Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Buffalo SabresJan 11, 2018

FinalThursday, Jan 11, 2018· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CBJ	0	0	1	1		CBJ	11	15	19	45
BUF	1	0	2	3		BUF	15	7	7	29

: CBJ 73BUF 43
: CBJ 2.17BUF 2.03
PP goals: CBJ 1BUF 0
Hits: CBJ 13BUF 14
Blocks: CBJ 10BUF 14
PIM: CBJ 2BUF 4
: CBJ 41%BUF 59%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat Columbus Blue Jackets 3–1

Buffalo Sabres beat Columbus Blue Jackets 3–1 at home. Kyle Okposo (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 1A. CBJ's first power-play unit (Foligno, Jones, Werenski, Panarin and Dubois) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:19 together.

Points
Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:37.Eichel
Points
Kyle Okposo had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:47.Okposo
PP1
CBJ's first power-play unit (Foligno, Jones, Werenski, Panarin and Dubois) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:19 together.Foligno Jones Werenski Panarin Dubois
Goalie
Linus Ullmark (BUF) faced 45 shots and stopped 44 (.978), +20 against a season average of 24.6; the win.Ullmark
New line
New look for BUF: Pouliot–Okposo–Eichel skated 14:23 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (34.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pouliot Okposo Eichel
New line
New look for CBJ: Foligno–Jenner–Wennberg skated 14:51 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Jenner Wennberg
New line
New look for BUF: Girgensons–Reinhart–Rodrigues skated 9:29 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Girgensons Reinhart Rodrigues
New line
New look for BUF: Nolan–Larsson–Wilson skated 8:30 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (35.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nolan Larsson Wilson

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 116 of 116 attempts · BUF 43 · CBJ 73

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 42% of the game, BUF 16%.

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
	79	49
	2.18	1.79
	2.09	1.76
	8	7
	4	6
	10	12
	−0.138	+0.138
	42%	16%

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

L1Anderson – Panarin – Dubois
18:3259% CF
L2Foligno – Jenner – Wennberg
14:5152% CF
L3Calvert – Sedlak – Bjorkstrand
10:3373% CF
L4Schroeder – Motte – Hannikainen
6:1233% CF
D1Jones – Werenski
21:2770% CF
D2Savard – Nutivaara
17:4060% CF
D3Johnson – Harrington
12:5464% CF

PP1Foligno – Jones – Werenski – Panarin – Dubois
1:19100% CF

Current CBJ line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Pominville – O'Reilly – Kane
15:4336% CF
L2Pouliot – Okposo – Eichel
14:2334% CF
L3Girgensons – Reinhart – Rodrigues
9:2964% CF
L4Nolan – Larsson – Wilson
8:3036% CF
D1Scandella – Ristolainen
23:2633% CF
D2McCabe – Guhle
14:4855% CF
D3Falk – Beaulieu
10:0538% CF

PK1FPouliot – Larsson
1:08
PK2FWilson – Girgensons
0:11
PK1DScandella – Ristolainen
1:08
PK2DFalk – McCabe
0:11

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

11:41
BUFBenoit Pouliot (Kyle Okposo, Jack Eichel)wrist0.02 xG
CBJ: Harrington, Anderson, Werenski, Panarin, DuboisBUF: Pouliot, Okposo, McCabe, Eichel, Guhle
CBJ 0 – 1 BUF

3rd period

7:18
BUFKyle Okposo (Evander Kane, Brendan Guhle)snap0.16 xG
CBJ: Calvert, Sedlak, Bjorkstrand, Jones, WerenskiBUF: Okposo, Kane, McCabe, Eichel, Guhle
CBJ 0 – 2 BUF
13:45
CBJArtemi PanarinPP (Zach Werenski, Seth Jones)backhand0.11 xG
CBJ: Foligno, Jones, Werenski, Panarin, DuboisBUF: Falk, Wilson, Girgensons, McCabe
CBJ 1 – 2 BUF
19:54
BUFJack EichelEN (Ryan O'Reilly)snap0.54 xG
CBJ: Foligno, Anderson, Jones, Wennberg, Panarin, DuboisBUF: Scandella, O'Reilly, Larsson, Ristolainen, Eichel
CBJ 1 – 3 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
Artemi Panarin L	L1	1	0	1	-2	3	0.35	0	0	0	23:15	—	—	62	40
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.27	0	1	0	22:47	—	—	60	40
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.03	0	1	2	22:00	—	—	60	39
Nick Foligno L	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.38	4	2	0	19:19	—	—	57	85
Alexander Wennberg C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	18:12	—	—	52	80
Boone Jenner C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	1	0	17:09	—	—	59	80
Matt Calvert L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.37	1	0	0	12:08	—	—	75	75
Lukas Sedlak C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	0	0	11:39	—	—	74	75
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.14	0	0	0	11:39	—	—	75	75
Jordan Schroeder C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	0	0	8:24	—	—	63	33
Tyler Motte C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	7:01	—	—	50	27
Markus Hannikainen L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:57	—	—	33	26
Seth Jones D	D1	0	1	1	-2	7	0.18	1	1	0	25:56	—	—	71	48
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	1	1	-2	4	0.09	0	2	0	25:08	—	—	63	44
Markus Nutivaara D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	0	0	20:04	—	—	55	61
David Savard D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	0	0	19:36	—	—	58	60
Scott Harrington D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	0	1	0	14:31	—	—	56	66
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	13:43	—	—	64	86

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	L	28	26	2	.929	1.49	58:32

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.35	1	1	0	19:15	—	—	34	55
Evander Kane L	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.28	0	1	0	18:22	—	—	35	60
Jason Pominville R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	1	0	16:29	—	—	38	57
Jack Eichel C	L2	1	1	2	+3	2	0.58	0	0	0	19:37	—	—	33	40
Benoit Pouliot L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.01	1	0	0	17:44	—	—	33	34
Kyle Okposo R	L2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.33	0	0	0	15:47	—	—	35	44
Zemgus Girgensons C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	1	0	12:03	—	—	59	64
Evan Rodrigues C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	2	11:54	—	—	59	67
Sam Reinhart C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	11:49	—	—	60	66
Johan Larsson L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	1	0	0	12:22	—	—	38	17
Scott Wilson C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	0	0	10:45	—	—	35	15
Jordan Nolan C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:26	—	—	29	12
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	28:36	—	—	32	53
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	3	4	2	28:16	—	—	30	55
Jake McCabe D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.02	3	2	0	21:14	—	—	46	43
Brendan Guhle D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.08	0	0	0	16:10	—	—	55	56
Justin Falk D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	2	0	15:18	—	—	30	10
Nathan Beaulieu D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	0	1	0	10:34	—	—	41	24

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	45	44	1	.978	2.17	60:00

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.