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Columbus Blue Jackets

Luca Pinelli

#53Center5'9"174 lb

0.0 in 2 days
2025-26 regular season
3
GP
0
G
0
A
0
P
6
SOG
0.0% SH
13:46
TOI/GP

C · CBJ · NHL id 8484214

Luca Pinelli has played 3 games for the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2025-26, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 6 shots while averaging 13:46 a night (12:36 at even strength, 0:42 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 85% of his 5v5 minutes with Cole Sillinger and 79% with Sean Monahan over the last 3 games, and the Blue Jackets have controlled 54% of shot attempts with Pinelli on the ice (1-1 in goals, 70% offensive-zone starts). In the Blue Jackets' most recent game against NJD he was on L3 with Sean Monahan and Cole Sillinger and off the power play; dropped to L4 (from L3) in the last game. He is shooting 0.0% this season.

Right now

From the Dec 1 game vs NJD, detected from shift data

Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Dropped to L4 (from L3) in the last gameLost his PP2 spot in the last gameLast 3: L3/PP2 · L1 · L4

Deployment timeline

2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 3 games, 13:18 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 2 line changes.

PPLine31▲4▼0m3m7m10m13m17mNov 26Nov 28Dec 1
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
3 games shown, 13:18 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Only 3 GP in 2025-26: NHL EDGE percentiles are noisy before about 15-20 games.

Top speed11th1121.1 mph
Bursts 20+ mph6th63
Hardest shot24th2480.8 mph
Offensive-zone time14th1439.3%
Distance skated9th106.8 mi
High-danger SOG7th81
Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.

Shot map

2025-26 · 10 attempts, 6 on goal, 0 goals

Shot map, OPP at CBJ: 10 attempts, 6 on goal, 0 goals, 0.53 expected goals; best chance Luca Pinelli at 0.13 xG.

  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked
Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Puck luck

2025-26 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

00.51-0.5goals below expected-0.8σNov 26Dec 1
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.

Fantasy box score

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).

Beyond the box score

2025-26 regular season · 3 of 3 games through the sequence engine

MethodLeaders
−0.051
Season net
−0.03xG

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.00
Attempts
0
0.000

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

MethodLeaders
Season
+0.00G
Per 60
+0.000
Drawn / taken
0 / 0minors

MethodLeaders
50.7%
54.5%
50.6%
Transition CF/60
3.3
Turnovers won/60
18.3
Turnovers lost/60
23.3

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

Linemates

2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Pinelli

TeammatePosGPShareCF% togetherGF% togetherCF% Pinelli apartCF% mate apart
Cole SillingerC330:4585%52.5%50% (1-1)60.0% 5:1442.9% 8:30
Sean MonahanC328:1879%52.8%50% (1-1)56.3% 7:4135.0% 9:15
Damon SeversonD319:4355%59.5%50% (1-1)46.9% 16:1663.8% 26:14
Denton MateychukD317:1448%56.7%0% (0-1)51.3% 18:4558.8% 27:27
Dante FabbroD39:5828%47.1%— (0-0)55.8% 26:0141.5% 31:58
Brendan SmithD39:3026%46.7%100% (1-0)55.6% 26:2947.4% 25:27
Ivan ProvorovD37:5022%50.0%— (0-0)54.9% 28:0946.7% 49:12
Zach WerenskiD37:4722%52.4%— (0-0)54.2% 28:1250.5% 49:38
Charlie CoyleC22:106%66.7%— (0-0)56.8% 20:2642.0% 25:16
Egor ChinakhovRW11:465%66.7%— (0-0)62.1% 13:5246.2% 7:30
Adam FantilliC11:354%33.3%— (0-0)65.5% 14:0354.5% 13:00
Brendan GaunceC11:003%57.1%— (0-0)37.5% 5:5828.6% 7:44

Game log

3 games in 2025-26, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Dec 1@ NJDW 5-3000-12000—6:586:58——
Nov 28vs PITOTL 3-400002010—18:0016:37——
Nov 26vs TOROTL 1-200002011—16:2014:132:07—

Season splits by strength

2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations341:1813:46433654.4%55.9%25191233%2.52.373%
Even strength337:4812:36393354.2%53.7%22181233%2.32.370%
5v5335:5912:00373253.6%52.9%20171150%2.02.070%
Power play12:072:0740100.0%100.0%3000—0.20.0100%
5v412:072:0740100.0%100.0%3000—0.20.0100%

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2025-26CBJ3000-1060.0%2113:46

Luca Pinelli news

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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.