Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres

Feb 1, 2020 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Columbus Blue Jackets	1	23
Buffalo Sabres	2	24

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
16:08	BUF	Evan Rodrigues (3)	Rasmus Dahlin (27)	0 - 1
3rd Period
05:45	CBJ	Oliver Bjorkstrand (17)	Gustav Nyquist (22), Pierre-Luc Dubois (24)	1 - 1
Overtime
00:36	BUF	Jack Eichel (31)	Rasmus Ristolainen (19), Sam Reinhart (25)	1 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
10:44	BUF	Michael Frolik	Tripping	2
3rd Period
02:31	BUF	Johan Larsson	Holding	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Columbus Blue Jackets	49	36	23	1	2.1	50.0
Buffalo Sabres	40	34	24	2	1.4	50.0

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: 2.1 expected, 1 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 1.4 expected, 2 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
Nick Foligno · Oliver Bjorkstrand · Pierre-Luc Dubois	11:48	76.5	69.6	0-0
Gustav Nyquist · Cam Atkinson · Alexander Wennberg	7:54	46.7	55.9	0-0
Nathan Gerbe · Boone Jenner · Emil Bemstrom	7:41	36.4	40.5	0-1
Riley Nash · Eric Robinson · Jakob Lilja	6:46	33.3	44.7	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Seth Jones · Zach Werenski	20:31	36.7	34.8	0-0
David Savard · Vladislav Gavrikov	18:10	56.0	63.7	0-1
Scott Harrington · Markus Nutivaara	14:50	57.1	73.7	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

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	+/-	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
28	Oliver Bjorkstrand	R	1	0	1	1	4	0	20:16	0.28	18-8	0.71-0.45
14	Gustav Nyquist	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	17:24		12-12	0.56-0.50
80	Pierre-Luc Dubois	C	0	1	1	0	1	0	19:58	0.38	17-8	0.71-0.45
3	Seth Jones	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	23:35		12-19	0.48-0.88
8	Zach Werenski	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	23:57	0.12	11-19	0.47-0.88
13	Cam Atkinson	R	0	0	0	0	3	1	17:19	0.15	10-12	0.42-0.29
15	Jakob Lilja	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	09:50		7-10	0.33-0.37
17	Scott Harrington	D	0	0	0	1	1	3	15:41	0.12	14-9	0.57-0.18
18	Riley Nash	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	12:33	0.02	5-10	0.30-0.42
21	Alexander Wennberg	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	18:01	0.05	10-12	0.37-0.29
22	Boone Jenner	C	0	0	0	-1	1	1	12:36	0.31	7-9	0.17-0.20
24	Nathan Gerbe	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	12:32	0.05	4-9	0.10-0.24
44	Vladislav Gavrikov	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	19:04		14-11	0.52-0.30
50	Eric Robinson	L	0	0	0	0	3	2	11:28	0.27	5-9	0.30-0.34
52	Emil Bemstrom	C	0	0	0	-1	3	1	12:15	0.17	7-9	0.17-0.20
58	David Savard	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	19:01	0.04	15-11	0.58-0.30
65	Markus Nutivaara	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	15:18		12-9	0.50-0.18
71	Nick Foligno	L	0	0	0	0	1	1	21:00	0.14	15-9	0.52-0.32

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
80	Matiss Kivlenieks	24	22	2	60:36	1.42	-0.58

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jimmy Vesey · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel	16:59	52.2	58.8	0-0
Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons · Evan Rodrigues	11:41	68.8	71.6	1-0
Michael Frolik · Marcus Johansson · Jeff Skinner	10:38	26.7	15.8	0-1
Curtis Lazar · Jean-Sebastien Dea · Conor Sheary	6:18	33.3	11.6	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Rasmus Ristolainen · Lawrence Pilut	18:36	47.6	44.2	0-0
Colin Miller · Rasmus Dahlin	16:46	65.4	53.8	1-0
Jake McCabe · Henri Jokiharju	16:11	33.3	43.0	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

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
9	Jack Eichel	C	1	0	1	1	0	1	2	20:49	0.12	15-13	0.56-0.38
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	14:16	0.16	11-5	0.37-0.15
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	20:28	0.02	15-14	0.53-0.39
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	17:10	0.02	17-9	0.35-0.30
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	5	24:26	0.06	12-13	0.39-0.52
6	Colin Miller	D	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	17:45	0.07	19-9	0.39-0.30
20	Curtis Lazar	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13:22	0.15	7-8	0.26-0.42
20	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	19:49	0.05	10-17	0.56-0.74
20	Lawrence Pilut	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	22:20		12-14	0.53-0.64
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	14:07	0.12	13-6	0.45-0.16
22	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	19:06	0.02	8-16	0.50-0.62
26	Jimmy Vesey	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	17:56	0.34	14-11	0.49-0.28
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	13:45	0.04	12-7	0.37-0.16
43	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	07:56	0.01	3-8	0.05-0.54
48	Jean-Sebastien Dea	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	06:54		5-6	0.06-0.35
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	15:37	0.14	8-13	0.33-0.58
67	Michael Frolik	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	16:27	0.04	7-12	0.30-0.60
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	15:35	0.06	7-14	0.29-0.68

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
40	Carter Hutton	23	22	1	60:36	2.12	+1.12