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Columbus Blue Jackets

Justin Richards

#36Center28 years oldShoots R5'11"190 lb

2022-23 regular season
2
GP
0
G
1
A
1
P
0
SOG
10:48
TOI/GP

C · CBJ · NHL id 8482179

Justin Richards has played 2 games for the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2022-23, scoring 0 goals and 1 assist (1 points) on 0 shots while averaging 10:48 a night (9:09 at even strength, 0:29 on the power play and 1:10 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Blue Jackets have controlled 24% of shot attempts with Richards on the ice (1-2 in goals, 43% offensive-zone starts). In the Blue Jackets' most recent game against OTT he was on L3 with Emil Bemstrom and Eric Robinson and off the power play; dropped to L4 (from L3) in the last game.

Right now

From the Apr 2 game vs OTT, detected from shift data

Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Dropped to L4 (from L3) in the last gameLast 2: L3 · L4

Deployment timeline

2022-23 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 2 games, 10:48 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 1 line changes.

PPLine34▼0m3m7m10m13m17mApr 1Apr 2
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
2 games shown, 10:48 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2022-23 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Only 2 GP in 2022-23: NHL EDGE percentiles are noisy before about 15-20 games.

Top speed8th920.9 mph
Bursts 20+ mph8th94
Offensive-zone time2nd236.3%
Distance skated6th63.4 mi
High-danger SOG1st00
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

2022-23 · 0 attempts, 0 on goal, 0 goals · dots are equal size until the xG model lands

Shot map, OPP at CBJ: 0 attempts, 0 on goal, 0 goals, 0.00 expected goals.

No shot data for this range yet.

Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Shooting luck

2022-23 · goals versus shots until the expected-goals model fills in

Shooting %—
0 goals on 0 shots
Career shooting %0.0%
2 shots in Edgehalla's event data
Goals vs shots, running
Shots (left) and goals (right), 2 games

A shooting percentage well above the player's own baseline usually comes back down; the Puck-Luck Band replaces this view once shot quality (xG) is available.

Beyond the box score

2022-23 regular season · 2 of 2 games through the sequence engine

MethodLeaders
+0.081
Season net
+0.02xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 100 draws
−0.209
Season
−0.03G
38.5%13 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 0-2 · NZ 3-3 · DZ 2-3

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
+0.19G
Per 60
+0.527
Drawn / taken
1 / 0minors

MethodLeaders
20.8%
10.0%
20.2%
Transition CF/60
0.0
Turnovers won/60
6.6
Turnovers lost/60
9.8

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

Linemates

2022-23 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Richards

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

2 games in 2022-23, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Apr 2vs OTTW 4-3011+1000057%7:417:41——
Apr 1vs FLAL 0-7000-2004017%13:5410:370:582:19

Season splits by strength

2022-23 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations221:3510:48154027.3%30.2%9211325%1.02.738%
Even strength218:189:09113424.4%26.5%6181233%0.52.143%
5v5218:189:09113424.4%26.5%6181233%0.52.143%
Power play10:580:5820100.0%100.0%2000—0.30.0—
Penalty kill12:192:192625.0%28.6%13010%0.20.60%
4v512:192:192625.0%28.6%13010%0.20.60%

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2022-23CBJ2011-100—4010:48
2020-21NYR1011+1020.0%2110:11

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.