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Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Buffalo SabresFeb 1, 2020

Final / OT· KeyBank Center
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Goals123OTTShots123OTT
CBJ00101CBJ5108023
BUF10012BUF5117124
CBJ 49BUF 40
CBJ 2.13BUF 1.27
PP goals
CBJ 0BUF 0
Hits
CBJ 13BUF 26
Blocks
CBJ 6BUF 13
PIM
CBJ 0BUF 4
CBJ 50%BUF 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres edge Columbus Blue Jackets 2–1 (OT)

Buffalo Sabres beat Columbus Blue Jackets 2–1 in overtime at home. Oliver Bjorkstrand (CBJ) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for BUF: Larsson–Girgensons–Rodrigues skated 11:41 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (68.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  1. New line
    New look for BUF: Larsson–Girgensons–Rodrigues skated 11:41 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (68.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.LarssonGirgensonsRodrigues
  2. New line
    New look for BUF: Lazar–Dea–Sheary skated 6:18 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.LazarDeaSheary
  3. Usage
    Lawrence Pilut (BUF) played 22:20, +6:36 up on his 15:44 season average over 12 games.Pilut
  4. Usage
    Boone Jenner (CBJ) played 12:36, −5:36 down on his 18:12 season average over 69 games.Jenner
  5. Usage
    Conor Sheary (BUF) played 7:56, −5:16 down on his 13:12 season average over 62 games.Sheary
  6. Usage
    Evan Rodrigues (BUF) played 14:16, +3:03 up on his 11:13 season average over 44 games.Rodrigues
  7. Usage
    Jimmy Vesey (BUF) played 17:56, +4:12 up on his 13:44 season average over 63 games.Vesey
  8. Usage
    Michael Frolik (BUF) played 16:27, +4:05 up on his 12:22 season average over 56 games.Frolik

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.

Shot map, CBJ at BUF: 89 attempts, 47 on goal, 3 goals, 3.40 expected goals; best chance Jimmy Vesey at 0.23 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← CBJ attacks left (bottom on phones)BUF attacks right (top on phones) →
  • BUF
  • CBJ
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 89 of 89 attempts · BUF 40 · CBJ 49

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, CBJ at BUF: expected goals 1.27 to 2.13 (CBJ led the chances), shot attempts 40 to 49, 3 goals.

0.00.51.01.52.02.51st2nd3rdOTBUFCBJRBEnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:36
  • BUF
  • CBJ
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
BUFCBJcontrol2nd3rdOTRodrigues · 1st 16:08Bjorkstrand · 3rd 5:45Eichel · OT 0:36
  • 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 35% of the game, BUF 20%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, CBJ at BUF: 38 players over 60:36; most ice Carter Hutton (60:36) for BUF and Matiss Kivlenieks (60:36) for CBJ, 3 goals.

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
StatCBJBUF
4747
1.961.49
1.941.46
58
25
813
+0.031−0.031
35%20%

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

Current CBJ line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 16:08
    BUFEvan Rodrigues (Rasmus Dahlin)wrist0.04 xG
    CBJ: Gerbe, Savard, Jenner, Gavrikov, BemstromBUF: Larsson, Miller, Girgensons, Rodrigues, Dahlin
    CBJ 0 – 1 BUF

3rd period

  1. 5:45
    CBJOliver Bjorkstrand (Gustav Nyquist, Pierre-Luc Dubois)snap0.15 xG
    CBJ: Nyquist, Harrington, Bjorkstrand, Nutivaara, DuboisBUF: Frolik, Johansson, Skinner, McCabe, Jokiharju
    CBJ 1 – 1 BUF

OT period

  1. 0:36
    BUFJack Eichel (Rasmus Ristolainen, Sam Reinhart)wrist0.02 xG
    CBJ: Nyquist, Jones, DuboisBUF: Ristolainen, Reinhart, Eichel
    CBJ 1 – 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Nick Foligno LL1000010.1310021:00——6366
Oliver Bjorkstrand RL1101+140.4000020:16——6968
Pierre-Luc Dubois CL1011010.2800019:58——6868
Alexander Wennberg CL2000020.0500018:01——4662
Gustav Nyquist RL2011000.0020017:24——5063
Cam Atkinson RL2000030.1410017:19——4665
Boone Jenner CL3000-110.2110012:36——4447
Nathan Gerbe CL3000-100.0400012:32——3129
Emil Bemstrom CL3000-130.1711012:15——4447
Riley Nash CL4000010.0301012:33——3342
Eric Robinson LL4000030.2920011:28——3644
Jakob Lilja LL4000000.000109:50——4145
Zach Werenski DD1000020.1500023:57——3729
Seth Jones DD1000-100.0001023:35——3929
Vladislav Gavrikov DD2000-100.0010019:04——5665
David Savard DD2000-110.0602019:01——5870
Scott Harrington DD3000+110.1830015:41——6184
Markus Nutivaara DD3000+100.0010015:18——5782
CBJ goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Matiss Kivlenieks(start)O24222.9171.2760:36

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jack Eichel CL1101+110.1020020:49——5461
Sam Reinhart CL1011+110.0211020:28——5260
Jimmy Vesey LL1000030.3700017:56——5665
Evan Rodrigues CL2101+120.1300014:16——6956
Johan Larsson LL2000+100.0910214:07——6860
Zemgus Girgensons CL2000+120.0230013:45——6356
Michael Frolik RL3000-110.0300216:27——3726
Jeff Skinner LL3000-130.1201015:37——3827
Marcus Johansson LL3000-110.0100015:35——3318
Curtis Lazar CL4000000.0900013:22——4739
Conor Sheary LL4000010.010107:56——278
Jean-Sebastien Dea CL4000000.002006:54——4624
Rasmus Ristolainen DD1011+110.0652024:26——4832
Lawrence Pilut DD1000000.0013022:20——4639
Colin Miller DD2000+140.0620017:45——6850
Rasmus Dahlin DD2011+110.0421017:10——6547
Henri Jokiharju DD3000-120.1042019:49——3746
Jake McCabe DD3000-110.0332019:06——3345
BUF goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Carter Hutton(start)W23221.9572.1360:36