New York Islanders vs. Columbus Blue JacketsDec 28, 2025

FinalSunday, Dec 28, 2025· Nationwide Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYI	1	1	0	2		NYI	9	11	6	26
CBJ	1	0	3	4		CBJ	15	6	14	35

: NYI 56CBJ 79
: NYI 1.79CBJ 4.52
PP goals: NYI 0CBJ 0
Hits: NYI 15CBJ 25
Blocks: NYI 20CBJ 17
PIM: NYI 21CBJ 8
: NYI 56%CBJ 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Columbus Blue Jackets beat New York Islanders 4–2

Columbus Blue Jackets beat New York Islanders 4–2 at home. Kirill Marchenko (CBJ) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Mathew Barzal (NYI) played 8:04, −12:45 down on his 20:49 season average over 80 games.

Points
Kirill Marchenko had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:18.Marchenko
Points
Denton Mateychuk had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 26:28.Mateychuk
Points
Sean Monahan had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:14.Monahan
Usage
Mathew Barzal (NYI) played 8:04, −12:45 down on his 20:49 season average over 80 games.Barzal
New line
New look for NYI: Horvat–Heineman–Shabanov skated 6:39 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (38.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Horvat Heineman Shabanov
Usage
Denton Mateychuk (CBJ) played 26:28, +7:23 up on his 19:05 season average over 74 games.Mateychuk
New line
New look for CBJ: Coyle–Jenner–Olivier skated 10:46 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (45.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Coyle Jenner Olivier
Usage
Cole Sillinger (CBJ) played 8:11, −7:08 down on his 15:19 season average over 80 games.Sillinger

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

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

CBJ
NYI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 135 of 135 attempts · CBJ 79 · NYI 56

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CBJ
NYI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYI 26% of the game, CBJ 41%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CBJ

NYI

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

CBJ skaters (rows) against NYI 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	NYI	CBJ
	58	68
	1.80	3.08
	1.79	2.91
	6	17
	2	2
	28	19
	+0.073	−0.073
	26%	41%

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 York Islanders

L1Horvat – Heineman – Shabanov
6:3939% CF
L2Cizikas – MacLean – Gatcomb
6:0140% CF
L3Lee – Drouin – Holmstrom
5:327% CF
L4Pageau – Duclair – Barzal
0:00
D1Pulock – Schaefer
14:0543% CF
D2Pelech – DeAngelo
12:2051% CF
D3Mayfield – Warren
9:0960% CF

PP1Drouin – Horvat – Heineman – Schaefer – Shabanov
2:28
PP2Lee – Pageau – Duclair – DeAngelo – Holmstrom
0:29100% CF
PK1FCizikas – Pageau
1:24
PK2FHorvat – Holmstrom
0:36
PK1DPelech – Pulock
3:07
PK2DMayfield – Schaefer
0:52

Current NYI line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Marchment – Marchenko – Fantilli
12:5681% CF
L2Coyle – Jenner – Olivier
10:4646% CF
L3Monahan – Voronkov – Johnson
5:2526% CF
L4Gaunce – Wood – Sillinger
4:1343% CF
D1Severson – Mateychuk
12:3150% CF
D2Provorov – Fabbro
12:3150% CF
D3Smith – Christiansen
7:4030% CF

PP1Monahan – Marchenko – Voronkov – Mateychuk – Fantilli
3:08100% CF
PP2Coyle – Jenner – Severson – Provorov – Marchment
0:52100% CF
PK1FWood – Monahan
1:18
PK2FCoyle – Gaunce
1:03
PK1DProvorov – Mateychuk
1:44
PK2DSmith – Fabbro
0:52

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.

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bo Horvat C	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.13	2	1	0	21:25	—	—	41	36
Emil Heineman L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	5	0	0	19:17	—	—	41	36
Max Shabanov R	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.19	1	0	0	14:27	—	—	53	59
Casey Cizikas C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.11	0	1	0	13:32	—	—	52	29
Kyle MacLean C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	0	0	9:19	—	—	39	24
Marc Gatcomb C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	2	1	0	8:20	—	—	40	23
Simon Holmstrom R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:43	—	—	39	19
Jonathan Drouin L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:35	—	—	32	9
Anders Lee L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	0	2	16:15	—	—	42	28
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.12	1	1	0	15:19	—	—	63	66
Anthony Duclair L	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.19	0	1	0	11:12	—	—	68	72
Mathew Barzal C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	0	0	17	8:04	—	—	53	41
Matthew Schaefer D	D1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.26	1	3	0	25:00	—	—	43	41
Ryan Pulock D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	0	8	0	24:03	—	—	39	36
Adam Pelech D	D2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.02	1	2	2	21:16	—	—	46	32
Tony DeAngelo D	D2	0	0	0	-2	5	0.12	0	1	0	17:25	—	—	53	37
Scott Mayfield D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	0	0	17:51	—	—	46	38
Marshall Warren D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	11:23	—	—	62	36

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
David Rittich(start)	L	34	31	3	.912	4.08	59:34

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Adam Fantilli C	L1	0	1	1	+2	8	0.58	0	3	0	22:35	—	—	77	73
Kirill Marchenko R	L1	2	0	2	+2	5	0.72	1	0	0	21:18	—	—	79	70
Mason Marchment L	L1	0	1	1	+3	0	0.14	0	0	6	19:01	—	—	78	78
Charlie Coyle C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	2	2	0	18:58	—	—	46	76
Boone Jenner C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.34	4	1	0	15:13	—	—	52	82
Mathieu Olivier R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	6	2	0	13:53	—	—	42	60
Sean Monahan C	L3	0	2	2	+1	2	0.15	0	0	0	17:14	—	—	47	48
Dmitri Voronkov L	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.72	2	1	0	14:20	—	—	45	42
Kent Johnson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.28	0	0	2	7:41	—	—	25	41
Miles Wood L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	1	0	0	11:54	—	—	57	58
Cole Sillinger C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.55	1	1	0	8:11	—	—	39	46
Brendan Gaunce C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.13	0	1	0	7:17	—	—	40	47
Denton Mateychuk D	D1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.13	1	2	0	26:28	—	—	55	65
Damon Severson D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.14	2	0	0	22:02	—	—	61	70
Ivan Provorov D	D2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.23	1	1	0	26:56	—	—	63	74
Dante Fabbro D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	3	1	0	18:20	—	—	51	51
Brendan Smith D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	12:15	—	—	31	19
Jake Christiansen D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:24	—	—	27	1

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jet Greaves(start)	W	26	24	2	.923	1.79	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Kirill Marchenko (CBJ) 1st 8:09 · assists Mason Marchment, Denton Mateychuk · Odd-man rush · carried in · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 57.8 mph shot · 2.1 s from entry to goal.

Kirill Marchenko · 1st 8:09 · CBJ

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 57.8 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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Max Shabanov · 1st 17:16 · NYI

Play: rebound
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 8.9 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s
Type: rebound

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Bo Horvat · 2nd 13:24 · NYI

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 54.0 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Entry to goal: 1.8 s

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Ivan Provorov · 3rd 15:27 · CBJ

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 47.8 mph
Distance: 55 ft

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Kirill Marchenko · 3rd 16:41 · CBJ

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 16.4 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Cole Sillinger · 3rd 18:54 · CBJ EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 5-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 8.5 mph
Distance: 41 ft
Entry to goal: 1.5 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.

New York Islanders vs. Columbus Blue JacketsDec 28, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Columbus Blue Jackets beat New York Islanders 4–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

New York Islanders

Columbus Blue Jackets

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

New York Islanders

Columbus Blue Jackets

Goal anatomy

Kirill Marchenko · 1st 8:09 · CBJ

Max Shabanov · 1st 17:16 · NYI

Bo Horvat · 2nd 13:24 · NYI

Ivan Provorov · 3rd 15:27 · CBJ

Kirill Marchenko · 3rd 16:41 · CBJ

Cole Sillinger · 3rd 18:54 · CBJ EN