Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 30, 2023 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Columbus Blue Jackets	2	20
Buffalo Sabres	3	42

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
19:47	CBJ	Damon Severson (4)	Dmitri Voronkov (12), Egor Chinakhov (7)	1 - 0
2nd Period
00:40	BUF	Jack Quinn (3)	Dylan Cozens (14), Owen Power (13)	1 - 1
13:45	CBJ	Adam Fantilli (11)	Justin Danforth (9), Cole Sillinger (10)	2 - 1
3rd Period
11:52	BUF	Casey Mittelstadt (10)	Zach Benson (10), Mattias Samuelsson (4)	2 - 2
Overtime
01:20	BUF	Jeff Skinner (15)	Owen Power (14), Tage Thompson (11)	2 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
2nd Period
11:38	CBJ	Adam Fantilli	Hooking	2
14:33	BUF	Peyton Krebs	Boarding	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Columbus Blue Jackets	36	29	20	2	1.7	29.6
Buffalo Sabres	79	57	42	3	3.7	70.4

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: 1.7 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.7 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.

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
Johnny Gaudreau · Justin Danforth · Adam Fantilli	11:52	27.8	17.6	0-0
Kirill Marchenko · Dmitri Voronkov · Egor Chinakhov	11:32	41.4	38.1	1-1
Emil Bemstrom · Kent Johnson · Cole Sillinger	11:00	17.4	3.7	0-0
Brendan Gaunce · Jack Roslovic · Alexandre Texier	9:31	38.1	40.6	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Erik Gudbranson · Jake Christiansen	18:29	14.3	18.7	0-0
Damon Severson · Ivan Provorov	16:29	45.2	36.8	1-2
Jake Bean · David Jiricek	15:06	17.6	9.7	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
19	Adam Fantilli	C	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	17:10	0.18	7-18	0.31-0.79
78	Damon Severson	D	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	20:09	0.28	17-18	0.78-0.89
4	Cole Sillinger	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	15:46	0.00	5-22	0.17-1.00
10	Dmitri Voronkov	L	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	14:24	0.14	13-19	0.69-1.25
15	Justin Danforth	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	17:41	0.46	6-17	0.29-0.76
59	Egor Chinakhov	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	16:05	0.18	12-18	0.68-1.16
2	Jake Christiansen	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	21:07		10-30	0.38-1.06
5	David Jiricek	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	16:04	0.02	8-28	0.19-1.39
9	Ivan Provorov	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	22:41	0.06	16-17	0.53-0.89
13	Johnny Gaudreau	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	17:34	0.01	5-18	0.15-0.75
16	Brendan Gaunce	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	12:57	0.15	9-19	0.20-0.33
24	Jake Bean	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	18:57	0.02	6-29	0.15-1.39
44	Erik Gudbranson	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	20:29	0.05	7-30	0.42-1.06
52	Emil Bemstrom	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13:12		5-23	0.04-0.95
85	Alexandre Texier	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	12:16	0.03	8-16	0.18-0.47
86	Kirill Marchenko	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	15:29	0.08	12-17	0.68-1.11
91	Kent Johnson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14:57		5-22	0.04-0.91
96	Jack Roslovic	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	15:02	0.00	9-19	0.20-0.52

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
80	Daniil Tarasov	OTL	42	39	3	61:20	3.79	+0.79

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Dylan Cozens · Jack Quinn · JJ Peterka	14:40	74.1	85.4	1-0
Jeff Skinner · Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson	13:20	81.8	91.0	0-0
Jordan Greenway · Casey Mittelstadt · Zach Benson	12:21	65.0	91.2	1-0
Kyle Okposo · Eric Robinson · Peyton Krebs	7:12	40.0	26.1	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin	17:33	74.3	67.4	1-1
Henri Jokiharju · Owen Power	16:16	65.7	83.1	1-0
Connor Clifton · Ryan Johnson	10:43	53.3	53.5	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
25	Owen Power	D	0	2	2	2	0	4	0	21:26	0.31	35-13	1.80-0.27
11	Casey Mittelstadt	C	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	15:53	0.26	21-9	0.84-0.34
22	Jack Quinn	R	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	18:38	0.66	21-7	1.32-0.22
53	Jeff Skinner	L	1	0	1	1	0	7	0	17:07	0.63	29-9	1.12-0.35
6	Zach Benson	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	15:38	0.12	16-8	0.57-0.19
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	22:29	0.01	30-9	1.12-0.49
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	1	1	0	0	6	2	20:11	0.39	21-9	1.32-0.47
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	1	1	0	0	6	1	16:57	0.59	29-9	1.12-0.39
8	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	09:05	0.01	6-10	0.12-0.60
10	JJ Peterka	R	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	19:04	0.23	27-8	1.64-0.33
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	15:47	0.05	18-9	0.77-0.34
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	08:57		5-6	0.06-0.16
20	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	21:42	0.05	27-15	1.60-0.55
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	25:34	0.21	33-10	1.41-0.63
33	Ryan Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13:10		12-10	0.24-0.33
50	Eric Robinson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	08:36	0.07	8-6	0.12-0.16
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	15:12	0.02	15-7	0.49-0.16
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	16:34	0.16	27-6	1.01-0.10

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	W	20	18	2	61:20	1.70	-0.30