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Columbus Blue Jackets, 2020-21

Be the GM of the Columbus Blue Jackets Take over the 2020-21 team: trade, manage the cap and simulate the season.

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2020-21 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
28 56 18-26-12 48 0.429 137 187 -50 11-9-8 7-17-4

Records are wins, then losses, then losses in overtime or a shootout.

Analytics

Five-on-five, from 56 games. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones. What these numbers mean

46.5Corsi for %27th of 31 · 2,329 attempts for, 2,683 against
47.0Fenwick for %27th of 31 · unblocked attempts
47.3Shots for %26th of 31 · shots on goal
45.6Expected goals for %26th of 31 · 97.1 expected for, 115.8 against
42.5Goals for %30th of 31 · 96 for, 130 against
98.5PDO7.2% shooting + 91.3% saves

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 31 teams: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO is left plain, since it is neither good nor bad on its own.

Form through the season

Share of expected goals Share of shot attempts

40%42%44%46%48%50%52%Game 20Game 40Expected goalsShot attemptsThe team's share over its last 10 games

Each point looks back over the last 10 games at five-on-five. Above 50% the team was getting the better of play, below it the worse. The expected goals line counts each chance for what it was worth, and the shot attempts line counts them all alike.

Lines and pairings

The three forwards and the two defencemen who spent the most time on the ice together at five-on-five, and how the team did while they were out: its share of the shot attempts and of the expected goals, and the goals for and against. Time is minutes and seconds across the season.

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Cam Atkinson · Jack Roslovic · Patrik Laine20165:5446.750.15-10
Nick Foligno · Boone Jenner · Alexandre Texier13110:3054.154.92-4
Oliver Bjorkstrand · Max Domi · Eric Robinson880:3354.756.14-2
Cam Atkinson · Oliver Bjorkstrand · Jack Roslovic1273:5847.937.34-5
Cam Atkinson · Max Domi · Jack Roslovic1064:0950.845.92-4
Mikhail Grigorenko · Jack Roslovic · Emil Bemstrom450:3654.959.02-0
Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Seth Jones · Zach Werenski35595:1050.345.622-23
David Savard · Vladislav Gavrikov35403:2841.444.47-23
Michael Del Zotto · Seth Jones36265:2548.646.57-11
Michael Del Zotto · Dean Kukan25238:3148.052.812-7
Seth Jones · Vladislav Gavrikov28138:0448.049.95-4

The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines and pairs that played a fair amount together: at least a tenth of the time of the busiest one. Hover over one for its percentile.

Where the shots come from

Shots for
Shots against

Every attempt in all situations, with the net being shot at on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot. Click a line in a key to see only that kind; Goals marks where each one was scored from.

Value for money

$65.3MCap space usedthe cap hits of its 23 ranked players
$47.8MWorth at the going rate33.7 goals above replacement
-$17.5MValue23rd of 31 · worth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

What the team got for its cap space in the regular season, counting the players with enough games to be ranked and a known contract. A player's season is worth what teams as a whole paid for one like it, and value is that less his cap hit. A player who changed teams is shared out by the games he played for each. How value is worked out

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it. Colours show where each number ranks in the league, from green (top fifth) to red (bottom fifth). Hover over a number for its percentile.

Cap hit is what a player counts against the salary cap this season. A star beside it means a former team pays part of it, and the amount shown is this team's share. Value is what his season was worth at the going rate, minus his cap hit. It appears once he has played enough to be ranked.

CF% and xGF% are the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals while he was on the ice at five-on-five. Rating is goals above replacement: the goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player who played the same minutes. For a player who changed teams, these numbers cover his whole season.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits CF% xGF% Rating Cap hit Value
Oliver Bjorkstrand R 56 18 26 44 -15 23 143 42 46.2 44.1 +4.3 $2.5M+$2.5M
Cam Atkinson R 56 15 19 34 -16 4 158 22 46.6 47.2 +3.9 $5.875M-$1.2M
Jack Roslovic C 48 12 22 34 -11 14 85 34 48.7 48.6 +4.0 $2.031M+$2.7M
Seth Jones D 56 5 23 28 -18 26 141 102 48.2 45.0 +1.0 $5.4M-$3.7M
Max Domi C 54 9 15 24 -18 75 99 15 46.2 44.9 -1.1 $5.3M-$5.8M
Patrik Laine L 45 10 11 21 -29 21 79 33 42.0 39.3 -3.5 $6.75M-$9.6M
Zach Werenski D 35 7 13 20 -9 13 79 21 50.3 47.3 +5.8 $5M+$1.6M
Eric Robinson L 56 8 10 18 6 4 75 94 50.9 49.9 +4.3 $975K+$4.1M
Boone Jenner C 41 8 9 17 -9 6 79 76 45.2 45.5 +2.6 $3.75M-$394K
Nick Foligno L 42 7 9 16 -3 28 73 109 47.1 46.1 +0.7 $5.5M-$4.1M
Alexandre Texier L 49 4 11 15 -13 22 75 49 46.6 44.9 -1.1 $898K-$1.3M
Michael Del Zotto D 53 4 9 13 5 8 77 125 47.4 46.5 +2.0 $700K+$2M
Mikhail Grigorenko C 32 4 8 12 -2 6 36 14 46.1 46.3 +0.8 $1.2M+$351K
Vladislav Gavrikov D 55 2 10 12 -13 14 48 69 44.1 46.0 +1.9 $2.8M-$197K
Kevin Stenlund C 32 5 5 10 -4 8 42 17 48.9 46.6 +1.1 $874K+$968K
Riley Nash C 37 2 5 7 -1 4 40 33 46.0 44.5 +1.1 $2.75M-$968K
David Savard D 40 1 5 6 -19 24 48 95 44.6 46.7 +0.1 $4.25M-$3.5M
Dean Kukan D 35 1 4 5 -3 10 29 36 47.0 47.7 +1.5 $1.65M+$597K
Emil Bemstrom C 20 3 2 5 2 0 28 15 50.9 55.6 +1.3 $925K+$1.1M
Gabriel Carlsson D 14 1 3 4 -6 4 14 11 45.4 42.6 +0.3 $725K
Liam Foudy C 24 0 4 4 0 6 40 13 45.0 48.2 +0.8 $894K+$626K
Andrew Peeke D 11 0 3 3 -4 4 5 35 42.2 40.4 -0.6 $917K
Mikko Lehtonen D 17 0 3 3 -3 4 24 25 45.1 43.8 -1.4
Nathan Gerbe C 9 1 2 3 0 2 9 8 50.0 41.1 -0.4 $750K
Scott Harrington D 12 1 2 3 -3 6 8 9 43.1 35.1 -0.4 $1.633M
Zac Dalpe C 12 2 1 3 -2 0 22 11 45.2 44.6 +0.9 $750K
Mikko Koivu C 7 1 1 2 -2 2 3 10 37.9 36.4 -0.4 $1.5M
Gavin Bayreuther D 9 1 0 1 -1 7 16 12 52.0 47.6 +0.6 $710K
Kole Sherwood R 6 0 1 1 -2 7 7 22 50.6 56.6 +0.1
Pierre-Luc Dubois C 5 1 0 1 -2 2 7 2 50.1 47.8 +1.2 $5M-$3.1M
Stefan Matteau C 18 1 0 1 -4 9 15 35 43.6 40.1 -0.6 $725K
Josh Dunne C 6 0 0 0 -1 4 7 12 46.9 59.6 +0.7 $925K
Ryan MacInnis C 16 0 0 0 -3 0 14 19 45.3 39.5 -0.8 $700K
Goalie GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save % Saved above xG Rating Cap hit Value
Joonas Korpisalo 33 91370 904 808 96 3.30 0.894 -13.8 -5.4 $2.8M-$3.7M
Elvis Merzlikins 28 81252 825 756 69 2.77 0.916 +0.5 +7.6 $4M-$1M
Matiss Kivlenieks 2 1100 71 64 7 3.40 0.901 -1.3 -0.7
Veini Vehvilainen 1 0000 4 3 1 5.63 0.750 -0.8 -0.7

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
May 8, 2021 vs DET W 5-4 (OT) 36 37
May 7, 2021 vs DET L 2-5 24 36
May 5, 2021 vs NSH W 4-2 27 32
May 3, 2021 vs NSH L 3-4 (OT) 32 38
May 1, 2021 @ CAR L 1-2 (OT) 32 33
Apr 27, 2021 vs DET W 1-0 (SO) 33 41
Apr 25, 2021 @ TBL L 3-4 (OT) 22 34
Apr 22, 2021 @ TBL L 1-3 25 28
Apr 20, 2021 @ FLA L 1-5 34 33
Apr 19, 2021 @ FLA L 2-4 36 39
Apr 17, 2021 @ DAL L 1-5 22 32
Apr 15, 2021 @ DAL L 1-4 18 31
Apr 12, 2021 vs CHI L 3-4 (OT) 33 34
Apr 10, 2021 vs CHI L 3-4 26 28
Apr 8, 2021 vs TBL L 4-6 36 30
Apr 6, 2021 vs TBL W 4-2 30 38
Apr 4, 2021 @ FLA L 0-3 32 35
Apr 3, 2021 @ FLA L 2-5 46 39
Apr 1, 2021 @ TBL L 2-3 38 34
Mar 30, 2021 @ TBL W 3-1 21 38
Mar 28, 2021 @ DET L 1-4 17 29
Mar 27, 2021 @ DET L 1-3 22 34
Mar 25, 2021 vs CAR L 3-4 (OT) 36 33
Mar 22, 2021 vs CAR L 0-3 19 28
Mar 20, 2021 @ CAR W 3-2 (SO) 31 37
Mar 18, 2021 @ CAR W 3-2 (OT) 28 27
Mar 14, 2021 vs DAL L 1-2 (SO) 30 35
Mar 13, 2021 vs DAL W 4-3 (OT) 26 30
Mar 11, 2021 vs FLA L 4-5 (OT) 32 32
Mar 9, 2021 vs FLA L 2-4 40 33
Mar 6, 2021 @ DAL L 0-5 21 26
Mar 4, 2021 @ DAL W 3-2 22 24
Mar 2, 2021 vs DET W 4-1 36 20
Feb 28, 2021 @ NSH L 1-3 29 29
Feb 27, 2021 @ NSH L 1-2 30 33
Feb 25, 2021 vs CHI L 0-2 26 27
Feb 23, 2021 vs CHI L 5-6 (SO) 30 34
Feb 20, 2021 vs NSH L 2-4 23 45
Feb 18, 2021 vs NSH W 3-0 22 32
Feb 15, 2021 @ CAR L 3-7 40 34
Feb 13, 2021 @ CHI L 2-3 (OT) 31 31
Feb 11, 2021 @ CHI W 6-5 43 26
Feb 8, 2021 vs CAR W 3-2 22 24
Feb 7, 2021 vs CAR L 5-6 22 26
Feb 4, 2021 vs DAL W 4-3 25 28
Feb 2, 2021 vs DAL L 3-6 26 33
Jan 31, 2021 @ CHI L 1-3 33 36
Jan 29, 2021 @ CHI W 2-1 27 32
Jan 28, 2021 vs FLA W 3-2 (SO) 31 35
Jan 26, 2021 vs FLA L 3-4 (SO) 22 31
Jan 23, 2021 vs TBL W 5-2 28 32
Jan 21, 2021 vs TBL L 2-3 (OT) 25 37
Jan 19, 2021 @ DET L 2-3 (OT) 24 27
Jan 18, 2021 @ DET W 3-2 29 37
Jan 16, 2021 @ NSH L 2-5 44 33
Jan 14, 2021 @ NSH L 1-3 30 35