New Jersey Devils vs. Columbus Blue JacketsJan 19, 2024

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	0	4	0	4		NJD	11	13	9	33
CBJ	1	0	0	1		CBJ	5	14	11	30

: NJD 67CBJ 70
: NJD 2.56CBJ 2.57
PP goals: NJD 0CBJ 0
Hits: NJD 11CBJ 24
Blocks: NJD 19CBJ 19
PIM: NJD 6CBJ 8
: NJD 64%CBJ 36%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–1

New Jersey Devils beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–1 at CBJ. Cole Sillinger (CBJ) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for CBJ: Jenner–Roslovic–Fantilli skated 11:51 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for CBJ: Jenner–Roslovic–Fantilli skated 11:51 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jenner Roslovic Fantilli
Usage
Damon Severson (CBJ) played 11:41, −9:36 down on his 21:17 season average over 66 games.Severson
Usage
Nathan Bastian (NJD) played 14:58, +4:54 up on his 10:04 season average over 53 games.Bastian
New line
New look for CBJ: Marchenko–Voronkov–Johnson skated 8:18 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (68.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marchenko Voronkov Johnson
Luck
CBJ scored 1 goal on 2.57 expected goals (70 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Johnny Gaudreau (CBJ) played 14:57, −3:55 down on his 18:52 season average over 80 games.Gaudreau
Usage
Adam Boqvist (CBJ) played 24:13, +6:06 up on his 18:07 season average over 34 games.Boqvist
Usage
Jake Bean (CBJ) played 20:43, +4:27 up on his 16:16 season average over 71 games.Bean

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 137 of 137 attempts · CBJ 70 · NJD 67

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 35% 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
	54	73
	1.98	2.68
	1.95	2.52
	11	12
	6	2
	5	6
	+0.093	−0.093
	35%	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

L1Meier – McLeod – Mercer
10:3828% CF
L2Toffoli – Bratt – Hischier
9:4957% CF
L3Haula – Lazar – Bastian
8:2345% CF
L4Tierney – Willman – Holtz
7:3467% CF
D1Marino – Nemec
15:0144% CF
D2Miller – Hughes
13:0545% CF
D3Foote – Bahl
12:4343% CF

PP1Toffoli – Meier – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes
4:0482% CF
PP2Haula – Bastian – Mercer – Holtz – Nemec
1:5989% CF
PK1FHaula – Mercer
1:07
PK2FLazar – Bastian
1:00
PK1DMarino – Bahl
1:57
PK2DMiller – Foote
0:49

Current NJD line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Jenner – Roslovic – Fantilli
11:5130% CF
L2Kuraly – Danforth – Texier
10:0878% CF
L3Gaudreau – Chinakhov – Sillinger
9:3547% CF
L4Marchenko – Voronkov – Johnson
8:1868% CF
D1Gudbranson – Bean
11:5656% CF
D2Severson – Boqvist
10:1165% CF
D3Provorov – Peeke
8:4456% CF

PP1Gaudreau – Boqvist – Voronkov – Chinakhov – Sillinger
3:4560% CF
PP2Jenner – Provorov – Marchenko – Johnson – Fantilli
1:04100% CF
PK1FKuraly – Texier
1:13
PK2FJenner – Sillinger
1:10
PK1DGudbranson – Provorov
2:34
PK2DPeeke – Bean
1:08

Current CBJ line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:21
CBJCole Sillinger (Egor Chinakhov, Johnny Gaudreau)snap0.11 xG
NJD: Miller, Meier, McLeod, Mercer, HughesCBJ: Gaudreau, Provorov, Peeke, Chinakhov, Sillinger
NJD 0 – 1 CBJ

2nd period

0:28
NJDJohn Marino (Simon Nemec)wrist0.03 xG
NJD: Toffoli, Marino, Bratt, Hischier, NemecCBJ: Gaudreau, Severson, Boqvist, Chinakhov, Sillinger
NJD 1 – 1 CBJ
8:40
NJDAlexander Holtz (Cal Foote, Max Willman)tip-in0.04 xG
NJD: Tierney, Willman, Foote, Bahl, HoltzCBJ: Gaudreau, Severson, Boqvist, Chinakhov, Sillinger
NJD 2 – 1 CBJ
13:31
NJDNico Hischierwrist0.03 xG
NJD: Miller, Meier, Hischier, Mercer, HughesCBJ: Kuraly, Peeke, Bean, Danforth, Texier
NJD 3 – 1 CBJ
14:43
NJDNathan Bastian (Kevin Bahl)tip-in0.08 xG
NJD: Haula, Lazar, Bastian, Foote, BahlCBJ: Jenner, Roslovic, Peeke, Bean, Fantilli
NJD 4 – 1 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
Dawson Mercer C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	0	1	0	17:29	—	—	29	35
Timo Meier R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.24	1	4	0	16:38	—	—	29	35
Michael McLeod C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	1	1	0	16:37	—	—	22	16
Nico Hischier C	L2	1	0	1	+2	3	0.22	0	0	0	19:18	—	—	58	74
Jesper Bratt L	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.13	1	1	0	17:12	—	—	56	73
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.50	0	0	2	16:07	—	—	56	73
Erik Haula L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.19	0	0	2	15:26	—	—	43	36
Nathan Bastian R	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.13	2	1	0	14:58	—	—	39	23
Curtis Lazar C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	3	1	0	12:55	—	—	35	12
Alexander Holtz R	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.39	0	0	0	13:04	—	—	52	73
Max Willman C	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	0.14	0	0	0	10:51	—	—	52	24
Chris Tierney C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	1	1	0	10:40	—	—	69	87
John Marino D	D1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.06	0	3	0	21:21	—	—	42	57
Simon Nemec D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.13	0	1	0	20:59	—	—	49	62
Luke Hughes D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	22:03	—	—	39	37
Colin Miller D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	0	0	15:18	—	—	47	42
Kevin Bahl D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	0	3	2	17:40	—	—	32	19
Cal Foote D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	2	0	15:39	—	—	46	38

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	W	30	29	1	.967	2.57	59:45

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Boone Jenner C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	2	0	19:05	—	—	33	40
Adam Fantilli C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.26	3	1	0	16:15	—	—	37	28
Jack Roslovic C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	2	0	2	14:02	—	—	33	20
Sean Kuraly C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	2	0	0	16:03	—	—	76	77
Justin Danforth R	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.47	0	1	0	12:32	—	—	78	75
Alexandre Texier L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	0	1	2	12:15	—	—	78	77
Cole Sillinger C	L3	1	0	1	-1	3	0.28	1	1	0	18:38	—	—	45	35
Egor Chinakhov R	L3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.01	1	1	0	15:38	—	—	44	36
Johnny Gaudreau L	L3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:57	—	—	47	43
Dmitri Voronkov L	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.29	1	0	0	13:29	—	—	64	64
Kirill Marchenko R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.62	4	1	0	12:58	—	—	58	90
Kent Johnson C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	0	0	0	11:29	—	—	58	74
Erik Gudbranson D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	2	1	0	21:29	—	—	58	59
Jake Bean D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.03	0	3	0	20:43	—	—	50	38
Adam Boqvist D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.08	0	3	0	24:13	—	—	63	37
Damon Severson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.02	0	0	0	11:41	—	—	67	37
Ivan Provorov D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	2	2	21:20	—	—	58	69
Andrew Peeke D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	4	2	2	15:13	—	—	51	78

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	L	33	29	4	.879	2.56	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Cole Sillinger (CBJ) 1st 4:21 · assists Egor Chinakhov, Johnny Gaudreau · Rush · loose puck · 60.6 mph shot · 2.7 s from entry to goal.

Cole Sillinger · 1st 4:21 · CBJ

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 60.6 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s

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John Marino · 2nd 0:28 · NJD

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 52.4 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Type: deflection

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Alexander Holtz · 2nd 8:40 · NJD

Play: deflection
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 33.7 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Type: one-timer

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Nico Hischier · 2nd 13:31 · NJD

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 61.2 mph
Distance: 43 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Nathan Bastian · 2nd 14:43 · NJD

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 47.7 mph
Distance: 20 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.