New York Rangers vs. Columbus Blue JacketsFeb 8, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	1	1	2	4		NYR	12	11	17	40
CBJ	2	1	0	3		CBJ	10	11	4	25

: NYR 74CBJ 54
: NYR 2.61CBJ 2.50
PP goals: NYR 0CBJ 0
Hits: NYR 24CBJ 18
Blocks: NYR 17CBJ 16
PIM: NYR 2CBJ 2
: NYR 60%CBJ 40%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers edge Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3

New York Rangers beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 at CBJ. Will Cuylle (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for NYR: Miller–Vesey–Panarin skated 11:37 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (56.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Mika Zibanejad had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:11.Zibanejad
Points
Will Cuylle had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:12.Cuylle
Points
Vincent Trocheck had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:15.Trocheck
New line
New look for NYR: Miller–Vesey–Panarin skated 11:37 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (56.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Miller Vesey Panarin
Usage
Adam Fantilli (CBJ) played 26:59, +9:37 up on his 17:22 season average over 81 games.Fantilli
Goalie
Elvis Merzlikins (CBJ) faced 40 shots and stopped 36 (.900), +11 against a season average of 29.4; the loss.Merzlikins
Usage
Jordan Harris (CBJ) played 2:02, −9:39 down on his 11:41 season average over 32 games.Harris
Usage
Kent Johnson (CBJ) played 22:24, +5:11 up on his 17:13 season average over 67 games.Johnson

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 128 of 128 attempts · CBJ 54 · NYR 74

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 27% of the game, CBJ 20%.

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
	86	61
	3.04	2.70
	2.91	2.52
	13	23
	11	6
	26	22
	+0.055	−0.055
	27%	20%

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

L1Miller – Vesey – Panarin
11:3757% CF
L2Trocheck – Lafrenière – Cuylle
11:1152% CF
L3Kreider – Zibanejad – Kaliyev
11:0552% CF
L4Smith – Carrick – Rempe
6:4950% CF
D1Fox – Lindgren
19:0064% CF
D2Borgen – Miller
17:1257% CF
D3Vaakanainen – Schneider
13:4058% CF

Current NYR line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Voronkov – Johnson – Fantilli
17:2234% CF
L2Olivier – Danforth – Aston-Reese
12:4252% CF
L3van Riemsdyk – Sillinger – Del Bel Belluz
8:4952% CF
D1Werenski – Provorov
24:0836% CF
D2Severson – Mateychuk
15:0963% CF
D3Johnson – Christiansen
9:4330% CF

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 Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Artemi Panarin L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	0	0	18:41	—	—	60	56
J.T. Miller C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	3	1	0	17:46	—	—	63	57
Jimmy Vesey L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	1	0	0	17:33	—	—	63	59
Vincent Trocheck C	L2	0	2	2	0	4	0.33	2	0	2	18:15	—	—	56	54
Alexis Lafrenière L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	2	0	0	15:54	—	—	58	50
Will Cuylle L	L2	1	1	2	0	4	0.32	4	0	0	15:12	—	—	50	48
Mika Zibanejad C	L3	1	1	2	0	3	0.09	0	1	0	17:11	—	—	56	35
Chris Kreider L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	0	0	0	16:14	—	—	65	48
Arthur Kaliyev R	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.23	0	1	0	13:15	—	—	50	37
Sam Carrick C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:29	—	—	57	75
Reilly Smith R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	1	2	0	10:04	—	—	68	93
Matt Rempe C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	3	0	0	7:28	—	—	50	92
Ryan Lindgren D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.02	0	3	0	23:26	—	—	60	63
Adam Fox D	D1	0	1	1	+2	4	0.12	0	2	0	22:40	—	—	66	68
K'Andre Miller D	D2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.18	3	3	0	22:11	—	—	57	33
Will Borgen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.06	2	2	0	20:03	—	—	56	35
Braden Schneider D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	2	2	0	16:01	—	—	55	55
Urho Vaakanainen D	D3	1	0	1	0	1	0.35	0	0	0	15:37	—	—	58	61

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	W	25	22	3	.880	2.50	60:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Adam Fantilli C	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.35	1	3	0	26:59	—	—	27	44
Kent Johnson C	L1	1	0	1	-1	1	0.09	0	0	0	22:24	—	—	33	49
Dmitri Voronkov L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	1	3	0	21:39	—	—	33	36
Mathieu Olivier R	L2	0	0	0	+1	7	0.42	6	2	0	20:06	—	—	41	43
Justin Danforth R	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.09	1	1	0	17:43	—	—	48	48
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.33	6	0	0	15:21	—	—	50	52
Cole Sillinger C	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.25	0	1	0	12:38	—	—	50	50
Luca Del Bel Belluz C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.34	0	0	0	11:14	—	—	52	48
James van Riemsdyk L	L3	1	0	1	-1	1	0.11	1	0	0	10:00	—	—	50	56
Ivan Provorov D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	28:47	—	—	35	33
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.10	0	0	0	28:25	—	—	38	34
Damon Severson D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	1	1	2	18:49	—	—	60	61
Denton Mateychuk D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	1	0	0	17:47	—	—	64	62
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:03	—	—	33	46
Jake Christiansen D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	10:25	—	—	30	50
Sean Kuraly C	—	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	0	1	0	11:34	—	—	36	40
Mikael Pyyhtia L	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	9:27	—	—	50	64
Jordan Harris D	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	2:02	—	—	14	33

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	L	40	36	4	.900	2.61	58:37

Goal anatomy

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

Arthur Kaliyev (NYR) 1st 1:56 · assists Ryan Lindgren, Mika Zibanejad · Odd-man rush · passed in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 14.7 mph shot · 3.1 s from entry to goal.

Arthur Kaliyev · 1st 1:56 · NYR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 14.7 mph
Distance: 63 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s

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Kent Johnson · 1st 14:31 · CBJ

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 64.7 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 7.3 s

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Justin Danforth · 1st 15:29 · CBJ

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 27.8 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 3.4 s
Type: deflection

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Mika Zibanejad · 2nd 6:38 · NYR

Play: cycle
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 62.1 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Type: one-timer

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James van Riemsdyk · 2nd 17:17 · CBJ

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 12.8 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 3.2 s

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Urho Vaakanainen · 3rd 1:57 · NYR

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 28.9 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: deflection

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Will Cuylle · 3rd 18:21 · NYR

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 60.3 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Entry to goal: 5.7 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 Rangers vs. Columbus Blue JacketsFeb 8, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

New York Rangers edge Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

New York Rangers

Columbus Blue Jackets

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

New York Rangers

Columbus Blue Jackets

Goal anatomy

Arthur Kaliyev · 1st 1:56 · NYR

Kent Johnson · 1st 14:31 · CBJ

Justin Danforth · 1st 15:29 · CBJ

Mika Zibanejad · 2nd 6:38 · NYR

James van Riemsdyk · 2nd 17:17 · CBJ

Urho Vaakanainen · 3rd 1:57 · NYR

Will Cuylle · 3rd 18:21 · NYR