Buffalo Sabres vs. Columbus Blue JacketsOct 7, 2019

Final / OTMonday, Oct 7, 2019· Nationwide Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BUF	0	2	1	0	3		BUF	6	7	5	0	18
CBJ	2	0	1	1	4		CBJ	14	15	14	1	44

: BUF 50CBJ 63
: BUF 1.58CBJ 2.95
PP goals: BUF 1CBJ 2
Hits: BUF 13CBJ 15
Blocks: BUF 13CBJ 17
PIM: BUF 6CBJ 6
: BUF 43%CBJ 57%

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 home. Alexandre Texier (CBJ) led the scoring with 1G 1A. CBJ's first power-play unit (Nyquist, Atkinson, Jones, Wennberg and Dubois) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:02 together.

Points
Alexandre Texier had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:08.Texier
Points
Nick Foligno had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:07.Foligno
PP1
CBJ's first power-play unit (Nyquist, Atkinson, Jones, Wennberg and Dubois) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:02 together.Nyquist Atkinson Jones Wennberg Dubois
Goalie
Linus Ullmark (BUF) faced 44 shots and stopped 40 (.909), +13 against a season average of 31.4; the overtime loss.Ullmark
Usage
Alexandre Texier (CBJ) played 18:08, +5:32 up on his 12:36 season average over 35 games.Texier
New line
New look for CBJ: Foligno–Jenner–Bemstrom skated 8:30 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Jenner Bemstrom
New line
New look for CBJ: Nash–Milano–Lilja skated 5:45 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nash Milano Lilja
Usage
Cam Atkinson (CBJ) played 21:50, +4:05 up on his 17:45 season average over 43 games.Atkinson

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 113 of 113 attempts · CBJ 63 · BUF 50

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 21% of the game, CBJ 37%.

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
	49	58
	1.25	1.87
	1.25	1.81
	5	4
	2	8
	11	19
	−0.069	+0.069
	21%	37%

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

L1Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel
15:1141% CF
L2Sobotka – Johansson – Skinner
10:0933% CF
L3Okposo – Larsson – Girgensons
9:3473% CF
L4Vesey – Sheary – Mittelstadt
7:4820% CF
D1McCabe – Ristolainen
16:4449% CF
D2Miller – Dahlin
15:1469% CF
D3Scandella – Jokiharju
12:3416% CF

PP1Skinner – Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel – Dahlin
2:0360% CF
PP2Johansson – Miller – Ristolainen – Sheary – Mittelstadt
2:00100% CF
PK1FLarsson – Girgensons
2:00
PK2FSobotka – Vesey
0:18
PK1DMcCabe – Ristolainen
2:00
PK2DScandella – Jokiharju
0:18

Current BUF line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Nyquist – Atkinson – Dubois
13:2752% CF
L2Bjorkstrand – Wennberg – Texier
12:1459% CF
L3Foligno – Jenner – Bemstrom
8:3033% CF
L4Nash – Milano – Lilja
5:4575% CF
D1Jones – Werenski
17:2448% CF
D2Savard – Murray
16:1455% CF
D3Gavrikov – Nutivaara
12:1767% CF

PP1Nyquist – Atkinson – Jones – Wennberg – Dubois
2:02100% CF
PP2Foligno – Bjorkstrand – Werenski – Texier – Bemstrom
0:18100% CF
PK1FAtkinson – Wennberg
1:41
PK2FFoligno – Jenner
0:41
PK1DJones – Werenski
2:29
PK2DMurray – Gavrikov
0:55

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	0	0	-2	1	0.18	1	0	0	23:25	—	—	43	50
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.11	0	0	0	21:09	—	—	47	54
Victor Olofsson L	L1	1	0	1	-2	3	0.27	0	1	0	20:33	—	—	41	46
Jeff Skinner L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.14	0	0	0	16:47	—	—	40	28
Marcus Johansson L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.34	0	2	0	16:36	—	—	50	33
Vladimir Sobotka C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	3	2	0	14:00	—	—	32	25
Johan Larsson L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:08	—	—	62	85
Zemgus Girgensons C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	1	0	0	13:57	—	—	71	98
Kyle Okposo R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	10:55	—	—	72	97
Conor Sheary L	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:05	—	—	25	9
Jimmy Vesey L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	1	0	0	10:46	—	—	31	26
Casey Mittelstadt C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:27	—	—	27	9
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	0	2	0	24:37	—	—	49	50
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	19:46	—	—	49	50
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	3	1	4	20:40	—	—	69	57
Colin Miller D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.06	0	0	0	19:35	—	—	60	52
Henri Jokiharju D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	2	17:08	—	—	18	6
Marco Scandella D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	17:01	—	—	17	4

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	O	44	40	4	.909	2.95	60:40

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Cam Atkinson R	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.28	0	1	2	21:50	—	—	50	57
Gustav Nyquist R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.33	2	1	0	19:02	—	—	46	60
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.12	1	0	0	18:07	—	—	48	58
Alexander Wennberg C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.18	0	1	0	20:22	—	—	58	55
Alexandre Texier L	L2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.10	1	0	0	18:08	—	—	62	64
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.34	1	1	0	15:18	—	—	67	67
Nick Foligno L	L3	1	1	2	+1	3	0.59	4	0	0	16:07	—	—	43	50
Boone Jenner C	L3	0	0	0	0	6	0.33	0	0	2	15:17	—	—	46	70
Emil Bemstrom C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	1	2	0	12:38	—	—	43	49
Riley Nash C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	0	0	0	8:51	—	—	67	56
Sonny Milano L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:39	—	—	75	67
Jakob Lilja L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	0	0	0	7:32	—	—	60	53
Seth Jones D	D1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.28	0	2	0	27:10	—	—	46	44
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.03	0	1	0	23:12	—	—	48	42
David Savard D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	2	2	19:42	—	—	55	63
Ryan Murray D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.10	0	3	0	19:16	—	—	55	65
Markus Nutivaara D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	2	0	15:27	—	—	62	75
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.01	1	1	0	15:00	—	—	60	70

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joonas Korpisalo(start)	W	18	15	3	.833	1.58	61:47

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 7, 2019

Fantasy takeaways

Columbus Blue Jackets edge Buffalo Sabres 4–3 (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