ONGOING MAINTENANCE: Data prior to 2021 is being backfilled, so may be incomplete and have incorrect division alignment. Expected completion: August 15.
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Tuesday, September 28, 2021
7:00 PM ET
Nationwide Arena
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
5 – 4
Final/SO
Columbus Blue Jackets
 CBJ
56% xGF%
44% xGF%
BUF was expected to score 3.00 goals CBJ was expected to score 2.35 goals
P1 P2 P3 OT 0 1 2 3 Cumulative xG BUF CBJ Dots represent goals
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
xG by State Buffalo Sabres Columbus Blue Jackets
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Power Play — 0.55 2 — 0.83 1
Even Strength — 2.45 2 — 1.41 3
Penalty Kill — 0.00 0 — 0.11 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 39:12 1.51 1
Up 1 0:00 0.00 0 13:58 0.30 2
Tied 11:28 0.26 0 11:28 0.54 1
Down 1 13:58 0.67 1 0:00 0.00 0
Down 2+ 39:12 2.06 3 0:00 0.00 0
  • Oliver Bjorkstrand scores at 5:56 in the 1st period 0.12 xG (0-1)
  • Oliver Bjorkstrand scores at 9:37 in the 1st period 0.04 xG (0-2)
  • Arttu Ruotsalainen scores at 11:20 in the 1st period 0.29 xG (1-2)
  • Vladislav Gavrikov scores at 0:27 in the 2nd period 0.02 xG (1-3)
  • Jake Bean scores at 16:08 in the 2nd period 0.01 xG (1-4)
  • Michael Mersch scores at 2:33 in the 3rd period 0.52 xG (2-4)
  • JJ Peterka scores at 17:56 in the 3rd period 0.13 xG (3-4)
  • Unknown scores at 19:06 in the 3rd period 0.07 xG (4-4)
BUF BUF xWin%
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Synthesized xGF% & GF% Analysis
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
BUF Unknown (?) 0.63 1 0 1 17 08:36 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Dylan Cozens (C) 0.45 0 0 0 21 17:46 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Arttu Ruotsalainen (C) 0.34 1 0 1 25 21:05 3 +2 0 0 0 0 0
CBJ Jack Roslovic (C) 0.28 0 1 1 25 23:08 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
CBJ Carson Meyer (R) 0.25 0 0 0 25 18:17 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
CBJ Eric Robinson (L) 0.25 0 1 1 25 18:25 3 0 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Brett Murray (L) 0.24 0 0 0 20 18:37 1 +2 2 0 0 0 0
CBJ Oliver Bjorkstrand (R) 0.23 2 0 2 23 22:05 3 0 0 1 0 0 0
BUF Anders Bjork (L) 0.22 0 0 0 26 20:18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
CBJ Unknown (?) 0.21 0 2 2 21 19:24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
CBJ Unknown (?) 0.18 0 0 0 19 16:05 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.18 0 0 0 15 11:48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CBJ Unknown (?) 0.15 0 0 0 19 15:03 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF John Hayden (C) 0.15 0 1 1 20 15:22 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Vinnie Hinostroza (C) 0.15 0 1 1 27 20:32 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
CBJ Kevin Stenlund (C) 0.14 0 1 1 22 17:34 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF JJ Peterka (R) 0.13 1 0 1 19 14:37 1 +1 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Unknown (?) 0.13 1 2 3 21 10:40 2 +1 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Zemgus Girgensons (C) 0.12 0 0 0 26 19:21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
CBJ Unknown (?) 0.10 0 0 0 16 09:27 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
CBJ Unknown (?) 0.10 0 0 0 17 13:14 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
CBJ Unknown (?) 0.06 0 0 0 17 13:53 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
CBJ Unknown (?) 0.06 0 0 0 17 11:14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Unknown (?) 0.03 0 0 0 25 15:00 1 +1 2 0 0 0 0
CBJ Sean Kuraly (C) 0.00 0 0 0 26 17:40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Ryan MacInnis (C) 0.00 0 1 1 16 08:24 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
CBJ Unknown (?) 0.00 0 0 0 14 08:18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Unknown (?) 0.00 0 0 0 23 17:17 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
CBJ Vladislav Gavrikov (D) 0.22 1 1 2 25 22:31 4 +2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Casey Fitzgerald (D) 0.13 0 1 1 25 17:51 2 +3 0 0 0 0 0
CBJ Jake Bean (D) 0.10 1 2 3 26 26:29 3 +2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Will Butcher (D) 0.07 0 1 1 32 28:15 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jacob Bryson (D) 0.04 0 0 0 30 23:11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
CBJ Gavin Bayreuther (D) 0.02 0 0 0 22 19:59 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0
CBJ Andrew Peeke (D) 0.00 0 0 0 22 20:48 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Ethan Prow (D) 0.00 0 0 0 27 21:10 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
CBJ Elvis Merzlikins (G) +4.06% 0.933 0.6 1 14 38:27 15 — 0
BUF Dustin Tokarski (G) +1.45% 0.941 0.2 1 16 33:56 17 W 0
CBJ Unknown (G) -11.50% 0.786 -1.6 3 11 25:00 14 O 0
BUF Aaron Dell (G) -12.63% 0.800 -1.9 3 12 29:56 15 — 0