New Jersey Devils vs. Columbus Blue JacketsJan 18, 2020

FinalSaturday, Jan 18, 2020· Nationwide Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	0	0	0	0		NJD	21	15	5	41
CBJ	1	4	0	5		CBJ	10	11	10	31

: NJD 69CBJ 48
: NJD 2.83CBJ 2.95
PP goals: NJD 0CBJ 0
Hits: NJD 22CBJ 21
Blocks: NJD 8CBJ 17
PIM: NJD 16CBJ 18
: NJD 54%CBJ 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Columbus Blue Jackets rout New Jersey Devils 5–0

Columbus Blue Jackets beat New Jersey Devils 5–0 at home. Cam Atkinson (CBJ) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for CBJ: Gerbe–Foligno–Jenner skated 7:30 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (61.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Cam Atkinson had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 17:12.Atkinson
Points
Alexander Wennberg had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:45.Wennberg
New line
New look for CBJ: Gerbe–Foligno–Jenner skated 7:30 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (61.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gerbe Foligno Jenner
New line
New look for NJD: Wood–Zacha–Hughes skated 13:08 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (58.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wood Zacha Hughes
Goalie
Elvis Merzlikins (CBJ) faced 41 shots and stopped 41 (.1000), +12 against a season average of 28.7; the win.Merzlikins
New line
New look for CBJ: Atkinson–Wennberg–Bemstrom skated 6:47 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (72.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Atkinson Wennberg Bemstrom
New line
New look for NJD: Simmonds–Bratt–Hischier skated 11:16 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (65.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Simmonds Bratt Hischier
Luck
NJD scored 0 goals on 2.83 expected goals (69 attempts), well short of its chances.

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 117 of 117 attempts · CBJ 48 · NJD 69

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 29% of the game, CBJ 33%.

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
	70	52
	2.80	3.20
	2.54	3.14
	13	10
	4	6
	16	13
	+0.022	−0.022
	29%	33%

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

L1Wood – Zacha – Hughes
13:0859% CF
L2Simmonds – Bratt – Hischier
11:1666% CF
L3Zajac – Coleman – Gusev
9:2961% CF
L4Hayden – Rooney – Boqvist
7:3442% CF
D1Greene – Subban
15:4655% CF
D2Vatanen – Severson
13:3661% CF
D3Carrick – Butcher
12:5566% CF

PP1Zajac – Vatanen – Coleman – Severson – Gusev
3:45100% CF
PP2Subban – Simmonds – Zacha – Hischier – Hughes
2:0667% CF
PK1FZajac – Zacha
1:17
PK2FRooney – Hischier
0:33
PK1DGreene – Severson
2:03
PK2DSubban – Vatanen
1:24

Current NJD line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Gerbe – Foligno – Jenner
7:3061% CF
L2Atkinson – Wennberg – Bemstrom
6:4773% CF
L3Nyquist – Stenlund – Dubois
6:4735% CF
L4Nash – Robinson – Lilja
6:1150% CF
D1Jones – Werenski
17:0132% CF
D2Savard – Gavrikov
12:5250% CF
D3Harrington – Nutivaara
12:3458% CF

PP1Nyquist – Atkinson – Jenner – Werenski – Dubois
2:02100% CF
PP2Foligno – Jones – Wennberg – Stenlund – Bemstrom
1:42
PK1FFoligno – Jenner
2:33
PK2FNash – Nyquist
1:38
PK1DJones – Werenski
3:17
PK2DSavard – Gavrikov
2:05

Current CBJ line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

14:49
CBJCam Atkinson (Nathan Gerbe, David Savard)snap0.01 xG
NJD: Zajac, Greene, Subban, Coleman, GusevCBJ: Gerbe, Atkinson, Savard, Wennberg, Gavrikov
NJD 0 – 1 CBJ

2nd period

8:40
CBJCam Atkinson (Emil Bemstrom, Alexander Wennberg)snap0.11 xG
NJD: Subban, Butcher, Wood, Zacha, HughesCBJ: Atkinson, Jones, Wennberg, Gavrikov, Bemstrom
NJD 0 – 2 CBJ
11:58
CBJJakob Liljabackhand0.04 xG
NJD: Carrick, Butcher, Hayden, Rooney, BoqvistCBJ: Nash, Harrington, Nutivaara, Robinson, Lilja
NJD 0 – 3 CBJ
12:14
CBJNick Foligno (Vladislav Gavrikov)backhand0.03 xG
NJD: Vatanen, Severson, Wood, Zacha, HughesCBJ: Gerbe, Foligno, Savard, Jenner, Gavrikov
NJD 0 – 4 CBJ
18:54
CBJAlexander Wennberg (Cam Atkinson, Zach Werenski)snap0.11 xG
NJD: Simmonds, Vatanen, Severson, Bratt, HischierCBJ: Atkinson, Jones, Wennberg, Werenski, Bemstrom
NJD 0 – 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Pavel Zacha C	L1	-2	2	0.13	0	0	0	19:46	—	—	55	40
Jack Hughes C	L1	-2	3	0.12	1	0	0	17:38	—	—	53	40
Miles Wood L	L1	-2	6	0.34	2	0	0	14:27	—	—	61	50
Nico Hischier C	L2	-1	5	0.21	0	2	0	17:55	—	—	65	54
Wayne Simmonds R	L2	-1	1	0.23	3	1	0	15:32	—	—	62	53
Jesper Bratt L	L2	-1	3	0.18	1	0	0	13:23	—	—	66	50
Travis Zajac C	L3	-1	2	0.41	0	0	0	17:51	—	—	60	70
Blake Coleman L	L3	-1	1	0.21	2	0	2	17:09	—	—	62	74
Nikita Gusev L	L3	-1	3	0.26	0	0	0	15:08	—	—	60	64
John Hayden C	L4	-1	1	0.07	1	0	0	9:52	—	—	38	12
Kevin Rooney C	L4	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:22	—	—	39	15
Jesper Boqvist C	L4	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	7:55	—	—	39	15
P.K. Subban D	D1	-2	3	0.20	1	0	0	22:40	—	—	47	19
Andy Greene D	D1	-1	2	0.08	4	1	0	21:28	—	—	55	30
Damon Severson D	D2	-2	4	0.22	1	1	12	21:14	—	—	59	57
Sami Vatanen D	D2	-2	3	0.12	1	1	0	20:24	—	—	60	59
Will Butcher D	D3	-2	1	0.02	0	0	0	16:20	—	—	65	57
Connor Carrick D	D3	-1	1	0.05	2	1	2	15:56	—	—	59	46

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cory Schneider(start)	L	17	13	4	.765	1.56	32:14
Mackenzie Blackwood	—	14	13	1	.929	1.38	27:46

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Boone Jenner C	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.50	1	1	0	17:27	—	—	32	45
Nick Foligno L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.26	3	1	2	16:34	—	—	47	58
Nathan Gerbe C	L1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.38	2	0	12	13:47	—	—	57	72
Cam Atkinson R	L2	2	1	3	+3	4	0.27	0	0	0	17:12	—	—	73	79
Emil Bemstrom C	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.09	1	0	2	17:00	—	—	59	52
Alexander Wennberg C	L2	1	1	2	+3	1	0.11	1	0	2	14:45	—	—	68	74
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	1	0	0	17:30	—	—	39	37
Gustav Nyquist R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	1	0	15:58	—	—	29	34
Kevin Stenlund C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.30	1	1	0	13:51	—	—	20	27
Riley Nash C	L4	0	0	0	+1	3	0.21	0	2	0	11:39	—	—	50	93
Jakob Lilja L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.20	0	1	0	10:20	—	—	19	31
Eric Robinson L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:51	—	—	46	84
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.21	1	1	0	24:02	—	—	30	41
Seth Jones D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.17	0	2	0	23:59	—	—	34	43
David Savard D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	3	0	20:06	—	—	45	60
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D2	0	1	1	+3	0	0.00	4	1	0	18:33	—	—	48	63
Markus Nutivaara D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	0	1	0	15:12	—	—	60	68
Scott Harrington D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	5	2	0	14:14	—	—	52	67

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	W	41	41	0	.1000	2.83	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.