Carolina Hurricanes vs. Columbus Blue JacketsMar 31, 2026

FinalTuesday, Mar 31, 2026· Nationwide Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CAR	2	0	3	5		CAR	11	11	11	33
CBJ	0	1	1	2		CBJ	8	6	11	25

: CAR 75CBJ 51
: CAR 4.36CBJ 2.90
PP goals: CAR 3CBJ 0
Hits: CAR 18CBJ 23
Blocks: CAR 10CBJ 15
PIM: CAR 6CBJ 8
: CAR 61%CBJ 39%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Carolina Hurricanes beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–2

Carolina Hurricanes beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–2 at CBJ. Nikolaj Ehlers (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 2A. CAR's first power-play unit (Gostisbehere, Ehlers, Aho, Svechnikov and Jarvis) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 5:40 together.

Points
Nikolaj Ehlers had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:23.Ehlers
Points
Andrei Svechnikov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:29.Svechnikov
Points
Kirill Marchenko had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:20.Marchenko
Points
Mason Marchment had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:22.Marchment
PP1
CAR's first power-play unit (Gostisbehere, Ehlers, Aho, Svechnikov and Jarvis) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 5:40 together.Gostisbehere Ehlers Aho Svechnikov Jarvis
New line
New look for CBJ: Coyle–Heinen–Sillinger skated 8:27 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (31.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Coyle Heinen Sillinger
New line
New look for CBJ: Wood–Lundeström–Johnson skated 4:11 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wood Lundeström Johnson
Usage
Egor Zamula (CBJ) played 7:10, −6:05 down on his 13:15 season average over 32 games.Zamula

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

← CAR attacks left (bottom on phones)CBJ attacks right (top on phones) →

CBJ
CAR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 126 of 126 attempts · CBJ 51 · CAR 75

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

CBJ
CAR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CBJ pressure
CAR pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CAR 53% of the game, CBJ 21%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

CBJ

CAR

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

CBJ skaters (rows) against CAR skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the CBJ side.

Matchup matrix

CBJ xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	CAR	CBJ
	68	48
	2.89	2.55
	2.64	2.46
	11	13
	8	8
	22	23
	+0.091	−0.091
	53%	21%

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Hall – Stankoven – Blake
11:1062% CF
L2Staal – Martinook – Ehlers
10:2852% CF
L3Aho – Svechnikov – Jarvis
8:2261% CF
L4Jankowski – Carrier – Robinson
6:4755% CF
D1Slavin – Chatfield
16:2050% CF
D2Walker – Miller
14:3168% CF
D3Gostisbehere – Nikishin
10:0147% CF

PP1Gostisbehere – Ehlers – Aho – Svechnikov – Jarvis
5:40100% CF
PP2Hall – Jankowski – Nikishin – Stankoven – Blake
2:19100% CF
PK1FStaal – Martinook
1:53
PK2FJankowski – Robinson
1:24
PK1DSlavin – Chatfield
2:24
PK2DWalker – Miller
1:27

Current CAR line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Marchment – Marchenko – Fantilli
11:3755% CF
L2Jenner – Monahan – Garland
11:1050% CF
L3Coyle – Heinen – Sillinger
8:2731% CF
L4Wood – Lundeström – Johnson
4:110% CF
D1Werenski – Fabbro
11:0148% CF
D2Gudbranson – Mateychuk
7:1224% CF
D3Provorov – Zamula
5:4520% CF

PP1Coyle – Werenski – Marchment – Marchenko – Fantilli
2:47100% CF
PP2Wood – Fabbro – Johnson – Sillinger – Mateychuk
0:47100% CF
PK1FCoyle – Monahan
4:21
PK2FJenner – Lundeström
2:50
PK1DGudbranson – Provorov
6:00
PK2DFabbro – Mateychuk
1:12

Current CBJ line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jackson Blake R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.23	0	2	2	16:25	—	—	68	71
Logan Stankoven C	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.21	0	0	2	15:54	—	—	68	71
Taylor Hall L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.21	0	1	0	15:48	—	—	63	61
Nikolaj Ehlers L	L2	1	2	3	0	3	0.07	0	0	0	18:23	—	—	59	39
Jordan Staal C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.36	3	1	0	16:41	—	—	46	25
Jordan Martinook L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.56	3	1	0	15:27	—	—	50	32
Sebastian Aho C	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.20	0	1	0	19:29	—	—	64	64
Seth Jarvis R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.69	1	0	0	19:00	—	—	64	64
Andrei Svechnikov R	L3	1	1	2	0	1	0.30	2	0	2	16:29	—	—	65	69
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.37	1	0	0	11:27	—	—	57	77
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	1	1	0	9:38	—	—	54	57
Eric Robinson L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	9:01	—	—	55	72
Jaccob Slavin D	D1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.12	0	0	0	20:47	—	—	51	43
Jalen Chatfield D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.23	0	0	0	20:42	—	—	54	49
K'Andre Miller D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	0	0	18:41	—	—	70	70
Sean Walker D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	3	0	0	17:52	—	—	68	66
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.27	1	2	0	17:39	—	—	55	50
Alexander Nikishin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	1	0	15:56	—	—	50	22

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Brandon Bussi(start)	W	25	23	2	.920	2.90	59:42

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kirill Marchenko R	L1	1	1	2	+1	5	0.92	0	0	0	18:20	—	—	55	66
Adam Fantilli C	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.54	2	0	0	18:06	—	—	53	63
Mason Marchment L	L1	0	2	2	+2	0	0.27	3	2	2	17:22	—	—	52	63
Sean Monahan C	L2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.52	0	0	0	20:06	—	—	52	68
Boone Jenner C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.05	5	5	0	18:58	—	—	44	63
Conor Garland R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:16	—	—	48	64
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	2	0	18:46	—	—	28	8
Cole Sillinger C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	1	0	0	13:30	—	—	38	19
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	12:40	—	—	33	8
Isac Lundeström C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:07	—	—	0	0
Kent Johnson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	7:48	—	—	0	0
Miles Wood L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	1	0	2	7:34	—	—	8	13
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.24	1	1	0	27:29	—	—	50	70
Dante Fabbro D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	2	17:55	—	—	49	53
Erik Gudbranson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	1	0	21:21	—	—	22	28
Denton Mateychuk D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:10	—	—	43	50
Ivan Provorov D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	1	0	25:21	—	—	42	48
Egor Zamula D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:10	—	—	23	5

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jet Greaves(start)	L	32	28	4	.875	3.61	58:55

Goal anatomy

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

Shayne Gostisbehere (CAR PP) 1st 13:29 · assists Nikolaj Ehlers, Andrei Svechnikov · Cycle · 63.6 mph shot.

Shayne Gostisbehere · 1st 13:29 · CAR PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 63.6 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Type: one-timer

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Logan Stankoven · 1st 16:12 · CAR PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 40.5 mph
Distance: 21 ft

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Kirill Marchenko · 2nd 15:14 · CBJ

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 8.2 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 5.6 s
Type: rebound

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Adam Fantilli · 3rd 2:07 · CBJ

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 63.9 mph
Distance: 35 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s
Type: one-timer

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Nikolaj Ehlers · 3rd 12:42 · CAR

Play: point-shot
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 57.5 mph
Distance: 49 ft

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Andrei Svechnikov · 3rd 13:55 · CAR PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 65.4 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Type: one-timer

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Jordan Martinook · 3rd 19:13 · CAR EN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 52.0 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Type: one-timer

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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.

Carolina Hurricanes vs. Columbus Blue JacketsMar 31, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Carolina Hurricanes beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Carolina Hurricanes

Columbus Blue Jackets

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Carolina Hurricanes

Columbus Blue Jackets

Goal anatomy

Shayne Gostisbehere · 1st 13:29 · CAR PP

Logan Stankoven · 1st 16:12 · CAR PP

Kirill Marchenko · 2nd 15:14 · CBJ

Adam Fantilli · 3rd 2:07 · CBJ

Nikolaj Ehlers · 3rd 12:42 · CAR

Andrei Svechnikov · 3rd 13:55 · CAR PP

Jordan Martinook · 3rd 19:13 · CAR EN