Eastern Conference · Metropolitan Division

Columbus Blue Jackets

2019–20·33–22–15·81 points·6th in the Metropolitan, 9th in the Eastern

Seasons

Points: 81#12
Goal differential: −3#21
xGF% (5v5, adj.): 52.0%#9
Power play: 15.9%#25
Penalty kill: 81.7%#13
GSAx: −4.8#20

Splits

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


Home	36	20–12–4	44	0.61	94	82	52.8%
Away	34	13–10–11	37	0.54	86	101	51.4%
October	12	5–5–2	12	0.50	31	43	51.4%
November	14	6–6–2	14	0.50	35	36	54.6%
December	14	7–3–4	18	0.64	39	31	55.3%
January	11	9–2–0	18	0.82	33	18	44.7%
February	15	4–5–6	14	0.47	32	44	52.4%
March	4	2–1–1	5	0.63	10	11	54.0%
Division rivals	22	10–7–5	25	0.57	59	58	53.1%
Rest of conference	20	13–2–5	31	0.78	56	45	54.9%
Other conference	28	10–13–5	25	0.45	65	80	49.4%


CAR	3	3–0–0	6	1.00	10	7	45.3%
DET	3	3–0–0	6	1.00	12	7	71.0%
MTL	3	2–0–1	5	0.83	11	7	44.8%
OTT	3	2–0–1	5	0.83	8	7	51.3%
WSH	3	2–0–1	5	0.83	9	4	50.1%
NJD	3	2–0–1	5	0.83	13	4	61.1%
BUF	3	1–0–2	4	0.67	8	9	52.9%
FLA	3	2–1–0	4	0.67	6	5	51.1%
LAK	2	2–0–0	4	1.00	7	4	40.5%
BOS	2	2–0–0	4	1.00	5	1	51.1%

On the road

47,254 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

13 GP · 6–6–1 · 10 vs fresher opponent

50.0%

51.3%

1 day

37 GP · 20–9–8 · 8 vs fresher opponent

64.9%

52.7%

2 days

13 GP · 5–4–4 · 1 vs fresher opponent

53.8%

53.2%

3+ days

6 GP · 2–2–2 · 0 vs fresher opponent

50.0%

46.9%

Pulling the goalie

Model-based

25 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

52.1%

53.8%

Goals share

49.6%

57.5%

Shooting %

7.9%

9.7%

Save %

.915

.929