Eastern Conference · Metropolitan Division

Columbus Blue Jackets

2014–15·42–35–5·89 points·5th in the Metropolitan, 11th in the Eastern

Seasons

Points: 89#22
Goal differential: −21#24
xGF% (5v5, adj.): 46.7%#24
Power play: 21.7%#5
Penalty kill: 80.2%#23
GSAx: −8.2#20

Splits

Home and away, month by month, and against each part of the league.


Home	41	19–20–2	40	0.49	112	132	49.3%
Away	41	23–15–3	49	0.60	115	116	44.6%
October	10	4–6–0	8	0.40	26	34	50.6%
November	13	2–9–2	6	0.23	26	48	45.5%
December	12	10–1–1	21	0.88	33	27	44.6%
January	13	5–8–0	10	0.38	31	41	42.2%
February	13	5–7–1	11	0.42	37	39	49.0%
March	15	11–4–0	22	0.73	50	43	45.4%
April	6	5–0–1	11	0.92	24	16	53.8%
Division rivals	30	15–11–4	34	0.57	88	96	49.2%
Rest of conference	24	11–12–1	23	0.48	60	66	48.1%
Other conference	28	16–12–0	32	0.57	79	86	43.2%


PHI	5	4–1–0	8	0.80	18	14	53.0%
PIT	4	3–1–0	6	0.75	13	12	50.2%
WSH	5	2–2–1	5	0.50	16	19	44.5%
BOS	3	2–0–1	5	0.83	12	6	47.2%
BUF	3	2–1–0	4	0.67	9	7	62.0%
NYR	4	1–1–2	4	0.50	12	11	60.5%
CGY	2	2–0–0	4	1.00	6	4	48.6%
SJS	2	2–0–0	4	1.00	7	5	33.3%
NJD	4	2–2–0	4	0.50	8	9	53.6%
DET	3	2–1–0	4	0.67	3	6	45.5%

On the road

55,579 km of travel between arenas over the season, drawn leg by leg.

Leg ending in a win Overtime or shootout loss Regulation loss Home arena

Rest

Does a day off help? Back-to-backs are the second game on consecutive nights.

Rest days

Points percentage and 5-on-5 expected-goals share by days since the previous game. The count in grey is how many of those games came against a better-rested opponent.

Points %xGF% (5v5)

Back-to-back

19 GP · 8–10–1 · 16 vs fresher opponent

44.7%

41.4%

1 day

31 GP · 15–14–2 · 9 vs fresher opponent

51.6%

48.3%

2 days

25 GP · 13–10–2 · 1 vs fresher opponent

56.0%

49.5%

3+ days

6 GP · 5–1–0 · 1 vs fresher opponent

83.3%

47.9%

Pulling the goalie

Model-based

33 times this season the Blue Jackets were trailing late and sent out an extra attacker. Earlier pulls are bolder. The dark tick is the league median for each deficit.

Scored with the extra attacker Conceded an empty-net goal Neither League median

Close and late

Model-based

Does the team raise its game when it counts?

When it matters

The Blue Jackets in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late

Expected goals share

46.9%

47.0%

Goals share

47.8%

51.0%

Shooting %

9.6%

9.9%

Save %

.914

.925