Columbus Blue Jackets vs. New York RangersFeb 28, 2024

FinalWednesday, Feb 28, 2024· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CBJ	0	0	1	1		CBJ	9	10	12	31
NYR	0	2	2	4		NYR	17	9	4	30

: CBJ 69NYR 63
: CBJ 3.80NYR 3.67
PP goals: CBJ 0NYR 1
Hits: CBJ 13NYR 26
Blocks: CBJ 19NYR 22
PIM: CBJ 11NYR 9
: CBJ 45%NYR 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–1

New York Rangers beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–1 at home. Artemi Panarin (NYR) led the scoring with 2G 1A. NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Trocheck, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:28 together.

Points
Artemi Panarin had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 19:26.Panarin
Points
Chris Kreider had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:26.Kreider
PP1
NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Trocheck, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:28 together.Kreider Trocheck Zibanejad Panarin Fox
New line
New look for NYR: Kreider–Zibanejad–Kakko skated 10:45 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kreider Zibanejad Kakko
Luck
CBJ scored 1 goal on 3.80 expected goals (69 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Jimmy Vesey (NYR) played 16:12, +3:52 up on his 12:20 season average over 79 games.Vesey
Usage
Adam Boqvist (CBJ) played 22:24, +4:14 up on his 18:10 season average over 34 games.Boqvist
Cats
Will Cuylle (NYR) threw 7 hits, a night for hits leagues.Cuylle

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 132 of 132 attempts · NYR 63 · CBJ 69

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 34% of the game, NYR 31%.

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
	72	66
	3.42	2.39
	3.29	2.30
	12	10
	13	4
	10	16
	−0.031	+0.031
	34%	31%

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

L1Gaudreau – Jenner – Roslovic
11:2547% CF
L2Nylander – Johnson – Sillinger
10:3865% CF
L3Kuraly – Olivier – Danforth
10:1459% CF
L4Marchenko – Voronkov – Chinakhov
9:5342% CF
D1Werenski – Boqvist
18:2358% CF
D2Severson – Provorov
15:2458% CF
D3Gudbranson – Bean
10:5948% CF

PP1Gaudreau – Jenner – Werenski – Nylander – Boqvist
1:57100% CF
PP2Severson – Provorov – Marchenko – Voronkov – Chinakhov
0:35
PK1FKuraly – Sillinger
1:37
PK2FJenner – Roslovic
1:29
PK1DGudbranson – Bean
2:30
PK2DSeverson – Werenski
0:34

Current CBJ line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Trocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière
12:3263% CF
L2Kreider – Zibanejad – Kakko
10:4550% CF
L3Vesey – Brodzinski – Cuylle
7:1733% CF
L4Goodrow – Edstrom – Rempe
4:5557% CF
D1Trouba – Miller
18:3563% CF
D2Fox – Lindgren
16:0144% CF
D3Gustafsson – Schneider
12:3326% CF

PP1Kreider – Trocheck – Zibanejad – Panarin – Fox
2:2880% CF
PP2Gustafsson – Brodzinski – Panarin – Kakko – Lafrenière
0:37
PK1FKreider – Zibanejad
1:16
PK2FTrocheck – Goodrow
0:53
PK1DTrouba – Lindgren
1:30
PK2DFox – Miller
0:39

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

7:17
NYRArtemi Panarin (Vincent Trocheck)wrist0.02 xG
CBJ: Gaudreau, Jenner, Severson, Roslovic, ProvorovNYR: Trocheck, Panarin, Fox, Lindgren, Lafrenière
CBJ 0 – 1 NYR
14:19
NYRAdam FoxPP (Chris Kreider)snap0.07 xG
CBJ: Gudbranson, Jenner, Roslovic, BeanNYR: Kreider, Trocheck, Zibanejad, Panarin, Fox
CBJ 0 – 2 NYR

3rd period

3:24
CBJCole Sillinger (Damon Severson)snap0.65 xG
CBJ: Gaudreau, Severson, Provorov, SillingerNYR: Kreider, Zibanejad, Fox, Lindgren
CBJ 1 – 2 NYR
19:07
NYRChris KreiderEN (Artemi Panarin, Jimmy Vesey)wrist0.95 xG
CBJ: Gaudreau, Jenner, Werenski, Boqvist, Marchenko, SillingerNYR: Kreider, Vesey, Panarin, Lindgren, Schneider
CBJ 1 – 3 NYR
19:48
NYRArtemi PanarinEN (Jacob Trouba, K'Andre Miller)wrist0.48 xG
CBJ: Severson, Roslovic, Provorov, Nylander, Chinakhov, JohnsonNYR: Kreider, Zibanejad, Trouba, Panarin, Miller
CBJ 1 – 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	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Boone Jenner C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	2	3	0	20:17	—	—	49	47
Johnny Gaudreau L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.24	0	0	0	17:33	—	—	47	47
Jack Roslovic C	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.29	0	0	0	17:08	—	—	46	43
Cole Sillinger C	L2	1	0	1	0	4	1.04	3	3	0	15:29	—	—	58	43
Kent Johnson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.14	0	0	2	14:42	—	—	69	61
Alex Nylander L	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.14	0	0	0	14:25	—	—	67	65
Sean Kuraly C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.85	1	1	0	15:02	—	—	50	70
Justin Danforth R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:33	—	—	56	88
Mathieu Olivier R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	2	1	2	11:22	—	—	61	88
Kirill Marchenko R	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.26	3	3	0	13:58	—	—	40	44
Egor Chinakhov R	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.13	0	0	0	13:07	—	—	44	60
Dmitri Voronkov L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	5	11:45	—	—	50	65
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	4	0	26:30	—	—	55	43
Adam Boqvist D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	1	0	22:24	—	—	58	40
Damon Severson D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.10	0	0	0	19:55	—	—	58	88
Ivan Provorov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	0	2	19:20	—	—	50	77
Erik Gudbranson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	17:18	—	—	43	41
Jake Bean D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.18	0	2	0	14:54	—	—	47	47

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	L	28	26	2	.929	2.24	58:37

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Vincent Trocheck C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.26	2	1	0	19:37	—	—	57	62
Artemi Panarin L	L1	2	1	3	+3	4	0.97	0	0	0	19:26	—	—	60	52
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.35	1	1	0	16:29	—	—	57	63
Mika Zibanejad C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	1	0	19:56	—	—	40	39
Chris Kreider L	L2	1	1	2	+1	2	0.98	0	1	0	18:26	—	—	46	44
Kaapo Kakko R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	0	1	0	14:22	—	—	47	39
Jimmy Vesey L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	0	0	0	16:12	—	—	28	28
Jonny Brodzinski C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	2	1	0	12:53	—	—	36	34
Will Cuylle L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	7	0	5	10:47	—	—	47	47
Barclay Goodrow C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	3	2	14:29	—	—	33	14
Adam Edstrom C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	8:47	—	—	46	42
Matt Rempe C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	5	0	0	7:42	—	—	50	15
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.14	0	0	0	22:59	—	—	65	43
Jacob Trouba D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.10	1	2	0	21:58	—	—	61	35
Adam Fox D	D2	1	0	1	0	2	0.11	0	3	0	21:22	—	—	46	49
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	3	0	20:19	—	—	41	45
Erik Gustafsson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	1	0	15:34	—	—	31	42
Braden Schneider D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	4	0	14:54	—	—	24	23

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	W	31	30	1	.968	3.80	59:48

Goal anatomy

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

Artemi Panarin (NYR EN) 3rd 19:48 · assists Jacob Trouba, K'Andre Miller · Odd-man rush · loose puck · 5-on-1 at the blue line · 28.3 mph shot · 2.6 s from entry to goal.

Artemi Panarin · 3rd 19:48 · NYR EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 5-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 28.3 mph
Distance: 46 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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Artemi Panarin · 2nd 7:17 · NYR

Play: faceoff
Passes: 0
Shot: 38.6 mph
Distance: 26 ft

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Adam Fox · 2nd 14:19 · NYR PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 58.8 mph
Distance: 24 ft

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Cole Sillinger · 3rd 3:24 · CBJ

Play: rebound
Passes: 2
Shot: 45.7 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Type: rebound

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Chris Kreider · 3rd 19:07 · NYR EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 22.8 mph
Distance: 1 ft
Entry to goal: 3.2 s

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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.