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Blue Jackets lines

The Columbus Blue Jackets' lines as deployed at the Wild (L 1-2) — forward trios, defense pairs, power-play units and who started in net, measured from the league's shift chart.

Next game

Tue, Oct 20, 7:00 PM ET — home to the Maple Leafs.

No start projection for this game yet — the model projects goalies about a day out, and the books hang saves lines later than that.

Lines, last two games

Columbus Blue Jackets logo

Blue Jackets

at Wild · Oct 18 · L 1-2

Forward lines5v5 together
  1. L1KniesLWFantilliCJohnsonC13:12
  2. L2CoyleCSillingerCOlivierRW10:46
  3. L3MonahanCNichushkinRWGarlandRW6:52
  4. L4HeinenLWLombergLWDel Bel BelluzC2:27
Defense pairs5v5 together
  1. D1WerenskiDSeversonD16:51
  2. D2MateychukDChristiansenD12:47
  3. D3GudbransonDSoucyD10:00
Power playPP together
  1. PP1KniesLWFantilliCCoyleCJohnsonCWerenskiD3:07
In netTOI
  1. G1TalbotG58:00
  2. G2GreavesGDNP

Olivier also took 1:55 with L4. Garland also took 1:45 with L4. Heinen also took 2:55 with L3.

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Blue Jackets

vs Rangers · Oct 17 · W 1-0 OT

Forward lines5v5 together
  1. L1KniesLWFantilliCJohnsonC15:55
  2. L2CoyleCSillingerCOlivierRW11:16
  3. L3MonahanCNichushkinRWGarlandRW10:01
  4. L4HeinenLWLombergLWDel Bel BelluzC4:10
Defense pairs5v5 together
  1. D1WerenskiDSeversonD20:03
  2. D2MateychukDChristiansenD11:47
  3. D3GudbransonDAndraeD5:02
Power playPP together
  1. PP1KniesLWFantilliCCoyleCJohnsonCWerenskiD2:12
  2. PP2MonahanCSillingerCNichushkinRWGarlandRWMateychukD2:00
In netTOI
  1. G1GreavesG62:43
  2. G2TalbotGDNP

What changed since Sat, Oct 17

The top line held: Knies, Fantilli and Johnson together again. Nobody changed units. In the lineup: Soucy. Out of it: Andrae.

In net this season

Jet Greaves has started 4 of the Blue Jackets' 6 games, Cam Talbot 2. Jet Greaves started the last one.

GoalieGSGPSV%Last start
Jet Greaves46.905Sat, Oct 17
Cam Talbot26.822Tue, Oct 13

How these lines are built

Every unit above is the group that shared the most five-on-five ice in that game, rebuilt from the NHL's own shift chart. Power plays, penalty kills, four-on-four and empty-net time are cut out, so a top power-play unit can't pass itself off as the first line. Power-play units are measured from power-play time only. The number beside each unit is how long that exact group was on the ice together.

Read it as what the coach did, not as a forecast. A blowout shortens the bench and an injury scrambles everything after it. The full method, and every other club's lines, are on the all-clubs page. Player projections for the Blue Jackets live on the shots on goal, points and anytime goal boards.

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