Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets

Feb 23, 2024 · Nationwide Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Buffalo Sabres	2	37
Columbus Blue Jackets	1	26

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
12:05	CBJ	Dmitri Voronkov (15) PP	Kirill Marchenko (13), Ivan Provorov (21)	0 - 1
16:16	BUF	Zemgus Girgensons (6)	Kyle Okposo (8), Kale Clague (1)	1 - 1
3rd Period
03:05	BUF	Connor Clifton (1)	Jacob Bryson (3), Zach Benson (11)	2 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
03:35	CBJ	Sean Kuraly	Tripping	2
07:39	BUF	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Hooking	2
07:52	CBJ	Boone Jenner	Tripping	2
10:30	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	Holding the stick	2
2nd Period
10:00	BUF	Kale Clague	Hooking	2
15:26	CBJ	Damon Severson	Holding	2
18:36	CBJ	Dmitri Voronkov	Tripping	2
3rd Period
20:00	CBJ	Zach Werenski	Interference	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres	63	51	37	2	3.1	56.6
Columbus Blue Jackets	56	40	26	1	2.6	43.4

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

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 3.1 expected, 2 scored · Columbus Blue Jackets: 2.6 expected, 1 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

Buffalo Sabres

Columbus Blue Jackets

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.

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jordan Greenway · Casey Mittelstadt · Dylan Cozens	8:38	42.9	20.7	0-0
Peyton Krebs · JJ Peterka · Zach Benson	8:29	65.0	66.8	1-0
Jeff Skinner · Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson	8:05	44.4	64.6	0-0
Kyle Okposo · Zemgus Girgensons · Eric Robinson	6:52	100.0	100.0	1-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Henri Jokiharju · Rasmus Dahlin	17:36	47.2	50.6	0-0
Connor Clifton · Jacob Bryson	12:22	66.7	87.6	1-0
Kale Clague · Ryan Johnson	7:21	47.4	74.3	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	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	1	0	1	1	0	1	3	11:02	0.01	9-4	0.38-0.06
75	Connor Clifton	D	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	20:03	0.03	13-6	0.42-0.13
6	Zach Benson	L	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	13:15	0.06	15-7	0.59-0.27
8	Kyle Okposo	R	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	12:59	0.17	13-0	0.60-0.00
38	Kale Clague	D	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	08:31	0.05	9-10	0.42-0.14
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	20:18	0.02	15-6	0.57-0.20
10	JJ Peterka	R	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	14:38	0.32	18-14	0.86-0.62
11	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	18:36	0.14	11-8	0.22-0.29
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	19:24	0.04	9-8	0.17-0.29
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	15:46	0.60	18-11	0.94-0.47
20	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	25:07	0.01	17-21	1.03-1.23
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	16:06	0.04	7-9	0.09-0.44
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	29:54	0.41	27-19	1.35-1.00
33	Ryan Johnson	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	10:41	0.01	13-10	0.47-0.14
50	Eric Robinson	L	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	10:51	0.16	12-6	0.63-0.26
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	13:03	0.55	11-14	0.74-0.45
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	17:14	0.50	9-15	0.58-0.63
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17:03		9-12	0.58-0.50

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	W	26	25	1	59:54	2.59	+1.59

Columbus Blue Jackets

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Johnny Gaudreau · Boone Jenner · Jack Roslovic	9:54	50.0	37.8	0-1
Kirill Marchenko · Dmitri Voronkov · Egor Chinakhov	9:40	50.0	63.5	0-0
Justin Danforth · Kent Johnson · Cole Sillinger	7:54	46.7	50.2	0-1
Sean Kuraly · Mathieu Olivier · Alexandre Texier	7:26	30.0	35.9	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Damon Severson · Ivan Provorov	15:08	56.5	64.4	0-0
Zach Werenski · Adam Boqvist	12:06	30.0	23.8	0-1
Erik Gudbranson · Jake Bean	9:23	36.4	31.8	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
10	Dmitri Voronkov	L	1	0	1	0	2	3	1	14:13	0.20	9-8	0.51-0.21
9	Ivan Provorov	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	22:01	0.13	14-11	0.43-0.31
86	Kirill Marchenko	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	16:48	0.33	8-11	0.36-0.44
4	Cole Sillinger	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	15:18	0.19	8-11	0.28-0.51
8	Zach Werenski	D	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	24:10	0.19	11-19	0.50-0.75
13	Johnny Gaudreau	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	19:49	0.06	15-18	0.47-1.02
15	Justin Danforth	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	10:53	0.02	7-11	0.26-0.47
22	Boone Jenner	C	0	0	0	-1	2	3	1	21:43	0.16	17-19	0.55-1.18
24	Jake Bean	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14:18		9-18	0.41-1.15
24	Mathieu Olivier	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	09:57		4-8	0.10-0.20
34	Adam Boqvist	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	20:22	0.25	8-17	0.25-0.79
44	Erik Gudbranson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	19:15	0.02	14-19	0.77-1.02
52	Sean Kuraly	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	12:36	0.03	3-11	0.10-0.44
59	Egor Chinakhov	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	17:53	0.28	10-10	0.56-0.41
78	Damon Severson	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	18:10	0.07	18-10	0.67-0.23
85	Alexandre Texier	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10:08		3-10	0.10-0.39
91	Kent Johnson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	11:53	0.09	7-9	0.26-0.30
96	Jack Roslovic	C	0	0	0	-1	0	6	0	16:03	0.52	15-15	0.53-0.82

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
80	Daniil Tarasov	L	37	35	2	56:30	3.17	+1.17