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Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets

Jan 3, 2026 · Nationwide Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 1 33
Columbus Blue Jackets 5 35

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
03:00 CBJ Denton Mateychuk (8) Boone Jenner (12), Zach Werenski (27) 0 - 1
11:26 BUF Josh Doan (12) Josh Norris (8), Owen Power (9) 1 - 1
14:04 CBJ Brendan Gaunce (2) SH Unassisted 1 - 2
17:12 CBJ Dmitri Voronkov (14) Ivan Provorov (10), Damon Severson (13) 1 - 3
2nd Period
08:04 CBJ Mathieu Olivier (4) Zachary Aston-Reese (4), Damon Severson (14) 1 - 4
3rd Period
11:46 CBJ Cole Sillinger (5) Denton Mateychuk (11), Zach Werenski (28) 1 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
04:15 CBJ Damon Severson Hooking 2
09:08 CBJ Mathieu Olivier Roughing 2
09:08 BUF Josh Norris Roughing 2
11:52 BUF Jacob Bryson Tripping 2
13:41 CBJ Kent Johnson Hooking 2
18:01 CBJ Mathieu Olivier Cross checking 2
2nd Period
19:40 CBJ Dante Fabbro Slashing 2
3rd Period
10:36 CBJ Ivan Provorov Holding 2
10:36 BUF Zach Benson Embellishment 2
14:33 CBJ Ivan Provorov Interference 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 81 66 33 1 4.9 50.0
Columbus Blue Jackets 66 49 35 5 3.2 50.0

How the game went

151050Start2nd3rdColumbus Blue Jackets aheadBuffalo Sabres 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 Columbus Blue Jackets had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 4.9 expected, 1 scored · Columbus Blue Jackets: 3.2 expected, 5 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 11:26 of 1st, a 28% chanceCBJ goal, 3:00 of 1st, a 1% chanceCBJ goal, 14:04 of 1st, a 11% chanceCBJ goal, 17:12 of 1st, a 9% chanceCBJ goal, 8:04 of 2nd, a 7% chanceCBJ goal, 11:46 of 3rd, a 13% chanceBUF 4.9CBJ 3.2

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.

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 lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordan Greenway · Beck Malenstyn · Josh Dunne6:4037.574.10-1
Tage Thompson · Peyton Krebs · Josh Doan6:1131.646.50-1
Ryan McLeod · Peyton Krebs · Zach Benson5:0541.748.70-0
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · Josh Doan4:5561.571.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin14:2852.967.60-1
Bowen Byram · Owen Power12:5954.151.30-1
Jacob Bryson · Zach Metsa9:1335.023.90-0

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
91 Josh Doan R 1 0 1 -2 0 1 0 21:30 0.72 21-20 1.32-0.76
9 Josh Norris C 0 1 1 -2 2 2 0 17:38 0.60 16-10 1.03-0.73
25 Owen Power D 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 21:41 0.12 22-17 1.06-0.69
6 Zach Benson L 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 16:39 0.32 19-12 0.91-0.34
12 Jordan Greenway L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:36 3-9 0.29-0.38
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:28 0.01 15-23 0.78-0.66
22 Jack Quinn R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:53 0.38 13-12 0.18-0.41
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 20:59 0.17 25-21 1.78-0.85
24 Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 24:33 0.41 27-26 1.04-1.16
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 2 25:30 0.19 20-20 1.38-0.74
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 07:53 0.04 3-8 0.29-0.41
44 Josh Dunne C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 08:15 0.25 3-10 0.29-0.34
71 Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:59 0.27 17-13 0.63-0.45
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 -3 0 4 2 22:42 0.58 22-23 1.14-0.76
73 Zach Metsa D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:46 8-14 0.16-0.54
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 09:59 0.04 7-14 0.15-0.57
86 Noah Ostlund C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:36 0.10 15-13 0.74-0.86
89 Alex Tuch R 0 0 0 -2 0 5 2 19:49 0.74 24-15 1.35-0.74
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen L 34 30 4 58:34 2.95 -1.05

Columbus Blue Jackets

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mason Marchment · Kirill Marchenko · Adam Fantilli11:0155.648.30-0
Charlie Coyle · Boone Jenner · Mathieu Olivier8:5758.358.30-0
Brendan Gaunce · Zachary Aston-Reese · Kent Johnson7:5433.327.00-0
Danton Heinen · Dmitri Voronkov · Cole Sillinger6:3750.039.51-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zach Werenski · Denton Mateychuk13:3841.932.31-1
Damon Severson · Ivan Provorov11:1767.665.12-0
Dante Fabbro · Jake Christiansen8:2260.071.80-0

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
5 Denton Mateychuk D 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 24:15 0.01 20-25 0.86-1.79
8 Zach Werenski D 0 2 2 1 0 5 1 23:12 0.26 17-21 0.69-1.24
78 Damon Severson D 0 2 2 2 2 3 0 16:55 0.16 25-14 0.98-0.52
4 Cole Sillinger C 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 12:12 0.17 11-9 0.41-0.47
10 Dmitri Voronkov L 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 09:11 0.38 11-7 0.24-0.15
16 Brendan Gaunce C 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 16:14 0.20 9-15 0.20-0.55
24 Mathieu Olivier R 1 0 1 1 4 1 3 15:08 0.16 16-17 0.79-1.16
9 Ivan Provorov D 0 1 1 3 4 3 0 25:32 0.22 27-26 1.02-1.16
22 Boone Jenner C 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 17:44 0.13 20-21 0.79-1.36
27 Zachary Aston-Reese L 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 12:48 8-16 0.27-0.65
2 Jake Christiansen D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:22 0.00 11-9 0.50-0.25
3 Charlie Coyle C 0 0 0 2 0 4 2 14:49 0.54 18-11 0.85-0.61
15 Dante Fabbro D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 18:03 0.01 13-19 0.62-1.04
19 Adam Fantilli C 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 16:40 0.30 18-18 0.81-1.05
27 Mason Marchment L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:45 0.18 17-12 0.98-0.75
58 Danton Heinen L 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 08:51 7-6 0.10-0.15
86 Kirill Marchenko R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 16:28 0.33 22-19 1.02-1.07
91 Kent Johnson C 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 10:51 0.13 10-14 0.26-0.53
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
73 Jet Greaves W 33 32 1 60:00 4.75 +3.75