CBJ @ BUF 2–5 · 2026-11-06

ColumbusCBJBlue Jackets2

FinalNov 62026-11-06

Team	1	2	3	SOG
CBJ	1	0	1	26
BUF	2	3	0	36

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BuffaloBUFSabres5

CallNo lean · 60% BUF

Star 2U. Luukkonen.923 SV%
Star 3J. Norris2G 0A

Closing linesDraftKings

+142Moneyline-170+1.5 -170Puck line-1.5 +142O +102Total 6.5U -122+210RegulationTie +320 -110+1201st period-160+2251st · 3-wayTie +173 +152

Season odds

29%24%−5.3Playoffs47%55%+7.90.4%0.3%−0.1Cup1.0%1.7%+0.7

Story

– / 16

Result BUF 5–2Call No lean · BUF 60%Market BUF 61%xG 2.86–4.35 · deserved BUF 73%Swing Norris +18 1st 18:10Method

Goals and penalties with BUF win probability
Time	Event	BUF win before	BUF win after
1st 1:45	CBJ penalty · D. Severson · tripping · 2 min
1st 6:50	Goal BUF · J. Quinn	59%	75%
1st 16:00	Goal CBJ · K. Johnson	76%	59%
1st 16:18	CBJ penalty · C. Garland · interference · 2 min
1st 16:18	BUF penalty · Z. Benson · embellishment · 2 min
1st 18:10	Goal BUF · J. Norris	58%	76%
1st 19:23	CBJ penalty · D. Severson · tripping · 2 min
2nd 1:34	BUF penalty · J. Quinn · too many men on the ice · 2 min
2nd 4:30	Goal BUF · R. Dahlin	77%	90%
2nd 9:46	Goal BUF · J. Norris	91%	97%
2nd 10:53	Goal BUF · J. Doan	97%	99%
2nd 10:53	CBJ penalty · M. Knies · delaying game unsuccessful challenge · 2 min
2nd 13:01	CBJ penalty · D. Fabbro · high sticking · 2 min
2nd 15:24	BUF penalty · O. Power · tripping · 2 min
3rd 16:45	BUF penalty · T. Kozak · tripping · 2 min
3rd 18:21	Goal CBJ · Z. Werenski (PP)	99%	99%

On ice · final horn

CBJ5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
3C. CoyleC	0:21	18:21	23	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	1	12-6
91K. JohnsonC	0:16	16:22	20	1	1	2	5	7	0	0	1	–
83C. GarlandR	0:14	13:06	17	0	0	0	3	3	2	1	0	–
2J. ChristiansenD	1:39	17:41	20	0	0	0	2	4	0	2	0	–
15D. FabbroD	1:39	17:06	22	0	0	0	2	6	2	3	2	–
73J. GreavesG		59:42	SA36GA5SV%.861xGA4.11GSAx−0.89

BUF5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
48T. KozakC	0:18	11:24	19	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	3-2
29B. MalenstynL	0:24	13:36	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	–
22J. QuinnR	1:12	17:21	23	1	1	2	3	4	2	1	0	–
21C. TimminsD	0:21	15:18	20	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	2	–
73Z. MetsaD	1:12	14:51	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–
1U. LuukkonenG		60:00	SA26GA2SV%.923xGA2.86GSAx+0.86

Goals

1st
Jack Quinn(9)
O. Power (10), C. Timmins (1)
xG 0.12backhandClip(opens nhl.com)
0–1 BUF1st 06:50+15.675%
Kent Johnson(8)
S. Monahan (5), D. Mateychuk (3)
xG 0.15snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–1 Tied1st 16:00+17.141%
Josh Norris(3)
O. Power (11)
xG 0.12snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–2 BUF1st 18:10+17.676%
2nd
Rasmus Dahlin(3)
P. Krebs (8), O. Power (12)
xG 0.03slapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–3 BUF2nd 04:30+12.790%
Josh Norris(4)
Z. Benson (13), T. Thompson (9)
xG 0.30backhandClip(opens nhl.com)
1–4 BUF2nd 09:46+6.197%
Josh Doan(3)
N. Ostlund (6), J. Quinn (7)
xG 0.37deflectedClip(opens nhl.com)
1–5 BUF2nd 10:53+2.199%
3rd
Zach Werenski(2)PP
M. Knies (5), K. Johnson (8)
xG 0.05wristClip(opens nhl.com)
2–5 BUF3rd 18:21+0.01%

Shots

Shooters

CBJ2.86 xG43 unblocked · 13 blocked43 unblocked · 13 blocked

BUF4.35 xG51 unblocked · 14 blocked51 unblocked · 14 blocked

Goal, taller = higher xGSavedMissedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

CBJBUF2Goals52.86xG4.3526Shots3643Unblocked5156Attempts653High danger81/3Power play0/430Faceoffs2720Hits1914Blocks133Takeaways412Giveaways1510PIM8

Skaters

Player

Player
8Z. WerenskiZach WerenskiD	24:38	1	0	1	3	7	0.29	+0.71	0	3	0	0	—	0	-2
5D. MateychukDenton MateychukD	21:00	0	1	1	0	2	0.06	−0.06	0	1	0	2	—	0	-1
9I. ProvorovIvan ProvorovD	20:51	0	0	0	3	5	0.26	−0.26	0	0	0	2	—	0	0
89M. KniesMatthew KniesL	19:17	0	1	1	1	1	0.11	−0.11	2	0	1	1	100%	0	-1
43V. NichushkinValeri NichushkinR	19:11	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	1	2	0	1	0%	0	-1
19A. FantilliAdam FantilliC	18:52	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	−0.06	1	0	0	0	59%	0	-2
3C. CoyleCharlie CoyleC	18:21	0	0	0	2	4	0.31	−0.31	0	1	0	1	67%	0	-1
2J. ChristiansenJake ChristiansenD	17:41	0	0	0	2	4	0.16	−0.16	2	0	0	1	—	0	-2
15D. FabbroDante FabbroD	17:06	0	0	0	2	6	0.01	−0.01	3	2	0	1	—	2	-2
24M. OlivierMathieu OlivierR	16:39	0	0	0	3	5	0.56	−0.56	3	0	0	1	—	0	-2
78D. SeversonDamon SeversonD	16:38	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	−0.10	1	0	1	0	—	4	-1
91K. JohnsonKent JohnsonC	16:22	1	1	2	5	7	0.50	+0.50	0	1	0	0	—	0	0
83C. GarlandConor GarlandR	13:06	0	0	0	3	3	0.09	−0.09	1	0	0	1	—	2	-1
4C. SillingerCole SillingerC	12:51	0	0	0	1	3	0.22	−0.22	2	1	0	0	33%	0	-2
23S. MonahanSean MonahanC	11:06	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	3	1	0	36%	0	0
92J. WilliamsJack WilliamsC	9:54	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	50%	0	-1
18S. LorentzSteven LorentzC	8:45	0	0	0	1	3	0.09	−0.09	3	0	0	0	0%	0	0
10D. VoronkovDmitri VoronkovL	8:00	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	−0.05	0	0	0	0	—	0	0
CBJ total		2	4	6	26	56	2.86	−0.86	20	14	3	11	53%	8

Pony score

Incredible9.0+Great7.5+Good6.0+Average4.0+Below avg2.5+HorribleMethod

Forwards

Johnson7.5

Monahan7.2

Knies6.5

Voronkov5.1

Lorentz4.8

Coyle4.4

Williams4.3

Olivier4.1

Sillinger3.2

Fantilli3.1

Nichushkin2.9

Garland2.8

Defence

Werenski7.6

Provorov5.3

Mateychuk4.9

Fabbro4.4

Christiansen3.2

Severson1.5

Goalie

Greaves3.9

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Coyle·Sillinger·Olivier	4:22	6	1	10	9.1%	1	5	0	1	0.00	0.58	0.4%	−0.58	0	1	0%
Voronkov·Lorentz·Williams	3:39	6	4	3	57.1%	0	2	0	0	0.12	0.05	70.6%	+0.07	1	0	100%
Knies·Fantilli·Garland	3:21	5	3	5	37.5%	2	4	0	1	0.23	0.39	37.3%	−0.16	1	1	50%
Fantilli·Nichushkin·Garland	3:10	7	3	3	50.0%	3	1	0	0	0.02	0.00	87.0%	+0.02	1	0	100%
Knies·Monahan·Johnson	3:08	4	4	6	40.0%	3	0	1	0	0.33	0.23	59.0%	+0.10	0	3	0%
Monahan·Johnson·Nichushkin	2:01	5	2	5	28.6%	1	4	0	1	0.16	0.41	28.2%	−0.25	1	1	50%
Knies·Lorentz·Williams	1:44	3	1	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.0%	+0.00	0	0	—
Knies·Lorentz·Fantilli	1:32	3	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	1	0	100%
Knies·Fantilli·Olivier	1:25	1	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Fantilli·Johnson·Nichushkin	1:21	3	0	2	0.0%	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.13	0.0%	−0.13	0	1	0%
Coyle·Olivier·Nichushkin	1:17	4	4	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.05	0.00	100.0%	+0.05	0	0	—
Knies·Coyle·Olivier	1:09	2	4	1	80.0%	2	0	0	0	0.69	0.01	98.6%	+0.68	0	1	0%
Knies·Fantilli·Johnson	1:04	1	0	2	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.09	0.0%	−0.09	0	0	—
Fantilli·Olivier·Nichushkin	1:02	3	3	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.01	0.00	100.0%	+0.01	1	0	100%
Coyle·Johnson·Nichushkin	1:01	3	2	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Sillinger·Nichushkin·Garland	1:01	2	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Sillinger·Williams·Olivier	0:54	4	1	4	20.0%	0	1	0	1	0.01	0.27	4.6%	−0.25	0	0	—
Voronkov·Coyle·Olivier	0:51	1	1	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Coyle·Nichushkin·Garland	0:50	2	1	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.0%	+0.00	1	0	100%
Sillinger·Williams·Garland	0:50	1	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	1	0%
Voronkov·Williams·Olivier	0:46	1	2	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.05	0.00	100.0%	+0.05	0	0	—
Voronkov·Sillinger·Garland	0:41	1	2	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.02	0.00	100.0%	+0.02	0	0	—
Voronkov·Fantilli·Johnson	0:38	2	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	1	0	100%
Coyle·Lorentz·Nichushkin	0:36	1	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.18	0.0%	−0.18	0	1	0%
Sillinger·Johnson·Williams	0:33	2	1	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.20	0.00	100.0%	+0.20	0	0	—
Other 34 brief groups	5:10		5	2	71.4%	2	1	0	0	0.20	0.48	29.8%	−0.27
CBJ 5v5	44:06		44	44	50.0%	17	22	1	4	2.12	2.81	42.9%	−0.70

Goalies

Jet Greaves

CBJ · 59:42

Saves: 31/36
SV%: .861
GAA: 5.03
xGA: 4.11
GSAx: −0.89

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	21/26	.808	3.05	−1.95
Power play	10/10	1.000	1.06	+1.06
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	3/5	.600	1.86	−0.14

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

BUF · 60:00

Saves: 24/26
SV%: .923
GAA: 2.00
xGA: 2.86
GSAx: +0.86

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	16/17	.941	2.17	+1.17
Power play	6/7	.857	0.65	−0.35
Shorthanded	2/2	1.000	0.04	+0.04
High danger	3/3	1.000	0.90	+0.90

Lines

His goal Primary assist Goal for Goal against Time together ES PP PK minutes

Columbus Blue Jackets

Minutes

24:38Werenski
21:00Mateychuk
20:51Provorov
17:41Christiansen
17:06Fabbro
16:38Severson

19:17Knies
19:11Nichushkin
18:52Fantilli
18:21Coyle
16:39Olivier
16:22Johnson
13:06Garland
12:51Sillinger
11:06Monahan
9:54Williams
8:45Lorentz
8:00Voronkov

Matchups

Full game

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareCBJBUFGoalHard matchEdge bars = skater 5v5 total

Faceoffs

Both teams · pick a taker to focus

30–2753%

D 55%12–10N 65%11–6O 39%7–11 9 won into a shot

BUF attacks1210CBJ DZ 55% BUF OZ

Neutral116CBJ NZ 65% BUF NZ

CBJ attacks711CBJ OZ 39% BUF DZ

27–3047%

D 61%11–7N 35%6–11O 45%10–12 7 won into a shot

Bead = draw, winner’s colourClockwise from the top in game order Shot attempt within 10sHover a zone for its draws · click a taker to focus

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

WerenskiD3 O3
MateychukD4 O4
SeversonD3 O2
ProvorovD4 O2
ChristiansenD3 O1
FabbroD4 O1
FantilliD1 O6
NichushkinD3 O5
GarlandD2 O4
VoronkovD0 O2
KniesD3 O4
LorentzD1 O1
WilliamsD1 O1
JohnsonD5 O4
SillingerD2 O1
CoyleD5 O3
MonahanD5 O2
OlivierD4 O1

Shift starts · darker = later period