Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Nashville PredatorsFeb 28, 2021

FinalSunday, Feb 28, 2021· Bridgestone Arena

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Nashville PredatorsNSH

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CBJ	1	0	0	1		CBJ	7	11	11	29
NSH	1	1	1	3		NSH	11	12	6	29

: CBJ 48NSH 57
: CBJ 1.91NSH 2.93
PP goals: CBJ 0NSH 1
Hits: CBJ 12NSH 10
Blocks: CBJ 8NSH 10
PIM: CBJ 12NSH 16
: 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 3–1

Nashville Predators beat Columbus Blue Jackets 3–1 at home. Roman Josi (NSH) led the scoring with 0G 2A. NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Johansen, Granlund, Forsberg and Tolvanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:19 together.

Points
Roman Josi had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 26:09.Josi
PP1
NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Johansen, Granlund, Forsberg and Tolvanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:19 together.Josi Johansen Granlund Forsberg Tolvanen
New line
New look for CBJ: Foligno–Jenner–Bjorkstrand skated 12:57 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Jenner Bjorkstrand
Usage
Alexandre Texier (CBJ) played 7:58, −8:02 down on his 16:00 season average over 48 games.Texier
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Vladislav Gavrikov (CBJ) played 12:48, −6:43 down on his 19:31 season average over 54 games.Gavrikov
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Emil Bemstrom (CBJ) played 7:22, −5:47 down on his 13:09 season average over 19 games.Bemstrom
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Luke Kunin (NSH) played 7:58, −6:11 down on his 14:09 season average over 37 games.Kunin
Usage
Jack Roslovic (CBJ) played 21:52, +5:04 up on his 16:48 season average over 47 games.Roslovic

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 105 of 105 attempts · NSH 57 · CBJ 48

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 21% of the game, NSH 34%.

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
	50	60
	2.06	2.83
	2.04	2.61
	5	11
	7	6
	29	16
	+0.002	−0.002
	21%	34%

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

L1Atkinson – Roslovic – Laine
13:2955% CF
L2Foligno – Jenner – Bjorkstrand
12:5748% CF
L3Nash – Stenlund – Robinson
5:1967% CF
L4Domi – Texier – Bemstrom
5:0711% CF
D1Jones – Werenski
19:2047% CF
D2Savard – Carlsson
13:5248% CF
D3Del Zotto – Gavrikov
11:4630% CF

PP1Foligno – Atkinson – Jones – Roslovic – Laine
4:0975% CF
PP2Jenner – Bjorkstrand – Domi – Werenski – Stenlund
0:54
PK1FFoligno – Jenner
1:19
PK1DJones – Werenski
1:19

Current CBJ line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Johansen – Cousins – Arvidsson
12:0454% CF
L2Granlund – Forsberg – Tolvanen
11:2658% CF
L3Duchene – Jarnkrok – Grimaldi
9:5371% CF
L4Haula – Sissons – Kunin
6:1931% CF
D1Josi – Ellis
20:1252% CF
D2Ekholm – Fabbro
13:2966% CF
D3Benning – Harpur
11:1537% CF

PP1Josi – Johansen – Granlund – Forsberg – Tolvanen
1:19100% CF
PK1FHaula – Sissons
2:48
PK2FJohansen – Granlund
0:32
PK1DEllis – Ekholm
3:43
PK2DBenning – Harpur
0:50

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:45
CBJKevin Stenlund (Riley Nash, Seth Jones)wrist0.06 xG
CBJ: Nash, Jones, Werenski, Stenlund, RobinsonNSH: Josi, Ellis, Haula, Sissons, Kunin
CBJ 1 – 0 NSH
7:05
NSHNick Cousins (Viktor Arvidsson, Ryan Johansen)deflected0.19 xG
CBJ: Foligno, Del Zotto, Jenner, Bjorkstrand, GavrikovNSH: Ekholm, Johansen, Cousins, Arvidsson, Fabbro
CBJ 1 – 1 NSH

2nd period

9:44
NSHEeli TolvanenPP (Filip Forsberg, Roman Josi)wrist0.13 xG
CBJ: Foligno, Jenner, Jones, WerenskiNSH: Josi, Johansen, Granlund, Forsberg, Tolvanen
CBJ 1 – 2 NSH

3rd period

18:08
NSHErik HaulaSH (Roman Josi, Matt Benning)wrist0.15 xG
CBJ: Bjorkstrand, Jones, Domi, Roslovic, LaineNSH: Josi, Haula, Jarnkrok, Benning
CBJ 1 – 3 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
Cam Atkinson R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	0	0	22:26	—	—	49	51
Patrik Laine L	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.60	0	2	0	22:25	—	—	53	52
Jack Roslovic C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	0	1	0	21:52	—	—	51	54
Nick Foligno L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.07	0	0	0	20:29	—	—	46	31
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	1	0	0	17:11	—	—	46	31
Boone Jenner C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.27	0	1	0	16:36	—	—	48	29
Riley Nash C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.08	1	0	0	13:15	—	—	50	64
Kevin Stenlund C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.06	0	0	0	13:05	—	—	47	51
Eric Robinson L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	7:49	—	—	73	80
Max Domi C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	0	0	10	14:35	—	—	29	28
Alexandre Texier L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	7:58	—	—	27	27
Emil Bemstrom C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	7:22	—	—	17	8
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	0	0	0	27:03	—	—	44	44
Seth Jones D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	2	2	0	26:11	—	—	45	43
David Savard D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	2	0	2	18:35	—	—	57	59
Gabriel Carlsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	14:38	—	—	46	52
Michael Del Zotto D	D3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.08	2	0	0	15:05	—	—	41	29
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	1	0	12:48	—	—	36	33

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joonas Korpisalo(start)	L	29	26	3	.897	2.93	58:48

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Johansen C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.14	0	1	2	16:07	—	—	56	60
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.22	0	1	0	14:16	—	—	50	58
Nick Cousins C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.38	2	0	0	14:00	—	—	52	59
Filip Forsberg L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.47	0	0	2	17:50	—	—	53	55
Mikael Granlund C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	1	1	0	16:40	—	—	54	58
Eeli Tolvanen R	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.29	0	1	0	15:15	—	—	60	63
Calle Jarnkrok C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.06	0	0	0	14:53	—	—	72	63
Rocco Grimaldi R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	1	0	0	12:45	—	—	74	67
Matt Duchene C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	0	0	12:19	—	—	76	64
Colton Sissons C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	1	0	0	16:47	—	—	26	46
Erik Haula L	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.28	1	0	0	16:22	—	—	40	56
Luke Kunin C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	1	0	0	7:58	—	—	38	47
Roman Josi D	D1	0	2	2	0	3	0.32	0	0	0	26:09	—	—	53	61
Ryan Ellis D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	26:08	—	—	52	64
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.15	0	2	0	21:06	—	—	66	58
Dante Fabbro D	D2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.06	0	1	0	17:24	—	—	64	45
Matt Benning D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	1	0	12	14:59	—	—	44	75
Ben Harpur D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:02	—	—	38	43

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	29	28	1	.966	1.91	60:00

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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.