Advanced Projection Sandbox

Columbus Blue Jackets · 2026-27How to use this →Columbus Blue Jackets preview →

How this works

Give every man his job — line, pair, power play, kill — and the projection follows the minutes. Type over any number to set it yourself. Your changes are yours: take them into a mock draft, a spreadsheet or a live draft.

TeamANA BOS BUF CAR CBJ CGY CHI COL DAL DET EDM FLA LAK MIN MTL NJD NSH NYI NYR OTT PHI PIT SEA SJS STL TBL TOR UTA VAN VGK WPG WSH0/32 doneScored asIce budget298.1of 300 min · top 18

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Even strength

18 dressed

Power play

PP1 is the fantasy engine

PP1 · 3.16′ a night · 5 of 5

PP2 · 1.79′ a night · 5 of 5

A PP1 promotion is worth 1.4 minutes a night — measured, and about seven to ten power-play points across 84 games.

Kill & crease

blocks live here

PK1 · 2.35′ a night · 4 of 4

PK2 · 1.67′ a night · 4 of 4

PK3 · 1′ a night · 4 of 4

Crease · move the starts; wins follow. Open a goalie to set his rates

Greaves47

24 W2.2 SHO0.900 SV%3.02 GAA

Talbot36

18 W0.9 SHO0.889 SV%3.51 GAA

Merzlikins0

— W— SHO— SV%— GAA

Scratches & depth

Skaters out of the lineup

Goalies

In the organisation · 30 more — tap one to bring him in

This is the lineup the club can ice on opening night, not its best-case group. Ivan Provorov — Lower Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 9; Damon Severson — Shoulder: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 9; Dante Fabbro — Upper Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Nov 3; Mikael Pyyhtia — Lower Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 18; Isac Lundeström — Achilles: IR. Expected to be out until at least Dec 3;