Buffalo Sabres vs. Columbus Blue JacketsApr 14, 2023

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	3	2	5		BUF	16	11	9	36
CBJ	1	1	0	2		CBJ	8	15	8	31

: BUF 66CBJ 52
: BUF 4.73CBJ 3.19
PP goals: BUF 0CBJ 0
Hits: BUF 5CBJ 15
Blocks: BUF 12CBJ 15
PIM: BUF 2CBJ 2
: BUF 58%CBJ 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–2

Buffalo Sabres beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–2 at CBJ. Jeff Skinner (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Adam Boqvist (CBJ) played 6:59, −11:55 down on his 18:54 season average over 45 games.

Points
Jeff Skinner had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 16:02.Skinner
Points
Casey Mittelstadt had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:00.Mittelstadt
Usage
Adam Boqvist (CBJ) played 6:59, −11:55 down on his 18:54 season average over 45 games.Boqvist
Usage
Henri Jokiharju (BUF) played 2:43, −18:37 down on his 21:20 season average over 59 games.Jokiharju
New line
New look for CBJ: Foudy–Johnson–McKown skated 13:30 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foudy Johnson McKown
Usage
Gavin Bayreuther (CBJ) played 8:19, −7:47 down on his 16:06 season average over 50 games.Bayreuther
New line
New look for BUF: Olofsson–Cozens–Rousek skated 7:01 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Olofsson Cozens Rousek
New line
New look for CBJ: Roslovic–Bemstrom–Luoto skated 10:50 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (43.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Roslovic Bemstrom Luoto

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 118 of 118 attempts · CBJ 52 · BUF 66

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 44% of the game, CBJ 20%.

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
	78	59
	5.64	3.73
	5.42	3.40
	17	13
	0	5
	13	10
	+0.073	−0.073
	44%	20%

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

L1Skinner – Tuch – Mittelstadt
12:1270% CF
L2Olofsson – Cozens – Rousek
7:0164% CF
L3Okposo – Girgensons – Greenway
6:5763% CF
L4Krebs – Quinn – Peterka
6:4647% CF
D1Dahlin – Power
9:4461% CF
D2Stillman – Lyubushkin
8:3657% CF

PP1Skinner – Tuch – Mittelstadt – Dahlin – Cozens
0:59100% CF
PP2Olofsson – Krebs – Quinn – Peterka – Power
0:59
PK1FOkposo – Quinn
0:30
PK2FTuch – Cozens
0:24
PK1DDahlin – Lyubushkin
1:17
PK2DClague – Power
0:19

Current BUF line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Foudy – Johnson – McKown
13:3052% CF
L2Roslovic – Bemstrom – Luoto
10:5043% CF
L3Gaudreau – Kuraly – Marchenko
10:3758% CF
D1Berni – Sweezey
10:5440% CF
D2Knazko – Svozil
9:1932% CF
D3Peeke – Bayreuther
4:2889% CF

PP1Gaudreau – Roslovic – Boqvist – Marchenko – Johnson
1:20100% CF
PP2Bemstrom – Boqvist – Marchenko – Pyyhtia – Johnson
0:21
PK1FKuraly – Foudy
0:58
PK2FRoslovic – Marchenko
0:36
PK1DPeeke – Bayreuther
0:58
PK2DSweezey – Knazko
0:58

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
Jeff Skinner L	L1	1	2	3	+2	3	0.46	0	0	0	16:02	—	—	69	78
Casey Mittelstadt C	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.42	0	0	0	16:00	—	—	69	80
Alex Tuch R	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.55	0	0	0	15:18	—	—	63	76
Victor Olofsson L	L2	1	0	1	+2	5	0.53	0	0	0	16:49	—	—	57	62
Dylan Cozens C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.29	0	0	0	15:55	—	—	63	65
Lukas Rousek R	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.28	0	0	0	13:34	—	—	61	60
Kyle Okposo R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.57	1	0	0	15:25	—	—	52	68
Zemgus Girgensons C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	1	0	14:36	—	—	52	68
Jordan Greenway L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.22	1	0	0	11:49	—	—	58	60
Jack Quinn R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.33	0	0	0	16:12	—	—	50	42
Peyton Krebs C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.14	2	0	0	14:20	—	—	47	37
JJ Peterka R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	0	0	0	13:37	—	—	45	32
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.38	0	1	0	26:10	—	—	65	75
Owen Power D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	0	1	0	23:50	—	—	51	51
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.09	0	5	0	23:24	—	—	53	47
Riley Stillman D	D2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.19	1	2	2	20:49	—	—	60	59
Kale Clague D	—	0	1	1	+3	0	0.00	0	2	0	21:27	—	—	55	58
Henri Jokiharju D	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	0	0	2:43	—	—	63	84

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devon Levi(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	3.19	60:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Liam Foudy C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	19:08	—	—	51	39
Kent Johnson C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.14	0	0	0	19:00	—	—	49	42
Hunter McKown C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.33	0	0	2	17:24	—	—	42	28
Joona Luoto L	L2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.25	2	1	0	19:05	—	—	39	36
Emil Bemstrom C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.28	0	1	0	18:28	—	—	37	32
Jack Roslovic C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	0	0	0	16:11	—	—	46	42
Johnny Gaudreau L	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.13	0	0	0	14:59	—	—	56	54
Kirill Marchenko R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	0	0	14:25	—	—	50	61
Sean Kuraly C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	0	0	14:16	—	—	54	54
Billy Sweezey D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	7	4	0	22:52	—	—	33	29
Tim Berni D	D1	0	1	1	0	4	0.23	5	3	0	21:29	—	—	42	30
Samuel Knazko D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	21:42	—	—	37	25
Stanislav Svozil D	D2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.11	0	0	0	21:01	—	—	34	25
Andrew Peeke D	D3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.03	0	2	0	15:27	—	—	64	68
Gavin Bayreuther D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.76	0	0	0	8:19	—	—	65	68
Mikael Pyyhtia L	—	0	0	0	-2	1	0.09	0	2	0	15:07	—	—	27	27
Tyler Angle C	—	1	0	1	-2	4	0.34	1	0	0	12:08	—	—	29	34
Adam Boqvist D	—	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	0	1	0	6:59	—	—	53	47

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jon Gillies(start)	L	27	24	3	.889	3.22	40:00
Michael Hutchinson	—	8	7	2	.875	1.52	20:00

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 JacketsApr 14, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–2

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