BUF 3 @ CBJ 6 · Oct 1, 2026

Thu, Oct 1, 2026·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

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Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 54% of the time.

37%

45%

CBJ winsBUF wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

CBJ forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against BUF'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.

	Quinn–Ostlund–Benson	Thompson–Norris–Doan	McLeod–Krebs–Helenius	Carrick–Malenstyn–Kulich	Thompson–Krebs–Doan	Samuelsson–Dahlin	Crevier–Power	Grzelcyk–Metsa	Dahlin–Power	Grzelcyk–Power	Power–Metsa	Samuelsson–Crevier	Grzelcyk–Crevier	Samuelsson–Power
Coyle–Olivier–Sillinger	2:100.12–0.18	4:550.22–0.37		0:350.03–0.00	0:400.03–0.00	4:020.38–0.39	2:120.15–0.09	0:570.03–0.09	2:350.00–0.09
Johnson–Knies–Fantilli	3:040.02–0.13	1:080.00–0.13	1:480.12–0.07	3:030.13–0.05		1:280.06–0.00	3:240.03–0.31	1:410.02–0.00			1:040.00–0.07	1:040.00–0.00
Heinen–Garland–Lomberg	1:370.00–0.01	1:010.00–0.22	2:410.15–0.00			2:040.10–0.00	0:520.05–0.22	1:500.00–0.01					0:380.00–0.00
Monahan–Nichushkin–Voronkov	1:340.00–0.10	0:300.00–0.00	2:050.00–0.00	1:360.00–0.00		1:310.00–0.10	1:020.00–0.00	2:250.00–0.00			0:300.00–0.00
Monahan–Nichushkin–Garland	1:040.00–0.03	0:410.00–0.00	0:370.00–0.00			1:150.00–0.03			0:300.00–0.00
Heinen–Lomberg–Voronkov		0:390.00–0.00						0:400.00–0.00
Werenski–Mateychuk	1:470.12–0.09	5:240.26–0.52	4:030.11–0.00	0:550.00–0.01		4:050.17–0.30	3:320.17–0.32	4:140.02–0.01	1:130.09–0.00	0:470.00–0.00
Soucy–Andrae	2:280.00–0.00	1:040.00–0.00	3:030.01–0.00	1:460.07–0.04		3:040.00–0.00	2:070.01–0.04	0:320.00–0.00					0:370.00–0.00
Gudbranson–Christiansen	1:390.00–0.10		1:230.10–0.07	1:350.03–0.00		1:020.10–0.01	1:390.03–0.00	1:050.00–0.09			0:560.00–0.07
Soucy–Mateychuk	2:220.00–0.00		0:470.04–0.00		0:360.00–0.00	1:290.00–0.09		0:390.00–0.00					0:360.00–0.00	1:020.04–0.00
Werenski–Andrae	0:460.00–0.03	0:430.00–0.16		0:310.06–0.00		1:060.06–0.03	0:460.00–0.13	0:380.00–0.00
Gudbranson–Soucy	1:140.08–0.10	1:170.05–0.06				1:370.13–0.10			0:550.00–0.06
Andrae–Mateychuk					0:480.03–0.00				0:470.00–0.03	0:370.00–0.00
Gudbranson–Werenski									0:350.00–0.00
Soucy–Werenski
Gudbranson–Andrae	0:370.02–0.13						0:360.02–0.13	0:350.00–0.00

Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

CBJBUFFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals


Zach WerenskiCBJ	32	28:46	0:54	3:48	2	5
Denton MateychukCBJ	30	27:28	0:55	2:18	1	2
Rasmus DahlinBUF	28	25:58	0:56	2:18	8	2
Owen PowerBUF	28	25:25	0:54	1:45	4	6
Jack QuinnBUF	23	20:46	0:54	2:08	3	0
Carson SoucyCBJ	29	20:15	0:42	1:26	3	4
Tage ThompsonBUF	26	19:46	0:46	2:15	7	0
Josh DoanBUF	26	19:06	0:44	2:22	8	0
Charlie CoyleCBJ	26	19:04	0:44	1:35	2	9
Zach BensonBUF	21	18:34	0:53	3:16	5	0
Mattias SamuelssonBUF	26	18:21	0:42	1:15	3	5
Erik GudbransonCBJ	21	17:44	0:51	2:19	0	6
Adam FantilliCBJ	26	17:28	0:40	1:14	8	2
Noah OstlundBUF	22	16:42	0:46	1:18	2	1
Ryan McLeodBUF	25	16:41	0:40	1:16	3	3
Josh NorrisBUF	22	16:19	0:45	1:32	5	0
Louis CrevierBUF	24	16:14	0:41	0:55	2	6
Matthew KniesCBJ	24	16:06	0:40	1:02	9	2
Valeri NichushkinCBJ	22	15:45	0:43	1:30	0	1
Emil AndraeCBJ	19	15:37	0:49	1:41	2	0
Sean MonahanCBJ	24	15:31	0:39	1:12	1	5
Cole SillingerCBJ	22	15:21	0:42	1:13	0	5
Konsta HeleniusBUF	21	15:09	0:43	1:13	3	3
Peyton KrebsBUF	22	14:58	0:41	1:26	2	2
Kent JohnsonCBJ	22	14:53	0:41	1:13	6	1
Mathieu OlivierCBJ	21	14:32	0:42	1:24	0	3
Matt GrzelcykBUF	22	14:27	0:39	1:06	2	1
Zach MetsaBUF	21	12:54	0:37	1:09	1	0
Danton HeinenCBJ	17	12:11	0:43	1:47	0	0
Conor GarlandCBJ	19	12:09	0:38	1:25	1	2
Dmitri VoronkovCBJ	14	10:44	0:46	1:16	0	0
Ryan LombergCBJ	14	9:21	0:40	1:30	0	1
Jiri KulichBUF	17	8:45	0:31	0:55	2	5
Beck MalenstynBUF	17	8:11	0:29	0:50	2	5
Sam CarrickBUF	17	7:43	0:27	0:53	2	6
Jake ChristiansenCBJ	11	7:05	0:39	1:26	2	1

Buffalo Sabres 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 6

Who was on the ice

Shift totals