Columbus Blue Jackets

1-0-0 · 2 pts · GF 6 · GA 3
#24 deepest of 25 teams, 2026-27
Shot depth
.437
23rd in the NHL · 23rd over the last 10
CF depth
.554
21st in the NHL · 21st over the last 10
xG depth
.324
24th in the NHL · 24th over the last 10
TOI depth
.824
23rd in the NHL · 23rd over the last 10
Season

Only 1 game into the season, so expect these numbers to move a lot.

How spread out was the offence?

0% 0% 25% 25% 50% 50% 75% 75% 100% 100% share of skaters, least to most perfectly even

The further the curve sags below the diagonal, the more a few players carried the team. Measured on last 10 totals, xG depth is .324.

xG depth, game average, 2026-27
Jackets
.324
League average
.447
Least deep (CAR)
.265
Biggest contributors · all four stats · last 10
Top 3: 39% of team output (an even split across 18 regulars would be 17%)
M. Knies
M. Knies L
13.3%
of team output · 1 GP · 2G 1A
M. Olivier
M. Olivier R
13.2%
of team output · 1 GP · 1G 0A
C. Sillinger
C. Sillinger C
12.2%
of team output · 1 GP · 1G 0A

3 skaters produced half of the team's xG. With an even split across its 18 regulars it would take 10.

#SkaterGPxG Share%Cum.
1 M. Olivier R 1 0.7
27.0% 27%
2 M. Knies L 1 0.5
19.9% 47%
3 C. Sillinger C 1 0.5
17.8% 65%
4 D. Heinen L 1 0.3
9.5% 74%
5 S. Monahan C 1 0.2
8.1% 82%
6 Z. Werenski D 1 0.1
4.7% 87%
7 A. Fantilli C 1 0.1
4.4% 91%
8 C. Garland R 1 0.1
3.1% 94%
9 C. Soucy D 1 0.0
1.6% 96%
10 D. Mateychuk D 1 0.0
1.5% 97%
11 R. Lomberg L 1 0.0
1.0% 99%
12 J. Christiansen D 1 0.0
0.7% 99%
13 E. Gudbranson D 1 0.0
0.4% 100%
14 K. Johnson C 1 0.0
0.4% 100%
15 C. Coyle C 1 0.0
0.0% 100%
16 V. Nichushkin R 1 0.0
0.0% 100%
17 E. Andrae D 1 0.0
0.0% 100%
18 D. Voronkov L 1 0.0
0.0% 100%

Every skater who played. Faded rows played under a quarter of the games. The dashed line marks where the running total passes 50%.

GoalieGPSASV%TOI/GPGSAx
J. Greaves126 .88560:00 -0.1

Who carried the load, game by game

Each regular's share of team xG in every game (last 10).

Share of team xG in each of the last 1 games. The full window shows on larger screens.

#PlayerPosGPLast 10
Oct
Result
Forwards
24M. OlivierR 127.0%
89M. KniesL 119.9%
4C. SillingerC 117.8%
58D. HeinenL 19.5%
23S. MonahanC 18.1%
19A. FantilliC 14.4%
83C. GarlandR 13.1%
94R. LombergL 11.0%
91K. JohnsonC 10.4%
3C. CoyleC 10.0%
43V. NichushkinR 10.0%
10D. VoronkovL 10.0%
Defense
8Z. WerenskiD 14.7%
7C. SoucyD 11.6%
5D. MateychukD 11.5%
2J. ChristiansenD 10.7%
44E. GudbransonD 10.4%
36E. AndraeD 10.0%
WinLossOT/SO loss Did not playRegulars only · bar height = share of the team's total that game