New York Rangers vs. Columbus Blue JacketsApr 8, 2023

FinalSaturday, Apr 8, 2023· Nationwide Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	2	0	2	4		NYR	9	11	8	28
CBJ	0	0	0	0		CBJ	12	3	5	20

: NYR 61CBJ 45
: NYR 4.00CBJ 2.27
PP goals: NYR 0CBJ 0
Hits: NYR 16CBJ 24
Blocks: NYR 14CBJ 17
PIM: NYR 4CBJ 4
: NYR 58%CBJ 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers rout Columbus Blue Jackets 4–0

New York Rangers beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–0 at CBJ. Mika Zibanejad (NYR) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for CBJ: Bemstrom–Luoto–McKown skated 8:37 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (82.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Mika Zibanejad had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:56.Zibanejad
New line
New look for CBJ: Bemstrom–Luoto–McKown skated 8:37 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (82.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bemstrom Luoto McKown
Luck
CBJ scored 0 goals on 2.28 expected goals (45 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Mika Zibanejad (NYR) played 14:56, −5:05 down on his 20:01 season average over 81 games.Zibanejad
Usage
Vladimir Tarasenko (NYR) played 12:27, −4:25 down on his 16:52 season average over 68 games.Tarasenko
Usage
Vincent Trocheck (NYR) played 15:36, −3:46 down on his 19:22 season average over 81 games.Trocheck
Usage
Patrick Kane (NYR) played 16:18, −3:03 down on his 19:21 season average over 72 games.Kane
Usage
Kirill Marchenko (CBJ) played 20:43, +4:36 up on his 16:07 season average over 58 games.Marchenko

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

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

CBJ
NYR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 106 of 106 attempts · CBJ 45 · NYR 61

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CBJ
NYR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYR 46% of the game, CBJ 28%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CBJ

NYR

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	NYR	CBJ
	60	47
	3.54	2.09
	3.40	1.99
	17	11
	0	2
	7	13
	+0.062	−0.062
	46%	28%

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 Rangers

L1Chytil – Kakko – Lafrenière
11:4756% CF
L2Tarasenko – Trocheck – Panarin
10:4568% CF
L3Goodrow – Vesey – Motte
9:4129% CF
L4Kane – Kreider – Zibanejad
9:3574% CF
D1Trouba – Miller
15:3867% CF
D2Fox – Lindgren
15:2050% CF
D3Mikkola – Schneider
14:1143% CF

PP1Kane – Kreider – Zibanejad – Panarin – Fox
2:55100% CF
PP2Tarasenko – Trocheck – Trouba – Chytil – Lafrenière
0:49
PK1FKreider – Zibanejad
1:06
PK2FGoodrow – Motte
1:00
PK1DFox – Lindgren
1:13
PK2DMikkola – Schneider
1:03

Current NYR line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Gaudreau – Jenner – Marchenko
13:5532% CF
L2Bemstrom – Luoto – McKown
8:3782% CF
L3Kuraly – Robinson – Foudy
8:2331% CF
L4Roslovic – Fix-Wolansky – Johnson
8:2343% CF
D1Peeke – Bayreuther
16:1048% CF
D2Boqvist – Jiricek
11:0127% CF
D3Berni – Bjork
7:150% CF

PP1Gaudreau – Jenner – Roslovic – Boqvist – Marchenko
2:3575% CF
PP2Fix-Wolansky – Foudy – Johnson – Jiricek – McKown
0:56100% CF
PK1FKuraly – Foudy
1:17
PK2FMarchenko – Luoto
0:22
PK1DPeeke – Bayreuther
1:28
PK2DJiricek – Bjork
0:43

Current CBJ line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:08
NYRJimmy Vesey (Tyler Motte, Barclay Goodrow)wrist0.13 xG
NYR: Goodrow, Vesey, Motte, Fox, LindgrenCBJ: Bemstrom, Boqvist, Berni, Luoto, McKown
NYR 1 – 0 CBJ
11:49
NYRChris Kreider (Mika Zibanejad, K'Andre Miller)wrist0.21 xG
NYR: Kane, Kreider, Zibanejad, Trouba, MillerCBJ: Gaudreau, Jenner, Peeke, Bayreuther, Marchenko
NYR 2 – 0 CBJ

3rd period

5:00
NYRNiko Mikkola (Mika Zibanejad, Patrick Kane)tip-in0.12 xG
NYR: Kane, Kreider, Zibanejad, Mikkola, SchneiderCBJ: Kuraly, Fix-Wolansky, Berni, Johnson, Bjork
NYR 3 – 0 CBJ
19:40
NYRVincent Trocheck (Vladimir Tarasenko)wrist0.15 xG
NYR: Tarasenko, Trocheck, Panarin, Fox, LindgrenCBJ: Kuraly, Peeke, Fix-Wolansky, Foudy, Jiricek
NYR 4 – 0 CBJ

Box score

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

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Filip Chytil C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.43	0	1	0	17:38	—	—	45	53
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	16:02	—	—	58	77
Kaapo Kakko R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:21	—	—	48	53
Artemi Panarin L	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.53	0	0	0	15:41	—	—	68	70
Vincent Trocheck C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.55	0	0	2	15:36	—	—	72	75
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.39	0	0	0	12:27	—	—	71	73
Jimmy Vesey L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.27	0	1	0	14:05	—	—	29	42
Barclay Goodrow C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.09	2	2	0	13:29	—	—	29	42
Tyler Motte C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.12	2	0	0	13:02	—	—	28	60
Patrick Kane R	L4	0	1	1	+2	3	0.46	0	0	0	16:18	—	—	69	59
Chris Kreider L	L4	1	0	1	+2	1	0.43	2	0	0	15:34	—	—	68	59
Mika Zibanejad C	L4	0	2	2	+2	2	0.35	2	1	0	14:56	—	—	74	65
Jacob Trouba D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.10	2	1	2	20:28	—	—	67	69
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	1	1	0	19:44	—	—	65	68
Adam Fox D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	23:10	—	—	55	64
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.03	0	0	0	17:49	—	—	50	56
Braden Schneider D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	2	3	0	17:48	—	—	44	58
Niko Mikkola D	D3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.12	3	1	0	17:25	—	—	46	57

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	W	20	20	0	.1000	2.27	59:27

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kirill Marchenko R	L1	-1	2	0.53	1	2	0	20:43	—	—	29	31
Boone Jenner C	L1	-1	1	0.14	0	2	0	19:14	—	—	32	37
Johnny Gaudreau L	L1	-1	1	0.17	0	0	0	18:24	—	—	31	35
Hunter McKown C	L2	-1	0	0.04	1	0	2	12:25	—	—	80	50
Joona Luoto L	L2	-1	2	0.09	4	0	0	10:58	—	—	80	60
Emil Bemstrom C	L2	-1	3	0.16	0	1	0	10:18	—	—	79	60
Sean Kuraly C	L3	-2	1	0.12	6	1	0	16:59	—	—	32	27
Liam Foudy C	L3	-1	2	0.35	0	1	0	16:03	—	—	31	24
Eric Robinson L	L3	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	10:56	—	—	33	40
Trey Fix-Wolansky R	L4	-2	3	0.55	0	0	0	16:12	—	—	41	36
Kent Johnson C	L4	-1	1	0.00	0	0	2	14:25	—	—	50	53
Jack Roslovic C	L4	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	13:38	—	—	36	51
Andrew Peeke D	D1	-2	2	0.01	1	5	0	22:00	—	—	45	24
Gavin Bayreuther D	D1	-1	1	0.02	1	0	0	19:29	—	—	47	30
Adam Boqvist D	D2	-1	0	0.07	0	0	0	22:19	—	—	54	53
David Jiricek D	D2	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	21:02	—	—	23	27
Marcus Bjork D	D3	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	17:07	—	—	33	32
Tim Berni D	D3	-2	0	0.00	3	0	0	13:58	—	—	55	56

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Michael Hutchinson(start)	L	28	24	4	.857	4.00	59:50

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.