Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Nashville PredatorsOct 9, 2025

FinalThursday, Oct 9, 2025· Bridgestone Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CBJ	1	0	0	1		CBJ	15	14	10	39
NSH	1	0	1	2		NSH	9	9	14	32

: CBJ 72NSH 60
: CBJ 2.66NSH 2.93
PP goals: CBJ 0NSH 1
Hits: CBJ 28NSH 22
Blocks: CBJ 15NSH 19
PIM: CBJ 10NSH 4
: CBJ 48%NSH 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators edge Columbus Blue Jackets 2–1

Nashville Predators beat Columbus Blue Jackets 2–1 at home. Michael Bunting (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. NSH's first power-play unit (Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Marchessault and Forsberg) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:53 together.

PP1
NSH's first power-play unit (Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Marchessault and Forsberg) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:53 together.Stamkos Josi O'Reilly Marchessault Forsberg
Goalie
Juuse Saros (NSH) faced 39 shots and stopped 38 (.974), +10 against a season average of 28.8; the win.Saros
Usage
Denton Mateychuk (CBJ) played 14:30, −4:45 down on his 19:15 season average over 74 games.Mateychuk
Luck
CBJ scored 1 goal on 2.66 expected goals (72 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Adam Fantilli (CBJ) played 15:31, −3:26 down on his 18:57 season average over 81 games.Fantilli
Shots
Kirill Marchenko (CBJ) led everyone with 8 shot on goals without scoring.Marchenko
Cats
Roman Josi (NSH) blocked 5 shots in 22:51.Josi

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 132 of 132 attempts · NSH 60 · CBJ 72

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 30% of the game, NSH 28%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

NSH skaters (rows) against CBJ skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the NSH side.

Matchup matrix

NSH 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).

Sequence card
Stat	CBJ	NSH
	72	52
	2.73	2.02
	2.67	1.92
	12	10
	2	6
	25	28
	−0.004	+0.004
	30%	28%

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

L1Monahan – Marchenko – Voronkov
11:4666% CF
L2Jenner – Sillinger – Fantilli
10:3358% CF
L3Coyle – Olivier – Johnson
9:1180% CF
L4Wood – Aston-Reese – Lundeström
7:0627% CF
D1Werenski – Fabbro
12:2245% CF
D2Severson – Provorov
12:1478% CF
D3Gudbranson – Mateychuk
9:3653% CF

PP1Jenner – Monahan – Werenski – Marchenko – Johnson
1:14100% CF
PP2Coyle – Severson – Provorov – Voronkov – Fantilli
0:33
PK1FWood – Lundeström
1:53
PK2FCoyle – Aston-Reese
1:08
PK1DGudbranson – Provorov
3:41
PK2DWerenski – Fabbro
1:38

Current CBJ line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Haula – Marchessault – Bunting
9:5935% CF
L2McCarron – Jost – Smith
9:5448% CF
L3O'Reilly – Forsberg – Martin
8:2138% CF
L4Stamkos – Svechkov – Kemell
7:1827% CF
D1Skjei – Perbix
16:5739% CF
D2Josi – Wilsby
16:1741% CF
D3Stastney – Barron
13:2748% CF

PP1Stamkos – Josi – O'Reilly – Marchessault – Forsberg
3:53100% CF
PP2Skjei – Bunting – Svechkov – Kemell – Martin
2:03100% CF
PK1FSvechkov – Kemell
0:33
PK2FHaula – Smith
0:25
PK1DSkjei – Perbix
0:57
PK2DJosi – Wilsby
0:47

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:45
NSHMichael Bunting (Erik Haula)slap0.10 xG
CBJ: Gudbranson, Jenner, Sillinger, Mateychuk, FantilliNSH: Haula, Marchessault, Skjei, Bunting, Perbix
CBJ 0 – 1 NSH
16:01
CBJDmitri Voronkov (Damon Severson, Denton Mateychuk)tip-in0.10 xG
CBJ: Severson, Monahan, Marchenko, Voronkov, MateychukNSH: Josi, O'Reilly, Forsberg, Wilsby, Martin
CBJ 1 – 1 NSH

3rd period

2:41
NSHRyan O'ReillyPP (Filip Forsberg, Roman Josi)backhand0.09 xG
CBJ: Coyle, Gudbranson, Jenner, ProvorovNSH: Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Marchessault, Forsberg
CBJ 1 – 2 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
Kirill Marchenko R	L1	0	0	0	+1	8	0.68	0	2	0	17:10	—	—	66	58
Sean Monahan C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.00	1	0	2	16:58	—	—	63	57
Dmitri Voronkov L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.34	2	0	0	15:21	—	—	59	54
Boone Jenner C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	3	1	2	17:03	—	—	52	74
Adam Fantilli C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.25	2	1	0	15:31	—	—	58	80
Cole Sillinger C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.44	2	0	0	14:01	—	—	61	77
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	4	0	0	16:53	—	—	68	44
Kent Johnson C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	1	0	0	14:29	—	—	85	62
Mathieu Olivier R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	3	0	0	14:18	—	—	61	54
Isac Lundeström C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	11:53	—	—	36	29
Miles Wood L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	0	0	11:25	—	—	33	27
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	2	10:02	—	—	23	4
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	0	0	0	5	0.14	1	2	0	27:16	—	—	50	38
Dante Fabbro D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	3	2	15:13	—	—	47	24
Ivan Provorov D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.07	0	0	0	24:27	—	—	70	86
Damon Severson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.06	0	2	0	19:57	—	—	72	72
Erik Gudbranson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	3	0	0	16:11	—	—	50	69
Denton Mateychuk D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	14:30	—	—	63	68

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jet Greaves(start)	L	32	30	2	.938	2.93	58:48

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.24	2	0	0	17:53	—	—	46	44
Michael Bunting L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.66	0	1	2	15:38	—	—	46	46
Erik Haula L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	2	0	0	14:11	—	—	33	31
Cole Smith R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	0	0	0	14:21	—	—	46	56
Michael McCarron C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	1	1	2	13:16	—	—	45	49
Tyson Jost C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	2	2	0	11:35	—	—	46	57
Filip Forsberg L	L3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.55	1	2	0	19:27	—	—	41	42
Ryan O'Reilly C	L3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.23	1	0	0	19:16	—	—	45	52
Brady Martin C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:44	—	—	36	38
Steven Stamkos C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.38	1	0	0	17:25	—	—	39	30
Fedor Svechkov C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	2	0	0	14:05	—	—	40	37
Joakim Kemell R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	0	0	12:22	—	—	30	16
Brady Skjei D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.12	3	1	0	23:05	—	—	35	34
Nick Perbix D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	4	0	19:58	—	—	43	46
Roman Josi D	D2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.12	0	5	0	22:51	—	—	41	50
Adam Wilsby D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	2	0	0	18:28	—	—	42	48
Justin Barron D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	2	1	0	14:49	—	—	46	33
Spencer Stastney D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:36	—	—	50	34

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	39	38	1	.974	2.66	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Michael Bunting (NSH) 1st 6:45 · assists Erik Haula · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 60.0 mph shot · 4.8 s from entry to goal.

Michael Bunting · 1st 6:45 · NSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 60.0 mph
Distance: 42 ft
Entry to goal: 4.8 s

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

Dmitri Voronkov · 1st 16:01 · CBJ

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 15.6 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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Ryan O'Reilly · 3rd 2:41 · NSH PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 3
Shot: 20.6 mph
Distance: 6 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.