NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Oct 25, 2017

2 games: what happened that matters for your fantasy team, built from the play-by-play and shift charts.

Game recaps

Final

Full report

Buffalo Sabres

Columbus Blue Jackets

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.

•Seth Jones had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:19.
•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.
•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.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

St. Louis Blues beat Calgary Flames 5–2

St. Louis Blues beat Calgary Flames 5–2 at home. Alexander Steen (STL) led the scoring with 1G 3A.

•Alexander Steen had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 4 shots in 16:05.
•Mikael Backlund had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:07.
•Paul Stastny had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:08.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Alexander Steen STL	vs CGY	1	3	4	4	0	0	16:05	—
Mikael Backlund CGY	at STL	2	0	2	3	1	0	18:07	—
Seth Jones CBJ	vs BUF	1	1	2	3	0	2	21:19	—
Paul Stastny STL	vs CGY	1	1	2	2	0	0	17:08	—
Vladimir Tarasenko STL	vs CGY	0	2	2	3	0	1	18:40	—
Matthew Tkachuk CGY	at STL	0	2	2	2	3	1	17:31	—
Brayden Schenn STL	vs CGY	0	2	2	0	1	0	18:00	—

Line changes

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. Report →
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. Report →
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. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Chad Johnson BUF	at CBJ	L	38	5	.868
Sergei Bobrovsky CBJ	vs BUF	W	35	1	.971
Eddie Lack CGY	at STL	L	28	4	.857
Jake Allen STL	vs CGY	W	25	2	.920

Next up: tonight's starting goalies, today's line combinations and today's games. Takeaways are generated from the numbers with fixed rules; nothing is written by a language model.