Thu, Mar 26, 2026·Centre Bell, Montreal
Columbus Blue Jackets 1, Montréal Canadiens 2
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 69% of the time.
22%
8%
9%
61%
MTL winsCBJ wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
MTL forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against CBJ's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.
| Marchment–Marchenko–Fantilli | Monahan–Heinen–Garland | Coyle–Olivier–Sillinger | Jenner–Wood–Lundeström | Olivier–Sillinger–Fantilli | Monahan–Marchment–Marchenko | Severson–Werenski | Provorov–Fabbro | Gudbranson–Mateychuk | Gudbranson–Provorov | Werenski–Fabbro | Werenski–Provorov | Gudbranson–Severson | Gudbranson–Werenski | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suzuki–Caufield–Slafkovský | 5:590.09–0.73 | 1:570.08–0.07 | 0:410.00–0.00 | 1:380.19–0.00 | 3:500.11–0.13 | 3:280.18–0.52 | 2:120.00–0.04 | 0:410.00–0.17 | 1:000.08–0.00 | |||||
| Newhook–Kapanen–Demidov | 1:140.01–0.00 | 4:040.12–0.08 | 1:540.00–0.00 | 1:350.00–0.23 | 3:180.12–0.37 | 1:130.00–0.00 | 4:080.01–0.09 | 1:200.00–0.01 | 0:330.00–0.08 | |||||
| Anderson–Evans–Bolduc | 1:470.11–0.12 | 3:010.09–0.04 | 4:220.14–0.05 | 0:470.07–0.00 | 4:090.00–0.05 | 2:520.39–0.00 | 1:450.00–0.00 | 0:340.00–0.00 | 0:410.01–0.00 | |||||
| Gallagher–Danault–Veleno | 0:330.07–0.00 | 3:190.01–0.25 | 3:300.07–0.01 | 1:310.00–0.00 | ||||||||||
| Matheson–Dobson | 3:480.10–0.61 | 3:570.11–0.05 | 2:220.00–0.00 | 2:060.04–0.08 | 1:040.00–0.49 | 3:370.13–0.24 | 5:390.12–0.52 | 2:510.00–0.11 | 2:070.00–0.07 | 0:520.00–0.00 | 0:410.00–0.28 | |||
| Carrier–Guhle | 4:280.09–0.16 | 1:590.00–0.00 | 2:290.16–0.00 | 0:320.00–0.00 | 7:520.09–0.04 | 1:020.16–0.00 | 0:580.00–0.00 | 0:400.01–0.10 | ||||||
| Struble–Hutson | 0:310.00–0.09 | 3:530.18–0.11 | 1:230.10–0.00 | 2:170.07–0.32 | 1:130.10–0.15 | 2:260.16–0.00 | 3:420.04–0.09 | 0:440.00–0.17 | 0:420.08–0.00 | 0:330.00–0.03 | ||||
| Guhle–Hutson | 1:280.01–0.09 | 0:590.00–0.04 | 1:020.00–0.13 | 0:420.01–0.00 | ||||||||||
| Dobson–Hutson | 0:300.00–0.00 | 0:370.00–0.00 | 0:430.00–0.08 | 0:360.00–0.00 | 0:320.00–0.02 | 0:330.00–0.08 | ||||||||
| Carrier–Struble | 0:380.00–0.00 | 1:150.00–0.01 | ||||||||||||
| Dobson–Guhle | 0:310.00–0.00 | 0:470.00–0.02 | ||||||||||||
| Matheson–Guhle | 0:330.00–0.00 | 0:320.00–0.00 | 0:400.00–0.00 | |||||||||||
| Carrier–Hutson | 1:130.00–0.05 | 0:350.00–0.00 |
Every shift, one row per player.
MTLCBJFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Zach WerenskiCBJ | 25 | 27:21 | 1:06 | 3:23 | 6 | 2 |
 Noah DobsonMTL | 27 | 24:45 | 0:55 | 1:45 | 4 | 1 |
 Ivan ProvorovCBJ | 22 | 21:34 | 0:59 | 2:48 | 0 | 5 |
 Mike MathesonMTL | 24 | 21:24 | 0:54 | 1:26 | 2 | 1 |
 Damon SeversonCBJ | 21 | 21:23 | 1:01 | 1:50 | 3 | 1 |
 Kaiden GuhleMTL | 24 | 20:50 | 0:52 | 1:39 | 2 | 4 |
 Erik GudbransonCBJ | 19 | 20:36 | 1:05 | 1:56 | 1 | 3 |
 Lane HutsonMTL | 19 | 19:45 | 1:02 | 3:54 | 5 | 1 |
 Nick SuzukiMTL | 21 | 19:38 | 0:56 | 1:53 | 3 | 3 |
 Juraj SlafkovskýMTL | 22 | 19:24 | 0:53 | 1:53 | 3 | 2 |
 Jake EvansMTL | 22 | 18:56 | 0:52 | 2:06 | 1 | 4 |
 Kirill MarchenkoCBJ | 19 | 18:47 | 0:59 | 2:21 | 2 | 3 |
 Sean MonahanCBJ | 19 | 18:45 | 0:59 | 1:53 | 6 | 2 |
 Mason MarchmentCBJ | 19 | 18:36 | 0:59 | 2:27 | 3 | 1 |
 Adam FantilliCBJ | 20 | 18:35 | 0:56 | 2:18 | 4 | 4 |
 Cole CaufieldMTL | 19 | 17:48 | 0:56 | 1:53 | 3 | 2 |
 Alexandre CarrierMTL | 21 | 17:18 | 0:49 | 1:24 | 0 | 5 |
 Ivan DemidovMTL | 18 | 17:15 | 0:58 | 2:26 | 6 | 1 |
 Alex NewhookMTL | 19 | 16:32 | 0:52 | 1:46 | 6 | 1 |
 Josh AndersonMTL | 21 | 16:12 | 0:46 | 1:13 | 1 | 4 |
 Oliver KapanenMTL | 18 | 15:22 | 0:51 | 1:19 | 4 | 1 |
 Charlie CoyleCBJ | 21 | 15:20 | 0:44 | 1:53 | 2 | 7 |
 Dante FabbroCBJ | 20 | 15:04 | 0:45 | 1:16 | 1 | 4 |
 Conor GarlandCBJ | 16 | 14:43 | 0:55 | 1:30 | 6 | 0 |
 Boone JennerCBJ | 18 | 13:53 | 0:46 | 1:23 | 0 | 3 |
 Zachary BolducMTL | 17 | 13:51 | 0:49 | 1:14 | 0 | 3 |
 Mathieu OlivierCBJ | 14 | 12:47 | 0:55 | 1:23 | 0 | 1 |
 Denton MateychukCBJ | 13 | 12:37 | 0:58 | 1:32 | 2 | 1 |
 Danton HeinenCBJ | 14 | 12:33 | 0:54 | 1:28 | 6 | 0 |
 Isac LundeströmCBJ | 18 | 12:12 | 0:41 | 1:26 | 0 | 3 |
 Jayden StrubleMTL | 15 | 12:05 | 0:48 | 2:02 | 0 | 1 |
 Cole SillingerCBJ | 15 | 11:49 | 0:47 | 1:13 | 1 | 1 |
 Phillip DanaultMTL | 15 | 9:40 | 0:39 | 1:11 | 2 | 4 |
 Miles WoodCBJ | 14 | 8:47 | 0:38 | 1:14 | 1 | 3 |
 Brendan GallagherMTL | 11 | 8:15 | 0:45 | 1:45 | 2 | 0 |
 Joseph VelenoMTL | 10 | 7:00 | 0:42 | 1:18 | 2 | 1 |