Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres

Jan 11, 2018 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Columbus Blue Jackets	1	45
Buffalo Sabres	3	29

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
11:41	BUF	Benoit Pouliot (9)	Kyle Okposo (17), Jack Eichel (23)	0 - 1
3rd Period
07:18	BUF	Kyle Okposo (7)	Evander Kane (20), Brendan Guhle (1)	0 - 2
13:45	CBJ	Artemi Panarin (12) PP	Zach Werenski (10), Seth Jones (22)	1 - 2
19:54	BUF	Jack Eichel (18)	Ryan O'Reilly (19)	1 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
2nd Period
20:00	BUF	Rasmus Ristolainen	Roughing	2
20:00	CBJ	Josh Anderson	Roughing	2
3rd Period
12:26	BUF	Evan Rodrigues	Tripping	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Columbus Blue Jackets	73	59	45	1	2.0	61.7
Buffalo Sabres	43	33	29	3	2.7	38.3

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 Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while Columbus Blue Jackets had.

Expected goals

Columbus Blue Jackets: 2.0 expected, 1 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 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

Columbus Blue Jackets

Buffalo Sabres

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Josh Anderson · Artemi Panarin · Pierre-Luc Dubois	18:32	59.1	24.6	0-1
Nick Foligno · Boone Jenner · Alexander Wennberg	14:51	52.4	65.2	0-0
Matt Calvert · Lukas Sedlak · Oliver Bjorkstrand	10:33	72.7	81.1	0-1
Jordan Schroeder · Tyler Motte · Markus Hannikainen	6:12	33.3	34.5	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Seth Jones · Zach Werenski	21:27	70.5	31.9	0-1
David Savard · Markus Nutivaara	17:40	60.0	65.5	0-0
Jack Johnson · Scott Harrington	12:54	63.6	82.1	0-0

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

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
10	Artemi Panarin	L	1	0	1	-2	0	3	0	23:15	0.30	29-18	0.53-1.53
3	Seth Jones	D	0	1	1	-2	0	7	1	25:56	0.16	31-13	0.62-1.32
8	Zach Werenski	D	0	1	1	-2	0	4	0	25:08	0.08	31-18	0.62-1.60
3	Jack Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13:43	0.03	14-8	0.45-0.10
11	Matt Calvert	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	12:08	0.47	18-6	0.85-0.19
14	Jordan Schroeder	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	08:24	0.12	10-6	0.18-0.24
14	Tyler Motte	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	07:01	0.02	6-6	0.14-0.24
17	Scott Harrington	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	14:31	0.02	14-11	0.45-0.39
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	0	0	-2	2	3	0	22:00	0.04	29-19	0.53-1.57
21	Alexander Wennberg	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	18:12		12-11	0.23-0.15
22	Boone Jenner	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	17:09	0.07	16-11	0.24-0.15
23	Lukas Sedlak	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	11:39	0.04	17-6	0.83-0.19
28	Oliver Bjorkstrand	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	11:39	0.18	18-6	0.85-0.19
37	Markus Hannikainen	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	06:57		3-6	0.13-0.24
58	David Savard	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	19:36	0.08	21-15	0.68-0.42
65	Markus Nutivaara	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	20:04	0.05	21-17	0.68-0.40
71	Nick Foligno	L	0	0	0	-1	0	5	4	19:19	0.15	13-10	0.22-0.11
80	Pierre-Luc Dubois	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	22:47	0.21	27-18	0.50-1.53

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
72	Sergei Bobrovsky	L	28	26	2	58:32	2.15	+0.15

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jason Pominville · Ryan O'Reilly · Evander Kane	15:43	35.9	69.5	0-0
Benoit Pouliot · Kyle Okposo · Jack Eichel	14:23	34.5	39.0	1-0
Zemgus Girgensons · Sam Reinhart · Evan Rodrigues	9:29	64.3	74.6	0-0
Jordan Nolan · Johan Larsson · Scott Wilson	8:30	35.7	27.4	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Ristolainen	23:26	33.3	69.3	0-0
Jake McCabe · Brendan Guhle	14:40	56.3	57.5	2-0
Justin Falk · Nathan Beaulieu	10:05	37.5	22.4	0-0

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
8	Kyle Okposo	R	1	1	2	2	0	3	0	15:47	0.26	12-22	0.58-0.71
9	Jack Eichel	C	1	1	2	3	0	2	0	19:37	0.03	11-22	0.56-0.76
67	Benoit Pouliot	L	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	17:44	0.17	10-20	0.44-0.69
2	Brendan Guhle	D	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	16:10	0.11	18-15	0.74-0.56
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	1	1	1	0	3	1	19:15	0.79	14-27	1.19-0.56
91	Evander Kane	L	0	1	1	1	0	4	0	18:22	0.27	15-28	1.31-0.58
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	28:36		15-32	1.24-0.65
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11:49	0.04	9-6	0.22-0.09
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	11:54	0.05	10-7	0.22-0.09
20	Scott Wilson	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	10:45	0.01	6-11	0.14-0.36
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	12:22	0.10	6-10	0.14-0.33
22	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	21:14	0.02	20-24	0.76-0.72
28	Nathan Beaulieu	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	10:34	0.02	7-10	0.13-0.37
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	12:03	0.11	10-7	0.22-0.11
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	16:29	0.03	15-25	1.19-0.52
42	Justin Falk	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	15:18	0.04	8-19	0.12-0.58
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	28:16	0.07	14-33	1.23-0.61
71	Jordan Nolan	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10:26		5-12	0.12-0.40

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Linus Ullmark	W	45	44	1	60:00	2.07	+1.07