Florida Panthers vs. Columbus Blue JacketsDec 31, 2019

FinalTuesday, Dec 31, 2019· Nationwide Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
FLA	0	1	0	1		FLA	14	15	8	37
CBJ	1	1	2	4		CBJ	13	8	7	28

: FLA 73CBJ 42
: FLA 2.82CBJ 1.75
PP goals: FLA 0CBJ 1
Hits: FLA 15CBJ 11
Blocks: FLA 10CBJ 24
PIM: FLA 6CBJ 6
: FLA 58%CBJ 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Florida Panthers 4–1

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Florida Panthers 4–1 at home. Zach Werenski (CBJ) led the scoring with 3G 0A. New look for CBJ: Foligno–Nyquist–Jenner skated 10:00 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Zach Werenski had a hat trick (3 points) on 6 shots in 22:00.Werenski
Points
Boone Jenner had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:54.Jenner
Points
Alexander Wennberg had 2 assists (2 points) in 15:28.Wennberg
Points
Gustav Nyquist had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:11.Nyquist
New line
New look for CBJ: Foligno–Nyquist–Jenner skated 10:00 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Nyquist Jenner
Usage
Alexandre Texier (CBJ) played 2:55, −10:07 down on his 13:02 season average over 35 games.Texier
New line
New look for CBJ: Gerbe–Stenlund–Dubois skated 7:02 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (42.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gerbe Stenlund Dubois
Goalie
Elvis Merzlikins (CBJ) faced 37 shots and stopped 36 (.973), +8 against a season average of 28.7; the win.Merzlikins

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

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

CBJ
FLA
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 115 of 115 attempts · CBJ 42 · FLA 73

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CBJ
FLA
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: FLA 44% of the game, CBJ 13%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CBJ

FLA

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	FLA	CBJ
	73	36
	2.68	1.53
	2.65	1.49
	8	7
	1	2
	20	7
	+0.040	−0.040
	44%	13%

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.

Florida Panthers

L1Connolly – Trocheck – Acciari
10:2081% CF
L2Dadonov – Huberdeau – Barkov
10:1753% CF
L3Boyle – Hoffman – Vatrano
8:0656% CF
D1Stralman – Stillman
15:4675% CF
D2Yandle – Ekblad
15:3353% CF
D3Matheson – Brown
11:0479% CF

PP1Yandle – Dadonov – Hoffman – Huberdeau – Barkov
2:5590% CF
PP2Boyle – Connolly – Trocheck – Ekblad – Vatrano
0:49
PK1FSceviour – Acciari
2:34
PK2FBarkov – Vatrano
0:32
PK1DStralman – Stillman
2:13
PK2DMatheson – Ekblad
2:10

Current FLA line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Foligno – Nyquist – Jenner
10:0053% CF
L2Gerbe – Stenlund – Dubois
7:0242% CF
L3Nash – MacInnis – Lilja
3:4940% CF
L4Wennberg – Texier – Robinson
2:2117% CF
D1Savard – Gavrikov
12:0130% CF
D2Carlsson – Kukan
10:3842% CF
D3Jones – Werenski
8:2362% CF

PP1Nyquist – Jenner – Werenski – Stenlund – Dubois
3:56100% CF
PP2Gerbe – Foligno – Jones – Kukan – Dubois
0:42
PK1FJenner – Wennberg
1:20
PK2FNash – Nyquist
0:22
PK1DJones – Gavrikov
1:53
PK2DSavard – Werenski
0:49

Current CBJ line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:54
CBJZach Werenski (Alexander Wennberg)slap0.01 xG
FLA: Boyle, Stralman, Sceviour, Vatrano, StillmanCBJ: Jones, Wennberg, Werenski, Texier, Robinson
FLA 0 – 1 CBJ

2nd period

3:39
FLAColton Sceviour (Anton Stralman, Mark Pysyk)tip-in0.06 xG
FLA: Stralman, Sceviour, Pysyk, Toninato, StillmanCBJ: Wennberg, MacInnis, Carlsson, Kukan, Robinson
FLA 1 – 1 CBJ
15:34
CBJBoone JennerPP (Gustav Nyquist, Alexander Wennberg)snap0.16 xG
FLA: Sceviour, Matheson, Ekblad, AcciariCBJ: Foligno, Nyquist, Jenner, Wennberg, Werenski
FLA 1 – 2 CBJ

3rd period

4:13
CBJZach Werenski (David Savard, Boone Jenner)wrist0.03 xG
FLA: Yandle, Dadonov, Huberdeau, Barkov, EkbladCBJ: Foligno, Nyquist, Savard, Jenner, Werenski
FLA 1 – 3 CBJ
8:04
CBJZach Werenski (Gustav Nyquist, Nick Foligno)wrist0.07 xG
FLA: Stralman, Dadonov, Huberdeau, Matheson, BarkovCBJ: Foligno, Nyquist, Jenner, Jones, Werenski
FLA 1 – 4 CBJ

Box score

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

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Noel Acciari C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	2	0	18:03	—	—	82	71
Vincent Trocheck C	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.74	0	0	0	17:27	—	—	84	71
Brett Connolly R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	2	0	0	16:36	—	—	84	69
Aleksander Barkov C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.15	0	1	0	20:57	—	—	60	73
Jonathan Huberdeau L	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.10	1	0	0	19:35	—	—	60	71
Evgenii Dadonov L	L2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.39	1	0	0	14:46	—	—	52	57
Mike Hoffman C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	0	0	0	17:05	—	—	62	51
Frank Vatrano R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.14	2	0	0	12:36	—	—	54	28
Brian Boyle C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	1	0	11:48	—	—	56	32
Anton Stralman D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.04	1	1	0	21:35	—	—	67	76
Riley Stillman D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	3	0	0	20:32	—	—	76	89
Aaron Ekblad D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.07	0	2	0	23:36	—	—	56	57
Keith Yandle D	D2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.12	0	2	0	22:32	—	—	56	55
Mike Matheson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	0	0	0	15:27	—	—	69	38
Joshua Brown D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	2	12:52	—	—	81	51
Colton Sceviour C	—	1	0	1	0	2	0.08	2	0	0	10:56	—	—	63	72
Mark Pysyk D	—	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	0	0	2	9:43	—	—	69	77
Dominic Toninato C	—	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	1	0	2	8:44	—	—	67	76

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	L	28	24	4	.857	1.75	58:15

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Boone Jenner C	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.27	0	1	0	21:54	—	—	36	25
Gustav Nyquist R	L1	0	2	2	+2	3	0.21	0	1	0	20:11	—	—	44	37
Nick Foligno L	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.09	4	1	0	18:33	—	—	39	22
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.29	1	2	0	17:24	—	—	31	48
Nathan Gerbe C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	0	0	16:57	—	—	42	55
Kevin Stenlund C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.27	1	2	2	16:47	—	—	39	57
Riley Nash C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.18	0	0	2	13:38	—	—	29	39
Ryan MacInnis C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	0	0	12:11	—	—	11	1
Jakob Lilja L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	10:34	—	—	22	36
Alexander Wennberg C	L4	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	15:28	—	—	18	22
Eric Robinson L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	2	0	0	11:30	—	—	35	37
Alexandre Texier L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	2:55	—	—	29	29
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	24:07	—	—	22	42
David Savard D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	5	2	21:19	—	—	26	46
Dean Kukan D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	13:20	—	—	39	36
Gabriel Carlsson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:02	—	—	42	36
Seth Jones D	D3	0	0	0	+2	2	0.05	0	5	0	23:10	—	—	39	21
Zach Werenski D	D3	3	0	3	+3	6	0.15	0	1	0	22:00	—	—	36	30

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	W	37	36	1	.973	2.82	60:00

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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.