Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Florida PanthersApr 3, 2021

FinalSaturday, Apr 3, 2021· BB&T Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CBJ	0	0	2	2		CBJ	16	15	15	46
FLA	0	3	2	5		FLA	12	13	14	39

: CBJ 64FLA 66
: CBJ 2.94FLA 4.19
PP goals: CBJ 0FLA 0
Hits: CBJ 31FLA 19
Blocks: CBJ 17FLA 14
PIM: CBJ 8FLA 2
: CBJ 47%FLA 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Florida Panthers beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–2

Florida Panthers beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–2 at home. Alexander Wennberg (FLA) led the scoring with 3G 0A. Sergei Bobrovsky (FLA) faced 46 shots and stopped 44 (.957), +16 against a season average of 30.2; the win.

Points
Alexander Wennberg had a hat trick (3 points) on 4 shots in 22:28.Wennberg
Points
Frank Vatrano had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 15:48.Vatrano
Points
MacKenzie Weegar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:28.Weegar
Goalie
Sergei Bobrovsky (FLA) faced 46 shots and stopped 44 (.957), +16 against a season average of 30.2; the win.Bobrovsky
New line
New look for FLA: Verhaeghe–Barkov–Marchment skated 12:13 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Verhaeghe Barkov Marchment
New line
New look for FLA: Hornqvist–Huberdeau–Wennberg skated 11:23 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (51.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hornqvist Huberdeau Wennberg
Usage
Michael Del Zotto (CBJ) played 12:39, −5:20 down on his 17:59 season average over 52 games.Del Zotto
New line
New look for CBJ: Atkinson–Bjorkstrand–Foudy skated 5:57 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Atkinson Bjorkstrand Foudy

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)FLA attacks right (top on phones) →

FLA
CBJ
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 130 of 130 attempts · FLA 66 · CBJ 64

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

FLA
CBJ
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

FLA 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 23% of the game, FLA 38%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

FLA

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	FLA
	68	59
	3.14	3.41
	2.92	3.24
	13	10
	5	4
	30	16
	−0.002	+0.001
	23%	38%

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

L1Domi – Laine – Robinson
7:5847% CF
L2Foligno – Jenner – Texier
7:4480% CF
L3Atkinson – Bjorkstrand – Foudy
5:5753% CF
D1Jones – Werenski
14:0957% CF
D2Savard – Gavrikov
11:0765% CF
D3Del Zotto – Lehtonen
8:4463% CF

PP1Foligno – Atkinson – Jenner – Jones – Laine
1:27100% CF
PP2Bjorkstrand – Domi – Werenski – Texier – Lehtonen
0:33
PK1FAtkinson – Jenner
2:12
PK2FFoligno – Robinson
1:37
PK1DJones – Werenski
4:17
PK2DSavard – Gavrikov
3:23

Current CBJ line combinations →

Florida Panthers

L1Verhaeghe – Barkov – Marchment
12:1350% CF
L2Hornqvist – Huberdeau – Wennberg
11:2352% CF
L3Vatrano – Acciari – Tippett
5:1250% CF
D1Weegar – Forsling
13:3255% CF
D2Gudas – Kiersted
8:0129% CF
D3Yandle – Nutivaara
4:4350% CF

PP1Yandle – Hornqvist – Huberdeau – Barkov – Wennberg
5:1483% CF
PP2Vatrano – Acciari – Nutivaara – Tippett – Kiersted
1:56
PK1FWennberg – Luostarinen
0:39
PK2FLammikko – Acciari
0:18
PK1DGudas – Stillman
1:07
PK2DWeegar – Forsling
0:53

Current FLA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

3:57
FLAMacKenzie Weegar (Aleksander Barkov, Carter Verhaeghe)wrist0.14 xG
CBJ: Atkinson, Savard, Bjorkstrand, Gavrikov, FoudyFLA: Weegar, Verhaeghe, Barkov, Marchment, Stillman
CBJ 0 – 1 FLA
4:49
FLAAlexander Wennberg (Frank Vatrano, Patric Hornqvist)slap0.37 xG
CBJ: Del Zotto, Jenner, Kukan, Laine, TexierFLA: Hornqvist, Weegar, Wennberg, Forsling, Vatrano
CBJ 0 – 2 FLA
8:47
FLAAlexander Wennberg (MacKenzie Weegar, Gustav Forsling)wrist0.01 xG
CBJ: Nash, Dalpe, Atkinson, Jones, GavrikovFLA: Hornqvist, Weegar, Wennberg, Vatrano, Stillman
CBJ 0 – 3 FLA

3rd period

2:46
CBJOliver Bjorkstrand (Michael Del Zotto, Alexandre Texier)wrist0.01 xG
CBJ: Del Zotto, Bjorkstrand, Texier, Foudy, LehtonenFLA: Yandle, Lammikko, Vatrano, Nutivaara, Luostarinen
CBJ 1 – 3 FLA
10:54
FLAFrank Vatrano (Owen Tippett)wrist0.24 xG
CBJ: Jenner, Jones, Domi, Werenski, LaineFLA: Weegar, Forsling, Vatrano, Acciari, Tippett
CBJ 1 – 4 FLA
18:15
CBJZach Werenski (Riley Nash, Seth Jones)wrist0.16 xG
CBJ: Nash, Jones, Werenski, Laine, RobinsonFLA: Gudas, Verhaeghe, Barkov, Nutivaara, Marchment
CBJ 2 – 4 FLA
19:53
FLAAlexander WennbergENwrist0.25 xG
CBJ: Foligno, Atkinson, Bjorkstrand, Jones, Werenski, LaineFLA: Gudas, Verhaeghe, Wennberg, Forsling, Marchment
CBJ 2 – 5 FLA

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
Patrik Laine L	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.19	1	0	0	17:04	—	—	38	24
Eric Robinson L	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.27	2	1	0	14:52	—	—	54	61
Max Domi C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.22	1	0	2	13:10	—	—	38	28
Boone Jenner C	L2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.36	1	1	0	20:11	—	—	63	29
Nick Foligno L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	4	1	0	19:02	—	—	75	77
Alexandre Texier L	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.11	4	0	2	17:57	—	—	67	59
Cam Atkinson R	L3	0	0	0	-3	3	0.59	1	1	0	21:00	—	—	62	62
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L3	1	0	1	-1	5	0.29	1	0	0	20:54	—	—	47	44
Liam Foudy C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	0	2	15:11	—	—	50	40
Seth Jones D	D1	0	1	1	-2	5	0.09	0	2	0	23:53	—	—	54	38
Zach Werenski D	D1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.23	2	5	0	22:37	—	—	52	37
David Savard D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	4	2	0	17:03	—	—	57	62
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.07	4	1	0	15:48	—	—	63	67
Mikko Lehtonen D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	1	0	17:56	—	—	52	58
Michael Del Zotto D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	2	0	2	12:39	—	—	54	42
Riley Nash C	—	0	1	1	0	4	0.28	1	0	0	9:59	—	—	52	74
Dean Kukan D	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	2	1	0	8:04	—	—	40	27
Zac Dalpe C	—	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	1	1	0	5:10	—	—	43	43

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	L	25	22	3	.880	2.14	39:59
Joonas Korpisalo	—	13	12	1	.923	1.81	18:33

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Aleksander Barkov C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.23	0	1	0	19:50	—	—	50	51
Carter Verhaeghe C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.26	0	0	0	18:50	—	—	50	45
Mason Marchment L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.20	4	0	0	18:11	—	—	56	58
Alexander Wennberg C	L2	3	0	3	+3	4	0.97	1	0	0	22:28	—	—	49	58
Jonathan Huberdeau L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.29	0	1	2	21:30	—	—	44	49
Patric Hornqvist R	L2	0	1	1	+2	5	0.32	1	0	0	18:30	—	—	53	70
Noel Acciari C	L3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.42	2	0	0	17:00	—	—	43	64
Frank Vatrano R	L3	1	1	2	+2	6	0.51	0	1	0	15:48	—	—	45	55
Owen Tippett R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.37	1	0	0	10:05	—	—	46	64
MacKenzie Weegar D	D1	1	1	2	+4	2	0.18	1	1	0	20:28	—	—	62	67
Gustav Forsling D	D1	0	1	1	+3	5	0.17	0	2	0	19:11	—	—	54	69
Radko Gudas D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	7	0	0	18:33	—	—	28	39
Matt Kiersted D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	4	0	12:47	—	—	29	39
Markus Nutivaara D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.17	1	1	0	15:56	—	—	46	30
Keith Yandle D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:20	—	—	57	77
Juho Lammikko C	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	1	0	12:00	—	—	33	19
Riley Stillman D	—	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	1	1	0	11:29	—	—	48	35
Eetu Luostarinen C	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:40	—	—	39	20

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	W	46	44	2	.957	2.94	59:24

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.