Seattle Kraken vs. Columbus Blue JacketsMar 21, 2026

FinalSaturday, Mar 21, 2026· Nationwide Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SEA	1	1	0	2		SEA	7	5	5	17
CBJ	3	1	1	5		CBJ	13	8	7	28

: SEA 44CBJ 52
: SEA 2.20CBJ 3.16
PP goals: SEA 1CBJ 0
Hits: SEA 14CBJ 15
Blocks: SEA 13CBJ 13
PIM: SEA 6CBJ 2
: SEA 43%CBJ 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Seattle Kraken 5–2

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Seattle Kraken 5–2 at home. Cole Sillinger (CBJ) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for SEA: Tolvanen–Wright–Catton skated 9:31 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (38.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Cole Sillinger had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 13:59.Sillinger
Points
Zach Werenski had 3 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 24:07.Werenski
Points
Kaapo Kakko had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:58.Kakko
Points
Mathieu Olivier had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:14.Olivier
New line
New look for SEA: Tolvanen–Wright–Catton skated 9:31 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (38.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tolvanen Wright Catton
Usage
Brandon Montour (SEA) played 17:30, −5:08 down on his 22:38 season average over 63 games.Montour
Luck
CBJ scored 5 goals on 3.16 expected goals (52 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Boone Jenner (CBJ) played 12:20, −3:48 down on his 16:08 season average over 66 games.Jenner

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

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

CBJ
SEA
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 96 of 96 attempts · CBJ 52 · SEA 44

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CBJ
SEA
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: SEA 19% of the game, CBJ 55%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CBJ

SEA

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

CBJ skaters (rows) against SEA 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	SEA	CBJ
	43	55
	2.07	2.55
	1.97	2.46
	8	7
	4	4
	14	29
	−0.039	+0.039
	19%	55%

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.

Seattle Kraken

L1Eberle – McMann – Beniers
12:4748% CF
L2Tolvanen – Wright – Catton
9:3138% CF
L3Stephenson – Gaudreau – Kakko
8:3140% CF
L4Melanson – Nyman – Meyers
2:030% CF
D1Larsson – Dunn
17:2929% CF
D2Oleksiak – Evans
14:4772% CF
D3Montour – Lindgren
13:3320% CF

PP1Eberle – Stephenson – Dunn – McMann – Beniers
1:03100% CF
PP2Montour – Tolvanen – Kakko – Wright – Catton
0:28100% CF
PK1FGaudreau – Meyers
2:44
PK2FStephenson – Tolvanen
1:43
PK1DLarsson – Lindgren
4:45
PK2DOleksiak – Evans
1:10

Current SEA line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Marchment – Marchenko – Fantilli
12:3660% CF
L2Coyle – Olivier – Sillinger
11:3271% CF
L3Monahan – Garland – Johnson
10:2857% CF
L4Jenner – Heinen – Lundeström
8:2931% CF
D1Severson – Werenski
17:5469% CF
D2Provorov – Fabbro
8:1767% CF
D3Gudbranson – Mateychuk
6:5946% CF

PP1Coyle – Werenski – Marchment – Marchenko – Fantilli
3:28100% CF
PP2Severson – Monahan – Provorov – Garland – Johnson
1:47
PK1FCoyle – Monahan
1:03
PK2FJenner – Lundeström
0:28
PK1DGudbranson – Provorov
1:13
PK2DSeverson – Fabbro
0:18

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.

Seattle Kraken

SEA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bobby McMann C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	0	0	16:58	—	—	44	10
Matty Beniers C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	2	0	16:27	—	—	42	10
Jordan Eberle R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.34	1	1	0	16:10	—	—	52	40
Eeli Tolvanen R	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.17	2	1	0	15:39	—	—	40	51
Berkly Catton C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	1	0	0	14:12	—	—	40	53
Shane Wright C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.17	0	1	0	13:37	—	—	45	54
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	0	0	20:13	—	—	44	55
Frederick Gaudreau C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.13	0	1	0	17:57	—	—	43	63
Kaapo Kakko R	L3	1	1	2	0	1	0.11	0	0	2	14:58	—	—	43	48
Ben Meyers C	L4	0	0	0	-3	1	0.21	1	0	0	11:21	—	—	36	40
Jacob Melanson R	L4	0	0	0	-3	1	0.16	3	1	0	9:06	—	—	47	47
Jani Nyman R	L4	0	0	0	-4	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:15	—	—	40	9
Adam Larsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	24:45	—	—	35	43
Vince Dunn D	D1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.41	0	1	0	21:21	—	—	27	39
Ryker Evans D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	2	0	18:18	—	—	74	65
Jamie Oleksiak D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	0	0	2	18:01	—	—	69	65
Ryan Lindgren D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.13	1	0	0	19:45	—	—	25	33
Brandon Montour D	D3	0	1	1	-3	1	0.02	1	1	2	17:30	—	—	35	36

SEA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joey Daccord(start)	L	27	23	4	.852	2.67	59:27

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mason Marchment L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.30	0	1	0	19:22	—	—	59	49
Kirill Marchenko R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.28	1	0	0	19:06	—	—	50	42
Adam Fantilli C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.17	3	0	0	18:54	—	—	60	57
Charlie Coyle C	L2	0	0	0	+3	3	0.28	1	1	0	17:31	—	—	67	96
Mathieu Olivier R	L2	1	1	2	+3	2	0.56	6	0	0	14:14	—	—	75	96
Cole Sillinger C	L2	1	2	3	+3	5	0.66	1	2	0	13:59	—	—	70	96
Sean Monahan C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	16:23	—	—	52	35
Kent Johnson C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.26	0	1	2	15:52	—	—	57	44
Conor Garland R	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.14	0	0	0	14:39	—	—	58	50
Boone Jenner C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:20	—	—	42	21
Danton Heinen L	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	10:46	—	—	41	15
Isac Lundeström C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	9:31	—	—	31	10
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	3	3	+4	4	0.22	0	0	0	24:07	—	—	67	63
Damon Severson D	D1	1	0	1	+3	2	0.12	0	0	0	21:19	—	—	67	65
Ivan Provorov D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	3	0	22:41	—	—	64	60
Dante Fabbro D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	15:18	—	—	41	35
Erik Gudbranson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	3	0	16:26	—	—	41	37
Denton Mateychuk D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	0	0	16:01	—	—	50	44

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	W	17	15	2	.882	2.20	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Danton Heinen (CBJ) 1st 2:48 · assists Boone Jenner, Zach Werenski · Forecheck turnover · carried in · 4-on-2 at the blue line · 39.0 mph shot · 9.3 s from entry to goal.

Danton Heinen · 1st 2:48 · CBJ

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 39.0 mph
Distance: 47 ft
Entry to goal: 9.3 s

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Kent Johnson · 2nd 9:33 · CBJ

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 48.2 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 3.2 s
Type: rebound

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Cole Sillinger · 3rd 17:34 · CBJ EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 56.6 mph
Distance: 115 ft

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Damon Severson · 1st 8:58 · CBJ

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 39.8 mph
Distance: 65 ft

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Mathieu Olivier · 1st 15:16 · CBJ

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 15.9 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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Vince Dunn · 1st 16:17 · SEA

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 85.4 mph
Distance: 36 ft
Entry to goal: 4.3 s

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Kaapo Kakko · 2nd 8:31 · SEA PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 35.6 mph
Distance: 13 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.

Seattle Kraken vs. Columbus Blue JacketsMar 21, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Seattle Kraken 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Seattle Kraken

Columbus Blue Jackets

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Seattle Kraken

Columbus Blue Jackets

Goal anatomy

Danton Heinen · 1st 2:48 · CBJ

Kent Johnson · 2nd 9:33 · CBJ

Cole Sillinger · 3rd 17:34 · CBJ EN

Damon Severson · 1st 8:58 · CBJ

Mathieu Olivier · 1st 15:16 · CBJ

Vince Dunn · 1st 16:17 · SEA

Kaapo Kakko · 2nd 8:31 · SEA PP