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Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Ottawa SenatorsDec 29, 2025

Final· Canadian Tire Centre
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Goals123TShots123T
CBJ1124CBJ123722
OTT0101OTT7101128
CBJ 47OTT 60
CBJ 3.13OTT 2.30
PP goals
CBJ 0OTT 0
Hits
CBJ 23OTT 18
Blocks
CBJ 16OTT 10
PIM
CBJ 13OTT 11
CBJ 53%OTT 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Ottawa Senators 4–1

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Ottawa Senators 4–1 at OTT. Damon Severson (CBJ) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Denton Mateychuk (CBJ) played 27:26, +8:22 up on his 19:04 season average over 74 games.

  1. Points
    Damon Severson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:41.Severson
  2. Points
    Charlie Coyle had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:08.Coyle
  3. Points
    Cole Sillinger had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:49.Sillinger
  4. Usage
    Denton Mateychuk (CBJ) played 27:26, +8:22 up on his 19:04 season average over 74 games.Mateychuk
  5. New line
    New look for CBJ: Wood–Voronkov–Sillinger skated 8:12 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (38.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.WoodVoronkovSillinger
  6. New line
    New look for CBJ: Gaunce–Aston-Reese–Johnson skated 6:50 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.GaunceAston-ReeseJohnson
  7. Usage
    Tim Stützle (OTT) played 23:55, +3:42 up on his 20:13 season average over 79 games.Stützle
  8. Usage
    Charlie Coyle (CBJ) played 15:08, −3:00 down on his 18:08 season average over 81 games.Coyle

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.

Shot map, CBJ at OTT: 107 attempts, 50 on goal, 5 goals, 5.43 expected goals; best chance Boone Jenner at 0.30 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← CBJ attacks left (bottom on phones)OTT attacks right (top on phones) →
  • OTT
  • CBJ
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 107 of 107 attempts · OTT 60 · CBJ 47

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, CBJ at OTT: expected goals 2.30 to 3.13 (CBJ led the chances), shot attempts 60 to 47, 5 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdOTTCBJJSSMMnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • OTT
  • CBJ
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
OTTCBJcontrol2nd3rdJenner · 1st 15:58Severson · 2nd 1:21Sanderson · 2nd 8:16Mateychuk · 3rd 1:57Marchenko · 3rd 15:54
  • OTT 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 35% of the game, OTT 40%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, CBJ at OTT: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Leevi Meriläinen (55:50) for OTT and Jet Greaves (60:00) for CBJ, 5 goals.

OTT
CBJ
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, OTT rows versus CBJ columns: 250 matchups; most common Chabot vs Mateychuk, 9:36 at 50% xGF.

OTT ↓ · CBJ →MarchmentFantilliMarchenkoVoronkovSillingerWoodJennerCoyleOlivierGaunceJohnsonAston-ReeseMateychukSeversonProvorovFabbroSmithChristiansenL1 PintoL1 GirouxL1 AmadioL2 StützleL2 TkachukL2 ZetterlundL3 BathersonL3 CozensL3 PerronL4 GreigL4 CousinsL4 MacDermidD1 ChabotD1 SpenceD2 SandersonD2 ZubD3 KlevenD3 Matinpalo
OTT 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
StatCBJOTT
4055
2.271.70
2.081.61
65
65
1724
+0.007−0.007
35%40%

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

Current CBJ line combinations →

Ottawa Senators

Current OTT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 15:58
    CBJBoone Jenner (Cole Sillinger, Charlie Coyle)tip-in0.30 xG
    CBJ: Coyle, Jenner, Severson, Provorov, SillingerOTT: Perron, Chabot, Batherson, Cozens, Spence
    CBJ 1 – 0 OTT

2nd period

  1. 1:21
    CBJDamon Severson (Dmitri Voronkov, Cole Sillinger)slap0.05 xG
    CBJ: Severson, Wood, Voronkov, Sillinger, MateychukOTT: Chabot, Zetterlund, Batherson, Cozens, Spence
    CBJ 2 – 0 OTT
  2. 8:16
    OTTJake Sanderson (Tim Stützle, Brady Tkachuk)wrist0.08 xG
    CBJ: Severson, Wood, Voronkov, Sillinger, MateychukOTT: Giroux, Tkachuk, Sanderson, Stützle, Zub
    CBJ 2 – 1 OTT

3rd period

  1. 1:57
    CBJDenton Mateychuk (Damon Severson, Charlie Coyle)snap0.03 xG
    CBJ: Coyle, Jenner, Severson, Olivier, MateychukOTT: Perron, Chabot, Batherson, Cozens, Spence
    CBJ 3 – 1 OTT
  2. 15:54
    CBJKirill Marchenko (Mason Marchment, Adam Fantilli)snap0.24 xG
    CBJ: Provorov, Marchment, Marchenko, Mateychuk, FantilliOTT: Zetterlund, Batherson, Kleven, Stützle, Zub
    CBJ 4 – 1 OTT

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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Mason Marchment LL1011+110.5600220:26——3050
Adam Fantilli CL1011+130.5110019:09——3553
Kirill Marchenko RL1101+150.5411017:27——3546
Dmitri Voronkov LL2011010.1801016:31——3353
Cole Sillinger CL2022+110.2031214:49——3658
Miles Wood LL2000010.1020013:58——3659
Boone Jenner CL3101+220.5231015:56——5789
Charlie Coyle CL3022+220.1110015:08——5587
Mathieu Olivier RL3000+110.0040513:00——3348
Brendan Gaunce CL4000000.0200015:02——5964
Kent Johnson CL4000010.250008:04——5860
Zachary Aston-Reese LL4000000.003107:05——5034
Denton Mateychuk DD1101+220.0301027:26——3361
Damon Severson DD1112+210.0503218:41——3673
Ivan Provorov DD2000+200.0012027:04——4685
Dante Fabbro DD2000000.0023219:09——3538
Brendan Smith DD3000000.0002012:36——5227
Jake Christiansen DD3000010.0720010:29——5229
CBJ goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jet Greaves(start)W28271.9642.3060:00

Ottawa Senators

OTT skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Shane Pinto CL1000020.1710018:14——6765
Claude Giroux RL1000+120.1000016:18——4431
Michael Amadio RL1000020.3110014:52——6458
Tim Stützle CL2011010.1050023:55——6841
Brady Tkachuk LL2011+120.1510018:52——7248
Fabian Zetterlund LL2000-240.4720216:03——7157
Drake Batherson RL3000-410.1420020:43——4615
Dylan Cozens CL3000-330.2021218:00——5222
David Perron LL3000-220.1910211:25——3926
Ridly Greig CL4000020.1711017:11——4735
Nick Cousins CL4000000.000009:44——7267
Kurtis MacDermid LL4000000.000052:50——00
Thomas Chabot DD1000-330.0302022:57——6348
Jordan Spence DD1000-320.0601017:18——6656
Jake Sanderson DD2101+110.0801024:55——7145
Artem Zub DD2000010.1401017:06——7239
Tyler Kleven DD3000-100.0001013:56——3522
Nikolas Matinpalo DD3000000.0022013:51——1817
OTT goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Leevi Meriläinen(start)L22184.8182.6855:50

Goal anatomy

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

Boone Jenner (CBJ) 1st 15:58 · assists Cole Sillinger, Charlie Coyle · Deflection · 30.5 mph shot.

Damon Severson · 2nd 1:21 · CBJ

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
3-on-2
Passes
1
Shot
79.7 mph
Distance
44 ft
Entry to goal
2.6 s

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Jake Sanderson · 2nd 8:16 · OTT

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
3-on-2
Passes
1 (royal road)
Shot
63.5 mph
Distance
36 ft
Entry to goal
4.3 s

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Kirill Marchenko · 3rd 15:54 · CBJ

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
3-on-1
Passes
3 (royal road)
Shot
61.6 mph
Distance
25 ft
Entry to goal
2.3 s

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