Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Buffalo SabresNov 20, 2017

FinalMonday, Nov 20, 2017· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CBJ	0	1	2	3		CBJ	12	12	5	29
BUF	0	0	2	2		BUF	7	10	15	32

: CBJ 48BUF 57
: CBJ 2.54BUF 2.46
PP goals: CBJ 0BUF 0
Hits: CBJ 15BUF 15
Blocks: CBJ 18BUF 6
PIM: CBJ 6BUF 2
: CBJ 32%BUF 68%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Columbus Blue Jackets edge Buffalo Sabres 3–2

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Buffalo Sabres 3–2 at BUF. Markus Nutivaara (CBJ) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for BUF: Pominville–Girgensons–Eichel skated 9:01 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Markus Nutivaara had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:07.Nutivaara
New line
New look for BUF: Pominville–Girgensons–Eichel skated 9:01 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pominville Girgensons Eichel
New line
New look for BUF: O'Reilly–Kane–Reinhart skated 8:34 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (46.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.O'Reilly Kane Reinhart
New line
New look for CBJ: Anderson–Panarin–Dubois skated 12:07 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Anderson Panarin Dubois
New line
New look for BUF: Nolan–Griffith–Criscuolo skated 5:44 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (10% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nolan Griffith Criscuolo
New line
New look for BUF: Pouliot–Okposo–Larsson skated 7:17 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pouliot Okposo Larsson
New line
New look for CBJ: Foligno–Motte–Bjorkstrand skated 11:15 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (43.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Motte Bjorkstrand
Usage
Brandon Dubinsky (CBJ) played 19:38, +4:22 up on his 15:16 season average over 61 games.Dubinsky

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← CBJ attacks left (bottom on phones)BUF attacks right (top on phones) →

BUF
CBJ
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 105 of 105 attempts · BUF 57 · CBJ 48

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

BUF
CBJ
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BUF pressure
CBJ pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CBJ 27% of the game, BUF 30%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

BUF

CBJ

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	CBJ	BUF
	50	50
	2.72	1.45
	2.68	1.42
	6	4
	4	2
	16	7
	−0.168	+0.168
	27%	30%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Dubinsky – Atkinson – Jenner
12:3824% CF
L2Anderson – Panarin – Dubois
12:0771% CF
L3Foligno – Motte – Bjorkstrand
11:1544% CF
L4Schroeder – Milano – Hannikainen
4:4871% CF
D1Jones – Werenski
17:0648% CF
D2Johnson – Savard
17:0562% CF
D3Murray – Nutivaara
12:0744% CF

PP1Foligno – Atkinson – Bjorkstrand – Jones – Panarin
1:3375% CF
PP2Dubinsky – Jenner – Milano – Werenski – Dubois
0:27100% CF
PK1FDubinsky – Atkinson
2:02
PK2FFoligno – Hannikainen
0:54
PK1DJohnson – Savard
1:50
PK2DMurray – Jones
1:36

Current CBJ line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Pominville – Girgensons – Eichel
9:0154% CF
L2O'Reilly – Kane – Reinhart
8:3447% CF
L3Pouliot – Okposo – Larsson
7:1760% CF
L4Nolan – Griffith – Criscuolo
5:4410% CF
D1Beaulieu – McCabe
16:3650% CF
D2Falk – Scandella
13:5159% CF
D3Gorges – Antipin
12:1130% CF

PP1Okposo – Scandella – O'Reilly – Kane – Eichel
2:2880% CF
PP2Pominville – Pouliot – Beaulieu – Reinhart – Antipin
1:3480% CF
PK1FO'Reilly – Girgensons
1:08
PK2FKane – Criscuolo
0:26
PK1DGorges – McCabe
1:08
PK2DFalk – Scandella
0:47

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

4:14
CBJPierre-Luc Dubois (Oliver Bjorkstrand, Markus Nutivaara)snap0.22 xG
CBJ: Murray, Bjorkstrand, Panarin, Nutivaara, DuboisBUF: Pouliot, Okposo, Falk, Scandella, Larsson
CBJ 1 – 0 BUF

3rd period

5:47
CBJArtemi Panarin (Markus Nutivaara)wrist0.08 xG
CBJ: Johnson, Anderson, Panarin, Nutivaara, DuboisBUF: Falk, Scandella, O'Reilly, Kane, Reinhart
CBJ 2 – 0 BUF
9:24
CBJBoone Jenner (Cam Atkinson, Brandon Dubinsky)wrist0.14 xG
CBJ: Dubinsky, Johnson, Atkinson, Savard, JennerBUF: Pominville, Kane, Beaulieu, McCabe, Eichel
CBJ 3 – 0 BUF
9:37
BUFSam Reinhart (Victor Antipin, Ryan O'Reilly)wrist0.01 xG
CBJ: Foligno, Motte, Bjorkstrand, Jones, WerenskiBUF: Gorges, Pouliot, O'Reilly, Reinhart, Antipin
CBJ 3 – 1 BUF
16:28
BUFEvander Kane (Jack Eichel, Marco Scandella)wrist0.01 xG
CBJ: Johnson, Anderson, Werenski, Panarin, DuboisBUF: Scandella, Kane, Reinhart, Eichel, Antipin
CBJ 3 – 2 BUF

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brandon Dubinsky C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	19:38	—	—	29	57
Cam Atkinson R	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.23	0	2	0	18:42	—	—	27	49
Boone Jenner C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.49	1	3	0	16:00	—	—	24	54
Artemi Panarin L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.42	0	0	0	17:34	—	—	73	85
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.06	3	0	2	17:34	—	—	70	82
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.47	1	1	0	16:05	—	—	75	88
Nick Foligno L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	17:34	—	—	39	54
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L3	0	1	1	0	4	0.42	0	1	0	15:59	—	—	50	65
Tyler Motte C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:45	—	—	47	58
Markus Hannikainen L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	0	0	8:15	—	—	67	41
Sonny Milano L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:01	—	—	75	72
Jordan Schroeder C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	6:53	—	—	75	45
Seth Jones D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.14	0	0	2	22:28	—	—	42	39
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	21:13	—	—	48	59
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	1	5	0	23:19	—	—	56	73
David Savard D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	1	1	2	20:04	—	—	58	69
Ryan Murray D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:54	—	—	35	57
Markus Nutivaara D	D3	0	2	2	+2	1	0.15	1	1	0	14:07	—	—	45	74

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	W	32	30	2	.938	2.46	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	1	1	0	5	0.23	1	0	0	20:54	—	—	61	55
Jason Pominville R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	0	0	0	16:47	—	—	50	23
Zemgus Girgensons C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:10	—	—	53	57
Evander Kane L	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.13	2	0	2	20:52	—	—	48	28
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.32	0	0	0	19:12	—	—	55	44
Sam Reinhart C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.33	0	0	0	17:00	—	—	61	45
Kyle Okposo R	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.90	0	0	0	16:48	—	—	65	47
Benoit Pouliot L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	16:00	—	—	63	32
Johan Larsson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	2	0	0	14:21	—	—	53	39
Kyle Criscuolo C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	9:04	—	—	13	10
Seth Griffith C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	1	0	0	8:41	—	—	25	7
Jordan Nolan C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:53	—	—	29	33
Nathan Beaulieu D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	0	0	0	21:54	—	—	52	40
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	2	0	21:07	—	—	50	40
Marco Scandella D	D2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.05	0	0	0	22:00	—	—	59	29
Justin Falk D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	2	1	0	17:44	—	—	60	25
Victor Antipin D	D3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.10	1	0	0	18:36	—	—	39	39
Josh Gorges D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:02	—	—	30	35

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	L	29	26	3	.897	2.54	58:47

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.