Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres

Apr 9, 2026 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Columbus Blue Jackets	0	37
Buffalo Sabres	5	24

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
13:41	BUF	Peyton Krebs (12)	Josh Norris (20)	0 - 1
3rd Period
07:19	BUF	Josh Doan (24)	Unassisted	0 - 2
13:21	BUF	Jack Quinn (20)	Logan Stanley (15), Jason Zucker (20)	0 - 3
13:46	BUF	Josh Doan (25)	Zach Benson (28), Josh Norris (21)	0 - 4
16:55	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin (19)	Logan Stanley (16), Tyson Kozak (3)	0 - 5

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
04:47	CBJ	Adam Fantilli	Slashing	2
15:42	BUF	Owen Power	Tripping	2
2nd Period
12:45	CBJ	Conor Garland	Tripping	2
15:23	BUF	Zach Benson	Roughing	2
3rd Period
02:31	BUF	Jordan Greenway	Delaying game puck over glass	2
14:47	BUF	Tage Thompson	Hooking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Columbus Blue Jackets	79	57	37	0	3.7	58.8
Buffalo Sabres	47	35	24	5	2.1	41.2

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: 3.7 expected, 0 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.1 expected, 5 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
Isac Lundeström · Kirill Marchenko · Adam Fantilli	6:06	85.7	86.0	0-0
Charlie Coyle · Danton Heinen · Cole Sillinger	5:06	62.5	68.0	0-0
Miles Wood · Sean Monahan · Kent Johnson	3:24	40.0	69.8	0-0
Boone Jenner · Conor Garland · Mason Marchment	3:04	50.0	69.5	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Zach Werenski · Dante Fabbro	9:16	40.0	42.2	0-0
Ivan Provorov · Denton Mateychuk	8:59	64.0	72.9	0-0
Erik Gudbranson · Egor Zamula	4:34	60.0	100.0	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	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
3	Charlie Coyle	C	-4	0	0	6	23:04	0.13	20-9	0.65-0.66
4	Cole Sillinger	C	-2	0	1	1	13:37	0.02	23-14	0.51-0.50
5	Denton Mateychuk	D	-1	0	4	0	18:06	0.07	19-14	0.69-0.90
6	Egor Zamula	D	0	0	0	0	10:37		12-4	0.43-0.10
8	Zach Werenski	D	-3	0	5	0	28:46	0.27	16-19	0.55-0.84
9	Ivan Provorov	D	-4	0	5	0	24:41	0.17	34-18	1.29-0.71
11	Miles Wood	L	-1	0	1	0	10:22	0.21	11-12	0.78-0.64
15	Dante Fabbro	D	0	0	0	0	16:30		16-12	0.61-0.25
19	Adam Fantilli	C	-2	2	5	2	21:25	0.46	11-10	0.35-0.40
21	Isac Lundeström	C	0	0	0	0	13:29	0.20	19-8	0.77-0.37
22	Boone Jenner	C	-1	0	3	5	12:50	0.24	17-13	0.79-0.62
23	Sean Monahan	C	-1	0	1	0	15:25	0.22	10-13	0.35-0.82
27	Mason Marchment	L	-2	0	3	2	17:56	0.46	10-7	0.39-0.40
44	Erik Gudbranson	D	-2	0	0	1	15:46	0.05	16-13	0.61-0.69
58	Danton Heinen	L	0	0	1	1	11:39	0.08	12-10	0.39-0.26
83	Conor Garland	R	-1	2	4	0	12:39	0.73	17-11	0.57-0.35
86	Kirill Marchenko	R	-1	0	2	0	21:58	0.11	11-8	0.36-0.09
91	Kent Johnson	C	-1	0	2	0	09:18	0.32	11-5	0.40-0.15

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
73	Jet Greaves	L	23	19	4	57:52	2.01	-1.99

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · Peyton Krebs	12:02	34.8	33.2	0-0
Jason Zucker · Ryan McLeod · Jack Quinn	10:14	33.3	19.3	1-0
Josh Norris · Josh Doan · Zach Benson	9:30	64.7	81.5	2-0
Jordan Greenway · Beck Malenstyn · Tyson Kozak	6:49	41.2	29.5	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Bowen Byram · Owen Power	14:41	37.0	68.8	1-0
Logan Stanley · Zach Metsa	11:50	52.6	36.7	0-0
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin	11:50	36.7	30.5	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

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
91	Josh Doan	R	2	0	2	3	0	4	0	14:42	0.71	13-7	0.85-0.18
8	Logan Stanley	D	0	2	2	2	0	1	0	16:19	0.08	13-19	0.45-0.92
9	Josh Norris	C	0	2	2	3	0	1	1	14:36	0.10	14-6	0.90-0.16
19	Peyton Krebs	C	1	0	1	1	0	1	4	14:35	0.05	11-18	0.35-0.57
22	Jack Quinn	R	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	14:48	0.20	10-15	0.41-0.74
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	1	0	1	2	0	3	1	19:47	0.11	14-20	0.69-0.91
6	Zach Benson	L	0	1	1	2	2	1	1	15:39	0.07	13-9	0.79-0.18
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	14:18		7-18	0.17-0.96
48	Tyson Kozak	C	0	1	1	1	0	2	2	09:38	0.09	9-13	0.30-0.48
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	12:00	0.05	8-13	0.36-0.41
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	21:03	0.06	15-27	0.46-1.20
24	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	19:32	0.04	12-20	0.62-0.38
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	20:11	0.07	16-17	0.87-0.25
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11:30		8-13	0.23-0.37
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	15:53		7-19	0.17-0.98
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	16:47	0.25	10-18	0.25-0.46
73	Zach Metsa	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19:26		11-11	0.45-0.54
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	21:16	0.22	9-21	0.43-0.71

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
92	Colten Ellis	W, SO	37	37	0	60:00	3.60	+3.60