Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Tampa Bay LightningMar 4, 2025

FinalTuesday, Mar 4, 2025· Amalie Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CBJ	1	1	0	2		CBJ	9	8	16	33
TBL	2	2	2	6		TBL	10	18	12	40

: CBJ 72TBL 74
: CBJ 2.49TBL 4.19
PP goals: CBJ 0TBL 1
Hits: CBJ 19TBL 10
Blocks: CBJ 18TBL 22
PIM: CBJ 18TBL 6
: CBJ 47%TBL 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Tampa Bay Lightning rout Columbus Blue Jackets 6–2

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Columbus Blue Jackets 6–2 at home. Jake Guentzel (TBL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for CBJ: Jenner–Chinakhov–Johnson skated 9:52 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Jake Guentzel had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 7 shots in 18:44.Guentzel
Points
Victor Hedman had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 24:22.Hedman
Points
Nikita Kucherov had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 7 shots in 19:57.Kucherov
Points
Zach Werenski had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 29:55.Werenski
Points
Brayden Point had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:46.Point
Points
Darren Raddysh had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:31.Raddysh
New line
New look for CBJ: Jenner–Chinakhov–Johnson skated 9:52 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jenner Chinakhov Johnson
Goalie
Elvis Merzlikins (CBJ) faced 39 shots and stopped 34 (.872), +10 against a season average of 29.4; the loss.Merzlikins

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)TBL attacks right (top on phones) →

TBL
CBJ
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 146 of 146 attempts · TBL 74 · CBJ 72

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

TBL
CBJ
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

TBL 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 24% of the game, TBL 46%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

TBL

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	TBL
	67	73
	1.73	2.84
	1.63	2.73
	16	12
	4	10
	17	26
	−0.017	+0.017
	24%	46%

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 – Voronkov – Fantilli
10:3648% CF
L2Jenner – Chinakhov – Johnson
9:5257% CF
L3van Riemsdyk – Kuraly – LaBate
9:2924% CF
L4Olivier – Danforth – Aston-Reese
9:1768% CF
D1Werenski – Fabbro
20:0861% CF
D2Severson – Christiansen
11:4442% CF
D3Provorov – Mateychuk
10:4635% CF

PP1Werenski – Marchenko – Voronkov – Johnson – Fantilli
1:35100% CF
PP2van Riemsdyk – Jenner – Provorov – Chinakhov – Mateychuk
0:16100% CF
PK1FKuraly – Aston-Reese
1:49
PK2FJenner – Danforth
1:28
PK1DProvorov – Mateychuk
2:09
PK2DWerenski – Fabbro
2:02

Current CBJ line combinations →

Tampa Bay Lightning

L1Kucherov – Guentzel – Point
11:3947% CF
L2Paul – Chaffee – Goncalves
10:2838% CF
L3Girgensons – Cirelli – Hagel
9:5564% CF
L4Atkinson – Glendening – Eyssimont
7:1072% CF
D1McDonagh – Cernak
13:2063% CF
D2Raddysh – Lilleberg
12:3550% CF
D3Hedman – Moser
11:1438% CF

PP1Hedman – Kucherov – Guentzel – Point – Chaffee
3:3650% CF
PP2Atkinson – Paul – Raddysh – Cirelli – Hagel
0:480% CF
PK1FGlendening – Girgensons
0:53
PK2FCirelli – Hagel
0:51
PK1DHedman – Cernak
1:29
PK2DMoser – Lilleberg
0:31

Current TBL 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	1	1	0	3	0.10	2	1	0	19:13	—	—	42	43
Kirill Marchenko R	L1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.16	0	0	0	18:58	—	—	42	33
Dmitri Voronkov L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.39	0	1	0	14:58	—	—	52	42
Kent Johnson C	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.28	0	1	0	17:17	—	—	57	39
Boone Jenner C	L2	0	0	0	-3	3	0.39	1	0	0	17:05	—	—	57	28
Egor Chinakhov R	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.18	3	0	0	13:25	—	—	49	35
James van Riemsdyk L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	13:13	—	—	30	15
Sean Kuraly C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:39	—	—	24	22
Joseph LaBate C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	3	6	0	11:01	—	—	25	13
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.14	6	0	0	15:16	—	—	59	61
Justin Danforth R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	0	3	0	15:01	—	—	61	63
Mathieu Olivier R	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.15	4	0	14	11:28	—	—	71	80
Zach Werenski D	D1	2	0	2	0	4	0.30	0	2	0	29:55	—	—	60	49
Dante Fabbro D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	24:59	—	—	61	54
Jake Christiansen D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	0	0	0	15:07	—	—	37	39
Damon Severson D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	0	1	2	13:19	—	—	44	29
Ivan Provorov D	D3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.02	0	2	0	18:05	—	—	35	22
Denton Mateychuk D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.05	0	0	0	15:02	—	—	32	15

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	L	39	34	5	.872	3.10	57:10

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nikita Kucherov R	L1	1	2	3	+3	7	0.79	0	1	0	19:57	—	—	51	77
Brayden Point C	L1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.30	0	2	0	18:46	—	—	44	66
Jake Guentzel C	L1	2	1	3	+3	7	1.20	0	0	0	18:44	—	—	47	67
Nick Paul L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	1	0	14:32	—	—	37	32
Mitchell Chaffee R	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.14	1	0	0	14:26	—	—	40	35
Gage Goncalves C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	12:14	—	—	33	25
Brandon Hagel L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.24	0	0	0	18:45	—	—	59	64
Anthony Cirelli C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.12	0	2	0	17:30	—	—	65	72
Zemgus Girgensons C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	2	1	0	13:10	—	—	61	50
Luke Glendening C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	3	0	11:42	—	—	64	70
Cam Atkinson R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	0	0	0	9:21	—	—	74	80
Michael Eyssimont C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	8:42	—	—	74	80
Erik Cernak D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.66	2	1	2	19:49	—	—	62	65
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	3	2	19:00	—	—	58	51
Darren Raddysh D	D2	0	2	2	+2	3	0.14	0	2	0	19:31	—	—	63	71
Emil Lilleberg D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:00	—	—	48	50
Victor Hedman D	D3	2	1	3	+3	4	0.18	0	4	0	24:22	—	—	50	71
J.J. Moser D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.00	0	0	2	18:29	—	—	37	55

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonas Johansson(start)	W	33	31	2	.939	2.49	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Nikita Kucherov (TBL) 1st 1:37 · assists Jake Guentzel · Odd-man rush · carried in · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 41.3 mph shot · 2.2 s from entry to goal.

Nikita Kucherov · 1st 1:37 · TBL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 41.3 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Mitchell Chaffee · 1st 0:30 · TBL

Play: deflection
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 65.5 mph
Distance: 61 ft
Entry to goal: 6.2 s

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Zach Werenski · 1st 17:20 · CBJ

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 78.7 mph
Distance: 32 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 s

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Jake Guentzel · 2nd 1:27 · TBL

Play: deflection
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 21.2 mph
Distance: 7 ft

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Victor Hedman · 2nd 6:36 · TBL

Play: cycle
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 65.5 mph
Distance: 38 ft

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Zach Werenski · 2nd 10:49 · CBJ SH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 27.4 mph
Distance: 39 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Victor Hedman · 3rd 9:44 · TBL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 5
Shot: 71.6 mph
Distance: 40 ft
Type: one-timer

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Jake Guentzel · 3rd 17:53 · TBL EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 54.8 mph
Distance: 95 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. Tampa Bay LightningMar 4, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Tampa Bay Lightning rout Columbus Blue Jackets 6–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Columbus Blue Jackets

Tampa Bay Lightning

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Columbus Blue Jackets

Tampa Bay Lightning

Goal anatomy

Nikita Kucherov · 1st 1:37 · TBL

Mitchell Chaffee · 1st 0:30 · TBL

Zach Werenski · 1st 17:20 · CBJ

Jake Guentzel · 2nd 1:27 · TBL

Victor Hedman · 2nd 6:36 · TBL

Zach Werenski · 2nd 10:49 · CBJ SH

Victor Hedman · 3rd 9:44 · TBL PP

Jake Guentzel · 3rd 17:53 · TBL EN