Columbus Blue Jackets vs. New York RangersOct 29, 2021

FinalFriday, Oct 29, 2021· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CBJ	0	0	0	0		CBJ	12	7	12	31
NYR	2	0	2	4		NYR	13	14	10	37

: CBJ 61NYR 64
: CBJ 2.59NYR 3.77
PP goals: CBJ 0NYR 2
Hits: CBJ 11NYR 26
Blocks: CBJ 13NYR 16
PIM: CBJ 8NYR 8
: CBJ 58%NYR 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers rout Columbus Blue Jackets 4–0

New York Rangers beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–0 at home. Adam Fox (NYR) led the scoring with 0G 3A. NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Strome, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:40 together.

Points
Adam Fox had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 24:07.Fox
Points
Artemi Panarin had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 21:00.Panarin
Points
Chris Kreider had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 16:56.Kreider
PP1
NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Strome, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:40 together.Kreider Strome Zibanejad Panarin Fox
New line
New look for NYR: Strome–Panarin–Kakko skated 11:13 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (61.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Strome Panarin Kakko
New line
New look for NYR: Kreider–Zibanejad–Goodrow skated 10:13 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kreider Zibanejad Goodrow
Luck
CBJ scored 0 goals on 2.59 expected goals (61 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Elvis Merzlikins (CBJ) faced 37 shots and stopped 33 (.892), +4 against a season average of 32.5; the loss.Merzlikins

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 125 of 125 attempts · NYR 64 · CBJ 61

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 26% of the game, NYR 46%.

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
	58	58
	2.20	2.93
	2.10	2.82
	10	11
	7	5
	24	18
	+0.065	−0.065
	26%	46%

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

L1Voracek – Jenner – Laine
11:4343% CF
L2Hofmann – Bjorkstrand – Roslovic
7:4436% CF
L3Kuraly – Texier – Robinson
7:3872% CF
L4Nyquist – Domi – Sillinger
4:4729% CF
D1Werenski – Bean
14:5550% CF
D2Gavrikov – Peeke
13:0462% CF
D3Harrington – Carlsson
7:3225% CF

PP1Voracek – Jenner – Bjorkstrand – Werenski – Laine
2:3280% CF
PP2Nyquist – Domi – Roslovic – Bean – Sillinger
2:18100% CF
PK1FKuraly – Robinson
2:16
PK2FJenner – Texier
0:28
PK1DGavrikov – Peeke
2:45
PK2DWerenski – Bean
1:07

Current CBJ line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Strome – Panarin – Kakko
11:1361% CF
L2Kreider – Zibanejad – Goodrow
10:1358% CF
L3McKegg – Hunt – Rooney
8:3844% CF
L4Blais – Chytil – Lafrenière
8:3444% CF
D1Trouba – Miller
14:4572% CF
D2Fox – Lindgren
14:2747% CF
D3Nemeth – Lundkvist
10:1729% CF

PP1Kreider – Strome – Zibanejad – Panarin – Fox
3:4089% CF
PP2Trouba – Blais – Chytil – Miller – Lafrenière
0:19
PK1FMcKegg – Zibanejad
1:23
PK2FGoodrow – Rooney
1:12
PK1DNemeth – Trouba
2:23
PK2DFox – Lindgren
1:17

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

12:29
NYRRyan Strome (Artemi Panarin, Nils Lundkvist)snap0.17 xG
CBJ: Nyquist, Harrington, Domi, Carlsson, SillingerNYR: Nemeth, Strome, Panarin, Lundkvist, Kakko
CBJ 0 – 1 NYR
15:31
NYRAlexis Lafrenière (Adam Fox)slap0.08 xG
CBJ: Nyquist, Bjorkstrand, Roslovic, Gavrikov, PeekeNYR: Zibanejad, Blais, Fox, Lindgren, Lafrenière
CBJ 0 – 2 NYR

3rd period

1:19
NYRChris KreiderPP (Artemi Panarin, Adam Fox)tip-in0.11 xG
CBJ: Kuraly, Gavrikov, Peeke, RobinsonNYR: Kreider, Strome, Zibanejad, Panarin, Fox
CBJ 0 – 3 NYR
11:23
NYRChris KreiderPP (Adam Fox, Artemi Panarin)tip-in0.15 xG
CBJ: Jenner, Werenski, GavrikovNYR: Kreider, Zibanejad, Panarin, Fox
CBJ 0 – 4 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Boone Jenner C	L1	0	1	0.29	0	1	0	21:54	—	—	46	39
Patrik Laine L	L1	0	1	0.17	1	1	0	17:43	—	—	41	28
Jakub Voracek R	L1	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	16:34	—	—	46	31
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L2	-1	3	0.23	1	0	0	18:50	—	—	48	43
Jack Roslovic C	L2	-1	2	0.11	1	0	2	13:44	—	—	50	34
Gregory Hofmann C	L2	0	2	0.29	2	0	2	13:27	—	—	55	63
Sean Kuraly C	L3	0	2	0.41	1	0	0	13:53	—	—	74	68
Alexandre Texier L	L3	0	3	0.13	0	0	0	11:34	—	—	74	68
Eric Robinson L	L3	0	3	0.09	2	2	0	11:28	—	—	74	76
Max Domi C	L4	-1	1	0.07	0	0	2	13:52	—	—	39	26
Cole Sillinger C	L4	-1	4	0.49	0	1	0	12:44	—	—	35	27
Gustav Nyquist R	L4	-2	1	0.18	0	1	0	11:51	—	—	30	23
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	3	0.10	0	1	0	27:20	—	—	59	50
Jake Bean D	D1	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	21:50	—	—	47	46
Andrew Peeke D	D2	-1	2	0.02	2	1	0	21:11	—	—	60	53
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D2	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	20:58	—	—	56	54
Scott Harrington D	D3	-1	1	0.00	0	2	0	13:55	—	—	23	8
Gabriel Carlsson D	D3	-1	1	0.00	0	2	0	10:04	—	—	33	6

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	L	37	33	4	.892	3.77	59:36

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Artemi Panarin L	L1	0	3	3	+1	2	0.25	0	0	0	21:00	—	—	48	59
Ryan Strome C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.19	1	0	2	17:17	—	—	55	67
Kaapo Kakko R	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.37	0	0	0	14:58	—	—	56	62
Mika Zibanejad C	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.40	2	0	0	21:57	—	—	43	44
Chris Kreider L	L2	2	0	2	0	7	0.64	1	0	2	16:56	—	—	57	53
Barclay Goodrow C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	1	0	2	15:15	—	—	46	47
Greg McKegg C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	2	1	0	13:31	—	—	50	48
Kevin Rooney C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	3	0	0	13:06	—	—	48	36
Dryden Hunt L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	2	0	0	9:53	—	—	47	37
Sammy Blais L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	5	1	0	11:37	—	—	50	77
Alexis Lafrenière L	L4	1	0	1	+1	4	0.28	0	1	0	11:29	—	—	50	76
Filip Chytil C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	1	0	0	10:02	—	—	52	79
Jacob Trouba D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	2	0	22:56	—	—	69	76
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	2	0	19:45	—	—	68	78
Adam Fox D	D2	0	3	3	+1	2	0.44	1	2	2	24:07	—	—	47	58
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.17	1	2	0	18:41	—	—	47	56
Patrik Nemeth D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	5	0	17:14	—	—	27	32
Nils Lundkvist D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	0	0	0	12:16	—	—	35	38

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	W	31	31	0	.1000	2.59	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.