Buffalo Sabres vs. Columbus Blue JacketsOct 25, 2017

FinalWednesday, Oct 25, 2017· Nationwide Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	0	1	1		BUF	14	13	8	35
CBJ	1	3	1	5		CBJ	9	18	11	38

: BUF 56CBJ 59
: BUF 2.10CBJ 2.25
PP goals: BUF 0CBJ 1
Hits: BUF 21CBJ 18
Blocks: BUF 10CBJ 11
PIM: BUF 4CBJ 0
: BUF 54%CBJ 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Columbus Blue Jackets rout Buffalo Sabres 5–1

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Buffalo Sabres 5–1 at home. Seth Jones (CBJ) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for CBJ: Foligno–Atkinson–Panarin skated 7:56 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Seth Jones had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:19.Jones
New line
New look for CBJ: Foligno–Atkinson–Panarin skated 7:56 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Atkinson Panarin
New line
New look for BUF: Okposo–Girgensons–Reinhart skated 11:51 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Okposo Girgensons Reinhart
New line
New look for CBJ: Dubinsky–Jenner–Anderson skated 7:21 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dubinsky Jenner Anderson
Luck
CBJ scored 5 goals on 2.25 expected goals (59 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Goalie
Chad Johnson (BUF) faced 38 shots and stopped 33 (.868), +11 against a season average of 26.7; the loss.Johnson
New line
New look for CBJ: Calvert–Bjorkstrand–Wennberg skated 5:19 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Calvert Bjorkstrand Wennberg
New line
New look for CBJ: Dalpe–Milano–Dubois skated 6:23 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dalpe Milano Dubois

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

← BUF attacks left (bottom on phones)CBJ attacks right (top on phones) →

CBJ
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 115 of 115 attempts · CBJ 59 · BUF 56

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CBJ
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CBJ pressure
BUF pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: BUF 31% of the game, CBJ 36%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CBJ

BUF

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	BUF	CBJ
	60	62
	2.19	2.21
	2.17	2.16
	8	8
	5	5
	16	13
	+0.041	−0.041
	31%	36%

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.

Buffalo Sabres

L1Kane – Bailey – Eichel
12:2741% CF
L2Okposo – Girgensons – Reinhart
11:5152% CF
L3Pominville – Pouliot – O'Reilly
10:5971% CF
L4Nolan – Larsson – Griffith
9:4457% CF
D1Scandella – Ristolainen
20:4155% CF
D2Redmond – McCabe
15:5555% CF
D3Tennyson – Antipin
14:2241% CF

PP1Pominville – O'Reilly – Tennyson – Ristolainen – Reinhart
1:18100% CF
PP2Okposo – Kane – McCabe – Eichel – Antipin
0:34100% CF
PK1FO'Reilly – Bailey
1:36
PK2FPouliot – Larsson
0:55
PK1DScandella – Ristolainen
2:31
PK2DRedmond – McCabe
0:34

Current BUF line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Foligno – Atkinson – Panarin
7:5638% CF
L2Dubinsky – Jenner – Anderson
7:2150% CF
L3Dalpe – Milano – Dubois
6:2329% CF
L4Calvert – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg
5:1958% CF
D1Johnson – Savard
18:0953% CF
D2Murray – Nutivaara
17:1145% CF
D3Jones – Werenski
17:0556% CF

PP1Foligno – Atkinson – Wennberg – Werenski – Panarin
1:57100% CF
PP2Calvert – Jenner – Bjorkstrand – Jones – Milano
1:09100% CF
PK1FDubinsky – Calvert
1:24
PK2FFoligno – Jenner
0:25
PK1DMurray – Jones
1:08
PK2DJohnson – Savard
0:25

Current CBJ 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.

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evander Kane L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	2	0	0	17:38	—	—	33	36
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.16	0	0	0	16:26	—	—	35	40
Justin Bailey R	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.13	1	1	0	14:51	—	—	41	58
Sam Reinhart C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	0	0	0	16:20	—	—	41	46
Kyle Okposo R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.16	0	1	0	14:46	—	—	46	61
Zemgus Girgensons C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	3	0	2	14:37	—	—	45	60
Ryan O'Reilly C	L3	0	0	0	-1	5	0.46	1	0	0	17:27	—	—	64	54
Jason Pominville R	L3	0	0	0	-1	5	0.23	1	0	0	13:45	—	—	69	54
Benoit Pouliot L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:40	—	—	68	54
Johan Larsson L	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.15	3	0	0	14:20	—	—	45	39
Jordan Nolan C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:45	—	—	56	52
Seth Griffith C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.07	0	2	0	11:08	—	—	53	43
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	3	1	0	25:45	—	—	53	48
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	0	0	0	23:38	—	—	56	51
Jake McCabe D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	3	3	0	19:05	—	—	50	52
Zach Redmond D	D2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.22	1	0	2	17:24	—	—	55	56
Matt Tennyson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:07	—	—	34	44
Victor Antipin D	D3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.29	0	2	0	16:01	—	—	43	51

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Chad Johnson(start)	L	38	33	5	.868	2.25	60:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk		PP	SH
Nick Foligno L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.21	2	0	20:16	—	—	57	60
Artemi Panarin L	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.22	0	0	19:36	—	—	60	66
Cam Atkinson R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.19	0	2	18:11	—	—	41	43
Josh Anderson R	L2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.04	5	0	18:17	—	—	67	73
Brandon Dubinsky C	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.12	3	2	17:22	—	—	42	39
Boone Jenner C	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.21	1	1	16:46	—	—	46	43
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	11:49	—	—	39	13
Sonny Milano L	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.19	1	0	10:48	—	—	39	39
Zac Dalpe C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	9:07	—	—	39	39
Alexander Wennberg C	L4	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	0	14:56	—	—	58	58
Matt Calvert L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.09	1	0	12:08	—	—	54	65
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L4	1	0	1	+1	4	0.12	0	0	11:46	—	—	52	35
David Savard D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	1	2	19:53	—	—	51	50
Jack Johnson D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.11	0	1	19:11	—	—	53	52
Ryan Murray D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	0	1	18:42	—	—	43	37
Markus Nutivaara D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.07	1	0	17:54	—	—	47	38
Seth Jones D	D3	1	1	2	+2	3	0.27	0	2	21:19	—	—	54	58
Zach Werenski D	D3	0	0	0	+2	4	0.23	0	0	19:59	—	—	56	63

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	W	35	34	1	.971	2.10	60:00

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.

Buffalo Sabres vs. Columbus Blue JacketsOct 25, 2017

Fantasy takeaways

Columbus Blue Jackets rout Buffalo Sabres 5–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Buffalo Sabres

Columbus Blue Jackets

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Columbus Blue Jackets