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Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets

Oct 1, 2026 · Nationwide Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 26
Columbus Blue Jackets 6 23

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
07:21 BUF Mattias Samuelsson (1) Noah Ostlund (1), Owen Power (1) 1 - 0
12:51 CBJ Cole Sillinger (1) Charlie Coyle (1), Denton Mateychuk (1) 1 - 1
17:58 CBJ Matthew Knies (1) PP Charlie Coyle (2), Zach Werenski (1) 1 - 2
18:44 CBJ Adam Fantilli (1) Zach Werenski (2), Matthew Knies (1) 1 - 3
2nd Period
01:25 BUF Jack Quinn (1) Zach Benson (1), Noah Ostlund (2) 2 - 3
07:45 CBJ Matthew Knies (2) Emil Andrae (1), Kent Johnson (1) 2 - 4
13:14 BUF Konsta Helenius (1) Ryan McLeod (1), Owen Power (2) 3 - 4
3rd Period
14:21 CBJ Sean Monahan (1) PP Valeri Nichushkin (1), Dmitri Voronkov (1) 3 - 5
17:53 CBJ Mathieu Olivier (1) Charlie Coyle (3) 3 - 6

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
06:05 CBJ Carson Soucy Cross checking 2
06:40 BUF Tage Thompson Hooking 2
17:03 BUF Mattias Samuelsson Holding 2
2nd Period
03:58 CBJ Cole Sillinger Hooking 2
03:58 CBJ Mathieu Olivier Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
03:58 BUF Zach Metsa Fighting 5
03:58 CBJ Mathieu Olivier Fighting 5
11:06 CBJ Kent Johnson Hooking 2
3rd Period
09:10 CBJ Cole Sillinger Slashing 2
12:23 BUF Mattias Samuelsson Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 55 40 26 3 2.8 56.5
Columbus Blue Jackets 40 31 23 6 2.7 43.5

How the game went

1510505Start2nd3rdColumbus 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: 2.8 expected, 3 scored · Columbus Blue Jackets: 2.7 expected, 6 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 7:21 of 1st, a 7% chanceBUF goal, 1:25 of 2nd, a 8% chanceBUF goal, 13:14 of 2nd, a 7% chanceCBJ goal, 12:51 of 1st, a 14% chanceCBJ goal, 17:58 of 1st, a 19% chanceCBJ goal, 18:44 of 1st, a 5% chanceCBJ goal, 7:45 of 2nd, a 8% chanceCBJ goal, 14:21 of 3rd, a 23% chanceCBJ goal, 17:53 of 3rd, a 51% chanceBUF 2.8CBJ 2.7

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
Jack Quinn · Noah Ostlund · Zach Benson11:1372.265.91-1
Tage Thompson · Josh Norris · Josh Doan10:1966.772.30-0
Ryan McLeod · Peyton Krebs · Konsta Helenius10:0521.410.90-0
Sam Carrick · Beck Malenstyn · Jiri Kulich6:0042.932.00-2
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin13:0354.547.70-1
Louis Crevier · Owen Power10:1963.276.91-1
Matt Grzelcyk · Zach Metsa8:1255.665.80-0

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

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
25 Owen Power D 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 25:25 19-13 0.97-0.51
86 Noah Ostlund C 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 16:42 0.31 15-6 0.57-0.26
22 Jack Quinn R 1 0 1 -1 0 4 1 20:46 0.44 15-5 0.59-0.26
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 1 0 1 -2 4 1 0 18:21 0.07 13-13 0.57-0.77
94 Konsta Helenius C 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 15:09 0.12 5-11 0.13-0.51
6 Zach Benson L 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 18:34 0.47 15-6 0.59-0.26
71 Ryan McLeod C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16:41 6-12 0.21-0.62
9 Josh Norris C 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 16:19 0.11 15-8 0.90-0.43
10 Sam Carrick C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 07:43 0.00 3-5 0.07-0.15
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14:58 0.06 5-12 0.10-0.55
20 Jiri Kulich C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 08:45 0.07 4-4 0.09-0.15
24 Matt Grzelcyk D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:27 6-7 0.09-0.13
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 25:58 0.22 17-13 0.69-0.86
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 4 08:11 0.01 3-4 0.07-0.15
46 Louis Crevier D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:14 0.03 14-9 0.77-0.34
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 19:46 0.55 16-8 0.89-0.35
73 Zach Metsa D 0 0 0 -1 5 0 0 12:54 8-5 0.19-0.17
91 Josh Doan R 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 19:06 0.34 16-9 0.89-0.46
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen L 22 17 5 59:08 2.20 -2.80

Columbus Blue Jackets

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Charlie Coyle · Mathieu Olivier · Cole Sillinger10:1844.448.31-0
Kent Johnson · Matthew Knies · Adam Fantilli10:1738.143.12-1
Danton Heinen · Conor Garland · Ryan Lomberg6:2850.040.60-0
Sean Monahan · Valeri Nichushkin · Dmitri Voronkov6:190.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zach Werenski · Denton Mateychuk15:0845.843.21-0
Carson Soucy · Emil Andrae8:4537.555.91-0
Erik Gudbranson · Jake Christiansen5:1654.537.70-0

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
89 Matthew Knies L 2 1 3 0 0 4 0 16:06 0.53 9-14 0.41-0.42
3 Charlie Coyle C 0 3 3 2 0 0 2 19:04 9-11 0.61-0.65
8 Zach Werenski D 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 28:46 0.15 14-21 0.77-0.98
4 Cole Sillinger C 1 0 1 2 4 3 1 15:21 0.36 10-12 0.64-0.69
19 Adam Fantilli C 1 0 1 0 0 2 6 17:28 0.13 12-14 0.35-0.42
23 Sean Monahan C 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 15:31 0.23 2-5 0.13-0.18
24 Mathieu Olivier R 1 0 1 2 7 3 3 14:32 0.28 9-12 0.61-0.73
5 Denton Mateychuk D 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 27:28 0.04 14-16 0.87-0.96
10 Dmitri Voronkov L 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 10:44 3-2 0.09-0.12
36 Emil Andrae D 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 15:37 9-15 0.40-0.40
43 Valeri Nichushkin R 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 15:45 3-6 0.03-0.25
91 Kent Johnson C 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 14:53 0.03 10-14 0.32-0.46
2 Jake Christiansen D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 07:05 0.02 7-5 0.10-0.17
7 Carson Soucy D 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 20:15 0.05 7-11 0.37-0.39
44 Erik Gudbranson D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:44 0.02 9-10 0.26-0.46
58 Danton Heinen L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 12:11 0.27 8-9 0.34-0.42
83 Conor Garland R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:09 0.09 8-11 0.43-0.37
94 Ryan Lomberg L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:21 0.04 7-7 0.21-0.31
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
73 Jet Greaves W 26 23 3 60:00 2.75 -0.25