New Jersey Devils vs. Columbus Blue JacketsDec 20, 2018

FinalThursday, Dec 20, 2018· Nationwide Arena

away

home

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	0	1	0	1		NJD	5	10	15	30
CBJ	1	1	0	2		CBJ	17	10	11	38

: NJD 45CBJ 63
: NJD 2.57CBJ 3.95
PP goals: NJD 0CBJ 0
Hits: NJD 22CBJ 15
Blocks: NJD 15CBJ 9
PIM: NJD 13CBJ 9
: NJD 55%CBJ 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Columbus Blue Jackets edge New Jersey Devils 2–1

Columbus Blue Jackets beat New Jersey Devils 2–1 at home. Cam Atkinson (CBJ) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for NJD: Zajac–Hall–Coleman skated 6:23 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for NJD: Zajac–Hall–Coleman skated 6:23 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zajac Hall Coleman
Usage
Marcus Johansson (NJD) played 4:35, −11:32 down on his 16:07 season average over 57 games.Johansson
Goalie
Mackenzie Blackwood (NJD) faced 38 shots and stopped 36 (.947), +9 against a season average of 29.1; the loss.Blackwood
Luck
CBJ scored 2 goals on 3.95 expected goals (63 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for CBJ: Foligno–Duclair–Wennberg skated 5:29 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Duclair Wennberg
New line
New look for CBJ: Jenner–Anderson–Bjorkstrand skated 5:32 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jenner Anderson Bjorkstrand
Luck
NJD scored 1 goal on 2.57 expected goals (45 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Markus Nutivaara (CBJ) played 11:54, −5:51 down on his 17:45 season average over 79 games.Nutivaara

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

← NJD attacks left (bottom on phones)CBJ attacks right (top on phones) →

CBJ
NJD
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 108 of 108 attempts · CBJ 63 · NJD 45

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CBJ
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CBJ pressure
NJD pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NJD 16% of the game, CBJ 43%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CBJ

NJD

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	NJD	CBJ
	34	54
	1.47	2.40
	1.42	2.30
	10	12
	7	5
	8	17
	+0.011	−0.011
	16%	43%

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.

New Jersey Devils

L1Zajac – Hall – Coleman
6:2325% CF
L2Johansson – Palmieri – Hischier
4:0640% CF
L3Boyle – Seney – Bratt
3:5733% CF
L4Wood – Quenneville – Zacha
3:2833% CF
D1Lovejoy – Butcher
10:1032% CF
D2Greene – Severson
7:4818% CF
D3Vatanen – Santini
4:4856% CF

PP1Boyle – Zajac – Palmieri – Hall – Butcher
2:0171% CF
PP2Vatanen – Severson – Quenneville – Bratt – Hischier
1:48100% CF
PK1FZajac – Coleman
3:39
PK2FBoyle – Zacha
2:13
PK1DGreene – Lovejoy
3:37
PK2DVatanen – Severson
1:36

Current NJD line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Atkinson – Panarin – Dubois
12:4059% CF
L2Dubinsky – Nash – Hannikainen
8:5638% CF
L3Jenner – Anderson – Bjorkstrand
5:3257% CF
L4Foligno – Duclair – Wennberg
5:2960% CF
D1Murray – Jones
16:5464% CF
D2Savard – Werenski
15:4058% CF
D3Harrington – Nutivaara
9:1463% CF

PP1Foligno – Atkinson – Werenski – Panarin – Dubois
4:54100% CF
PP2Jenner – Anderson – Duclair – Jones – Wennberg
1:5875% CF
PK1FAtkinson – Wennberg
1:08
PK2FDubinsky – Anderson
1:04
PK1DMurray – Jones
2:02
PK2DSavard – Harrington
1:15

Current CBJ line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:17
CBJNick Foligno (Pierre-Luc Dubois, Seth Jones)wrist0.12 xG
NJD: Zajac, Vatanen, Hall, Coleman, SeversonCBJ: Foligno, Murray, Duclair, Jones, Dubois
NJD 0 – 1 CBJ

2nd period

1:15
CBJCam AtkinsonPSwrist0.30 xG
NJD: Zajac, Greene, Hall, Coleman, SeversonCBJ: Atkinson, Savard, Jenner, Werenski, Panarin, Dubois
NJD 0 – 2 CBJ
10:39
NJDTaylor Hall (Kyle Palmieri)wrist0.14 xG
NJD: Palmieri, Vatanen, Hall, Butcher, HischierCBJ: Dubinsky, Nash, Murray, Jones, Hannikainen
NJD 1 – 2 CBJ

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Travis Zajac C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.24	1	0	0	21:14	—	—	26	31
Taylor Hall L	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.34	1	2	0	20:51	—	—	43	45
Blake Coleman L	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.31	0	1	0	18:38	—	—	33	40
Nico Hischier C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	1	0	0	18:31	—	—	38	41
Kyle Palmieri C	L2	0	1	1	+1	6	0.67	1	0	4	17:47	—	—	47	68
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	4:35	—	—	40	43
Brian Boyle C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.26	3	1	2	13:58	—	—	44	47
Jesper Bratt L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	0	13:17	—	—	41	14
Brett Seney L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	0	0	5	10:10	—	—	40	39
Pavel Zacha C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	0	0	14:23	—	—	57	46
John Quenneville C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	1	0	13:51	—	—	35	29
Miles Wood L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	2	1	0	10:57	—	—	36	25
Will Butcher D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	1	1	0	23:45	—	—	43	39
Ben Lovejoy D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	17:35	—	—	35	46
Damon Severson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	2	0	20:38	—	—	21	10
Andy Greene D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	20:10	—	—	26	20
Sami Vatanen D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	2	1	2	21:15	—	—	41	57
Steven Santini D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	1	0	12:25	—	—	65	51

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	L	38	36	2	.947	3.95	58:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Cam Atkinson R	L1	1	0	1	+1	6	0.81	0	0	0	22:28	—	—	63	44
Artemi Panarin L	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.46	0	0	0	21:03	—	—	62	51
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.37	0	0	0	20:31	—	—	57	44
Brandon Dubinsky C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	1	0	5	13:56	—	—	36	55
Markus Hannikainen L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	2	0	0	10:33	—	—	36	36
Riley Nash C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	1	1	0	10:23	—	—	47	43
Boone Jenner C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	2	14:52	—	—	67	59
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	1	0	0	13:52	—	—	58	74
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.45	0	0	0	9:41	—	—	79	89
Nick Foligno L	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.31	1	1	0	17:13	—	—	68	78
Alexander Wennberg C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.38	0	0	0	15:54	—	—	79	89
Anthony Duclair L	L4	0	0	0	+1	4	0.32	1	0	0	12:37	—	—	79	89
Seth Jones D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.13	1	3	0	25:51	—	—	67	73
Ryan Murray D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	23:00	—	—	63	72
Zach Werenski D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	2	2	2	22:30	—	—	57	55
David Savard D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	1	0	19:05	—	—	59	55
Markus Nutivaara D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	0	0	11:54	—	—	62	63
Scott Harrington D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	10:49	—	—	60	64

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	W	30	29	1	.967	2.57	59:46

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.