Columbus Blue Jackets vs Boston Bruins — February 26, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Boston Bruins defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-2 on February 26, 2026. Despite the result, the Columbus Blue Jackets held the edge in expected goals (12.02 to 6.92) at 5-on-5, indicating the Boston Bruins received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Columbus Blue Jackets created 17 high-danger scoring chances compared to 8 from the Boston Bruins at 5-on-5. Viktor Arvidsson scored 2 goals. Mathieu Olivier was the most dangerous skater with 2.10 individual expected goals on 5 shots at 5-on-5. The Columbus Blue Jackets outshot the Boston Bruins 40-23 in total shots on goal.

← Back to Games

xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Columbus Blue Jackets vs Boston Bruins progressed on Feb 26, 2026
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

CBJ2 - 4BOS

Feb 26, 2026 · Regular Season

Strength:

Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
BOS	P1	23	35	39.7	16	28	36.4	10	20	33.3	14	25	35.9	6	11	35.3	3.92	7.35	34.8	1	1	50.0
	P2	15	17	46.9	11	12	47.8	8	9	47.1	12	13	48.0	3	2	60.0	2.37	1.91	55.5	1	0	100.0
	P3	20	25	44.4	15	15	50.0	5	11	31.3	9	19	32.1	1	8	11.1	1.21	4.16	22.6	2	1	66.7
	Total	58	77	43.0	42	55	43.3	23	40	36.5	35	57	38.0	10	21	32.3	7.51	13.41	35.9	4	2	66.7
CBJ	P1	35	23	60.3	28	16	63.6	20	10	66.7	25	14	64.1	11	6	64.7	7.35	3.92	65.2	1	1	50.0
	P2	17	15	53.1	12	11	52.2	9	8	52.9	13	12	52.0	2	3	40.0	1.91	2.37	44.5	0	1	0.0
	P3	25	20	55.6	15	15	50.0	11	5	68.8	19	9	67.9	8	1	88.9	4.16	1.21	77.4	1	2	33.3
	Total	77	58	57.0	55	42	56.7	40	23	63.5	57	35	62.0	21	10	67.7	13.41	7.51	64.1	2	4	33.3

Win Probability

BOS Favored

CBJ Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

BOS

CBJ

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

CBJ Attempts

BOS Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

CBJ ShootBOS Shoot

Goal

Shot on Net

Missed Shot

Attempt Blocked

Hit

Hit Taken

Shot Blocked

Giveaway

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (BOS) performed against every skater on the away team (CBJ) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = BOS players, Columns = CBJ players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the BOS player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

BOS ↓ / CBJ →	Fantilli	Coyle	Sillinger	Jenner	Monahan	Lundeström	Johnson	Marchment	Wood	Voronkov	Marchenko	Olivier	Werenski	Severson	Provorov	Fabbro	Mateychuk	Gudbranson
Geekie	80	38	36	36	86	44	100	80	36	67	80	36	58	53	58	60	56	55
Lindholm	25	56	57	18	60	30	67	17	30	50	25	57	53	30	38	43	59	38
Minten	75	44	29	29	78	50	80	67	17	44	69	17	53	53	67	25	57	63
Mittelstadt	57	100	100	64	67	70	50	54	56	25	54	100	54	64	55	64	38	83
Zacha	58	75	100	63	43	63	33	54	63	25	55	100	50	56	40	73	43	82
Khusnutdinov	0	83	83	25	57	40	80	0	40	57	0	83	50	14	50	—	82	33
Eyssimont	78	17	17	20	80	33	100	70	20	57	78	17	47	47	71	33	67	50
Kuraly	25	40	29	33	50	33	56	33	0	50	30	29	17	17	100	56	100	50
Kastelic	21	67	33	0	57	0	57	27	0	57	25	33	18	21	50	45	60	60
Arvidsson	67	57	40	56	67	63	50	64	43	25	64	40	50	50	55	71	38	80
Jeannot	25	25	20	0	44	0	40	33	0	40	27	20	14	17	25	45	50	50
Pastrnak	25	65	67	30	73	36	57	25	30	57	25	67	61	40	47	43	67	45
McAvoy	59	50	50	42	50	50	67	56	47	40	59	50	47	50	50	54	80	55
Aspirot	59	43	43	42	57	46	67	59	43	57	59	43	50	50	50	46	83	44
Lindholm	35	100	50	29	73	29	83	35	17	63	40	50	25	25	63	80	54	88
Jokiharju	60	41	44	36	44	67	45	50	38	31	40	44	43	29	30	50	56	50
Lohrei	38	88	60	14	88	20	86	43	20	86	43	60	47	25	56	75	60	100
Zadorov	50	18	27	38	42	60	46	25	29	31	25	27	20	20	30	50	44	45