Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ 5–3 Final New Jersey DevilsNJD

Monday, December 1, 2025

Final	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ	1	1	3	5	25
New Jersey DevilsNJD	2	0	1	3	33

No impact calculated for this game. Impacts are calculated for games in the next 7 days.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
1:26	NJD	Nico Hischier (10)PP Jesper Bratt (20), Dawson Mercer (11) · wrist xG 0.05	0–1 ▶
3:03	NJD	Ondrej Palat (2) Arseny Gritsyuk (7) · wrist xG 0.18	0–2 ▶
9:54	CBJ	Denton Mateychuk (6)PP Charlie Coyle (13), Ivan Provorov (5) · tip-in xG 0.10	1–2 ▶
2nd Period
1:28	CBJ	Sean Monahan (4) Cole Sillinger (8), Zach Werenski (16) · wrist xG 0.19	2–2 ▶
3rd Period
6:40	CBJ	Charlie Coyle (4) Zach Werenski (17), Miles Wood (3) · backhand xG 0.37	3–2 ▶
7:14	CBJ	Sean Monahan (5) Isac Lundeström (3) · snap xG 0.15	4–2 ▶
11:51	NJD	Timo Meier (10)PP Jesper Bratt (21), Nico Hischier (15) · snap xG 0.18	4–3 ▶
13:31	CBJ	Miles Wood (7) Charlie Coyle (14) · wrist xG 0.19	5–3 ▶

Score away–home after each goal; season totals in parentheses.

Shot quality

Expected goals (xG) rate every unblocked shot by how often shots like it go in, from where it was taken, the shot type, the strength and what happened just before it. How it works

CBJ 29%Deserve to win71% NJD

CBJ		NJD
2.91	Expected goals	3.80
5	Goals (no shootout)	3
1.65	Expected goals, 5 on 5	2.50
43	Shot attempts	65
32	Unblocked attempts	52
25	Shots on goal	33

Game notes

What stood out as the game went on, from the play-by-play and the shifts. Time on the bench is counted in 5-on-5 play outside the penalty box; the note says the player sat, not why. Goals saved are against the shots' expected goals (xG).

1st Period
10:00	NJD	xG swing	xG swing · Out-chanced CBJ 1.32–0.31 In xG over 10 minutes, the start of the 1st to 10:00 of the 1st; goals 2–1
3rd Period
10:10	CBJ	No shift	No shift · Aston-Reese, 11:12 on the bench No shift from 17:59 of the 2nd to 12:28 of the 3rd; 8 shifts (5:46) before that
12:30	NJD	No shift	No shift · Dillon, 13:01 on the bench No shift after 19:07 of the 2nd; 13 shifts (10:32) before that
13:31	NJD	Goalie	Goalie · Allen −2.5 goals saved 5 goals on 2.47 xG, 25 shots on goal
14:40	CBJ	No shift	No shift · Pinelli, 10:45 on the bench No shift after 3:34 of the 3rd; 9 shifts (6:58) before that
15:16	NJD	Pulled goalie	Pulled goalie · Pulled Allen, down 5–3 With 4:44 left

Shot map

CBJ shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ NJD shoots

About these numbers

xG comes from hockeystats.io's own model, a gradient-boosted tree model trained on every unblocked shot from the 2021-22 to 2025-26 regular seasons using the NHL's public play-by-play. Each shot's value is the share of similar shots that became goals. A team's xG is the sum over its shots; "deserve to win" asks how often the team would outscore its opponent if every shot went in at exactly that rate. Blocked shots count as attempts but have no xG (the NHL records where they were blocked, not where they were taken), so the map leaves them out.

Box score

Columbus Blue Jackets

	Skater	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
19	Adam Fantilli	0	0	0	0	5	0.37	0	0	20:53
3	Charlie Coyle	1	2	3	+2	1	0.37	0	0	20:27
18	Miles Wood	1	1	2	+3	3	0.30	4	1	19:30
4	Cole Sillinger	0	1	1	0	2	0.26	3	2	17:00
21	Isac Lundeström	0	1	1	+3	3	0.14	0	1	16:30
23	Sean Monahan	2	0	2	+1	2	0.35	1	1	16:23
50	Brendan Gaunce	0	0	0	0	5	0.58	4	0	12:37
10	Dmitri Voronkov	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	12:37
91	Kent Johnson	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	0	0	10:34
59	Egor Chinakhov	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	1	0	09:17
21	Zachary Aston-Reese	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	07:01
Defense
8	Zach Werenski	0	2	2	+3	3	0.01	1	2	26:57
9	Ivan Provorov	0	1	1	+3	2	0.01	3	0	25:59
5	Denton Mateychuk	1	0	1	-1	3	0.10	1	2	21:07
78	Damon Severson	0	0	0	0	4	0.05	0	0	18:01
15	Dante Fabbro	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	2	1	17:15
7	Brendan Smith	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	11:06

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Elvis Merzlikins	33	3	30	.909	3.80	+0.80

New Jersey Devils

	Skater	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
13	Nico Hischier	1	1	2	-2	5	0.64	1	0	23:51
63	Jesper Bratt	0	2	2	-2	6	0.26	0	0	23:46
28	Timo Meier	1	0	1	-2	10	0.86	3	1	23:45
91	Dawson Mercer	0	1	1	+1	5	0.38	0	0	19:53
81	Arseny Gritsyuk	0	1	1	0	4	0.40	0	2	17:56
16	Connor Brown	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	0	13:38
12	Cody Glass	0	0	0	-1	6	0.16	2	0	12:19
81	Ondrej Palat	1	0	1	+1	3	0.28	1	1	12:01
41	Luke Glendening	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	3	11:06
47	Paul Cotter	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	0	10:47
83	Juho Lammikko	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	09:02
11	Stefan Noesen	0	0	0	-1	3	0.14	2	0	08:33
Defense
71	Simon Nemec	0	0	0	-1	6	0.27	0	2	29:28
43	Luke Hughes	0	0	0	-3	8	0.24	0	1	25:51
7	Dougie Hamilton	0	0	0	0	4	0.08	2	1	21:17
44	Dennis Cholowski	0	0	0	-1	3	0.05	1	0	18:06
5	Brenden Dillon	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	10:32
71	Jonas Siegenthaler	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	06:06

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Jake Allen	25	5	20	.800	2.47	-2.53

Skaters by time on ice. Goalie lines count shots with the goalie in net, from the NHL play-by-play.

Player ratings

What each player added to the result, in goals, from most to least. Hover a number for what it's made of.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Player	Rating	Points	Shots	On ice	Pen	FO	Other	GSAx	TOI
3 Charlie Coyle C	+3.58	+2.15	+0.24	+1.13	0.00	+0.05	+0.02	—	20:27
11 Miles Wood L	+2.78	+1.30	+0.19	+1.24	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	19:30
21 Isac Lundeström C	+2.14	+0.70	+0.09	+1.15	+0.15	0.00	+0.05	—	16:30
23 Sean Monahan C	+1.06	+1.50	+0.23	-0.70	0.00	+0.03	+0.01	—	16:23
90 Elvis Merzlikins G	+0.80	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	+0.80	59:56
5 Denton Mateychuk D	+0.71	+0.75	+0.07	-0.19	0.00	0.00	+0.08	—	21:07
8 Zach Werenski D	+0.42	+1.25	+0.01	-0.82	-0.12	0.00	+0.10	—	26:57
59 Egor Chinakhov R	+0.29	0.00	+0.01	+0.15	+0.15	0.00	-0.02	—	9:17
9 Ivan Provorov D	+0.20	+0.55	0.00	-0.35	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	25:59
15 Dante Fabbro D	+0.15	0.00	+0.07	+0.02	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	17:15
7 Brendan Smith D	+0.14	0.00	0.00	+0.28	-0.15	0.00	+0.01	—	11:06
4 Cole Sillinger C	-0.03	+0.70	+0.17	-0.85	-0.15	0.00	+0.10	—	17:00
27 Zachary Aston-Reese L	-0.04	0.00	0.00	-0.02	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	7:01
16 Brendan Gaunce C	-0.15	0.00	+0.38	-0.53	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	12:37
78 Damon Severson D	-0.34	0.00	+0.03	-0.20	-0.15	0.00	-0.02	—	18:01
19 Adam Fantilli C	-0.39	0.00	+0.24	-0.76	+0.07	+0.07	-0.02	—	20:53
53 Luca Pinelli C	-0.74	0.00	+0.08	-0.82	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	6:58
91 Kent Johnson C	-0.94	0.00	+0.04	-0.98	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	10:34
10 Dmitri Voronkov L	-0.97	0.00	+0.03	-0.89	-0.11	0.00	0.00	—	12:37

New Jersey Devils

Player	Rating	Points	Shots	On ice	Pen	FO	Other	GSAx	TOI
18 Ondrej Palat L	+2.24	+0.75	+0.18	+1.25	0.00	+0.01	+0.05	—	12:01
81 Arseny Gritsyuk R	+1.96	+0.70	+0.26	+0.91	0.00	0.00	+0.10	—	17:56
63 Jesper Bratt L	+1.91	+1.40	+0.17	+0.34	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	23:46
13 Nico Hischier C	+1.90	+1.30	+0.41	+0.18	0.00	-0.02	+0.02	—	23:51
28 Timo Meier R	+1.89	+0.75	+0.56	+0.32	+0.30	-0.05	+0.01	—	23:45
91 Dawson Mercer C	+1.73	+0.55	+0.24	+0.97	0.00	-0.03	0.00	—	19:53
5 Brenden Dillon D	+1.62	0.00	0.00	+1.68	-0.04	0.00	-0.02	—	10:32
44 Dennis Cholowski D	+0.38	0.00	+0.03	+0.41	0.00	0.00	-0.06	—	18:06
12 Cody Glass C	+0.30	0.00	+0.10	+0.21	0.00	-0.01	0.00	—	12:19
17 Simon Nemec D	+0.25	0.00	+0.17	-0.02	0.00	0.00	+0.10	—	29:28
16 Connor Brown R	-0.03	0.00	+0.05	+0.01	-0.07	0.00	-0.02	—	13:38
7 Dougie Hamilton D	-0.05	0.00	+0.05	+0.04	-0.15	0.00	+0.01	—	21:17
47 Paul Cotter L	-0.16	0.00	0.00	-0.32	+0.15	+0.01	0.00	—	10:47
71 Jonas Siegenthaler D	-0.26	0.00	0.00	-0.18	-0.08	0.00	0.00	—	6:06
43 Luke Hughes D	-0.30	0.00	+0.15	-0.63	+0.15	0.00	+0.03	—	25:51
11 Stefan Noesen R	-0.50	0.00	+0.09	-0.60	0.00	+0.01	0.00	—	8:33
83 Juho Lammikko C	-0.67	0.00	0.00	-0.66	0.00	-0.01	0.00	—	9:02
14 Luke Glendening C	-0.69	0.00	0.00	-0.78	0.00	-0.06	+0.15	—	11:06
34 Jake Allen G	-2.49	0.00	—	—	+0.04	—	—	-2.53	54:27

An expected-goals take on Dom Luszczyszyn's Game Score: goals and assists, the quality of a player's own shots, shot quality for and against while they were on the ice at 5v5, penalties, faceoffs and puck plays, all in goals; goalies by goals saved above expected. From the NHL play-by-play and shift charts.