Eastern Conference · Metropolitan Division

Columbus Blue Jackets

2016–17·50–24–8·108 points·3rd in the Metropolitan, 3rd in the Eastern·Clinched playoff spot

Seasons

Points: 108#4
Goal differential: +54#3
xGF% (5v5, adj.): 51.3%#9
Power play: 19.9%#12
Penalty kill: 82.5%#9
GSAx: +39.6#1

Splits

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


Home	41	28–12–1	57	0.70	129	87	52.2%
Away	41	22–12–7	51	0.62	118	106	50.1%
October	7	3–3–1	7	0.50	18	17	46.1%
November	14	9–2–3	21	0.75	49	30	52.3%
December	14	14–0–0	28	1.00	54	25	56.1%
January	14	7–7–0	14	0.50	43	45	47.7%
February	12	6–4–2	14	0.58	33	28	51.5%
March	16	10–4–2	22	0.69	38	30	50.6%
April	5	1–4–0	2	0.20	12	18	54.9%
Division rivals	30	18–9–3	39	0.65	91	70	51.6%
Rest of conference	24	15–7–2	32	0.67	78	60	49.0%
Other conference	28	17–8–3	37	0.66	78	63	52.9%


NYR	5	3–2–0	6	0.60	21	16	46.7%
TBL	3	3–0–0	6	1.00	13	5	51.0%
DET	3	3–0–0	6	1.00	9	4	57.5%
NYI	4	3–1–0	6	0.75	18	8	60.6%
PHI	4	3–1–0	6	0.75	10	8	47.9%
NJD	4	3–1–0	6	0.75	10	6	50.7%
MTL	3	2–0–1	5	0.83	12	2	43.6%
WSH	5	2–2–1	5	0.50	8	12	48.4%
PIT	4	2–1–1	5	0.63	13	10	52.9%
CAR	4	2–1–1	5	0.63	11	10	53.8%

On the road

53,349 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 · 10–5–4 · 10 vs fresher opponent

63.2%

49.5%

1 day

39 GP · 20–17–2 · 3 vs fresher opponent

53.8%

53.4%

2 days

16 GP · 13–1–2 · 0 vs fresher opponent

87.5%

50.5%

3+ days

7 GP · 7–0–0 · 1 vs fresher opponent

100.0%

48.5%

Pulling the goalie

Model-based

29 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

50.2%

51.4%

Goals share

56.1%

51.1%

Shooting %

9.7%

8.9%

Save %

.926

.919