Columbus Blue Jackets Lines

The most-used Columbus Blue Jackets forward line in the Oct 18 game vs MIN was Matthew Knies – Adam Fantilli – Kent Johnson (13:12 together at 5-on-5).

Next game

Tue, Oct 20, 7:00 PM ET · vs Toronto Maple Leafs

Lines, pairs and special teams

In the last game, the team played 48:36 at 5-on-5, 4:00 on the power play and 5:24 on the penalty kill.

Forward lines

Line	Players	Together	Share of 5v5
L1	Matthew Knies – Adam Fantilli – Kent Johnson	13:12	27.2%
L2	Charlie Coyle – Cole Sillinger – Mathieu Olivier	10:46	22.2%
L3	Sean Monahan – Conor Garland – Valeri Nichushkin	6:31	13.4%
L4	Danton Heinen – Ryan Lomberg – Luca Del Bel Belluz	2:27	5.0%

Defense pairs

Pair	Players	Together	Share of 5v5
D1	Damon Severson – Zach Werenski	16:51	34.7%
D2	Jake Christiansen – Denton Mateychuk	12:44	26.2%
D3	Carson Soucy(new to the top lines and pairs) – Erik Gudbranson	10:00	20.6%

Power play

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PP
PP1	Matthew Knies – Charlie Coyle – Adam Fantilli – Kent Johnson – Zach Werenski	3:07	77.9%
PP2	Sean Monahan – Cole Sillinger – Conor Garland – Valeri Nichushkin – Denton Mateychuk	0:28	11.7%

Penalty kill

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PK
PK1	Sean Monahan – Erik Gudbranson – Zach Werenski	1:07	20.7%
PK2	Valeri Nichushkin – Mathieu Olivier – Carson Soucy	0:41	12.7%

NEW: not in the previous game's top four lines or three pairs. ▲ ▼: moved up or down from the previous game.

Over 5 games, the team played 241:50 at 5-on-5, 23:42 on the power play and 27:04 on the penalty kill.

Forward lines

Line	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
L1	Matthew Knies – Adam Fantilli – Kent Johnson	54:29	22.5%	5
L2	Charlie Coyle – Cole Sillinger – Mathieu Olivier	45:00	18.6%	5
L3	Sean Monahan – Conor Garland – Valeri Nichushkin	25:43	10.6%	4

Defense pairs

Pair	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
D1	Damon Severson – Zach Werenski	86:33	35.8%	5
D2	Jake Christiansen – Denton Mateychuk	35:38	14.7%	4
D3	Carson Soucy – Erik Gudbranson	23:20	9.6%	4

Power play

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PP	GP
PP1	Matthew Knies – Charlie Coyle – Adam Fantilli – Kent Johnson – Zach Werenski	13:04	55.1%	5
PP2	Dmitri Voronkov – Sean Monahan – Conor Garland – Valeri Nichushkin – Denton Mateychuk	2:42	11.4%	3

Penalty kill

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PK	GP
PK1	Sean Monahan – Valeri Nichushkin – Jake Christiansen – Erik Gudbranson	2:00	7.4%	3
PK2	Charlie Coyle – Mathieu Olivier – Damon Severson – Zach Werenski	1:19	4.9%	2

Over 7 games, the team played 341:14 at 5-on-5, 31:10 on the power play and 37:55 on the penalty kill.

Forward lines

Line	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
L1	Matthew Knies – Adam Fantilli – Kent Johnson	77:21	22.7%	7
L2	Charlie Coyle – Cole Sillinger – Mathieu Olivier	65:22	19.2%	7
L3	Sean Monahan – Conor Garland – Valeri Nichushkin	35:06	10.3%	6
L4	Danton Heinen – Ryan Lomberg – Dmitri Voronkov	11:20	3.3%	4

Defense pairs

Pair	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
D1	Damon Severson – Zach Werenski	86:33	25.4%	5
D2	Jake Christiansen – Denton Mateychuk	37:00	10.8%	6
D3	Carson Soucy – Erik Gudbranson	29:27	8.6%	6

Power play

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PP	GP
PP1	Matthew Knies – Charlie Coyle – Adam Fantilli – Kent Johnson – Zach Werenski	17:41	56.7%	7
PP2	Dmitri Voronkov – Sean Monahan – Conor Garland – Valeri Nichushkin – Denton Mateychuk	4:44	15.2%	5

Penalty kill

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PK	GP
PK1	Sean Monahan – Erik Gudbranson – Zach Werenski	2:10	5.7%	2
PK2	Charlie Coyle – Mathieu Olivier – Damon Severson – Zach Werenski	1:19	3.5%	2

Goalies

Started the last game (Oct 18 vs MIN): Cam Talbot

Goalie	Starts this season
Jet Greaves	4
Cam Talbot	3

Not in the last game

May be injured or a healthy scratch

#10 Dmitri Voronkov, Left wing
#36 Emil Andrae, Defense
#15 Dante Fabbro, Defense
#9 Ivan Provorov, Defense

How these lines are calculated

Lines are rebuilt second by second from the NHL's official shift records. A trio or pair counts only at 5-on-5, and each window shows at most four lines and three pairs that played at least 3% of the team's 5-on-5 time. Read the full method.