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Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres

Mar 31, 2019 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Columbus Blue Jackets 4 36
Buffalo Sabres 0 38

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
07:14 CBJ Pierre-Luc Dubois (25) Seth Jones (36), Zach Werenski (33) 1 - 0
13:46 CBJ Oliver Bjorkstrand (21) Pierre-Luc Dubois (33), Nick Foligno (16) 2 - 0
17:47 CBJ Nick Foligno (17) Ryan Dzingel (29) 3 - 0
2nd Period
15:31 CBJ Josh Anderson (27) Pierre-Luc Dubois (34), Ryan Dzingel (30) 4 - 0

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
11:46 BUF Zemgus Girgensons Interference 2
15:11 CBJ Dean Kukan Hooking 2
15:29 BUF Victor Olofsson Holding 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Columbus Blue Jackets 53 48 36 4 3.4 46.6
Buffalo Sabres 57 46 38 0 2.2 53.4

How the game went

202468Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadColumbus Blue Jackets ahead

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: 3.4 expected, 4 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.2 expected, 0 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndCBJ goal, 7:14 of 1st, a 10% chanceCBJ goal, 13:46 of 1st, a 9% chanceCBJ goal, 17:47 of 1st, a 10% chanceCBJ goal, 15:31 of 2nd, a 6% chanceCBJ 3.4BUF 2.2

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 lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brandon Dubinsky · Nick Foligno · Riley Nash14:0533.346.30-0
Boone Jenner · Oliver Bjorkstrand · Alexander Wennberg12:0547.682.70-0
Cam Atkinson · Matt Duchene · Artemi Panarin11:4327.629.80-0
Ryan Dzingel · Josh Anderson · Pierre-Luc Dubois10:5363.248.82-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
David Savard · Markus Nutivaara20:0932.350.20-0
Scott Harrington · Dean Kukan15:2350.069.80-0
Seth Jones · Zach Werenski15:1151.756.93-0

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
80 Pierre-Luc Dubois C 1 2 3 3 0 3 2 14:17 0.22 13-8 0.76-0.72
71 Nick Foligno L 1 1 2 2 0 4 3 17:00 0.35 11-15 0.55-0.33
14 Ryan Dzingel C 0 2 2 3 0 3 0 13:32 0.16 15-8 0.85-0.72
17 Josh Anderson R 1 0 1 4 0 3 1 14:06 0.52 18-7 1.31-0.70
28 Oliver Bjorkstrand R 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 13:36 0.80 12-11 0.99-0.19
3 Seth Jones D 0 1 1 3 0 3 1 20:09 0.04 21-15 0.90-0.41
8 Zach Werenski D 0 1 1 4 0 1 0 17:56 0.03 17-18 0.71-0.68
10 Artemi Panarin L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:23 0.08 10-21 0.39-0.84
13 Cam Atkinson R 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 15:18 0.42 9-21 0.38-0.84
17 Brandon Dubinsky C 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 16:07 0.02 11-15 0.61-0.34
17 Scott Harrington D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:09 15-15 1.28-0.54
18 Riley Nash C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:53 0.06 10-15 0.61-0.34
21 Alexander Wennberg C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:17 13-11 1.28-0.19
22 Boone Jenner C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:37 0.48 14-12 1.58-0.22
46 Dean Kukan D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 17:49 0.02 19-14 1.56-0.55
58 David Savard D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:08 0.21 12-23 0.95-0.89
65 Markus Nutivaara D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22:55 11-25 0.91-1.11
95 Matt Duchene C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:48 0.02 9-21 0.37-0.84
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
72 Sergei Bobrovsky W, SO 38 38 0 60:00 2.23 +2.23

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sam Reinhart · Victor Olofsson · Jack Eichel15:5072.074.00-0
Kyle Okposo · Jeff Skinner · Evan Rodrigues15:0664.740.20-0
Scott Wilson · Conor Sheary · Casey Mittelstadt11:2755.617.20-0
Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons · Alex Nylander6:4115.47.10-2
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jake McCabe · Brandon Montour17:1446.930.60-0
Will Borgen · Rasmus Dahlin16:0750.033.50-1
Casey Nelson · Lawrence Pilut13:5641.726.70-1

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 16:24 0.19 22-15 0.55-1.07
8 Casey Nelson D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 18:50 0.04 18-15 0.96-1.08
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 19:39 0.92 21-9 1.40-0.45
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:56 0.01 10-14 0.09-1.14
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:39 0.14 21-9 1.40-0.45
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 18:26 0.29 22-13 0.55-0.89
17 Will Borgen D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:19 0.01 17-13 0.55-0.80
20 Scott Wilson C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 14:25 0.03 10-10 0.09-0.58
20 Lawrence Pilut D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 18:11 0.01 15-18 0.46-1.28
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 08:43 0.03 2-12 0.05-0.72
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 20:45 0.00 16-17 0.52-1.11
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 20:49 0.04 18-14 0.48-0.82
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -3 2 0 2 08:18 3-15 0.05-1.16
43 Conor Sheary L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:14 0.03 10-14 0.09-1.14
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 17:46 0.26 24-14 0.77-0.85
62 Brandon Montour D 0 0 0 -1 0 7 3 22:48 0.24 26-19 1.21-1.30
92 Alex Nylander L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 07:24 2-11 0.05-0.63
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 17:24 0.01 18-7 1.19-0.42
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Linus Ullmark L 36 32 4 60:00 3.41 -0.59