Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Buffalo SabresApr 9, 2026

FinalThursday, Apr 9, 2026· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CBJ	0	0	0	0		CBJ	10	14	13	37
BUF	1	0	4	5		BUF	10	4	10	24

: CBJ 80BUF 46
: CBJ 3.26BUF 2.36
PP goals: CBJ 0BUF 0
Hits: CBJ 18BUF 15
Blocks: CBJ 9BUF 20
PIM: CBJ 4BUF 8
: CBJ 58%BUF 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres rout Columbus Blue Jackets 5–0

Buffalo Sabres beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–0 at home. Josh Doan (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for CBJ: Lundeström–Marchenko–Fantilli skated 6:06 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (85.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Josh Doan had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:42.Doan
Points
Josh Norris had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:36.Norris
Points
Logan Stanley had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:19.Stanley
New line
New look for CBJ: Lundeström–Marchenko–Fantilli skated 6:06 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (85.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lundeström Marchenko Fantilli
Luck
CBJ scored 0 goals on 3.26 expected goals (80 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
BUF scored 5 goals on 2.36 expected goals (46 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Goalie
Colten Ellis (BUF) faced 37 shots and stopped 37 (.1000), +9 against a season average of 28.4; the win.Ellis
Usage
Zach Metsa (BUF) played 19:26, +8:40 up on his 10:46 season average over 42 games.Metsa

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 126 of 126 attempts · BUF 46 · CBJ 80

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 37% of the game, BUF 21%.

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
	68	48
	2.18	2.08
	1.88	2.02
	16	7
	5	7
	16	24
	+0.068	−0.068
	37%	21%

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

L1Lundeström – Marchenko – Fantilli
6:0686% CF
L2Coyle – Heinen – Sillinger
5:0663% CF
L3Wood – Monahan – Johnson
3:2440% CF
L4Jenner – Garland – Marchment
3:0450% CF
D1Werenski – Fabbro
9:1847% CF
D2Provorov – Mateychuk
8:5965% CF
D3Gudbranson – Zamula
4:3560% CF

PP1Coyle – Werenski – Marchment – Marchenko – Fantilli
4:53100% CF
PP2Monahan – Provorov – Garland – Johnson – Mateychuk
0:59100% CF
PK1FCoyle – Jenner
2:14
PK2FMonahan – Lundeström
1:39
PK1DGudbranson – Provorov
2:14
PK2DFabbro – Mateychuk
0:58

Current CBJ line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Tuch – Thompson – Krebs
12:0230% CF
L2Zucker – McLeod – Quinn
10:1433% CF
L3Norris – Doan – Benson
9:3065% CF
L4Greenway – Malenstyn – Kozak
6:4935% CF
D1Byram – Power
14:4743% CF
D2Samuelsson – Dahlin
11:5437% CF
D3Stanley – Metsa
11:5347% CF

PP1Zucker – Thompson – Norris – Dahlin – Quinn
2:3050% CF
PP2Tuch – McLeod – Byram – Doan – Benson
1:13100% CF
PK1FTuch – Greenway
2:53
PK2FMalenstyn – Benson
1:42
PK1DSamuelsson – Metsa
3:43
PK2DDahlin – Byram
1:06

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

13:41
BUFPeyton Krebs (Josh Norris)snap0.05 xG
CBJ: Coyle, Werenski, Provorov, Johnson, SillingerBUF: Norris, Samuelsson, Krebs, Byram, Power
CBJ 0 – 1 BUF

3rd period

7:19
BUFJosh Doansnap0.26 xG
CBJ: Coyle, Gudbranson, Wood, Monahan, ProvorovBUF: Norris, Samuelsson, Dahlin, Doan, Benson
CBJ 0 – 2 BUF
13:21
BUFJack Quinn (Logan Stanley, Jason Zucker)wrist0.18 xG
CBJ: Werenski, Provorov, Garland, Marchment, FantilliBUF: Zucker, Stanley, McLeod, Quinn, Power
CBJ 0 – 3 BUF
13:46
BUFJosh Doan (Zach Benson, Josh Norris)wrist0.31 xG
CBJ: Coyle, Gudbranson, Jenner, Sillinger, MateychukBUF: Norris, Byram, Doan, Power, Benson
CBJ 0 – 4 BUF
16:55
BUFRasmus DahlinEN (Logan Stanley, Tyson Kozak)wrist0.33 xG
CBJ: Coyle, Werenski, Provorov, Marchment, Marchenko, FantilliBUF: Stanley, Thompson, Dahlin, Doan, Kozak
CBJ 0 – 5 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kirill Marchenko R	L1	-1	2	0.11	0	0	0	21:58	—	—	63	77
Adam Fantilli C	L1	-2	5	0.40	2	2	2	21:25	—	—	57	39
Isac Lundeström C	L1	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	13:29	—	—	63	57
Charlie Coyle C	L2	-4	0	0.13	6	0	0	23:04	—	—	69	54
Cole Sillinger C	L2	-2	1	0.03	1	0	0	13:37	—	—	62	56
Danton Heinen L	L2	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	11:39	—	—	59	59
Sean Monahan C	L3	-1	1	0.18	0	0	0	15:25	—	—	39	29
Miles Wood L	L3	-1	1	0.06	0	0	0	10:22	—	—	48	41
Kent Johnson C	L3	-1	2	0.30	0	0	0	9:18	—	—	69	73
Mason Marchment L	L4	-2	3	0.40	2	0	0	17:56	—	—	65	50
Boone Jenner C	L4	-1	3	0.18	5	0	0	12:50	—	—	57	44
Conor Garland R	L4	-1	4	0.81	0	0	2	12:39	—	—	57	66
Zach Werenski D	D1	-3	5	0.22	0	0	0	28:46	—	—	51	34
Dante Fabbro D	D1	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	16:30	—	—	61	77
Ivan Provorov D	D2	-4	5	0.16	0	0	0	24:41	—	—	62	56
Denton Mateychuk D	D2	-1	4	0.05	0	1	0	18:06	—	—	58	34
Erik Gudbranson D	D3	-2	0	0.09	1	3	0	15:46	—	—	52	49
Egor Zamula D	D3	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:37	—	—	75	84

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jet Greaves(start)	L	23	19	4	.826	2.03	57:52

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Tuch R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	1	1	0	21:16	—	—	27	32
Tage Thompson C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.22	1	2	2	16:47	—	—	32	32
Peyton Krebs C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.05	4	1	0	14:35	—	—	35	35
Ryan McLeod C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:53	—	—	31	20
Jack Quinn R	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.24	0	0	0	14:48	—	—	40	44
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:18	—	—	28	20
Zach Benson L	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.10	1	0	2	15:39	—	—	68	82
Josh Doan R	L3	2	0	2	+3	4	0.81	0	1	0	14:42	—	—	65	83
Josh Norris C	L3	0	2	2	+3	1	0.04	1	0	0	14:36	—	—	70	84
Jordan Greenway L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	2	2	12:00	—	—	33	56
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	11:30	—	—	43	52
Tyson Kozak C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.09	2	0	0	9:38	—	—	41	46
Owen Power D	D1	0	0	0	+3	2	0.07	0	4	2	20:11	—	—	52	77
Bowen Byram D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.04	0	1	0	19:32	—	—	41	57
Mattias Samuelsson D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.03	1	5	0	21:03	—	—	36	33
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	1	0	1	+2	3	0.38	1	1	0	19:47	—	—	41	53
Zach Metsa D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	19:26	—	—	46	50
Logan Stanley D	D3	0	2	2	+2	1	0.06	0	1	0	16:19	—	—	38	34

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Colten Ellis(start)	W	37	37	0	.1000	3.26	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Peyton Krebs (BUF) 1st 13:41 · assists Josh Norris · Odd-man rush · carried in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 74.9 mph shot · 1.7 s from entry to goal.

Peyton Krebs · 1st 13:41 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 74.9 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 s

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Josh Doan · 3rd 7:19 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 60.8 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Jack Quinn · 3rd 13:21 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 31.3 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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Josh Doan · 3rd 13:46 · BUF

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 18.4 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Type: rebound

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Rasmus Dahlin · 3rd 16:55 · BUF EN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 44.3 mph
Distance: 20 ft

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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.