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Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ 3–0 Final New Jersey DevilsNJD

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Final 1st2nd3rd T SOG
Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ 003 3 25
New Jersey DevilsNJD 000 0 24
Playoff odds, % Change
CBJ +6.4
NJD -2.7
NYI -1.3

How the result moved each team's playoff odds, calculated Feb 4, 2026 6:06 PM EST.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
No scoring
2nd Period
No scoring
3rd Period
5:24 CBJ Dante Fabbro (4) Unassisted · wrist xG 0.02 1–0 ▶
12:05 CBJ Mathieu Olivier (7) Cole Sillinger (19), Boone Jenner (19) · backhand xG 0.15 2–0 ▶
16:00 CBJ Mathieu Olivier (8)EN Charlie Coyle (25), Zach Werenski (42) · xG 0.99 3–0 ▶

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 49%Deserve to win51% NJD
CBJNJD
3.24Expected goals2.32
3Goals (no shootout)0
1.78Expected goals, 5 on 51.19
48Shot attempts52
37Unblocked attempts38
25Shots on goal24

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).

3rd Period
1:48 CBJ Goalie Goalie · Merzlikins +2.1 goals saved
0 goals on 2.08 xG, 18 shots on goal
6:40 NJD No shift No shift · Tsyplakov, 18:34 on the bench
No shift from 11:36 of the 2nd to 16:00 of the 3rd; 7 shifts (6:43) before that
12:50 NJD No shift No shift · Glendening, 12:20 on the bench
No shift from 18:46 of the 2nd to 16:00 of the 3rd; 9 shifts (6:38) before that
13:10 NJD No shift No shift · Lammikko, 13:04 on the bench
No shift from 17:06 of the 2nd to 16:00 of the 3rd; 8 shifts (5:38) before that

Shot map

CBJ shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ NJD shoots
Timo Meier: wrist, 35 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 0:22) Kent Johnson: wrist, 15 ft, xG 0.12 (P1 1:33) Miles Wood: deflected, 23 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 1:40) Maxim Tsyplakov: snap, 61 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 2:49) Nico Hischier: tip-in, 6 ft, xG 0.09 (P1 2:56) Zach Werenski: wrist, 49 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 4:45) Brenden Dillon: tip-in, 26 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 7:30) Dmitri Voronkov: tip-in, 16 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 8:04) Brett Pesce: snap, 61 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 11:09) Timo Meier: snap, 31 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 12:07) Connor Brown: wrist, 42 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 12:33) Brenden Dillon: snap, 54 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 13:18) Nico Hischier: wrist, 28 ft, xG 0.11 (P1 14:39) Arseny Gritsyuk: wrist, 57 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 15:18) Mathieu Olivier: wrist, 59 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 16:14) Sean Monahan: wrist, 31 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 16:36) Arseny Gritsyuk: wrist, 18 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 17:25) Nico Hischier: snap, 23 ft, xG 0.14 (P1 18:46) Nico Hischier: tip-in, 6 ft, xG 0.12 (P1 19:38) Dougie Hamilton: snap, 63 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 0:28) Arseny Gritsyuk: snap, 49 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 0:45) Timo Meier: snap, 30 ft, xG 0.21 (P2 1:20) Erik Gudbranson: snap, 38 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 2:00) Dougie Hamilton: wrist, 46 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 2:18) Brett Pesce: wrist, 30 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 2:43) Sean Monahan: backhand, 14 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 3:17) Dougie Hamilton: wrist, 158 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 3:40) Timo Meier: wrist, 38 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 4:07) Adam Fantilli: tip-in, 34 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 8:42) Zach Werenski: wrist, 30 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 8:51) Danton Heinen: deflected, 12 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 8:59) Zach Werenski: wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.39 (P2 9:02) Denton Mateychuk: slap, 56 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 9:06) Connor Brown: tip-in, 11 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 9:32) Nico Hischier: wrist, 8 ft, xG 0.30 (P2 9:34) Sean Monahan: wrist, 34 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 10:00) Boone Jenner: snap, 28 ft, xG 0.12 (P2 10:21) Maxim Tsyplakov: tip-in, 14 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 10:59) Maxim Tsyplakov: tip-in, 11 ft, xG 0.10 (P2 11:15) Adam Fantilli: wrist, 41 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 13:19) Arseny Gritsyuk: snap, 26 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 13:57) Charlie Coyle: snap, 25 ft, xG 0.13 (P2 14:07) Arseny Gritsyuk: wrist, 41 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 14:35) Connor Brown: wrist, 14 ft, xG 0.14 (P2 16:06) Dougie Hamilton: snap, 42 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 16:29) Danton Heinen: wrist, 38 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 16:39) Zach Werenski: snap, 49 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 17:35) Isac Lundeström: wrist, 45 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 17:44) Boone Jenner: tip-in, 15 ft, xG 0.10 (P2 19:26) Damon Severson: wrist, 70 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 0:12) Nico Hischier: backhand, 13 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 0:37) Timo Meier: deflected, 6 ft, xG 0.13 (P3 1:19) Timo Meier: deflected, 13 ft, xG 0.11 (P3 1:48) Charlie Coyle: wrist, 17 ft, xG 0.19 (P3 1:57) Cole Sillinger: wrist, 25 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 2:47) Dougie Hamilton: snap, 48 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 4:19) Boone Jenner: wrist, 40 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 4:59) Dante Fabbro: snap, 64 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 5:04) Kent Johnson: wrist, 65 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 5:18) Timo Meier: wrap-around, 6 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 5:56) Adam Fantilli: tip-in, 16 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 7:13) Dante Fabbro: wrist, 49 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 7:17) Dmitri Voronkov: wrist, 13 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 7:18) Miles Wood: tip-in, 7 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 11:35) Danton Heinen: wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 13:05) Cody Glass: wrist, 57 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 13:18) Boone Jenner: snap, 71 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 14:07) Nico Hischier: tip-in, 19 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 15:18) Timo Meier: wrist, 43 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 15:28) Jesper Bratt: snap, 64 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 15:36) Arseny Gritsyuk: wrist, 42 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 16:27) Denton Mateychuk: slap, 66 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 19:09) Dante Fabbro: GOAL, wrist, 45 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 5:24) Mathieu Olivier: GOAL, backhand, 9 ft, xG 0.15 (P3 12:05) Mathieu Olivier: GOAL, shot, 28 ft, xG 0.99 (P3 16:00)
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 GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
19 Adam Fantilli 000 0 40.16 3117:56
27 Mason Marchment 000 0 10.00 1016:43
3 Charlie Coyle 011 +1 30.31 3016:35
23 Sean Monahan 000 +2 50.10 0215:54
22 Boone Jenner 011 +1 40.24 0115:30
21 Isac Lundeström 000 0 10.03 0015:02
4 Cole Sillinger 011 +1 10.05 2114:14
24 Mathieu Olivier 202 +2 31.16 3014:09
58 Danton Heinen 000 0 40.24 0012:54
10 Dmitri Voronkov 000 +1 30.08 3111:10
91 Kent Johnson 000 +1 40.14 0010:58
18 Miles Wood 000 0 20.13 3110:42
Defense
78 Damon Severson 000 +1 20.01 0124:38
8 Zach Werenski 000 +1 40.46 0123:11
9 Ivan Provorov 000 +1 00.00 1122:21
5 Denton Mateychuk 000 +2 30.02 0017:57
44 Erik Gudbranson 000 0 10.06 0117:54
15 Dante Fabbro 101 +1 30.04 0214:17
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Elvis Merzlikins 24024 1.000 2.32 +2.32

New Jersey Devils

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
16 Connor Brown 000 -2 30.27 0124:10
13 Nico Hischier 000 -2 90.86 0021:21
28 Timo Meier 000 -2 110.64 1020:06
63 Jesper Bratt 000 -2 10.02 0018:52
81 Arseny Gritsyuk 000 -1 60.18 1118:06
12 Cody Glass 000 0 10.01 0014:48
29 Lenni Hameenaho 000 0 00.00 1014:15
47 Paul Cotter 000 -1 00.00 8013:07
91 Dawson Mercer 000 -1 00.00 0012:17
41 Luke Glendening 000 0 00.00 1008:04
72 Maxim Tsyplakov 000 0 40.17 0107:52
83 Juho Lammikko 000 0 00.00 2007:13
Defense
7 Dougie Hamilton 000 -2 80.04 0223:27
22 Brett Pesce 000 0 30.07 0219:59
71 Simon Nemec 000 -1 20.00 0318:30
5 Brenden Dillon 000 0 30.06 2018:15
71 Jonas Siegenthaler 000 -1 10.00 0117:41
8 Johnathan Kovacevic 000 -1 00.00 2117:15
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Jacob Markstrom 25223 .920 2.25 +0.25

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
24 Mathieu Olivier R +2.65 +1.50 +0.76 +0.39 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 14:09
90 Elvis Merzlikins G +2.32 0.00 — — 0.00 — — +2.32 59:55
15 Dante Fabbro D +1.37 +0.75 +0.02 +0.50 0.00 0.00 +0.10 — 14:17
38 Boone Jenner C +1.23 +0.55 +0.15 +0.48 0.00 -0.02 +0.07 — 15:30
8 Zach Werenski D +1.20 +0.55 +0.30 +0.47 -0.15 0.00 +0.03 — 23:11
3 Charlie Coyle C +1.13 +0.70 +0.20 -0.02 +0.15 +0.06 +0.04 — 16:35
4 Cole Sillinger C +1.11 +0.70 +0.04 +0.33 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 14:14
43 Danton Heinen L +0.93 0.00 +0.15 +0.79 0.00 +0.01 -0.02 — 12:54
78 Damon Severson D +0.63 0.00 +0.01 +0.57 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 24:38
23 Sean Monahan C +0.56 0.00 +0.07 +0.41 0.00 -0.02 +0.10 — 15:54
91 Kent Johnson C +0.44 0.00 +0.09 +0.35 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 10:58
10 Dmitri Voronkov L +0.33 0.00 +0.05 +0.21 0.00 +0.01 +0.05 — 11:10
5 Denton Mateychuk D +0.31 0.00 +0.02 +0.30 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 17:57
19 Adam Fantilli C +0.21 0.00 +0.10 +0.07 0.00 -0.01 +0.05 — 17:56
11 Miles Wood L +0.14 0.00 +0.09 +0.15 -0.15 0.00 +0.05 — 10:42
44 Erik Gudbranson D +0.08 0.00 +0.04 +0.02 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 17:54
9 Ivan Provorov D +0.08 0.00 0.00 +0.03 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 22:21
17 Mason Marchment L +0.06 0.00 0.00 +0.25 -0.15 0.00 -0.04 — 16:43
21 Isac Lundeström C -0.40 0.00 +0.02 -0.56 +0.15 +0.01 -0.02 — 15:02

New Jersey Devils

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
25 Jacob Markstrom G +0.40 0.00 — — +0.15 — — +0.25 58:42
28 Timo Meier R +0.40 0.00 +0.41 0.00 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 20:06
12 Cody Glass C +0.35 0.00 +0.01 +0.43 0.00 -0.04 -0.04 — 14:48
42 Maxim Tsyplakov R +0.27 0.00 +0.11 +0.11 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 7:52
16 Connor Brown R +0.21 0.00 +0.17 -0.01 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 24:10
71 Jonas Siegenthaler D +0.11 0.00 0.00 +0.06 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 17:41
8 Johnathan Kovacevic D +0.08 0.00 0.00 +0.05 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 17:15
83 Juho Lammikko C -0.02 0.00 0.00 -0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 7:13
14 Luke Glendening C -0.05 0.00 0.00 -0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 8:04
22 Brett Pesce D -0.20 0.00 +0.05 -0.38 0.00 0.00 +0.14 — 19:59
5 Brenden Dillon D -0.32 0.00 +0.04 -0.32 0.00 0.00 -0.04 — 18:15
47 Paul Cotter L -0.32 0.00 0.00 -0.31 0.00 -0.01 0.00 — 13:07
91 Dawson Mercer C -0.36 0.00 0.00 -0.29 0.00 -0.03 -0.04 — 12:17
81 Arseny Gritsyuk R -0.37 0.00 +0.11 -0.39 -0.15 0.00 +0.05 — 18:06
63 Jesper Bratt L -0.43 0.00 +0.01 -0.44 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 18:52
17 Simon Nemec D -0.44 0.00 0.00 -0.57 0.00 0.00 +0.13 — 18:30
29 Lenni Hameenaho R -0.50 0.00 0.00 -0.63 +0.15 0.00 -0.02 — 14:15
7 Dougie Hamilton D -0.63 0.00 +0.03 -0.84 +0.15 0.00 +0.03 — 23:27
13 Nico Hischier C -0.68 0.00 +0.56 -1.13 -0.15 +0.04 0.00 — 21:21

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.