Columbus Blue Jackets vs. New York RangersJan 19, 2020

FinalSunday, Jan 19, 2020· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CBJ	0	0	2	2		CBJ	9	8	14	31
NYR	1	0	0	1		NYR	11	7	14	32

: CBJ 56NYR 62
: CBJ 2.20NYR 2.54
PP goals: CBJ 0NYR 0
Hits: CBJ 24NYR 26
Blocks: CBJ 14NYR 15
PIM: CBJ 0NYR 2
: CBJ 59%NYR 41%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Columbus Blue Jackets edge New York Rangers 2–1

Columbus Blue Jackets beat New York Rangers 2–1 at NYR. Oliver Bjorkstrand (CBJ) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for CBJ: Nyquist–Bjorkstrand–Dubois skated 7:49 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Oliver Bjorkstrand had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 17:17.Bjorkstrand
New line
New look for CBJ: Nyquist–Bjorkstrand–Dubois skated 7:49 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nyquist Bjorkstrand Dubois
Luck
NYR scored 1 goal on 2.54 expected goals (62 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Matiss Kivlenieks (CBJ) faced 32 shots and stopped 31 (.969), +9 against a season average of 22.8; the win.Kivlenieks
Usage
Emil Bemstrom (CBJ) played 16:13, +4:01 up on his 12:12 season average over 55 games.Bemstrom

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)NYR attacks right (top on phones) →

NYR
CBJ
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 118 of 118 attempts · NYR 62 · CBJ 56

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NYR
CBJ
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NYR 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 27% of the game, NYR 34%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NYR

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	NYR
	62	72
	2.34	2.87
	2.24	2.75
	11	10
	10	6
	25	22
	+0.056	−0.056
	27%	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

L1Nash – Robinson – Lilja
9:5736% CF
L2Atkinson – Wennberg – Bemstrom
8:4025% CF
L3Gerbe – Foligno – Jenner
8:2350% CF
L4Nyquist – Bjorkstrand – Dubois
7:4954% CF
D1Jones – Werenski
23:5258% CF
D2Savard – Gavrikov
17:0830% CF
D3Harrington – Nutivaara
12:3142% CF

PP1Nyquist – Jenner – Bjorkstrand – Werenski – Dubois
1:08100% CF
PP2Foligno – Atkinson – Jones – Wennberg – Bemstrom
0:520% CF

Current CBJ line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Fast – Strome – Panarin
14:2155% CF
L2Howden – Chytil – Kakko
9:5840% CF
L3Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich
7:5757% CF
D1Staal – DeAngelo
15:5355% CF
D2Skjei – Trouba
15:3253% CF
D3Fox – Lindgren
13:3471% CF

PK1FStrome – Zibanejad
1:09
PK2FFast – Howden
0:00
PK1DSmith – Trouba
1:31
PK2DStaal – Lindgren
0:29

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

18:23
NYRBrady Skjei (Jacob Trouba)snap0.11 xG
CBJ: Nyquist, Savard, Jenner, Bjorkstrand, WerenskiNYR: Smith, Strome, Zibanejad, Skjei, Trouba
CBJ 0 – 1 NYR

3rd period

6:08
CBJOliver Bjorkstrandsnap0.10 xG
CBJ: Foligno, Savard, Bjorkstrand, Gavrikov, DuboisNYR: Fast, Strome, Skjei, Trouba, Panarin
CBJ 1 – 1 NYR
19:33
CBJOliver Bjorkstrand (Pierre-Luc Dubois, Seth Jones)snap0.18 xG
CBJ: Foligno, Bjorkstrand, Jones, Werenski, DuboisNYR: Kreider, Zibanejad, Skjei, Trouba, Lemieux
CBJ 2 – 1 NYR

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		PP	SH
Eric Robinson L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	1	0	12:24	—	—	44	36
Riley Nash C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	11:47	—	—	31	28
Jakob Lilja L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	1	10:55	—	—	40	35
Alexander Wennberg C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	1	17:33	—	—	49	42
Cam Atkinson R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	0	0	17:03	—	—	48	53
Emil Bemstrom C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	1	16:13	—	—	30	29
Nick Foligno L	L3	0	0	0	+2	2	0.23	3	1	16:30	—	—	48	65
Boone Jenner C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	15:30	—	—	45	57
Nathan Gerbe C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	14:12	—	—	37	49
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L4	2	0	2	+1	6	0.63	0	0	17:17	—	—	50	43
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L4	0	1	1	+2	2	0.26	2	0	16:29	—	—	51	50
Gustav Nyquist R	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.35	1	0	16:13	—	—	57	45
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	0	0	26:40	—	—	55	55
Seth Jones D	D1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.07	1	2	25:37	—	—	58	65
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	19:17	—	—	36	50
David Savard D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	3	18:23	—	—	33	43
Markus Nutivaara D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	2	0	15:24	—	—	43	22
Scott Harrington D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	4	12:33	—	—	42	24

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matiss Kivlenieks(start)	W	32	31	1	.969	2.54	60:00

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Strome C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	1	1	0	20:49	—	—	60	57
Artemi Panarin L	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.41	0	0	0	19:10	—	—	59	60
Jesper Fast R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	4	0	0	16:44	—	—	53	47
Filip Chytil C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	0	2	0	13:05	—	—	46	49
Brett Howden C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	1	0	12:26	—	—	35	37
Kaapo Kakko R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	12:10	—	—	37	41
Mika Zibanejad C	L3	0	0	0	0	6	0.14	1	1	0	20:47	—	—	51	58
Chris Kreider L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.20	1	0	0	17:25	—	—	52	47
Pavel Buchnevich L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	3	1	0	15:50	—	—	57	62
Tony DeAngelo D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.34	0	1	0	21:43	—	—	52	66
Marc Staal D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	1	1	0	19:03	—	—	55	62
Jacob Trouba D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.08	2	2	0	22:10	—	—	47	41
Brady Skjei D	D2	1	0	1	-1	5	0.22	4	1	2	18:25	—	—	54	53
Adam Fox D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	19:06	—	—	55	50
Ryan Lindgren D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	2	0	17:26	—	—	62	72
Brendan Lemieux L	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	13:49	—	—	52	44
Brendan Smith D	—	0	0	0	+1	1	0.15	2	0	0	9:17	—	—	79	92
Greg McKegg C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	1	0	0	8:44	—	—	61	63

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	L	31	29	2	.935	2.20	59:51

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.