Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Columbus Blue JacketsMar 7, 2022

FinalMonday, Mar 7, 2022· Nationwide Arena

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Toronto Maple LeafsTOR

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Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
TOR	3	0	2	5		TOR	13	13	7	33
CBJ	0	2	2	4		CBJ	5	14	16	35

: TOR 65CBJ 62
: TOR 4.42CBJ 3.37
PP goals: TOR 0CBJ 1
Hits: TOR 9CBJ 22
Blocks: TOR 15CBJ 16
PIM: TOR 13CBJ 9
: TOR 52%CBJ 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Toronto Maple Leafs edge Columbus Blue Jackets 5–4

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–4 at CBJ. Auston Matthews (TOR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Jake Bean (CBJ) played 12:42, −7:59 down on his 20:41 season average over 66 games.

Points
Auston Matthews had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 18:20.Matthews
Points
Michael Bunting had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:37.Bunting
Points
Mitch Marner had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:38.Marner
Points
Gustav Nyquist had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:58.Nyquist
Points
Max Domi had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:12.Domi
Points
TJ Brodie had 2 assists (2 points) in 25:06.Brodie
Usage
Jake Bean (CBJ) played 12:42, −7:59 down on his 20:41 season average over 66 games.Bean
New line
New look for CBJ: Gaunce–Chinakhov–Sillinger skated 4:47 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gaunce Chinakhov 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

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

CBJ
TOR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 127 of 127 attempts · CBJ 62 · TOR 65

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CBJ
TOR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: TOR 44% of the game, CBJ 25%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CBJ

TOR

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	TOR	CBJ
	73	59
	5.02	2.88
	4.42	2.74
	25	14
	5	6
	8	11
	+0.068	−0.068
	44%	25%

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

L1Bunting – Marner – Matthews
12:3967% CF
L2Tavares – Nylander – Robertson
10:5954% CF
L3Engvall – Kampf – Mikheyev
8:4680% CF
L4Spezza – Simmonds – Kerfoot
8:0625% CF
D1Brodie – Holl
16:2450% CF
D2Dermott – Lyubushkin
15:0146% CF
D3Rielly – Liljegren
13:0264% CF

PP1Tavares – Rielly – Nylander – Marner – Matthews
1:09100% CF
PP2Spezza – Brodie – Bunting – Robertson – Mikheyev
0:51
PK1FMarner – Kampf
2:32
PK2FKerfoot – Mikheyev
1:06
PK1DBrodie – Holl
2:43
PK2DRielly – Liljegren
0:38

Current TOR line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Voracek – Bjorkstrand – Roslovic
12:5756% CF
L2Kuraly – Domi – Danforth
12:4345% CF
L3Nyquist – Jenner – Laine
10:4841% CF
L4Gaunce – Chinakhov – Sillinger
4:4743% CF
D1Werenski – Peeke
16:2743% CF
D2Kukan – Gavrikov
14:1841% CF
D3Carlsson – Bean
9:0638% CF

PP1Voracek – Jenner – Bjorkstrand – Werenski – Laine
2:5767% CF
PP2Nyquist – Domi – Roslovic – Bean – Chinakhov
0:44100% CF
PK1FNyquist – Kuraly
1:28
PK2FJenner – Roslovic
0:32
PK1DGavrikov – Peeke
2:00

Current CBJ line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:06
TORIlya Mikheyev (Pierre Engvall, David Kampf)snap0.02 xG
TOR: Rielly, Engvall, Liljegren, Kampf, MikheyevCBJ: Gaunce, Werenski, Peeke, Chinakhov, Sillinger
TOR 1 – 0 CBJ
14:01
TORMitch Marner (Michael Bunting, Timothy Liljegren)backhand0.07 xG
TOR: Rielly, Bunting, Marner, Matthews, LiljegrenCBJ: Nyquist, Jenner, Werenski, Laine, Peeke
TOR 2 – 0 CBJ
17:06
TORAuston Matthews (Mitch Marner, TJ Brodie)wrap-around0.03 xG
TOR: Brodie, Holl, Bunting, Marner, MatthewsCBJ: Nyquist, Jenner, Kukan, Gavrikov, Laine
TOR 3 – 0 CBJ

2nd period

1:45
CBJSean Kuraly (Max Domi)deflected0.12 xG
TOR: Tavares, Rielly, Nylander, Liljegren, RobertsonCBJ: Kuraly, Bjorkstrand, Domi, Werenski, Peeke
TOR 3 – 1 CBJ
18:49
CBJOliver Bjorkstrand (Gustav Nyquist, Andrew Peeke)wrist0.17 xG
TOR: Rielly, Marner, Matthews, LiljegrenCBJ: Nyquist, Bjorkstrand, Werenski, Peeke
TOR 3 – 2 CBJ

3rd period

2:28
CBJJack RoslovicPP (Max Domi, Gustav Nyquist)wrist0.18 xG
TOR: Brodie, Holl, Engvall, KampfCBJ: Nyquist, Domi, Roslovic, Bean, Chinakhov
TOR 3 – 3 CBJ
4:19
TORAlexander Kerfoot (Jason Spezza, Wayne Simmonds)wrist0.10 xG
TOR: Spezza, Simmonds, Rielly, Kerfoot, LiljegrenCBJ: Gaunce, Carlsson, Bean, Chinakhov, Sillinger
TOR 4 – 3 CBJ
11:21
TORMichael Bunting (Auston Matthews, TJ Brodie)backhand0.04 xG
TOR: Brodie, Holl, Bunting, Marner, MatthewsCBJ: Kuraly, Domi, Werenski, Peeke, Danforth
TOR 5 – 3 CBJ
19:12
CBJPatrik Laine (Zach Werenski, Jakub Voracek)slap0.06 xG
TOR: Brodie, Holl, Kerfoot, Liljegren, KampfCBJ: Voracek, Nyquist, Jenner, Bjorkstrand, Werenski, Laine
TOR 5 – 4 CBJ

Box score

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

Toronto Maple Leafs

TOR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mitch Marner R	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.19	1	2	0	20:38	—	—	64	75
Auston Matthews C	L1	1	1	2	+2	7	1.55	1	1	0	18:20	—	—	61	75
Michael Bunting L	L1	1	1	2	+3	4	0.45	1	0	0	14:37	—	—	67	80
William Nylander R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	0	0	0	16:53	—	—	55	57
John Tavares C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.70	1	2	4	16:52	—	—	59	67
Nick Robertson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.23	1	1	0	12:38	—	—	50	42
David Kampf C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.22	0	0	0	15:12	—	—	78	81
Ilya Mikheyev R	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.10	0	0	0	13:23	—	—	73	79
Pierre Engvall L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.26	0	0	0	10:47	—	—	67	68
Alexander Kerfoot C	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.23	1	1	0	14:55	—	—	33	31
Jason Spezza C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:24	—	—	23	27
Wayne Simmonds R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:05	—	—	22	30
TJ Brodie D	D1	0	2	2	+1	0	0.03	0	2	0	25:06	—	—	50	36
Justin Holl D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	5	22:25	—	—	52	36
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	4	0	18:07	—	—	47	52
Travis Dermott D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	2	16:57	—	—	53	68
Morgan Rielly D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.08	1	0	0	20:07	—	—	61	80
Timothy Liljegren D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.20	0	0	2	15:58	—	—	68	88

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Petr Mrazek(start)	W	35	31	4	.886	3.37	60:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jakub Voracek R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	0	1	0	20:59	—	—	48	44
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L1	1	0	1	+3	7	0.77	2	0	0	20:32	—	—	59	64
Jack Roslovic C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.24	2	0	0	15:47	—	—	47	37
Sean Kuraly C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.46	4	1	0	19:25	—	—	43	42
Justin Danforth R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	3	1	0	16:18	—	—	44	51
Max Domi C	L2	0	2	2	0	1	0.50	2	0	5	15:12	—	—	47	44
Boone Jenner C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	2	0	2	19:55	—	—	46	28
Gustav Nyquist R	L3	0	2	2	0	2	0.15	1	0	0	18:58	—	—	42	27
Patrik Laine L	L3	1	0	1	-1	6	0.50	0	0	0	18:56	—	—	44	28
Egor Chinakhov R	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.13	2	0	0	6:51	—	—	27	7
Cole Sillinger C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	6:50	—	—	38	31
Brendan Gaunce C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	2	5:50	—	—	33	27
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.24	0	2	0	28:00	—	—	46	36
Andrew Peeke D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.13	3	2	0	22:52	—	—	47	41
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	4	0	21:12	—	—	44	35
Dean Kukan D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	0	3	0	18:49	—	—	39	24
Jake Bean D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	2	0	12:42	—	—	43	53
Gabriel Carlsson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:35	—	—	47	50

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	L	33	28	5	.848	4.42	57:17

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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.