New Jersey Devils vs. Columbus Blue JacketsMar 17, 2025

FinalMonday, Mar 17, 2025· Nationwide Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	0	2	0	2		NJD	5	12	3	20
CBJ	0	0	1	1		CBJ	8	14	24	46

: NJD 43CBJ 90
: NJD 2.12CBJ 3.37
PP goals: NJD 0CBJ 0
Hits: NJD 15CBJ 25
Blocks: NJD 22CBJ 14
PIM: NJD 2CBJ 2
: NJD 46%CBJ 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils edge Columbus Blue Jackets 2–1

New Jersey Devils beat Columbus Blue Jackets 2–1 at CBJ. Mathieu Olivier (CBJ) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Jake Allen (NJD) faced 46 shots and stopped 45 (.978), +20 against a season average of 26.4; the win.

Goalie
Jake Allen (NJD) faced 46 shots and stopped 45 (.978), +20 against a season average of 26.4; the win.Allen
New line
New look for CBJ: Jenner–Johnson–Fantilli skated 10:55 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jenner Johnson Fantilli
Luck
CBJ scored 1 goal on 3.37 expected goals (90 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for CBJ: Marchenko–Voronkov–Chinakhov skated 8:23 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marchenko Voronkov Chinakhov
Usage
Luke Kunin (CBJ) played 7:58, −6:49 down on his 14:47 season average over 74 games.Kunin
Usage
Simon Nemec (NJD) played 9:10, −6:02 down on his 15:12 season average over 26 games.Nemec
Usage
Brett Pesce (NJD) played 26:43, +5:28 up on his 21:15 season average over 71 games.Pesce
Usage
Denton Mateychuk (CBJ) played 13:52, −4:16 down on his 18:08 season average over 44 games.Mateychuk

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 133 of 133 attempts · CBJ 90 · NJD 43

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 23% of the game, CBJ 42%.

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	96
	2.39	3.23
	2.34	3.03
	7	17
	6	6
	20	26
	−0.040	+0.040
	23%	42%

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

L1Noesen – Meier – Hischier
14:5324% CF
L2Haula – Bratt – Glass
11:5456% CF
L3Tatar – Palat – Mercer
8:5319% CF
L4Lazar – Bastian – Cotter
7:090% CF
D1Pesce – Hughes
18:4129% CF
D2Dumoulin – Kovacevic
13:0623% CF
D3Dillon – Nemec
5:1933% CF

PP1Meier – Bratt – Hischier – Mercer – Hughes
1:1475% CF
PP2Tatar – Palat – Noesen – Glass – Nemec
0:40100% CF
PK1FHaula – Bratt
1:11
PK2FHischier – Mercer
0:48
PK1DDumoulin – Pesce
1:11
PK2DDillon – Kovacevic
0:48

Current NJD line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Jenner – Johnson – Fantilli
10:5550% CF
L2Olivier – Danforth – Aston-Reese
10:3387% CF
L3Marchenko – Voronkov – Chinakhov
8:2350% CF
L4van Riemsdyk – Kuraly – Kunin
6:4261% CF
D1Werenski – Fabbro
17:1260% CF
D2Provorov – Mateychuk
10:3754% CF
D3Johnson – Severson
7:0275% CF

PP1Werenski – Marchenko – Voronkov – Johnson – Fantilli
1:11100% CF
PP2van Riemsdyk – Jenner – Severson – Provorov – Chinakhov
0:48100% CF
PK1FKunin – Olivier
0:46
PK2FKuraly – Aston-Reese
0:42
PK1DJohnson – Provorov
1:10
PK2DWerenski – Fabbro
0:41

Current CBJ line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

13:35
NJDTimo Meier (Stefan Noesen, Nico Hischier)backhand0.14 xG
NJD: Dumoulin, Noesen, Meier, Hischier, KovacevicCBJ: Kuraly, Werenski, Fabbro, Olivier, Aston-Reese
NJD 1 – 0 CBJ
14:14
NJDJesper Bratt (Brian Dumoulin, Cody Glass)snap0.02 xG
NJD: Dumoulin, Pesce, Meier, Bratt, KovacevicCBJ: Severson, Werenski, Marchenko, Voronkov, Chinakhov
NJD 2 – 0 CBJ

3rd period

13:24
CBJMathieu Olivier (Justin Danforth, Zachary Aston-Reese)snap0.23 xG
NJD: Dillon, Noesen, Meier, Hischier, KovacevicCBJ: Werenski, Fabbro, Olivier, Danforth, Aston-Reese
NJD 2 – 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
Nico Hischier C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.14	0	0	0	20:17	—	—	29	40
Timo Meier R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.37	1	1	0	19:54	—	—	23	35
Stefan Noesen R	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	18:34	—	—	23	35
Jesper Bratt L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.36	1	1	0	18:24	—	—	50	64
Erik Haula L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	1	2	0	16:53	—	—	51	67
Cody Glass C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.16	1	0	0	16:19	—	—	51	71
Dawson Mercer C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.31	1	3	0	14:33	—	—	23	29
Ondrej Palat L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	12:17	—	—	23	28
Tomas Tatar L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	1	0	0	11:54	—	—	23	34
Paul Cotter L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	4	0	0	10:28	—	—	22	27
Curtis Lazar C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	10:20	—	—	0	0
Nathan Bastian R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:12	—	—	20	26
Brett Pesce D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	6	0	26:43	—	—	31	57
Luke Hughes D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	0	3	0	23:25	—	—	30	48
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.07	0	1	0	21:22	—	—	33	33
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:27	—	—	28	39
Brenden Dillon D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	0	1	0	18:48	—	—	45	51
Simon Nemec D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:10	—	—	29	37

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	W	46	45	1	.978	3.37	60:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Adam Fantilli C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.26	1	2	0	21:28	—	—	64	64
Kent Johnson C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.40	0	1	0	20:58	—	—	68	63
Boone Jenner C	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.50	4	3	0	20:56	—	—	58	74
Mathieu Olivier R	L2	1	0	1	0	5	0.46	2	0	0	15:21	—	—	75	57
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.24	2	0	0	12:53	—	—	84	73
Justin Danforth R	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.15	1	0	0	11:52	—	—	87	83
Kirill Marchenko R	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.33	2	1	0	20:02	—	—	66	54
Dmitri Voronkov L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.08	0	0	0	16:02	—	—	67	56
Egor Chinakhov R	L3	0	0	0	-1	6	0.49	5	0	0	14:31	—	—	65	55
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	2	0	0	10:09	—	—	57	19
James van Riemsdyk L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:57	—	—	65	26
Luke Kunin C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	2	0	7:58	—	—	61	22
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.23	0	0	0	29:09	—	—	72	69
Dante Fabbro D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	1	2	0	24:34	—	—	59	59
Ivan Provorov D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	0	1	0	21:09	—	—	56	33
Denton Mateychuk D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	13:52	—	—	58	33
Damon Severson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	19:31	—	—	81	70
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	10:10	—	—	73	64

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jet Greaves(start)	L	20	18	2	.900	2.12	58:28

Goal anatomy

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

Timo Meier (NJD) 2nd 13:35 · assists Stefan Noesen, Nico Hischier · Rush · carried in · 17.6 mph shot · 2.9 s from entry to goal.

Timo Meier · 2nd 13:35 · NJD

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 17.6 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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Jesper Bratt · 2nd 14:14 · NJD

Play: point-shot
Passes: 1
Shot: 31.1 mph
Distance: 101 ft

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Mathieu Olivier · 3rd 13:24 · CBJ

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 41.0 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 3.6 s

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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.