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Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres

Feb 28, 2023 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Columbus Blue Jackets 5 36
Buffalo Sabres 3 41

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
02:53 CBJ Kent Johnson (13) PP Nick Blankenburg (6), Elvis Merzlikins (1) 1 - 0
03:11 BUF Tage Thompson (41) Jeff Skinner (35), Jack Quinn (17) 1 - 1
13:41 CBJ Eric Robinson (6) Unassisted 2 - 1
2nd Period
11:53 CBJ Eric Robinson (7) Sean Kuraly (7), Patrik Laine (22) 3 - 1
19:42 CBJ Boone Jenner (19) Nick Blankenburg (7), Andrew Peeke (5) 4 - 1
3rd Period
05:02 BUF Jack Quinn (11) Mattias Samuelsson (7) 4 - 2
09:46 BUF JJ Peterka (8) PP Owen Power (19), Peyton Krebs (10) 4 - 3
19:25 CBJ Eric Robinson (8) Boone Jenner (17) 5 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
01:24 BUF Dylan Cozens Tripping 2
2nd Period
00:09 CBJ Jack Roslovic Holding 2
3rd Period
08:20 CBJ Team Too many men on the ice 2
15:02 CBJ Sean Kuraly Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Columbus Blue Jackets 59 49 36 5 3.8 48.6
Buffalo Sabres 72 58 41 3 3.9 51.4

How the game went

0510Start2nd3rdBuffalo 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: 3.8 expected, 5 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.9 expected, 3 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndCBJ goal, 2:53 of 1st, a 5% chanceCBJ goal, 13:41 of 1st, a 9% chanceCBJ goal, 11:53 of 2nd, a 20% chanceCBJ goal, 19:42 of 2nd, a 17% chanceCBJ goal, 19:25 of 3rd, a 51% chanceBUF goal, 3:11 of 1st, a 2% chanceBUF goal, 5:02 of 3rd, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 9:46 of 3rd, a 11% chanceBUF 3.9CBJ 3.8

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
Jack Roslovic · Patrik Laine · Kent Johnson13:2564.361.50-0
Johnny Gaudreau · Boone Jenner · Kirill Marchenko11:3214.327.81-1
Emil Bemstrom · Liam Foudy · Cole Sillinger9:3246.439.60-0
Sean Kuraly · Mathieu Olivier · Eric Robinson8:2847.865.82-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Andrew Peeke · Nick Blankenburg14:0152.054.71-1
Erik Gudbranson · Tim Berni13:2058.374.40-1
Gavin Bayreuther · Adam Boqvist9:5855.652.71-0

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
50 Eric Robinson L 3 0 3 2 0 6 3 17:28 0.79 16-18 1.36-0.70
22 Boone Jenner C 1 1 2 1 0 3 3 17:53 0.41 3-16 0.18-0.50
37 Nick Blankenburg D 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 18:53 0.04 18-18 0.72-0.72
91 Kent Johnson C 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 16:37 0.33 21-10 0.87-0.46
20 Andrew Peeke D 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 27:09 0.03 15-26 0.69-0.87
52 Sean Kuraly C 0 1 1 2 2 2 3 13:46 0.09 16-15 1.23-0.61
92 Patrik Laine L 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 17:02 0.48 22-10 0.94-0.46
4 Cole Sillinger C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:04 0.23 14-16 0.51-0.80
13 Johnny Gaudreau L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:26 0.11 3-13 0.32-0.51
15 Gavin Bayreuther D 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 16:21 0.03 19-19 1.04-1.03
24 Mathieu Olivier R 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 09:51 0.45 11-12 1.11-0.58
34 Adam Boqvist D 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 15:16 0.02 20-16 1.05-0.97
43 Liam Foudy C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:17 0.14 14-16 0.48-0.71
44 Erik Gudbranson D 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 24:24 0.05 19-17 1.31-0.44
52 Emil Bemstrom C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:08 0.04 16-16 0.50-0.80
75 Tim Berni D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:38 0.02 16-16 1.10-0.72
86 Kirill Marchenko R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:34 0.01 2-13 0.18-0.51
96 Jack Roslovic C 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 17:47 0.01 20-12 0.82-0.50
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Elvis Merzlikins W 41 38 3 60:00 3.90 +0.90

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jeff Skinner · Tage Thompson · Jack Quinn12:5055.253.02-2
Vinnie Hinostroza · Casey Mittelstadt · Dylan Cozens10:4252.037.50-0
Kyle Okposo · Zemgus Girgensons · Tyson Jost9:3538.952.10-0
Victor Olofsson · Peyton Krebs · JJ Peterka9:0038.927.70-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Henri Jokiharju · Owen Power12:5451.543.51-2
Jacob Bryson · Ilya Lyubushkin11:4650.058.10-0
Kale Clague · Mattias Samuelsson9:4652.428.80-0

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
22 Jack Quinn R 1 1 2 0 0 4 1 15:29 0.51 19-13 0.92-0.74
10 JJ Peterka R 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 12:53 0.50 10-12 0.30-0.83
72 Tage Thompson C 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 19:15 0.51 18-15 0.84-0.82
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 1 1 -2 0 2 1 15:04 0.16 9-13 0.30-0.83
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 21:39 0.08 22-22 0.63-1.01
25 Owen Power D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 28:43 0.03 26-25 1.17-1.34
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 20:38 0.78 21-15 1.06-0.82
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:18 0.01 12-11 0.58-0.32
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:33 0.10 16-14 0.58-0.91
17 Tyson Jost C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:26 0.19 16-12 0.69-0.33
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 20:59 0.04 24-23 1.12-1.58
24 Vinnie Hinostroza C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 13:48 0.32 16-12 0.56-0.86
24 Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 17:18 0.11 14-14 0.54-0.90
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:34 0.38 10-12 0.44-0.33
38 Kale Clague D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 14:19 0.02 16-14 0.54-0.98
46 Ilya Lyubushkin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:58 13-10 0.73-0.40
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:55 0.04 10-12 0.55-0.46
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:01 0.14 8-16 0.32-0.97
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
41 Craig Anderson L 35 31 4 59:41 3.26 -0.74