Eastern Conference · Metropolitan Division

Columbus Blue Jackets

2021–22·37–38–7·81 points·6th in the Metropolitan, 10th in the Eastern

Seasons

Points: 81#21
Goal differential: −39#22
xGF% (5v5, adj.): 44.9%#31
Power play: 18.6%#24
Penalty kill: 78.6%#20
GSAx: −13.7#23

Splits

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


Home	41	21–15–5	47	0.57	139	139	46.0%
Away	41	16–23–2	34	0.41	119	158	43.6%
October	8	5–3–0	10	0.63	22	22	46.2%
November	12	7–5–0	14	0.58	43	43	49.1%
December	9	3–5–1	7	0.39	27	32	43.4%
January	14	5–9–0	10	0.36	41	61	42.0%
February	10	7–3–0	14	0.70	39	34	47.7%
March	15	5–6–4	14	0.47	45	61	42.6%
April	14	5–7–2	12	0.43	41	44	44.3%
Division rivals	26	9–17–0	18	0.35	65	100	43.4%
Rest of conference	24	12–9–3	27	0.56	88	88	47.4%
Other conference	32	16–12–4	36	0.56	105	109	43.9%


NJD	4	3–1–0	6	0.75	12	12	47.4%
BUF	3	3–0–0	6	1.00	18	10	49.9%
MTL	3	3–0–0	6	1.00	13	5	59.0%
ARI	2	2–0–0	4	1.00	12	6	50.0%
SEA	2	2–0–0	4	1.00	7	5	55.0%
DET	3	2–1–0	4	0.67	11	11	47.2%
COL	2	2–0–0	4	1.00	9	6	49.4%
PHI	3	2–1–0	4	0.67	7	7	41.8%
WPG	2	1–0–1	3	0.75	6	4	45.8%
OTT	3	1–1–1	3	0.50	6	4	53.7%

On the road

63,720 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

14 GP · 4–8–2 · 11 vs fresher opponent

35.7%

41.4%

1 day

41 GP · 22–17–2 · 5 vs fresher opponent

56.1%

46.1%

2 days

20 GP · 6–11–3 · 1 vs fresher opponent

37.5%

43.2%

3+ days

6 GP · 4–2–0 · 0 vs fresher opponent

66.7%

51.0%

Pulling the goalie

Model-based

37 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

45.5%

47.4%

Goals share

46.5%

53.8%

Shooting %

10.5%

12.4%

Save %

.901

.915