Columbus Blue Jackets vs. San Jose SharksJan 9, 2020

FinalThursday, Jan 9, 2020· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CBJ	0	1	0	1		CBJ	12	7	12	31
SJS	0	2	1	3		SJS	15	9	9	33

: CBJ 59SJS 58
: CBJ 2.34SJS 3.28
PP goals: CBJ 0SJS 1
Hits: CBJ 21SJS 14
Blocks: CBJ 12SJS 21
PIM: CBJ 11SJS 9
: CBJ 44%SJS 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks beat Columbus Blue Jackets 3–1

San Jose Sharks beat Columbus Blue Jackets 3–1 at home. Kevin Labanc (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. SJS's first power-play unit (Thornton, Karlsson, Kane, Goodrow and Meier) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:12 together.

Points
Kevin Labanc had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:44.Labanc
PP1
SJS's first power-play unit (Thornton, Karlsson, Kane, Goodrow and Meier) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:12 together.Thornton Karlsson Kane Goodrow Meier
New line
New look for SJS: Kane–Hertl–Labanc skated 14:42 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (40.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kane Hertl Labanc
New line
New look for SJS: Thornton–Sorensen–Goodrow skated 10:03 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Thornton Sorensen Goodrow
Usage
Sonny Milano (CBJ) played 20:12, +7:14 up on his 12:58 season average over 54 games.Milano
New line
New look for SJS: Marleau–Meier–Suomela skated 9:54 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marleau Meier Suomela
Usage
Kevin Labanc (SJS) played 20:44, +4:44 up on his 16:00 season average over 69 games.Labanc
Usage
Evander Kane (SJS) played 22:41, +3:12 up on his 19:29 season average over 63 games.Kane

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)SJS attacks right (top on phones) →

SJS
CBJ
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 117 of 117 attempts · SJS 58 · CBJ 59

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

SJS
CBJ
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

SJS 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 28% of the game, SJS 34%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

SJS

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	SJS
	52	50
	2.11	2.16
	2.04	1.88
	10	7
	4	2
	8	20
	−0.048	+0.048
	28%	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

L1Wennberg – Stenlund – Bemstrom
7:2758% CF
L2Foligno – Jenner – Milano
7:0730% CF
L3Gerbe – Nyquist – Dubois
6:430% CF
L4Nash – Robinson – Lilja
6:3433% CF
D1Jones – Werenski
18:3953% CF
D2Savard – Gavrikov
15:2650% CF
D3Harrington – Nutivaara
9:3958% CF

PP1Nyquist – Jenner – Werenski – Stenlund – Dubois
1:50
PP2Foligno – Jones – Wennberg – Milano – Bemstrom
1:22
PK1FNash – Wennberg
1:37
PK2FFoligno – Jenner
1:32
PK1DJones – Werenski
2:48
PK2DSavard – Gavrikov
0:40

Current CBJ line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Kane – Hertl – Labanc
14:4241% CF
L2Thornton – Sorensen – Goodrow
10:0344% CF
L3Marleau – Meier – Suomela
9:5425% CF
L4Noesen – Karlsson – Kellman
6:3763% CF
D1Burns – Dillon
15:1739% CF
D2Vlasic – Karlsson
14:0054% CF
D3Ferraro – Simek
10:5045% CF

PP1Thornton – Karlsson – Kane – Goodrow – Meier
3:12100% CF
PP2Marleau – Burns – Karlsson – Hertl – Labanc
0:56
PK1FSorensen – Hertl
1:26
PK2FGoodrow – Karlsson
1:21
PK1DBurns – Dillon
1:45
PK2DVlasic – Karlsson
1:41

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:01
SJSKevin LabancSH (Tomas Hertl, Evander Kane)wrist0.14 xG
CBJ: Gerbe, Nyquist, Jones, Werenski, DuboisSJS: Vlasic, Karlsson, Kane, Hertl, Labanc
CBJ 0 – 1 SJS
13:28
SJSJoe ThorntonPP (Erik Karlsson, Barclay Goodrow)slap0.08 xG
CBJ: Foligno, Savard, Jenner, GavrikovSJS: Thornton, Karlsson, Kane, Goodrow, Meier
CBJ 0 – 2 SJS
18:12
CBJSonny Milanobackhand0.23 xG
CBJ: Nyquist, Savard, Wennberg, Milano, GavrikovSJS: Thornton, Burns, Dillon, Sorensen, Goodrow
CBJ 1 – 2 SJS

3rd period

2:09
SJSBrent Burns (Kevin Labanc, Brenden Dillon)backhand0.22 xG
CBJ: Gerbe, Nash, Savard, Harrington, DuboisSJS: Marleau, Burns, Dillon, Hertl, Labanc
CBJ 1 – 3 SJS

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	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alexander Wennberg C	L1	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	19:39	—	—	48	71
Kevin Stenlund C	L1	0	0	0	2	0.12	1	0	0	14:31	—	—	61	80
Emil Bemstrom C	L1	0	0	0	2	0.06	2	0	0	13:56	—	—	64	85
Sonny Milano L	L2	1	1	+1	2	0.27	0	0	0	20:12	—	—	50	75
Nick Foligno L	L2	0	0	0	2	0.27	3	4	5	18:05	—	—	59	76
Boone Jenner C	L2	0	0	0	1	0.21	1	1	2	17:06	—	—	59	50
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L3	0	0	-2	4	0.27	1	1	0	19:52	—	—	53	29
Gustav Nyquist R	L3	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	2	18:08	—	—	48	34
Nathan Gerbe C	L3	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:34	—	—	50	19
Riley Nash C	L4	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	0	0	11:14	—	—	23	17
Eric Robinson L	L4	0	0	0	2	0.25	3	0	0	8:25	—	—	60	49
Jakob Lilja L	L4	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	8:06	—	—	36	52
Seth Jones D	D1	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	27:32	—	—	50	55
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	0	-1	6	0.54	0	0	0	26:33	—	—	55	57
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D2	0	0	+1	2	0.14	1	1	2	19:17	—	—	47	48
David Savard D	D2	0	0	0	3	0.11	1	1	0	18:45	—	—	44	33
Scott Harrington D	D3	0	0	-1	3	0.04	1	0	0	12:51	—	—	47	37
Markus Nutivaara D	D3	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	11:08	—	—	62	64

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	L	33	30	3	.909	3.22	56:30

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evander Kane L	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.16	2	0	0	22:41	—	—	49	67
Kevin Labanc R	L1	1	1	2	+2	4	0.27	0	2	0	20:44	—	—	51	70
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.42	0	1	0	20:42	—	—	47	69
Barclay Goodrow C	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.19	1	1	0	17:37	—	—	54	41
Joe Thornton C	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.21	0	0	2	17:14	—	—	59	46
Marcus Sorensen L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	0	1	0	14:28	—	—	48	23
Timo Meier R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	15:08	—	—	42	27
Patrick Marleau C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.52	0	0	0	13:51	—	—	40	31
Antti Suomela C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	1	0	0	12:09	—	—	27	25
Melker Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.19	0	0	0	9:29	—	—	60	87
Joel Kellman C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	1	0	8:15	—	—	63	86
Stefan Noesen R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	1	0	0	7:30	—	—	63	86
Brent Burns D	D1	1	0	1	0	6	0.30	0	4	0	25:47	—	—	45	39
Brenden Dillon D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	2	0	5	17:35	—	—	42	38
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	5	0.19	0	2	0	26:23	—	—	49	56
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	6	0	18:04	—	—	53	69
Radim Simek D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	2	2	16:00	—	—	46	59
Mario Ferraro D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	1	0	13:03	—	—	57	40

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Aaron Dell(start)	W	31	30	1	.968	2.34	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.