Buffalo Sabres vs. Columbus Blue JacketsOct 27, 2018

Final / OTSaturday, Oct 27, 2018· Nationwide Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BUF	2	0	2	0	4		BUF	17	8	13	0	38
CBJ	1	3	0	1	5		CBJ	12	16	8	1	37

: BUF 64CBJ 62
: BUF 2.82CBJ 4.45
PP goals: BUF 1CBJ 0
Hits: BUF 8CBJ 12
Blocks: BUF 15CBJ 16
PIM: BUF 6CBJ 8
: BUF 53%CBJ 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Columbus Blue Jackets edge Buffalo Sabres 5–4 (OT)

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Buffalo Sabres 5–4 in overtime at home. Cam Atkinson (CBJ) led the scoring with 2G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Pominville, Skinner, Eichel, Mittelstadt and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:22 together.

Points
Artemi Panarin had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 6 shots in 19:03.Panarin
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Cam Atkinson had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 8 shots in 18:30.Atkinson
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Pierre-Luc Dubois had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 17:57.Dubois
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Jason Pominville had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 18:01.Pominville
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Jeff Skinner had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:53.Skinner
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Jack Eichel had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:04.Eichel
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Jake McCabe had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:27.McCabe
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Pominville, Skinner, Eichel, Mittelstadt and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:22 together.Pominville Skinner Eichel Mittelstadt Dahlin

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 126 of 126 attempts · CBJ 62 · BUF 64

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 25% of the game, CBJ 39%.

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
	61	60
	2.52	4.82
	2.45	4.54
	13	16
	7	7
	11	11
	+0.051	−0.051
	25%	39%

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

L1Pominville – Skinner – Eichel
11:2562% CF
L2Berglund – Larsson – Girgensons
10:3076% CF
L3Sobotka – Sheary – Reinhart
8:5739% CF
L4Okposo – Thompson – Mittelstadt
4:1318% CF
D1Bogosian – Scandella
14:0848% CF
D2McCabe – Ristolainen
12:5742% CF
D3Nelson – Dahlin
10:5355% CF

PP1Pominville – Skinner – Eichel – Mittelstadt – Dahlin
4:2288% CF
PP2Okposo – Ristolainen – Sheary – Reinhart – Thompson
3:4571% CF
PK1FLarsson – Girgensons
3:20
PK2FSobotka – Berglund
1:39
PK1DMcCabe – Ristolainen
2:21
PK2DBogosian – Scandella
1:20

Current BUF line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Atkinson – Panarin – Dubois
9:1675% CF
L2Duclair – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg
8:1336% CF
L3Foligno – Jenner – Anderson
7:4967% CF
L4Nash – Sedlak – Hannikainen
3:5850% CF
D1Jones – Werenski
13:4463% CF
D2Murray – Nutivaara
12:2350% CF
D3Savard – Harrington
11:0742% CF

PP1Foligno – Atkinson – Jones – Panarin – Dubois
3:05100% CF
PP2Jenner – Anderson – Duclair – Wennberg – Werenski
2:45100% CF
PK1FAtkinson – Wennberg
2:20
PK2FJenner – Anderson
2:05
PK1DSavard – Murray
2:52
PK2DJones – Werenski
1:49

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
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	2	2	-1	3	0.42	1	2	0	21:04	—	—	55	40
Jeff Skinner L	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.14	0	0	0	18:53	—	—	61	53
Jason Pominville R	L1	1	1	2	+1	6	0.49	0	0	0	18:01	—	—	53	48
Johan Larsson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	0	0	0	15:51	—	—	64	29
Zemgus Girgensons C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.31	1	1	0	14:43	—	—	77	58
Patrik Berglund C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	0	0	12:54	—	—	77	58
Sam Reinhart C	L3	0	0	0	-2	4	0.38	0	1	0	17:16	—	—	50	41
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	2	0	17:01	—	—	50	43
Vladimir Sobotka C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	2	0	14:35	—	—	36	25
Kyle Okposo R	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.17	3	0	2	11:40	—	—	28	10
Tage Thompson C	L4	0	1	1	-1	3	0.18	0	0	0	11:21	—	—	17	8
Casey Mittelstadt C	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	9:44	—	—	33	13
Zach Bogosian D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	0	1	0	20:39	—	—	56	34
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	1	0	20:38	—	—	48	17
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.19	1	1	2	23:14	—	—	45	31
Jake McCabe D	D2	0	2	2	-1	2	0.03	2	2	0	17:27	—	—	44	34
Rasmus Dahlin D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	1	2	18:26	—	—	61	50
Casey Nelson D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	12:10	—	—	52	33

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	O	37	32	5	.865	4.45	60:27

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Artemi Panarin L	L1	2	1	3	+2	6	0.73	0	0	0	19:03	—	—	65	76
Cam Atkinson R	L1	2	1	3	+2	8	1.00	1	1	0	18:30	—	—	64	79
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L1	1	2	3	+1	2	0.18	0	1	0	17:57	—	—	58	64
Anthony Duclair L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.40	0	1	0	16:53	—	—	36	58
Alexander Wennberg C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.20	0	2	0	16:37	—	—	36	61
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	1	0	11:45	—	—	33	45
Boone Jenner C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.71	0	1	0	18:07	—	—	64	95
Nick Foligno L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	6	1	0	16:04	—	—	46	76
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	1	0	0	15:38	—	—	60	80
Riley Nash C	L4	0	1	1	-1	2	0.12	1	1	0	12:09	—	—	50	64
Markus Hannikainen L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:27	—	—	50	64
Lukas Sedlak C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	0	2	6:27	—	—	50	62
Seth Jones D	D1	0	0	0	+3	1	0.17	0	2	0	25:38	—	—	54	64
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.05	0	1	2	22:07	—	—	60	75
Ryan Murray D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.05	0	1	0	22:34	—	—	38	53
Markus Nutivaara D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:49	—	—	47	74
David Savard D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	0	4	18:39	—	—	43	51
Scott Harrington D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.20	0	3	0	12:34	—	—	42	60

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joonas Korpisalo(start)	W	38	34	4	.895	2.82	60:31

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 27, 2018

Fantasy takeaways

Columbus Blue Jackets edge Buffalo Sabres 5–4 (OT)

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

OT period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Columbus Blue Jackets