | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 19:14 | — | — | 19 | 11 |
| Cole Sillinger C | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.04 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:23 | — | — | 33 | 49 |
| Mathieu Olivier R | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.18 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 17:18 | — | — | 32 | 47 |
| Kirill Marchenko R | L2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0.02 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:44 | — | — | 28 | 34 |
| Sean Monahan C | L2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:18 | — | — | 27 | 27 |
| Dmitri Voronkov L | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.35 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16:33 | — | — | 28 | 28 |
| Adam Fantilli C | L3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:32 | — | — | 38 | 37 |
| Boone Jenner C | L3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0.21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:53 | — | — | 37 | 26 |
| Miles Wood L | L3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0.10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:01 | — | — | 42 | 33 |
| Kent Johnson C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:06 | — | — | 57 | 39 |
| Isac Lundeström C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:45 | — | — | 65 | 67 |
| Zachary Aston-Reese L | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.07 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9:08 | — | — | 53 | 50 |
| Ivan Provorov D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:20 | — | — | 27 | 26 |
| Damon Severson D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0.34 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 23:43 | — | — | 27 | 25 |
| Zach Werenski D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0.14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27:06 | — | — | 49 | 44 |
| Denton Mateychuk D | D2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0.42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13:01 | — | — | 46 | 41 |
| Dante Fabbro D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0.06 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16:43 | — | — | 37 | 29 |
| Jake Christiansen D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:40 | — | — | 13 | 0 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elvis Merzlikins(start) | L | 39 | 36 | 3 | .923 | 4.22 | 59:22 |
New York Islanders
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo Horvat C | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:28 | — | — | 69 | 64 |
| Mathew Barzal C | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:12 | — | — | 74 | 67 |
| Emil Heineman L | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 0.60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:24 | — | — | 69 | 66 |
| Jean-Gabriel Pageau C | L2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.80 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:48 | — | — | 65 | 82 |
| Simon Holmstrom R | L2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.62 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:32 | — | — | 63 | 82 |
| Anders Lee L | L2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 0.72 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15:56 | — | — | 56 | 74 |
| Kyle Palmieri C | L3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:47 | — | — | 87 | 61 |
| Jonathan Drouin L | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:19 | — | — | 68 | 51 |
| Calum Ritchie C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:56 | — | — | 67 | 52 |
| Kyle MacLean C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.01 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9:28 | — | — | 39 | 51 |
| Casey Cizikas C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8:45 | — | — | 43 | 53 |
| Anthony Duclair L | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8:30 | — | — | 40 | 42 |
| Adam Pelech D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 0.11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21:34 | — | — | 70 | 81 |
| Ryan Pulock D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 0.05 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:42 | — | — | 67 | 74 |
| Alexander Romanov D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0.09 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 21:38 | — | — | 60 | 56 |
| Tony DeAngelo D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 0.33 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:43 | — | — | 73 | 64 |
| Scott Mayfield D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.08 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:08 | — | — | 56 | 65 |
| Matthew Schaefer D | D3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0.35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:24 | — | — | 57 | 56 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Rittich(start) | W | 22 | 20 | 2 | .909 | 2.74 | 59:46 |
Goal anatomy
Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.
Matthew Schaefer (NYI PP) 1st 5:53 · assists Bo Horvat, Kyle Palmieri · Forecheck turnover · 67.0 mph shot.
Simon Holmstrom · 3rd 19:22 · NYI
- Play
- turnover-forecheck
- Passes
- 0
- Shot
- 10.1 mph
- Distance
- 25 ft
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Miles Wood · 2nd 15:21 · CBJ
- Play
- deflection
- Entry
- pass
- Odd man
- 3-on-2
- Passes
- 2 (royal road)
- Shot
- 24.8 mph
- Distance
- 5 ft
- Entry to goal
- 5.4 s
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Denton Mateychuk · 3rd 12:10 · CBJ
- Play
- odd-man-rush
- Entry
- pass
- Odd man
- 3-on-2
- Passes
- 0
- Shot
- 27.2 mph
- Distance
- 9 ft
- Entry to goal
- 4.7 s
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Matthew Schaefer · 3rd 18:53 · NYI
- Play
- turnover-forecheck
- Entry
- carry
- Odd man
- 5-on-4
- Passes
- 2
- Shot
- 23.3 mph
- Distance
- 8 ft
- Entry to goal
- 10.4 s
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