New Jersey Devils vs. Columbus Blue JacketsDec 21, 2019

FinalSaturday, Dec 21, 2019· Nationwide Arena

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Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	1	0	0	1		NJD	8	9	5	22
CBJ	2	1	2	5		CBJ	11	14	15	40

: NJD 40CBJ 56
: NJD 2.06CBJ 4.29
PP goals: NJD 0CBJ 0
Hits: NJD 22CBJ 15
Blocks: NJD 8CBJ 11
PIM: NJD 14CBJ 8
: NJD 42%CBJ 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Columbus Blue Jackets rout New Jersey Devils 5–1

Columbus Blue Jackets beat New Jersey Devils 5–1 at home. Oliver Bjorkstrand (CBJ) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for CBJ: Foligno–Wennberg–Stenlund skated 10:45 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (92.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Oliver Bjorkstrand had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 15:41.Bjorkstrand
Points
Boone Jenner had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:07.Jenner
Points
Seth Jones had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:14.Jones
New line
New look for CBJ: Foligno–Wennberg–Stenlund skated 10:45 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (92.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Wennberg Stenlund
Usage
Connor Carrick (NJD) played 5:53, −8:50 down on his 14:43 season average over 28 games.Carrick
Goalie
Gilles Senn (NJD) faced 38 shots and stopped 35 (.921); the loss.Senn
New line
New look for CBJ: Nash–MacInnis–Lilja skated 5:30 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nash MacInnis Lilja
Usage
Pavel Zacha (NJD) played 20:58, +4:46 up on his 16:12 season average over 64 games.Zacha

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 96 of 96 attempts · CBJ 56 · NJD 40

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 20% of the game, CBJ 52%.

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
	20	46
	0.98	2.42
	0.97	2.33
	4	8
	1	5
	12	12
	−0.090	+0.090
	20%	52%

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 – Coleman – Gusev
6:2833% CF
L2Palmieri – Bratt – Hischier
5:1563% CF
L3Hayden – Wood – Zacha
3:510% CF
D1Severson – Mueller
10:0864% CF
D2Greene – Subban
9:5313% CF
D3Vatanen – Butcher
6:0233% CF

PP1Subban – Palmieri – Vatanen – Hischier – Hughes
2:20100% CF
PP2Simmonds – Gusev – Butcher – Zacha – Bratt
1:42
PK1FZajac – Coleman
3:22
PK2FHayden – Zacha
0:51
PK1DGreene – Mueller
2:04
PK2DVatanen – Severson
1:23

Current NJD line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Foligno – Wennberg – Stenlund
10:4593% CF
L2Nyquist – Jenner – Bjorkstrand
8:3064% CF
L3Dubois – Texier – Robinson
8:0646% CF
L4Nash – MacInnis – Lilja
5:3067% CF
D1Jones – Werenski
13:4071% CF
D2Kukan – Gavrikov
11:4554% CF
D3Harrington – Carlsson
10:2075% CF

PP1Nyquist – Jenner – Bjorkstrand – Werenski – Dubois
3:1088% CF
PP2Foligno – Jones – Wennberg – Kukan – Stenlund
2:0133% CF
PK1FFoligno – Jenner
1:31
PK2FNyquist – Wennberg
0:46
PK1DJones – Werenski
2:35
PK2DHarrington – Gavrikov
1:55

Current CBJ line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:26
CBJOliver Bjorkstrand (Boone Jenner, Seth Jones)snap0.13 xG
NJD: Greene, Subban, Palmieri, Wood, HischierCBJ: Nyquist, Jenner, Bjorkstrand, Jones, Werenski
NJD 0 – 1 CBJ
8:06
CBJOliver Bjorkstrand (Pierre-Luc Dubois, Dean Kukan)snap0.17 xG
NJD: Greene, Simmonds, Gusev, Butcher, HaydenCBJ: Bjorkstrand, Carlsson, Kukan, Dubois, Robinson
NJD 0 – 2 CBJ
15:28
NJDWill Butcher (Pavel Zacha, Sami Vatanen)wrist0.03 xG
NJD: Vatanen, Butcher, Zacha, HischierCBJ: Bjorkstrand, Jones, Wennberg, Werenski
NJD 1 – 2 CBJ

2nd period

13:13
CBJVladislav Gavrikov (Eric Robinson, Alexandre Texier)snap0.06 xG
NJD: Vatanen, Coleman, Gusev, Butcher, ZachaCBJ: Kukan, Gavrikov, Dubois, Texier, Robinson
NJD 1 – 3 CBJ

3rd period

17:08
CBJZach WerenskiEN (Seth Jones, Boone Jenner)wrist0.32 xG
NJD: Subban, Simmonds, Palmieri, Vatanen, Hischier, HughesCBJ: Jenner, Jones, Wennberg, Werenski
NJD 1 – 4 CBJ
18:48
CBJGustav NyquistENwrist0.78 xG
NJD: Zajac, Simmonds, Gusev, Butcher, Zacha, HughesCBJ: Foligno, Nyquist, Harrington, Gavrikov
NJD 1 – 5 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
Blake Coleman L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.34	3	0	0	19:39	—	—	29	16
Travis Zajac C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	1	0	2	19:23	—	—	33	9
Nikita Gusev L	L1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.01	0	0	0	12:12	—	—	20	3
Nico Hischier C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	16:37	—	—	50	47
Kyle Palmieri C	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.51	1	0	4	15:20	—	—	46	47
Jesper Bratt L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	13:08	—	—	53	55
Pavel Zacha C	L3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	20:58	—	—	18	32
Miles Wood L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	0	2	14:08	—	—	18	12
John Hayden C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	2	9:50	—	—	20	17
Damon Severson D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	1	1	0	21:27	—	—	53	49
Mirco Mueller D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	2	0	20:44	—	—	50	48
Andy Greene D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	1	1	0	21:22	—	—	8	8
P.K. Subban D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.16	0	1	0	16:23	—	—	18	19
Sami Vatanen D	D3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.02	5	1	2	17:04	—	—	20	26
Will Butcher D	D3	1	0	1	-2	2	0.05	0	0	0	14:51	—	—	46	43
Jack Hughes C	—	0	0	0	-2	4	0.42	0	0	0	15:17	—	—	46	65
Wayne Simmonds R	—	0	0	0	-3	1	0.19	0	0	0	14:23	—	—	27	32
Connor Carrick D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	5:53	—	—	27	30

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Gilles Senn(start)	L	38	35	3	.921	3.19	58:30

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alexander Wennberg C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.30	0	0	0	20:31	—	—	87	94
Nick Foligno L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.23	2	0	2	18:49	—	—	93	94
Kevin Stenlund C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	0	0	0	16:12	—	—	93	94
Gustav Nyquist R	L2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.78	1	0	0	18:51	—	—	64	74
Boone Jenner C	L2	0	2	2	+2	3	0.05	0	1	2	18:07	—	—	67	75
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L2	2	0	2	+1	5	0.57	0	0	0	15:41	—	—	71	84
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.31	2	1	0	18:23	—	—	53	62
Alexandre Texier L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:37	—	—	50	42
Eric Robinson L	L3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.13	3	1	0	10:23	—	—	56	61
Jakob Lilja L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.33	0	0	2	9:02	—	—	64	66
Riley Nash C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.26	1	0	0	9:01	—	—	67	65
Ryan MacInnis C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.14	0	0	0	7:46	—	—	67	65
Zach Werenski D	D1	1	0	1	+1	6	0.77	1	1	0	25:40	—	—	72	66
Seth Jones D	D1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.10	1	3	0	23:14	—	—	71	66
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D2	1	0	1	+2	3	0.18	2	2	0	19:37	—	—	56	52
Dean Kukan D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	1	2	17:40	—	—	60	61
Scott Harrington D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	16:20	—	—	73	85
Gabriel Carlsson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	0	0	13:15	—	—	80	88

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joonas Korpisalo(start)	W	22	21	1	.955	2.06	60:00

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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.