Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Buffalo SabresOct 28, 2025

Final / OTTuesday, Oct 28, 2025· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
CBJ	1	1	1	1	4		CBJ	14	10	13	2	39
BUF	0	2	1	0	3		BUF	9	12	16	1	38

: CBJ 77BUF 66
: CBJ 3.77BUF 3.03
PP goals: CBJ 1BUF 0
Hits: CBJ 23BUF 13
Blocks: CBJ 14BUF 20
PIM: CBJ 6BUF 4
: CBJ 57%BUF 43%

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. Miles Wood (CBJ) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Alex Lyon (BUF) faced 39 shots and stopped 35 (.897), +12 against a season average of 27.2; the overtime loss.

Points
Miles Wood had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:24.Wood
Points
Egor Chinakhov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:49.Chinakhov
Points
Zach Werenski had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 27:59.Werenski
Points
Alex Tuch had 2 assists (2 points) in 15:39.Tuch
Goalie
Alex Lyon (BUF) faced 39 shots and stopped 35 (.897), +12 against a season average of 27.2; the overtime loss.Lyon
Goalie
Jet Greaves (CBJ) faced 38 shots and stopped 35 (.921), +10 against a season average of 28.0; the win.Greaves
New line
New look for CBJ: Wood–Lundeström–Chinakhov skated 11:03 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (48% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wood Lundeström Chinakhov
Usage
Alex Tuch (BUF) played 15:39, −3:23 down on his 19:02 season average over 78 games.Tuch

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 143 of 143 attempts · BUF 66 · CBJ 77

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 39% of the game, BUF 25%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

BUF skaters (rows) against CBJ skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the BUF side.

Matchup matrix

BUF xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

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

Sequence card
Stat	CBJ	BUF
	88	73
	3.79	3.08
	3.65	2.82
	20	10
	4	4
	19	23
	+0.041	−0.041
	39%	25%

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

L1Jenner – Johnson – Fantilli
12:4659% CF
L2Monahan – Marchenko – Voronkov
12:0156% CF
L3Wood – Lundeström – Chinakhov
11:0348% CF
L4Coyle – Olivier – Sillinger
10:2957% CF
D1Severson – Provorov
18:2151% CF
D2Werenski – Mateychuk
17:5353% CF
D3Fabbro – Christiansen
9:4267% CF

PP1Monahan – Werenski – Marchenko – Voronkov – Johnson
0:24100% CF
PK1FOlivier – Sillinger
1:40
PK2FCoyle – Monahan
1:07
PK1DProvorov – Mateychuk
2:13

Current CBJ line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Thompson – Kulich – Benson
13:4143% CF
L2Zucker – Quinn – Ostlund
10:5642% CF
L3Malenstyn – Krebs – Dunne
9:5848% CF
L4Tuch – McLeod – Doan
9:2659% CF
D1Samuelsson – Dahlin
16:3639% CF
D2Timmins – Power
16:0934% CF
D3Kesselring – Byram
15:4944% CF

PP1Zucker – Thompson – Dahlin – Doan – Benson
2:20100% CF
PP2Tuch – Byram – Quinn – Power – Kulich
1:35100% CF
PK1FMalenstyn – McLeod
0:24
PK1DSamuelsson – Dahlin
0:24

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Adam Fantilli C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	4	1	0	17:31	—	—	53	64
Boone Jenner C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.42	0	1	0	16:56	—	—	55	65
Kent Johnson C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.36	0	0	0	15:38	—	—	58	65
Sean Monahan C	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.35	1	0	0	16:05	—	—	57	65
Kirill Marchenko R	L2	0	1	1	-1	6	0.48	0	1	2	15:52	—	—	57	65
Dmitri Voronkov L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.51	3	0	2	13:59	—	—	55	63
Isac Lundeström C	L3	0	1	1	+3	1	0.24	0	1	0	13:48	—	—	48	54
Miles Wood L	L3	2	0	2	+3	3	0.53	4	0	0	13:24	—	—	50	60
Egor Chinakhov R	L3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.27	1	0	0	12:49	—	—	52	58
Cole Sillinger C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	2	0	0	15:33	—	—	58	18
Mathieu Olivier R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	3	0	0	15:24	—	—	50	17
Charlie Coyle C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	0	0	0	14:44	—	—	58	19
Ivan Provorov D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	3	1	0	26:13	—	—	50	59
Damon Severson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	2	2	2	20:07	—	—	49	45
Zach Werenski D	D2	1	1	2	+1	5	0.19	0	3	0	27:59	—	—	53	54
Denton Mateychuk D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	3	0	22:55	—	—	53	53
Dante Fabbro D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	0	1	0	14:54	—	—	65	71
Jake Christiansen D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	10:48	—	—	63	53

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jet Greaves(start)	W	38	35	3	.921	3.03	62:53

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jiri Kulich C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	1	2	0	19:56	—	—	49	17
Tage Thompson C	L1	0	0	0	0	6	0.38	0	2	0	19:26	—	—	39	20
Zach Benson L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	19:13	—	—	40	16
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	0	0	16:20	—	—	45	50
Jack Quinn R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.31	1	0	0	16:03	—	—	50	62
Noah Ostlund C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.32	0	0	0	12:16	—	—	44	57
Beck Malenstyn L	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.16	4	2	0	13:48	—	—	41	47
Peyton Krebs C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	12:47	—	—	47	52
Josh Dunne C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.35	1	1	0	12:45	—	—	44	56
Ryan McLeod C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.06	0	0	0	16:17	—	—	42	51
Alex Tuch R	L4	0	2	2	0	0	0.20	0	0	2	15:39	—	—	53	61
Josh Doan R	L4	1	0	1	+1	5	0.64	0	1	0	13:50	—	—	58	55
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	0	0	0	6	0.12	1	2	0	23:01	—	—	41	28
Mattias Samuelsson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	3	0	19:48	—	—	46	47
Owen Power D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.09	0	2	0	21:07	—	—	48	48
Conor Timmins D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	18:42	—	—	39	48
Bowen Byram D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	0	2	2	19:19	—	—	46	41
Michael Kesselring D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.07	1	0	0	17:58	—	—	54	45

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Lyon(start)	O	39	35	4	.897	3.77	62:53

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Egor Chinakhov (CBJ) 1st 6:09 · unassisted · Forecheck turnover · 30.2 mph shot.

Egor Chinakhov · 1st 6:09 · CBJ

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 30.2 mph
Distance: 4 ft

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Josh Doan · 2nd 11:39 · BUF

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 5.8 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 8.3 s

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Ryan McLeod · 2nd 14:12 · BUF

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 56.0 mph
Distance: 46 ft

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Josh Dunne · 3rd 2:40 · BUF

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 5.1 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Type: deflection

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Miles Wood · 3rd 13:55 · CBJ

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 58.5 mph
Distance: 57 ft
Entry to goal: 3.7 s

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Zach Werenski · 2nd 19:44 · CBJ PP

Play: point-shot
Passes: 4
Shot: 77.8 mph
Distance: 57 ft
Type: one-timer

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Miles Wood · OT 2:53 · CBJ

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 22.0 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 8.2 s

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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.

Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Buffalo SabresOct 28, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

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

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Columbus Blue Jackets

Buffalo Sabres

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

Columbus Blue Jackets

Buffalo Sabres

Goal anatomy

Egor Chinakhov · 1st 6:09 · CBJ

Josh Doan · 2nd 11:39 · BUF

Ryan McLeod · 2nd 14:12 · BUF

Josh Dunne · 3rd 2:40 · BUF

Miles Wood · 3rd 13:55 · CBJ

Zach Werenski · 2nd 19:44 · CBJ PP

Miles Wood · OT 2:53 · CBJ