Buffalo Sabres vs. Columbus Blue JacketsApr 10, 2025

FinalThursday, Apr 10, 2025· Nationwide Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	2	0	0	2		BUF	8	18	15	41
CBJ	1	0	2	3		CBJ	12	7	11	30

: BUF 77CBJ 58
: BUF 3.97CBJ 3.32
PP goals: BUF 0CBJ 1
Hits: BUF 15CBJ 25
Blocks: BUF 13CBJ 17
PIM: BUF 2CBJ 2
: BUF 50%CBJ 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Columbus Blue Jackets edge Buffalo Sabres 3–2

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Buffalo Sabres 3–2 at home. Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 1A. CBJ's first power-play unit (Jenner, Monahan, Werenski, Marchenko and Johnson) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:19 together.

Points
Rasmus Dahlin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 24:17.Dahlin
PP1
CBJ's first power-play unit (Jenner, Monahan, Werenski, Marchenko and Johnson) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:19 together.Jenner Monahan Werenski Marchenko Johnson
Goalie
Jet Greaves (CBJ) faced 41 shots and stopped 39 (.951), +10 against a season average of 30.8; the win.Greaves
Usage
Erik Gudbranson (CBJ) played 24:20, +7:00 up on his 17:20 season average over 15 games.Gudbranson
Usage
Jake Christiansen (CBJ) played 4:14, −8:26 down on his 12:40 season average over 67 games.Christiansen
Luck
BUF scored 2 goals on 3.97 expected goals (77 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Zach Werenski (CBJ) played 23:46, −3:01 down on his 26:47 season average over 80 games.Werenski
Usage
Ivan Provorov (CBJ) played 27:36, +4:18 up on his 23:18 season average over 81 games.Provorov

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 135 of 135 attempts · CBJ 58 · BUF 77

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 40% of the game, CBJ 35%.

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
	77	60
	4.02	2.33
	3.66	2.27
	19	12
	6	6
	14	29
	+0.012	−0.012
	40%	35%

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

L1Zucker – Tuch – Krebs
12:5552% CF
L2Thompson – Kulich – Benson
12:1652% CF
L3McLeod – Quinn – Peterka
11:1362% CF
L4Lafferty – Malenstyn – Ostlund
8:1250% CF
D1Samuelsson – Dahlin
15:0563% CF
D2Clifton – Byram
14:0552% CF
D3Bernard-Docker – Power
13:1047% CF

PP1Zucker – Tuch – Thompson – Dahlin – Peterka
0:5767% CF
PP2McLeod – Quinn – Power – Kulich – Benson
0:51100% CF
PK1FTuch – McLeod
0:53
PK2FMalenstyn – Benson
0:24
PK1DClifton – Byram
0:45
PK2DSamuelsson – Dahlin
0:32

Current BUF line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Olivier – Voronkov – Sillinger
13:1536% CF
L2van Riemsdyk – Johnson – Fantilli
12:3539% CF
L3Jenner – Monahan – Marchenko
12:3237% CF
L4Kuraly – Danforth – Aston-Reese
9:3468% CF
D1Werenski – Fabbro
10:5938% CF
D2Gudbranson – Provorov
10:2929% CF
D3Christiansen – Mateychuk
0:00

PP1Jenner – Monahan – Werenski – Marchenko – Johnson
1:19100% CF
PK1FDanforth – Sillinger
0:50
PK2FJenner – Monahan
0:26
PK1DGudbranson – Provorov
1:49

Current CBJ line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

11:54
BUFJJ Peterka (Ryan McLeod, Rasmus Dahlin)wrist0.02 xG
BUF: McLeod, Samuelsson, Dahlin, Quinn, PeterkaCBJ: Werenski, Fabbro, Olivier, Voronkov, Sillinger
BUF 1 – 0 CBJ
14:39
BUFRasmus Dahlin (Zach Benson, Jiri Kulich)wrist0.24 xG
BUF: Thompson, Samuelsson, Dahlin, Kulich, BensonCBJ: Jenner, Monahan, Werenski, Fabbro, Marchenko
BUF 2 – 0 CBJ
19:51
CBJJames van Riemsdyk (Kent Johnson, Zach Werenski)backhand0.15 xG
BUF: Thompson, Bernard-Docker, Power, Kulich, BensonCBJ: van Riemsdyk, Gudbranson, Werenski, Johnson, Fantilli
BUF 2 – 1 CBJ

3rd period

4:00
CBJZachary Aston-Reese (Erik Gudbranson)wrist0.03 xG
BUF: McLeod, Bernard-Docker, Quinn, Peterka, PowerCBJ: Gudbranson, Kuraly, Danforth, Aston-Reese, Mateychuk
BUF 2 – 2 CBJ
6:42
CBJBoone JennerPP (Kirill Marchenko, Sean Monahan)wrist0.54 xG
BUF: Clifton, Tuch, McLeod, ByramCBJ: Jenner, Monahan, Werenski, Marchenko, Johnson
BUF 2 – 3 CBJ

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
Alex Tuch R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.36	0	1	0	18:42	—	—	55	68
Jason Zucker L	L1	0	0	0	0	8	0.67	0	1	0	17:27	—	—	55	64
Peyton Krebs C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	16:11	—	—	58	68
Tage Thompson C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	0	1	0	18:16	—	—	53	67
Zach Benson L	L2	0	1	1	0	5	0.99	2	0	0	17:25	—	—	56	67
Jiri Kulich C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.30	0	1	0	16:36	—	—	51	66
JJ Peterka R	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.28	0	1	0	16:56	—	—	58	67
Ryan McLeod C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.12	1	0	0	16:51	—	—	67	67
Jack Quinn R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	0	0	0	14:45	—	—	64	67
Noah Ostlund C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:34	—	—	54	47
Sam Lafferty C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	2	10:20	—	—	55	43
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.33	1	0	0	9:34	—	—	53	45
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	1	1	2	+2	5	0.30	2	1	0	24:17	—	—	63	68
Mattias Samuelsson D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	2	2	0	20:00	—	—	63	82
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	0	0	20:52	—	—	56	56
Connor Clifton D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	16:41	—	—	56	67
Owen Power D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	0	0	0	19:57	—	—	51	54
Jacob Bernard-Docker D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	0	3	0	15:09	—	—	50	56

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
James Reimer(start)	L	30	27	3	.900	2.79	58:08

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mathieu Olivier R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	6	0	0	15:51	—	—	32	8
Cole Sillinger C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	2	0	0	15:48	—	—	35	8
Dmitri Voronkov L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	1	0	13:57	—	—	36	8
Kent Johnson C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.08	0	0	0	15:34	—	—	40	38
Adam Fantilli C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	1	0	0	14:58	—	—	41	39
James van Riemsdyk L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.51	0	0	0	13:55	—	—	39	33
Boone Jenner C	L3	1	0	1	-1	6	1.70	3	0	0	18:26	—	—	42	51
Sean Monahan C	L3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:47	—	—	38	42
Kirill Marchenko R	L3	0	1	1	-1	5	0.34	2	0	0	16:23	—	—	43	51
Justin Danforth R	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	2	2	0	13:19	—	—	67	55
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.15	1	0	0	11:58	—	—	65	65
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.16	1	2	0	11:57	—	—	61	56
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.08	0	2	0	23:46	—	—	42	37
Dante Fabbro D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	1	3	0	19:42	—	—	46	40
Ivan Provorov D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	2	0	27:36	—	—	45	26
Erik Gudbranson D	D2	0	1	1	+2	4	0.03	1	3	0	24:20	—	—	43	45
Denton Mateychuk D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	2	2	19:29	—	—	43	38
Jake Christiansen D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	4:14	—	—	43	31

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jet Greaves(start)	W	41	39	2	.951	3.97	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

JJ Peterka (BUF) 1st 11:54 · assists Ryan McLeod, Rasmus Dahlin · Rush · carried in · 80.1 mph shot · 1.7 s from entry to goal.

JJ Peterka · 1st 11:54 · BUF

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 80.1 mph
Distance: 35 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 s

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Rasmus Dahlin · 1st 14:39 · BUF

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 48.8 mph
Distance: 19 ft

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James van Riemsdyk · 1st 19:51 · CBJ

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 17.9 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Zachary Aston-Reese · 3rd 4:00 · CBJ

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 56.2 mph
Distance: 56 ft

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Boone Jenner · 3rd 6:42 · CBJ PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 6.3 mph
Distance: 7 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.