Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets

Mar 28, 2017 · Nationwide Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Buffalo Sabres	1	42
Columbus Blue Jackets	3	29

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
14:47	CBJ	Kyle Quincey (5)	Unassisted	0 - 1
17:48	CBJ	Cam Atkinson (34)	Seth Jones (30), Alexander Wennberg (43)	0 - 2
2nd Period
10:53	BUF	Evan Rodrigues (4) PP	Ryan O'Reilly (33), Jake McCabe (17)	1 - 2
3rd Period
18:55	CBJ	Brandon Saad (22)	Josh Anderson (12)	1 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
06:25	CBJ	Brandon Dubinsky	Hooking	2
19:25	BUF	Evander Kane	Hooking	2
2nd Period
04:54	BUF	Brady Austin	Holding	2
09:21	CBJ	Josh Anderson	Hooking	2
3rd Period
05:15	BUF	Jack Eichel	Holding	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres	63	51	42	1	2.5	54.7
Columbus Blue Jackets	48	36	29	3	2.7	45.3

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Columbus Blue Jackets had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.5 expected, 1 scored · Columbus Blue Jackets: 2.7 expected, 3 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

Where the attempts came from

Buffalo Sabres

Columbus Blue Jackets

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Tyler Ennis · Ryan O'Reilly · Evander Kane	11:10	63.2	45.7	0-0
Matt Moulson · Marcus Foligno · Jack Eichel	8:33	57.1	60.4	0-0
Brian Gionta · William Carrier · Evan Rodrigues	6:01	57.1	22.9	0-1
Nicolas Deslauriers · Zemgus Girgensons · Jack Eichel	2:22	50.0	0.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Dmitry Kulikov · Jake McCabe	15:35	34.5	19.4	0-1
Zach Bogosian · Brady Austin	10:43	65.2	66.3	0-0
Josh Gorges · Justin Falk	10:04	72.7	72.7	0-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	1	0	1	-2	0	5	0	13:57	0.28	15-13	0.28-0.86
22	Jake McCabe	D	0	1	1	-2	0	2	0	21:44	0.04	13-23	0.31-1.33
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	22:08	0.17	15-13	0.65-0.66
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	18:52	0.02	21-8	0.67-0.32
7	Dmitry Kulikov	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	25:35	0.03	12-22	0.45-1.03
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	0	0	-1	2	6	0	23:41	0.33	20-15	1.10-0.57
12	Brian Gionta	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	16:42		12-15	0.28-0.91
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	00:00
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	15:40	0.21	14-11	0.60-0.51
24	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	21:17	0.06	21-12	1.01-0.74
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14:21		9-10	0.38-0.45
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	12:23	0.04	9-7	0.40-0.23
28	William Carrier	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	10:36	0.22	15-15	0.61-0.59
42	Justin Falk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	14:51	0.15	20-9	0.68-0.36
44	Nicolas Deslauriers	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	08:20	0.27	7-5	0.33-0.16
63	Tyler Ennis	R	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	16:05	0.16	19-12	0.71-0.63
67	Brady Austin	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	14:18	0.02	17-12	0.98-0.57
91	Evander Kane	L	0	0	0	-1	2	8	0	25:24	0.52	21-13	0.81-0.94

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
31	Anders Nilsson	28	26	2	58:06	2.32	+0.32

Columbus Blue Jackets

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Nick Foligno · Cam Atkinson · Alexander Wennberg	10:49	30.4	44.5	2-0
Brandon Dubinsky · Boone Jenner · Josh Anderson	7:03	60.0	50.7	0-0
Brandon Dubinsky · Sam Gagner · Brandon Saad	5:54	63.6	53.6	0-0
Matt Calvert · Lukas Sedlak · William Karlsson	5:36	37.5	44.6	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jack Johnson · David Savard	19:04	32.4	36.4	0-0
Kyle Quincey · Scott Harrington	12:55	51.7	61.3	1-0
Seth Jones · Zach Werenski	11:44	68.4	63.6	1-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
13	Cam Atkinson	R	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	18:06	0.20	10-18	0.77-0.62
20	Brandon Saad	L	1	0	1	1	0	4	0	15:12	0.31	15-12	0.44-0.40
27	Kyle Quincey	D	1	0	1	1	0	3	1	17:17	0.28	15-17	0.75-0.53
3	Seth Jones	D	0	1	1	1	0	3	1	19:44	0.10	14-9	0.84-0.62
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	1	1	1	2	5	1	14:25	0.42	15-12	0.64-0.43
21	Alexander Wennberg	C	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	17:09		8-19	0.57-0.64
3	Jack Johnson	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	22:59	0.06	12-27	0.51-0.95
8	Zach Werenski	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	16:03	0.03	15-8	0.91-0.52
11	Matt Calvert	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11:02		4-8	0.41-0.55
17	Scott Hartnell	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12:14		7-10	0.23-0.39
17	Brandon Dubinsky	C	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	19:01	0.13	19-16	0.83-0.65
17	Scott Harrington	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	15:05	0.06	18-16	0.83-0.59
22	Boone Jenner	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	16:02	0.24	16-11	0.80-0.41
23	Lukas Sedlak	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13:18	0.09	8-10	0.52-0.42
58	David Savard	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	23:18	0.01	12-27	0.51-0.90
71	Nick Foligno	L	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	19:03	0.03	8-17	0.50-0.61
71	William Karlsson	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11:16	0.32	5-10	0.45-0.60
89	Sam Gagner	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	15:14	0.09	14-13	0.36-0.42

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
72	Sergei Bobrovsky	42	41	1	60:00	2.50	+1.50