Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Buffalo SabresFeb 28, 2023

FinalTuesday, Feb 28, 2023· KeyBank Center

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Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ

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Buffalo SabresBUF

3

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CBJ	2	2	1	5		CBJ	15	13	8	36
BUF	1	0	2	3		BUF	16	11	14	41

: CBJ 59BUF 72
: CBJ 3.56BUF 3.94
PP goals: CBJ 1BUF 1
Hits: CBJ 25BUF 10
Blocks: CBJ 14BUF 10
PIM: CBJ 4BUF 2
: CBJ 47%BUF 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Buffalo Sabres 5–3

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Buffalo Sabres 5–3 at BUF. Eric Robinson (CBJ) led the scoring with 3G 0A. Elvis Merzlikins (CBJ) faced 41 shots and stopped 38 (.927), +11 against a season average of 29.6; the win.

Points
Eric Robinson had a hat trick (3 points) on 6 shots in 17:28.Robinson
Points
Boone Jenner had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:53.Jenner
Points
Jack Quinn had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:29.Quinn
Points
Nick Blankenburg had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:53.Blankenburg
Goalie
Elvis Merzlikins (CBJ) faced 41 shots and stopped 38 (.927), +11 against a season average of 29.6; the win.Merzlikins
Usage
Andrew Peeke (CBJ) played 27:09, +5:59 up on his 21:10 season average over 79 games.Peeke
Goalie
Craig Anderson (BUF) faced 35 shots and stopped 31 (.886), +3 against a season average of 31.7; the loss.Anderson
Usage
Owen Power (BUF) played 28:43, +4:59 up on his 23:44 season average over 78 games.Power

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 131 of 131 attempts · BUF 72 · CBJ 59

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 28% of the game, BUF 26%.

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	67
	3.16	3.05
	3.00	2.93
	18	6
	5	2
	22	20
	−0.010	+0.010
	28%	26%

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

L1Roslovic – Laine – Johnson
13:2564% CF
L2Gaudreau – Jenner – Marchenko
11:3214% CF
L3Bemstrom – Foudy – Sillinger
9:3246% CF
L4Kuraly – Olivier – Robinson
8:2848% CF
D1Peeke – Blankenburg
14:0854% CF
D2Gudbranson – Berni
13:2258% CF
D3Bayreuther – Boqvist
9:5956% CF

PP1Gaudreau – Jenner – Laine – Boqvist – Marchenko
1:1380% CF
PP2Roslovic – Bemstrom – Johnson – Sillinger – Blankenburg
0:13100% CF
PK1FFoudy – Sillinger
1:15
PK2FKuraly – Robinson
1:12
PK1DGudbranson – Peeke
5:01
PK2DBayreuther – Blankenburg
0:21

Current CBJ line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Skinner – Thompson – Quinn
12:5055% CF
L2Hinostroza – Mittelstadt – Cozens
10:4252% CF
L3Okposo – Girgensons – Jost
9:3539% CF
L4Olofsson – Krebs – Peterka
9:0039% CF
D1Jokiharju – Power
12:5752% CF
D2Bryson – Lyubushkin
11:5050% CF
D3Clague – Samuelsson
9:4752% CF

PP1Skinner – Olofsson – Thompson – Cozens – Power
3:23100% CF
PP2Mittelstadt – Krebs – Quinn – Peterka – Power
1:45100% CF
PK1FGirgensons – Jost
0:48
PK2FOkposo – Krebs
0:28
PK1DSamuelsson – Lyubushkin
0:48
PK2DJokiharju – Power
0:38

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:53
CBJKent JohnsonPP (Nick Blankenburg, Elvis Merzlikins)wrist0.07 xG
CBJ: Roslovic, Bemstrom, Johnson, Sillinger, BlankenburgBUF: Girgensons, Jost, Samuelsson, Lyubushkin
CBJ 1 – 0 BUF
3:11
BUFTage Thompson (Jeff Skinner, Jack Quinn)snap0.01 xG
CBJ: Gudbranson, Kuraly, Olivier, Robinson, BerniBUF: Skinner, Thompson, Jokiharju, Quinn, Power
CBJ 1 – 1 BUF
13:41
CBJEric Robinsonwrist0.10 xG
CBJ: Kuraly, Peeke, Olivier, Robinson, BlankenburgBUF: Skinner, Thompson, Jokiharju, Quinn, Power
CBJ 2 – 1 BUF

2nd period

11:53
CBJEric Robinson (Sean Kuraly, Patrik Laine)snap0.21 xG
CBJ: Kuraly, Olivier, Bayreuther, Robinson, BoqvistBUF: Skinner, Thompson, Jokiharju, Quinn, Power
CBJ 3 – 1 BUF
19:42
CBJBoone Jenner (Nick Blankenburg, Andrew Peeke)wrist0.22 xG
CBJ: Gudbranson, Gaudreau, Jenner, Boqvist, MarchenkoBUF: Olofsson, Samuelsson, Krebs, Peterka, Power
CBJ 4 – 1 BUF

3rd period

5:02
BUFJack Quinn (Mattias Samuelsson)snap0.13 xG
CBJ: Gaudreau, Jenner, Peeke, Marchenko, BlankenburgBUF: Skinner, Thompson, Samuelsson, Quinn, Power
CBJ 4 – 2 BUF
9:46
BUFJJ PeterkaPP (Owen Power, Peyton Krebs)slap0.10 xG
CBJ: Roslovic, Bayreuther, Robinson, BlankenburgBUF: Mittelstadt, Krebs, Quinn, Peterka, Power
CBJ 4 – 3 BUF
19:25
CBJEric RobinsonEN (Boone Jenner)snap0.50 xG
CBJ: Gudbranson, Kuraly, Jenner, Peeke, RobinsonBUF: Okposo, Hinostroza, Clague, Jokiharju, Krebs, Cozens
CBJ 5 – 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
Jack Roslovic C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	2	17:47	—	—	63	65
Patrik Laine L	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.53	1	0	0	17:02	—	—	69	69
Kent Johnson C	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.37	0	0	0	16:37	—	—	68	67
Boone Jenner C	L2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.45	3	0	0	17:53	—	—	16	31
Kirill Marchenko R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	13:34	—	—	13	30
Johnny Gaudreau L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	13:26	—	—	19	45
Liam Foudy C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	0	0	0	13:17	—	—	47	32
Cole Sillinger C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	2	0	0	13:04	—	—	47	30
Emil Bemstrom C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	12:08	—	—	50	31
Eric Robinson L	L4	3	0	3	+2	6	1.21	3	0	0	17:28	—	—	47	61
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	1	1	+2	2	0.04	3	1	2	13:46	—	—	52	60
Mathieu Olivier R	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.29	4	0	0	9:51	—	—	48	59
Andrew Peeke D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	2	5	0	27:09	—	—	37	40
Nick Blankenburg D	D1	0	2	2	0	2	0.05	1	1	0	18:53	—	—	50	47
Erik Gudbranson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	2	3	0	24:24	—	—	53	66
Tim Berni D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	1	0	16:38	—	—	50	48
Gavin Bayreuther D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.07	2	1	0	16:21	—	—	50	54
Adam Boqvist D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.03	0	0	0	15:16	—	—	56	54

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	W	41	38	3	.927	3.94	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jeff Skinner L	L1	0	1	1	0	5	0.68	0	0	0	20:38	—	—	58	54
Tage Thompson C	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.50	1	1	0	19:15	—	—	55	49
Jack Quinn R	L1	1	1	2	0	4	0.57	1	0	0	15:29	—	—	59	54
Dylan Cozens C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	0	0	2	17:18	—	—	50	47
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	0	0	16:33	—	—	53	47
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.46	0	0	0	13:48	—	—	57	48
Tyson Jost C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	1	0	13:26	—	—	57	63
Kyle Okposo R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	0	12:18	—	—	52	58
Zemgus Girgensons C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.47	1	0	0	11:34	—	—	46	54
Victor Olofsson L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	0	0	0	16:01	—	—	33	34
Peyton Krebs C	L4	0	1	1	-2	2	0.13	1	0	0	15:04	—	—	41	35
JJ Peterka R	L4	1	0	1	-1	4	0.45	0	0	0	12:53	—	—	46	37
Owen Power D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.03	0	2	0	28:43	—	—	51	50
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	1	0	0	20:59	—	—	51	43
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	14:58	—	—	57	74
Jacob Bryson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	1	0	13:55	—	—	46	62
Mattias Samuelsson D	D3	0	1	1	0	3	0.10	1	1	0	21:39	—	—	50	42
Kale Clague D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	1	0	14:19	—	—	53	38

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Craig Anderson(start)	L	35	31	4	.886	3.06	59:41

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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.