New Jersey Devils vs. Columbus Blue JacketsJan 8, 2022

FinalSaturday, Jan 8, 2022· Nationwide Arena

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

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Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	2	1	0	3		NJD	6	13	11	30
CBJ	2	1	1	4		CBJ	11	12	11	34

: NJD 51CBJ 53
: NJD 3.63CBJ 2.80
PP goals: NJD 0CBJ 1
Hits: NJD 13CBJ 24
Blocks: NJD 9CBJ 10
PIM: NJD 6CBJ 6
: NJD 46%CBJ 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Columbus Blue Jackets edge New Jersey Devils 4–3

Columbus Blue Jackets beat New Jersey Devils 4–3 at home. Oliver Bjorkstrand (CBJ) led the scoring with 2G 0A. CBJ's first power-play unit (Voracek, Jenner, Bjorkstrand, Werenski and Laine) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:57 together.

Points
Oliver Bjorkstrand had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:33.Bjorkstrand
Points
Jimmy Vesey had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:55.Vesey
Points
Adam Boqvist had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:29.Boqvist
Points
Jakub Voracek had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:30.Voracek
PP1
CBJ's first power-play unit (Voracek, Jenner, Bjorkstrand, Werenski and Laine) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:57 together.Voracek Jenner Bjorkstrand Werenski Laine
New line
New look for NJD: Tatar–Hughes–Mercer skated 11:48 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tatar Hughes Mercer
New line
New look for NJD: Vesey–Kuokkanen–Hischier skated 11:10 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Vesey Kuokkanen Hischier
Usage
Colton White (NJD) played 6:04, −7:28 down on his 13:32 season average over 26 games.White

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 104 of 104 attempts · CBJ 53 · NJD 51

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 46% of the game, CBJ 35%.

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
	46	52
	2.82	2.50
	2.67	2.42
	16	6
	4	1
	17	11
	−0.027	+0.027
	46%	35%

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

L1Tatar – Hughes – Mercer
11:4842% CF
L2Vesey – Kuokkanen – Hischier
11:1047% CF
L3Greer – McLeod – Studenic
4:0750% CF
D1Severson – Siegenthaler
14:2746% CF
D2Subban – Graves
13:1055% CF
D3Jaros – Smith
4:0629% CF

PP1Tatar – Severson – Hischier – Hughes – Mercer
3:57100% CF
PP2Subban – Vesey – McLeod – Boqvist – Smith
0:40100% CF
PK1FKuokkanen – Hischier
2:31
PK2FVesey – McLeod
0:52
PK1DSeverson – Siegenthaler
1:54
PK2DSubban – Graves
1:19

Current NJD line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Nyquist – Jenner – Laine
12:4758% CF
L2Voracek – Bjorkstrand – Roslovic
7:1633% CF
L3Kuraly – Robinson – Chinakhov
6:3960% CF
L4Domi – Bemstrom – Sillinger
5:4957% CF
D1Werenski – Boqvist
14:3168% CF
D2Gavrikov – Bean
11:3136% CF
D3Kukan – Peeke
7:3958% CF

PP1Voracek – Jenner – Bjorkstrand – Werenski – Laine
3:5786% CF
PP2Nyquist – Domi – Roslovic – Bemstrom – Boqvist
0:47
PK1FKuraly – Robinson
3:06
PK2FNyquist – Sillinger
1:23
PK1DGavrikov – Peeke
3:29
PK2DWerenski – Kukan
0:36

Current CBJ line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:01
CBJOliver BjorkstrandPP (Jakub Voracek, Patrik Laine)wrist0.19 xG
NJD: Subban, Graves, Kuokkanen, HischierCBJ: Voracek, Jenner, Bjorkstrand, Werenski, Laine
NJD 0 – 1 CBJ
4:03
CBJBoone Jenner (Gustav Nyquist, Adam Boqvist)backhand0.01 xG
NJD: Vesey, Severson, Siegenthaler, Kuokkanen, HughesCBJ: Nyquist, Jenner, Werenski, Laine, Bean
NJD 0 – 2 CBJ
14:41
NJDNico Hischier (Damon Severson, Jimmy Vesey)wrist0.15 xG
NJD: Vesey, Severson, Siegenthaler, Kuokkanen, HischierCBJ: Kuraly, Gavrikov, Bean, Robinson, Chinakhov
NJD 1 – 2 CBJ
19:40
NJDJimmy Vesey (Dawson Mercer)wrist0.20 xG
NJD: Vesey, Severson, Smith, Hughes, MercerCBJ: Domi, Gavrikov, Bean, Bemstrom, Sillinger
NJD 2 – 2 CBJ

2nd period

9:31
CBJEgor Chinakhov (Eric Robinson, Sean Kuraly)backhand0.12 xG
NJD: Vesey, White, Kuokkanen, Hischier, SmithCBJ: Kuraly, Gavrikov, Bean, Robinson, Chinakhov
NJD 2 – 3 CBJ
13:32
NJDMarián Studenic (Jesper Boqvist, Ryan Graves)wrist0.04 xG
NJD: Graves, Greer, Jaros, Boqvist, StudenicCBJ: Voracek, Domi, Roslovic, Werenski, Bean
NJD 3 – 3 CBJ

3rd period

5:00
CBJOliver Bjorkstrand (Jakub Voracek, Adam Boqvist)slap0.16 xG
NJD: Tatar, Severson, Siegenthaler, Hughes, MercerCBJ: Voracek, Bjorkstrand, Werenski, Boqvist, Sillinger
NJD 3 – 4 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
Jack Hughes C	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.87	0	0	0	25:43	—	—	40	54
Tomas Tatar L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	22:04	—	—	42	39
Dawson Mercer C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.26	0	0	0	21:39	—	—	46	61
Nico Hischier C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.54	0	1	0	21:02	—	—	53	54
Jimmy Vesey L	L2	1	1	2	0	2	0.29	1	0	0	18:55	—	—	54	70
Janne Kuokkanen C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	0	0	0	17:45	—	—	54	64
Michael McLeod C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.50	2	0	2	18:03	—	—	44	44
Marián Studenic R	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.06	1	0	0	9:56	—	—	56	48
A.J. Greer L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.35	1	0	0	9:43	—	—	56	49
Damon Severson D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.11	0	2	2	26:42	—	—	48	55
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	2	0	20:27	—	—	48	53
Ryan Graves D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.07	2	2	0	20:10	—	—	59	65
P.K. Subban D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	0	1	2	19:54	—	—	50	57
Ty Smith D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:35	—	—	31	35
Christian Jaros D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	8:38	—	—	50	59
Jesper Boqvist C	—	0	1	1	+1	1	0.12	0	1	0	10:04	—	—	44	48
Nolan Foote L	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	7:17	—	—	21	13
Colton White D	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:04	—	—	10	6

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	L	34	30	4	.882	2.80	58:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Boone Jenner C	L1	1	0	1	+1	7	0.39	2	0	0	22:11	—	—	62	30
Patrik Laine L	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.24	1	0	0	20:17	—	—	58	29
Gustav Nyquist R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.19	1	0	0	18:04	—	—	58	27
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L2	2	0	2	+1	2	0.37	1	0	0	20:33	—	—	46	54
Jakub Voracek R	L2	0	2	2	0	2	0.43	0	1	0	17:30	—	—	46	63
Jack Roslovic C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.12	0	0	0	11:30	—	—	33	29
Sean Kuraly C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	13:55	—	—	58	53
Eric Robinson L	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.06	2	0	0	12:47	—	—	58	57
Egor Chinakhov R	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.23	0	0	0	8:59	—	—	50	41
Cole Sillinger C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.34	1	1	0	14:00	—	—	56	67
Max Domi C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.08	2	1	2	11:52	—	—	50	49
Emil Bemstrom C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	0	0	0	7:40	—	—	61	75
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	1	2	0	27:20	—	—	60	47
Adam Boqvist D	D1	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:29	—	—	72	83
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	1	2	22:24	—	—	41	23
Jake Bean D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	18:45	—	—	35	19
Andrew Peeke D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	8	3	0	17:12	—	—	47	71
Dean Kukan D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	0	0	11:32	—	—	67	95

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joonas Korpisalo(start)	W	30	27	3	.900	3.63	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.