Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Nashville PredatorsJan 16, 2021

FinalSaturday, Jan 16, 2021· Bridgestone Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CBJ	1	0	1	2		CBJ	15	13	16	44
NSH	1	0	4	5		NSH	11	11	11	33

: CBJ 64NSH 59
: CBJ 2.94NSH 1.81
PP goals: CBJ 0NSH 0
Hits: CBJ 11NSH 16
Blocks: CBJ 17NSH 10
PIM: CBJ 6NSH 2
: CBJ 46%NSH 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–2

Nashville Predators beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–2 at home. Alexandre Texier (CBJ) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Juuse Saros (NSH) faced 44 shots and stopped 42 (.955), +14 against a season average of 29.8; the win.

Points
Alexandre Texier had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:36.Texier
Points
Michael Del Zotto had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:02.Del Zotto
Goalie
Juuse Saros (NSH) faced 44 shots and stopped 42 (.955), +14 against a season average of 29.8; the win.Saros
Luck
NSH scored 5 goals on 1.81 expected goals (59 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for CBJ: Foligno–Texier–Foudy skated 11:30 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (65.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Texier Foudy
New line
New look for NSH: Richardson–Jarnkrok–Olivier skated 10:16 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Richardson Jarnkrok Olivier
New line
New look for CBJ: Atkinson–Jenner–Domi skated 11:01 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (51.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Atkinson Jenner Domi
New line
New look for CBJ: Nash–Bemstrom–Robinson skated 7:22 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (85.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nash Bemstrom Robinson

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)NSH attacks right (top on phones) →

NSH
CBJ
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 123 of 123 attempts · NSH 59 · CBJ 64

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NSH
CBJ
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NSH 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 36% of the game, NSH 26%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NSH

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	NSH
	66	58
	2.78	1.41
	2.64	1.40
	12	6
	5	6
	10	8
	−0.041	+0.041
	36%	26%

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

L1Grigorenko – Bjorkstrand – Dubois
12:4836% CF
L2Foligno – Texier – Foudy
11:3065% CF
L3Atkinson – Jenner – Domi
11:0152% CF
L4Nash – Bemstrom – Robinson
7:2286% CF
D1Jones – Werenski
17:4157% CF
D2Savard – Gavrikov
17:3050% CF
D3Del Zotto – Kukan
12:4455% CF

PP1Grigorenko – Bjorkstrand – Jones – Werenski – Dubois
0:55100% CF
PP2Grigorenko – Domi – Werenski – Texier – Bemstrom
0:55100% CF
PK1FNash – Robinson
1:46
PK2FJenner – Texier
1:16
PK1DJones – Werenski
2:20
PK2DSavard – Gavrikov
1:32

Current CBJ line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Johansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson
14:1468% CF
L2Richardson – Jarnkrok – Olivier
10:1660% CF
L3Duchene – Cousins – Kunin
8:4331% CF
L4Haula – Grimaldi – Sissons
5:5121% CF
D1Josi – Ellis
16:1256% CF
D2Ekholm – Fabbro
15:2438% CF
D3Borowiecki – Benning
14:0750% CF

PP1Josi – Duchene – Johansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson
2:2378% CF
PP2Ellis – Ekholm – Haula – Cousins – Sissons
2:07100% CF
PK1FJarnkrok – Kunin
0:58
PK2FRichardson – Sissons
0:46
PK1DEllis – Ekholm
1:25
PK2DBorowiecki – Benning
0:58

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

7:58
CBJNick Foligno (Michael Del Zotto, Alexandre Texier)wrist0.06 xG
CBJ: Foligno, Del Zotto, Kukan, Texier, FoudyNSH: Duchene, Ekholm, Haula, Benning, Kunin
CBJ 1 – 0 NSH
9:44
NSHRocco Grimaldi (Ryan Ellis)slap0.01 xG
CBJ: Atkinson, Savard, Jenner, Domi, GavrikovNSH: Ellis, Ekholm, Cousins, Grimaldi, Sissons
CBJ 1 – 1 NSH

3rd period

1:43
NSHFilip Forsbergwrist0.01 xG
CBJ: Grigorenko, Bjorkstrand, Jones, Werenski, DuboisNSH: Josi, Ellis, Johansen, Forsberg, Arvidsson
CBJ 1 – 2 NSH
5:47
CBJAlexandre Texier (Liam Foudy, Michael Del Zotto)deflected0.08 xG
CBJ: Foligno, Del Zotto, Gavrikov, Texier, FoudyNSH: Richardson, Borowiecki, Jarnkrok, Grimaldi, Benning
CBJ 2 – 2 NSH
11:00
NSHBrad Richardson (Mattias Ekholm)wrist0.02 xG
CBJ: Foligno, Jones, Werenski, Texier, FoudyNSH: Richardson, Ekholm, Jarnkrok, Fabbro, Olivier
CBJ 2 – 3 NSH
14:28
NSHLuke Kunin (Nick Cousins, Matt Duchene)backhand0.12 xG
CBJ: Del Zotto, Grigorenko, Bjorkstrand, Kukan, DuboisNSH: Borowiecki, Duchene, Cousins, Benning, Kunin
CBJ 2 – 4 NSH
15:22
NSHColton Sissons (Viktor Arvidsson, Dante Fabbro)wrist0.20 xG
CBJ: Atkinson, Savard, Jenner, Domi, WerenskiNSH: Ekholm, Haula, Sissons, Arvidsson, Fabbro
CBJ 2 – 5 NSH

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
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.12	2	0	2	17:28	—	—	38	46
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	0	1	0	17:24	—	—	36	46
Mikhail Grigorenko C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.15	1	0	0	16:04	—	—	35	44
Nick Foligno L	L2	1	0	1	+1	6	0.45	1	1	2	17:15	—	—	63	85
Alexandre Texier L	L2	1	1	2	+1	4	0.27	0	0	2	15:36	—	—	63	88
Liam Foudy C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	0	0	0	14:43	—	—	54	86
Boone Jenner C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.12	0	2	0	16:11	—	—	44	38
Cam Atkinson R	L3	0	0	0	-2	6	0.38	0	1	0	15:47	—	—	48	40
Max Domi C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	1	0	0	15:19	—	—	48	40
Riley Nash C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.39	1	0	0	11:21	—	—	88	87
Eric Robinson L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	1	0	0	9:24	—	—	87	86
Emil Bemstrom C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	0	0	0	9:12	—	—	87	86
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	0	0	-3	5	0.18	0	1	0	24:37	—	—	56	46
Seth Jones D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	2	0	24:32	—	—	54	55
David Savard D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.06	1	3	0	20:41	—	—	48	59
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	20:14	—	—	52	78
Michael Del Zotto D	D3	0	2	2	+1	3	0.26	0	1	0	15:02	—	—	56	81
Dean Kukan D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	3	0	13:10	—	—	53	79

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	L	33	28	5	.848	1.81	60:00

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.08	0	0	0	19:11	—	—	67	49
Ryan Johansen C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.10	1	0	0	18:47	—	—	63	24
Filip Forsberg L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.08	2	0	0	18:10	—	—	70	47
Calle Jarnkrok C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	12:31	—	—	53	59
Brad Richardson R	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	11:59	—	—	56	62
Mathieu Olivier R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	6	2	0	11:58	—	—	59	76
Matt Duchene C	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.33	1	0	0	17:25	—	—	31	36
Nick Cousins C	L3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:29	—	—	37	35
Luke Kunin C	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.28	1	0	0	14:33	—	—	27	28
Colton Sissons C	L4	1	0	1	+2	2	0.32	0	1	0	14:16	—	—	39	30
Erik Haula L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	2	12:58	—	—	28	22
Rocco Grimaldi R	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	10:06	—	—	35	11
Ryan Ellis D	D1	0	1	1	+2	5	0.12	0	2	0	22:17	—	—	59	46
Roman Josi D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.13	0	1	0	22:16	—	—	53	39
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.06	0	2	0	21:48	—	—	40	32
Dante Fabbro D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.03	0	0	0	18:01	—	—	38	37
Matt Benning D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:08	—	—	41	17
Mark Borowiecki D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	3	0	0	16:07	—	—	50	31

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	44	42	2	.955	2.94	60:00

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.