Columbus Blue Jackets vs. San Jose SharksJan 6, 2026

FinalTuesday, Jan 6, 2026· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CBJ	0	1	1	2		CBJ	12	6	18	36
SJS	1	1	3	5		SJS	10	17	9	36

: CBJ 65SJS 65
: CBJ 3.37SJS 5.11
PP goals: CBJ 0SJS 1
Hits: CBJ 12SJS 20
Blocks: CBJ 16SJS 15
PIM: CBJ 15SJS 11
: CBJ 58%SJS 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–2

San Jose Sharks beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–2 at home. Alexander Wennberg (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 2A. SJS's first power-play unit (Orlov, Toffoli, Wennberg, Eklund and Celebrini) scored 1 power-play goal on 15 attempts in 6:39 together.

Points
Alexander Wennberg had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 21:14.Wennberg
Points
Mario Ferraro had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:22.Ferraro
PP1
SJS's first power-play unit (Orlov, Toffoli, Wennberg, Eklund and Celebrini) scored 1 power-play goal on 15 attempts in 6:39 together.Orlov Toffoli Wennberg Eklund Celebrini
New line
New look for CBJ: Coyle–Olivier–Sillinger skated 8:14 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Coyle Olivier Sillinger
New line
New look for CBJ: Marchenko–Voronkov–Fantilli skated 7:10 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (87.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marchenko Voronkov Fantilli
New line
New look for SJS: Toffoli–Wennberg–Regenda skated 7:26 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Toffoli Wennberg Regenda
Goalie
Alex Nedeljkovic (SJS) faced 36 shots and stopped 34 (.944), +10 against a season average of 26.2; the win.Nedeljkovic
New line
New look for CBJ: Gaunce–Heinen–Aston-Reese skated 5:51 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gaunce Heinen Aston-Reese

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 130 of 130 attempts · SJS 65 · CBJ 65

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 42%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

SJS 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
Stat	CBJ	SJS
	69	50
	3.51	3.08
	3.39	3.00
	17	18
	4	11
	14	14
	+0.072	−0.072
	28%	42%

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

L1Coyle – Olivier – Sillinger
8:1458% CF
L2Marchenko – Voronkov – Fantilli
7:1088% CF
L3Gaunce – Heinen – Aston-Reese
5:5146% CF
L4Jenner – Monahan – Johnson
4:5563% CF
D1Severson – Provorov
15:2160% CF
D2Werenski – Mateychuk
14:2850% CF
D3Fabbro – Christiansen
6:4850% CF

PP1Coyle – Werenski – Marchenko – Voronkov – Fantilli
2:56
PP2Jenner – Severson – Monahan – Provorov – Johnson
2:37100% CF
PK1FJenner – Olivier
3:57
PK2FCoyle – Gaunce
1:58
PK1DProvorov – Mateychuk
2:46
PK2DSeverson – Werenski
1:30

Current CBJ line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Eklund – Celebrini – Chernyshov
11:0750% CF
L2Toffoli – Wennberg – Regenda
7:2643% CF
L3Reaves – Goodrow – Ostapchuk
6:5453% CF
L4Skinner – Dellandrea – Graf
6:0983% CF
D1Ferraro – Iorio
11:4954% CF
D2Leddy – Dickinson
11:0640% CF
D3Orlov – Liljegren
7:1738% CF

PP1Orlov – Toffoli – Wennberg – Eklund – Celebrini
6:39100% CF
PP2Skinner – Liljegren – Regenda – Celebrini – Chernyshov
1:16100% CF
PK1FWennberg – Graf
1:29
PK2FOstapchuk – Regenda
0:46
PK1DFerraro – Liljegren
2:36
PK2DIorio – Dickinson
2:23

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Charlie Coyle C	L1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.11	0	1	0	17:24	—	—	63	37
Mathieu Olivier R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	5	15:53	—	—	42	20
Cole Sillinger C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:00	—	—	42	18
Kirill Marchenko R	L2	0	1	1	-2	4	0.44	0	0	0	17:41	—	—	72	58
Adam Fantilli C	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.30	2	0	0	16:59	—	—	75	65
Dmitri Voronkov L	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.42	2	1	0	16:08	—	—	69	77
Brendan Gaunce C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	0	2	0	13:29	—	—	41	33
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	1	2	7:39	—	—	53	45
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	0	0	6:43	—	—	50	37
Boone Jenner C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.38	4	1	2	18:18	—	—	61	57
Sean Monahan C	L4	1	0	1	-1	4	0.67	0	0	0	16:16	—	—	57	65
Kent Johnson C	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.24	0	1	0	13:04	—	—	55	64
Ivan Provorov D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	0	2	0	28:17	—	—	60	67
Damon Severson D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.20	0	1	2	22:58	—	—	65	56
Zach Werenski D	D2	1	0	1	-3	2	0.08	0	1	0	24:47	—	—	59	43
Denton Mateychuk D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	0	1	2	20:07	—	—	58	51
Dante Fabbro D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	2	13:53	—	—	42	47
Jake Christiansen D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	7:17	—	—	50	56

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jet Greaves(start)	L	34	31	3	.912	4.24	59:11

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Macklin Celebrini C	L1	1	0	1	+2	5	1.19	0	2	0	25:41	—	—	41	56
William Eklund L	L1	0	1	1	-1	6	0.83	0	2	0	21:17	—	—	48	52
Igor Chernyshov L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	15:11	—	—	43	57
Alexander Wennberg C	L2	1	2	3	+1	3	0.29	1	1	0	21:14	—	—	36	27
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	0	1	1	0	7	0.97	0	1	0	17:23	—	—	38	35
Pavol Regenda L	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.20	5	1	0	14:05	—	—	32	28
Zack Ostapchuk C	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.54	3	2	0	12:25	—	—	50	70
Barclay Goodrow C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	1	0	2	11:35	—	—	44	61
Ryan Reaves R	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.12	2	0	5	8:07	—	—	47	73
Collin Graf R	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.15	0	0	0	15:52	—	—	39	33
Jeff Skinner L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	11:05	—	—	47	38
Ty Dellandrea C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	4	0	2	8:42	—	—	60	74
Vincent Iorio D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	1	0	19:25	—	—	47	56
Mario Ferraro D	D1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.23	1	0	0	19:22	—	—	38	35
Sam Dickinson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:24	—	—	41	51
Nick Leddy D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:44	—	—	44	48
Dmitry Orlov D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.12	1	1	0	19:47	—	—	50	71
Timothy Liljegren D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.12	1	2	0	18:48	—	—	35	31

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)	W	36	34	2	.944	3.37	59:53

Goal anatomy

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

Alexander Wennberg (SJS PP) 2nd 4:14 · assists William Eklund, Dmitry Orlov · Cycle · 28.9 mph shot.

Alexander Wennberg · 2nd 4:14 · SJS PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 4
Shot: 28.9 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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Pavol Regenda · 1st 19:11 · SJS

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 39.1 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Zach Werenski · 2nd 19:15 · CBJ

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 52.4 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Entry to goal: 5.0 s

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Zack Ostapchuk · 3rd 15:16 · SJS

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 28.7 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Sean Monahan · 3rd 16:05 · CBJ

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 21.2 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Type: rebound

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Mario Ferraro · 3rd 17:46 · SJS EN

Play: faceoff
Passes: 0
Distance: 30 ft

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Macklin Celebrini · 3rd 18:31 · SJS EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 1
Shot: 63.0 mph
Distance: 82 ft

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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.

Columbus Blue Jackets vs. San Jose SharksJan 6, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

San Jose Sharks beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Columbus Blue Jackets

San Jose Sharks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Columbus Blue Jackets

San Jose Sharks

Goal anatomy

Alexander Wennberg · 2nd 4:14 · SJS PP

Pavol Regenda · 1st 19:11 · SJS

Zach Werenski · 2nd 19:15 · CBJ

Zack Ostapchuk · 3rd 15:16 · SJS

Sean Monahan · 3rd 16:05 · CBJ

Mario Ferraro · 3rd 17:46 · SJS EN

Macklin Celebrini · 3rd 18:31 · SJS EN