Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Buffalo SabresFeb 10, 2022

Final / OTThursday, Feb 10, 2022· KeyBank Center

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Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ

4

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Buffalo SabresBUF

3

Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
CBJ	1	0	2	1	4		CBJ	14	11	8	1	34
BUF	0	2	1	0	3		BUF	7	10	10	0	27

: CBJ 58BUF 49
: CBJ 1.86BUF 1.99
PP goals: CBJ 1BUF 0
Hits: CBJ 19BUF 12
Blocks: CBJ 8BUF 9
PIM: CBJ 2BUF 4
: CBJ 52%BUF 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Columbus Blue Jackets edge Buffalo Sabres 4–3 (OT)

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Buffalo Sabres 4–3 in overtime at BUF. Jakub Voracek (CBJ) led the scoring with 1G 1A. CBJ's first power-play unit (Voracek, Jenner, Bjorkstrand, Werenski and Laine) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:14 together.

Points
Jakub Voracek had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:17.Voracek
Points
Tage Thompson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:01.Thompson
PP1
CBJ's first power-play unit (Voracek, Jenner, Bjorkstrand, Werenski and Laine) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:14 together.Voracek Jenner Bjorkstrand Werenski Laine
Luck
CBJ scored 4 goals on 1.87 expected goals (58 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Jack Roslovic (CBJ) played 9:09, −5:12 down on his 14:21 season average over 80 games.Roslovic
New line
New look for BUF: Hayden–Bjork–Cozens skated 4:47 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hayden Bjork Cozens
Usage
Casey Fitzgerald (BUF) played 20:48, +4:02 up on his 16:46 season average over 35 games.Fitzgerald
Usage
Gavin Bayreuther (CBJ) played 9:46, −3:22 down on his 13:08 season average over 42 games.Bayreuther

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 107 of 107 attempts · BUF 49 · CBJ 58

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 30% of the game, BUF 24%.

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
	64	52
	1.87	2.07
	1.81	2.01
	5	7
	6	6
	12	8
	+0.058	−0.058
	30%	24%

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

L1Nyquist – Jenner – Laine
11:1544% CF
L2Kuraly – Domi – Chinakhov
8:3964% CF
L3Voracek – Bjorkstrand – Sillinger
7:3854% CF
L4Gaunce – Roslovic – Fix-Wolansky
6:2976% CF
D1Werenski – Peeke
15:1841% CF
D2Gavrikov – Boqvist
11:4443% CF
D3Kukan – Bayreuther
8:2058% CF

PP1Voracek – Jenner – Bjorkstrand – Werenski – Laine
2:1475% CF
PP2Nyquist – Roslovic – Kukan – Boqvist – Chinakhov
0:40100% CF
PK1FKuraly – Sillinger
1:22
PK2FNyquist – Jenner
0:38
PK1DGavrikov – Peeke
1:50

Current CBJ line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Skinner – Tuch – Thompson
14:0372% CF
L2Olofsson – Asplund – Krebs
10:2956% CF
L3Okposo – Eakin – Jankowski
8:1542% CF
L4Hayden – Bjork – Cozens
4:4725% CF
D1Jokiharju – Dahlin
19:3973% CF
D2Fitzgerald – Samuelsson
16:2819% CF
D3Pysyk – Hagg
12:5047% CF

PP1Skinner – Tuch – Thompson – Dahlin – Krebs
1:12100% CF
PP2Okposo – Olofsson – Asplund – Jokiharju – Cozens
0:48100% CF
PK1FTuch – Thompson
1:11
PK2FJankowski – Hayden
0:41
PK1DPysyk – Hagg
1:25
PK2DJokiharju – Dahlin
0:41

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

9:05
CBJJack Roslovic (Vladislav Gavrikov, Trey Fix-Wolansky)deflected0.01 xG
CBJ: Nyquist, Roslovic, Gavrikov, Fix-Wolansky, BoqvistBUF: Eakin, Pysyk, Jankowski, Hayden, Hagg
CBJ 1 – 0 BUF

2nd period

3:27
BUFRasmus Dahlin (Henri Jokiharju, Tage Thompson)wrist0.04 xG
CBJ: Nyquist, Jenner, Werenski, Laine, PeekeBUF: Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Jokiharju, Dahlin
CBJ 1 – 1 BUF
18:23
BUFKyle Okposo (Mark Jankowski, Mark Pysyk)snap0.19 xG
CBJ: Voracek, Bjorkstrand, Werenski, Peeke, SillingerBUF: Okposo, Pysyk, Jankowski, Hagg, Thompson
CBJ 1 – 2 BUF

3rd period

0:12
BUFAlex Tuch (Jeff Skinner, Tage Thompson)wrist0.12 xG
CBJ: Nyquist, Werenski, Laine, Peeke, SillingerBUF: Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Jokiharju, Dahlin
CBJ 1 – 3 BUF
4:48
CBJBrendan Gaunce (Dean Kukan)wrist0.02 xG
CBJ: Gaunce, Roslovic, Kukan, Gavrikov, Fix-WolanskyBUF: Pysyk, Hagg, Olofsson, Asplund, Krebs
CBJ 2 – 3 BUF
14:25
CBJOliver BjorkstrandPP (Patrik Laine, Jakub Voracek)wrist0.16 xG
CBJ: Voracek, Jenner, Bjorkstrand, Werenski, LaineBUF: Jankowski, Fitzgerald, Samuelsson, Cozens
CBJ 3 – 3 BUF

OT period

0:16
CBJJakub Voracek (Zach Werenski, Boone Jenner)snap0.02 xG
CBJ: Voracek, Werenski, LaineBUF: Thompson, Jokiharju, Dahlin
CBJ 4 – 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
Boone Jenner C	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.06	2	1	0	20:57	—	—	48	38
Patrik Laine L	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.08	1	0	0	20:29	—	—	47	33
Gustav Nyquist R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	0	0	17:38	—	—	46	24
Sean Kuraly C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	3	0	0	15:27	—	—	67	63
Egor Chinakhov R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	3	0	0	14:37	—	—	55	41
Max Domi C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:12	—	—	54	38
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L3	1	0	1	-1	4	0.49	1	0	0	17:29	—	—	55	51
Jakub Voracek R	L3	1	1	2	0	2	0.03	0	0	2	17:17	—	—	44	29
Cole Sillinger C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.12	2	1	0	16:28	—	—	44	24
Jack Roslovic C	L4	1	0	1	+2	2	0.02	1	0	0	9:09	—	—	67	75
Brendan Gaunce C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.35	2	0	0	8:45	—	—	78	95
Trey Fix-Wolansky R	L4	0	1	1	+2	1	0.16	1	0	0	8:18	—	—	78	95
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	1	1	-2	3	0.14	0	2	0	27:47	—	—	56	42
Andrew Peeke D	D1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.02	1	2	0	24:05	—	—	47	28
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.02	1	1	0	23:13	—	—	58	51
Adam Boqvist D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	0	0	0	17:35	—	—	49	51
Dean Kukan D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	0	0	0	15:36	—	—	61	66
Gavin Bayreuther D	D3	0	0	0	0	4	0.13	0	1	0	9:46	—	—	69	66

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	W	27	24	3	.889	1.99	60:16

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Tuch R	L1	1	0	1	+2	7	0.38	0	0	0	19:53	—	—	68	87
Tage Thompson C	L1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.17	0	1	0	19:01	—	—	65	85
Jeff Skinner L	L1	0	1	1	+2	4	0.45	0	0	0	18:25	—	—	61	80
Rasmus Asplund C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	0	0	0	14:24	—	—	43	59
Victor Olofsson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.08	0	0	0	14:19	—	—	46	63
Peyton Krebs C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	0	0	0	14:14	—	—	47	59
Mark Jankowski L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	15:15	—	—	36	33
Kyle Okposo R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.27	1	0	2	14:59	—	—	42	42
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	0	0	0	13:34	—	—	29	13
Dylan Cozens C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	1	2	13:34	—	—	29	5
John Hayden C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	2	0	11:20	—	—	21	13
Anders Bjork L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:14	—	—	33	27
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.09	2	2	0	25:09	—	—	61	67
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.18	0	0	0	22:56	—	—	72	78
Casey Fitzgerald D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	3	2	0	20:48	—	—	18	8
Mattias Samuelsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	18:01	—	—	21	11
Mark Pysyk D	D3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:02	—	—	50	59
Robert Hagg D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	0	0	15:46	—	—	48	55

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dustin Tokarski(start)	O	34	30	4	.882	1.86	60:16

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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.