Tue, Dec 19, 2023·KeyBank Center, Buffalo
Columbus Blue Jackets 9, Buffalo Sabres 4
Three stars
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 62% of the time.
28%
9%
55%
BUF winsCBJ wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
BUF forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against CBJ's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.
| Kuraly–Gaunce–Texier | Marchenko–Voronkov–Chinakhov | Gaudreau–Danforth–Fantilli | Bemstrom–Johnson–Sillinger | Werenski–Blankenburg | Provorov–Peeke | Gudbranson–Bean | Bean–Blankenburg | Provorov–Bean | Werenski–Bean | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Okposo–Robinson–Krebs | 2:160.35–0.06 | 1:060.00–0.02 | 0:390.05–0.00 | 2:360.04–0.22 | 3:100.22–0.28 | 2:080.18–0.08 | 1:340.04–0.00 | |||
| Tuch–Thompson–Benson | 0:470.09–0.10 | 0:460.00–0.02 | 5:040.25–0.31 | 0:410.09–0.21 | 2:550.26–0.00 | 2:380.00–0.17 | ||||
| Mittelstadt–Cozens–Peterka | 4:040.31–0.17 | 0:300.00–0.00 | 1:460.00–0.02 | 2:530.22–0.04 | 2:360.09–0.17 | 0:470.00–0.01 | ||||
| Okposo–Mittelstadt–Quinn | 1:290.05–0.39 | 1:520.05–0.00 | 1:310.00–0.05 | 0:410.05–0.00 | 0:560.00–0.00 | 3:140.05–0.44 | ||||
| Olofsson–Jost–Quinn | 2:350.00–0.00 | 0:440.00–0.00 | 1:120.00–0.37 | 1:490.00–0.00 | 1:170.00–0.00 | 1:140.00–0.20 | 0:330.00–0.00 | |||
| Cozens–Peterka–Benson | 1:300.42–0.00 | 1:500.01–0.00 | 1:160.04–0.19 | 3:140.43–0.19 | 1:090.00–0.00 | |||||
| Olofsson–Jost–Krebs | 1:210.00–0.21 | 0:460.00–0.00 | 0:550.00–0.20 | 0:400.00–0.01 | 1:010.00–0.00 | |||||
| Tuch–Thompson–Robinson | 1:040.00–0.03 | 0:390.00–0.13 | 0:380.00–0.00 | 0:470.00–0.03 | ||||||
| Samuelsson–Dahlin | 2:370.04–0.20 | 7:210.40–0.11 | 2:270.17–0.00 | 3:380.00–0.24 | 7:230.42–0.34 | 5:220.18–0.12 | 2:520.02–0.01 | 0:300.00–0.00 | ||
| Jokiharju–Power | 3:150.48–0.30 | 2:420.01–0.11 | 4:450.16–0.31 | 2:200.00–0.59 | 4:360.39–0.57 | 3:570.17–0.10 | 3:390.09–0.60 | |||
| Johnson–Clifton | 3:540.25–0.26 | 1:190.00–0.00 | 3:000.09–0.23 | 3:420.00–0.37 | 2:420.25–0.19 | 4:440.07–0.04 | 4:020.00–0.46 | 1:040.00–0.00 | 0:300.00–0.00 | |
| Clifton–Samuelsson | 0:440.00–0.09 | 1:110.18–0.03 | ||||||||
| Johnson–Power | 0:320.00–0.12 | 0:310.07–0.00 | ||||||||
| Clifton–Dahlin | 0:510.00–0.00 | 0:320.00–0.00 |
Every shift, one row per player.
BUFCBJFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Rasmus DahlinBUF | 29 | 24:04 | 0:50 | 2:07 | 4 | 1 |
 Zach WerenskiCBJ | 23 | 23:32 | 1:01 | 2:08 | 1 | 3 |
 Ivan ProvorovCBJ | 25 | 22:20 | 0:54 | 1:28 | 2 | 5 |
 Mattias SamuelssonBUF | 28 | 21:34 | 0:46 | 1:09 | 2 | 3 |
 Andrew PeekeCBJ | 22 | 19:08 | 0:52 | 1:37 | 3 | 3 |
 Zach BensonBUF | 23 | 19:03 | 0:50 | 1:33 | 2 | 2 |
 Nick BlankenburgCBJ | 22 | 18:42 | 0:51 | 2:00 | 0 | 2 |
 Connor CliftonBUF | 21 | 18:34 | 0:53 | 1:53 | 1 | 3 |
 Jake BeanCBJ | 22 | 17:50 | 0:49 | 1:18 | 1 | 5 |
 Owen PowerBUF | 24 | 17:32 | 0:44 | 1:15 | 3 | 3 |
 Kyle OkposoBUF | 20 | 17:26 | 0:52 | 1:30 | 3 | 2 |
 Tage ThompsonBUF | 22 | 17:22 | 0:47 | 1:15 | 2 | 3 |
 Casey MittelstadtBUF | 22 | 17:17 | 0:47 | 1:13 | 5 | 2 |
 JJ PeterkaBUF | 21 | 17:13 | 0:49 | 2:16 | 2 | 2 |
 Justin DanforthCBJ | 23 | 17:07 | 0:45 | 1:08 | 3 | 3 |
 Erik JohnsonBUF | 20 | 17:06 | 0:51 | 1:15 | 1 | 3 |
 Henri JokiharjuBUF | 24 | 16:38 | 0:42 | 1:24 | 3 | 4 |
 Erik GudbransonCBJ | 20 | 16:18 | 0:49 | 1:27 | 1 | 6 |
 Dylan CozensBUF | 25 | 16:04 | 0:39 | 1:32 | 3 | 5 |
 Cole SillingerCBJ | 22 | 15:47 | 0:43 | 1:08 | 2 | 5 |
 Egor ChinakhovCBJ | 18 | 15:30 | 0:52 | 1:10 | 3 | 1 |
 Kirill MarchenkoCBJ | 18 | 15:20 | 0:51 | 1:11 | 3 | 1 |
 Sean KuralyCBJ | 19 | 15:16 | 0:48 | 1:57 | 1 | 9 |
 Dmitri VoronkovCBJ | 19 | 14:37 | 0:46 | 1:14 | 3 | 0 |
 Jack QuinnBUF | 18 | 14:35 | 0:49 | 1:20 | 6 | 2 |
 Alexandre TexierCBJ | 19 | 14:33 | 0:46 | 2:02 | 1 | 8 |
 Adam FantilliCBJ | 17 | 14:30 | 0:51 | 1:18 | 3 | 0 |
 Johnny GaudreauCBJ | 18 | 14:22 | 0:48 | 1:52 | 4 | 0 |
 Alex TuchBUF | 18 | 13:57 | 0:47 | 1:16 | 2 | 3 |
 Kent JohnsonCBJ | 17 | 13:54 | 0:49 | 1:14 | 1 | 2 |
 Emil BemstromCBJ | 17 | 13:40 | 0:48 | 1:12 | 1 | 3 |
 Eric RobinsonBUF | 17 | 13:17 | 0:47 | 1:09 | 1 | 3 |
 Peyton KrebsBUF | 18 | 13:04 | 0:44 | 1:06 | 2 | 4 |
 Brendan GaunceCBJ | 16 | 12:32 | 0:47 | 1:48 | 1 | 5 |
 Tyson JostBUF | 15 | 11:40 | 0:47 | 1:08 | 4 | 2 |
 Victor OlofssonBUF | 14 | 11:00 | 0:47 | 1:03 | 4 | 1 |