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Columbus Blue Jackets

#29 Puckigree (final) · −11.627-43-12 · 29th in standingsMetropolitan · Eastern
Why #29 at season’s end
Puckigree#29 · −11.6Standings29thChance share (xGF% 5v5)28thSchedule faced3rd hardest

Results rank, standings, how the team drove play, and schedule strength side by side.

Final
Record27-43-12Points66Games82Goals for – against237–300
CF%47.923rd of 32
GF/GP2.8525th of 32
GA/GP3.6331st of 32
PP%15.131st of 32
PK%76.326th of 32
PDO100.216th of 32
SV% 5v5.91218th of 32
SF/GP30.020th of 32

Playoff odds

From simulations of the games left, using Team Puckigree.
FinalMissed the playoffs
Highest along the way17%
Playoff chance through the season: high 17% (Oct 23), low 0% (Jan 13). On the timeline · All teams

Player Puckigree

How much each player adds over a replacement-level player, in goals. See them against the league →
Roster total+18.5goals above replacement · 29th of 32
Forwards +10.6Defence −5.0Goalies +13.0

Goals above a replacement-level player (someone outside a team’s regular rotation): how he did against an average player, plus credit for the workload a replacement would otherwise take. About 6.2 goals make one win.

Who’s driving it
MerzlikinsGSAx −0.8G+7.6
GaudreauL+4.5
GreavesGSAx +1.5G+3.6
JennerC+3.3
GudbransonD−5.7
ProvorovD−4.8
SillingerC−4.7

Chances

From our expected-goals model: what each shot was worth, given where and how it was taken.
Where the goal difference came fromxg-v1.1
Even-strength chances EV xGD−29.6
Power play and penalty kill ST xGD−15.4
Finishing GF−xGF−5.6
Goaltending GSAx−5.4
Goal difference GD-56

Each bar starts where the last one ended. Chances are what the shots were worth; finishing and goaltending are what happened to them.

Record by the chances
Chances say34-42-674.7 pts
Actually27-43-1266 pts

8.7 points behind their chances.

xGF% 5v545.928th of 32
HDCF% 5v544.528th of 32
GF−xGF−5.620th of 32
GSAx−5.418th of 32
Last gamesGame log →
  • Apr 16vs CARW 6-3
  • Apr 13@ NSHL 4-6
  • Apr 11@ FLAL 0-4
  • Apr 9@ TBLL 2-5
  • Apr 7@ CARL 0-3

Source: NHL.com data. Results through Apr 18.

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