CBJ 4 @ BUF 3 · Oct 28, 2025

Tue, Oct 28, 2025·KeyBank Center, Buffalo

Away

Columbus Blue Jackets

Final

Overtime

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Buffalo Sabres

Three stars

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 62% of the time.

31%

54%

BUF winsCBJ wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

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.

	Jenner–Johnson–Fantilli	Monahan–Marchenko–Voronkov	Wood–Lundeström–Chinakhov	Coyle–Olivier–Sillinger	Jenner–Olivier–Fantilli	Severson–Provorov	Werenski–Mateychuk	Fabbro–Christiansen	Werenski–Fabbro	Werenski–Provorov
Thompson–Kulich–Benson	4:420.01–0.23	4:040.19–0.48	1:140.00–0.20	2:370.04–0.17		4:590.09–0.47	4:450.15–0.12	1:460.01–0.08
Zucker–Quinn–Ostlund	2:240.02–0.11	1:010.02–0.23	2:570.25–0.07	2:250.15–0.00		3:400.15–0.01	3:470.02–0.34	2:210.10–0.11	0:330.00–0.00
Malenstyn–Krebs–Dunne	2:090.30–0.14	2:590.19–0.30	1:390.00–0.00	1:340.00–0.00	0:490.03–0.00	3:410.23–0.30	3:300.00–0.09		0:530.07–0.05	0:450.03–0.00
Tuch–McLeod–Doan	1:110.00–0.15	1:170.01–0.05	3:230.22–0.16	1:520.68–0.06		2:290.10–0.05	2:310.88–0.33	3:320.00–0.07
Tuch–McLeod–Benson	0:410.00–0.01						0:390.00–0.01
Samuelsson–Dahlin	3:120.26–0.26	3:410.02–0.64	3:380.04–0.01	3:310.04–0.15	1:000.08–0.00	3:230.27–0.30	5:200.07–0.14	4:170.06–0.18	1:550.00–0.36	0:510.03–0.00
Timmins–Power	3:270.07–0.16	4:280.04–0.68	2:530.39–0.50	2:500.66–0.22		4:040.04–0.55	6:410.85–0.59	1:450.00–0.11	1:190.07–0.29	0:380.11–0.16
Kesselring–Byram	4:250.01–0.22	2:570.21–0.17	3:090.09–0.07	3:030.11–0.01		8:340.27–0.18	3:360.22–0.22	2:240.01–0.07
Timmins–Dahlin	0:380.00–0.00					0:530.00–0.00
Kesselring–Power							0:310.06–0.00

Shift chart

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


Zach WerenskiCBJ	29	27:59	0:58	2:06	4	2
Ivan ProvorovCBJ	27	26:13	0:58	2:11	3	5
Rasmus DahlinBUF	26	23:01	0:53	1:32	0	3
Denton MateychukCBJ	24	22:55	0:57	2:04	3	5
Owen PowerBUF	26	21:07	0:49	1:42	5	3
Damon SeversonCBJ	26	20:07	0:46	1:25	5	6
Jiri KulichBUF	30	19:56	0:40	1:17	6	7
Mattias SamuelssonBUF	25	19:48	0:48	1:39	2	3
Tage ThompsonBUF	26	19:26	0:45	1:23	6	5
Bowen ByramBUF	26	19:19	0:45	1:12	2	4
Zach BensonBUF	24	19:13	0:48	1:27	6	4
Conor TimminsBUF	23	18:42	0:49	1:26	3	2
Michael KesselringBUF	23	17:58	0:47	1:26	0	4
Adam FantilliCBJ	18	17:31	0:58	1:47	1	2
Boone JennerCBJ	19	16:56	0:53	1:47	1	3
Jason ZuckerBUF	21	16:20	0:47	1:21	3	1
Ryan McLeodBUF	22	16:17	0:44	1:05	4	0
Sean MonahanCBJ	23	16:05	0:42	1:19	6	3
Jack QuinnBUF	22	16:03	0:44	1:03	2	1
Kirill MarchenkoCBJ	21	15:52	0:45	1:19	6	2
Alex TuchBUF	24	15:39	0:39	1:00	4	3
Kent JohnsonCBJ	19	15:38	0:49	1:14	3	2
Cole SillingerCBJ	18	15:33	0:52	1:20	3	3
Mathieu OlivierCBJ	17	15:24	0:54	1:28	3	2
Dante FabbroCBJ	18	14:54	0:50	1:32	1	1
Charlie CoyleCBJ	20	14:44	0:44	1:04	3	5
Dmitri VoronkovCBJ	20	13:59	0:42	1:13	7	2
Josh DoanBUF	21	13:50	0:40	1:21	4	2
Beck MalenstynBUF	22	13:48	0:38	1:06	1	7
Isac LundeströmCBJ	19	13:48	0:44	1:25	2	2
Miles WoodCBJ	18	13:24	0:45	1:11	2	2
Egor ChinakhovCBJ	18	12:49	0:43	1:09	2	2
Peyton KrebsBUF	20	12:47	0:38	1:03	0	5
Josh DunneBUF	21	12:45	0:36	1:00	1	5
Noah OstlundBUF	18	12:16	0:41	1:02	2	1
Jake ChristiansenCBJ	13	10:48	0:50	1:44	1	0

Columbus Blue Jackets 4, Buffalo Sabres 3 (OT)

Who was on the ice

Shift totals