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Columbus Blue Jackets vs Buffalo Sabres

Preseason · Monday, September 23, 2024 · KeyBank Center

Columbus Blue JacketsColumbusBlue JacketsAway

1–6

Final

26–29

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 6–1 on Monday, September 23, 2024 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Blue Jackets 29–26.

Goals came from Owen Power, Mathieu Olivier, Zach Benson, Peyton Krebs, Dylan Cozens, Mattias Samuelsson and Nicolas Aube-Kubel.

Devon Levi made 25 saves on 26 shots for the win; Jet Greaves stopped 12 of 15.

Goals
Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ100126
Buffalo SabresBUF123629

Three stars

  1. ★1st starZach BensonBUF · 1 goal, 1 assist
  2. ★2nd starDylan CozensBUF · 1 goal
  3. ★3rd starPeyton KrebsBUF · 1 goal, 1 assist

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

When each goal went in, how long every skater on the ice had been out there. Each bar is one player: the taller the bar, the longer he’d been on. In 2024–25 the average NHL shift lasted about 48 seconds, and goals go in more often against players who’ve been out longer.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:32

1–3 · 2nd 10:40 · Krebs. Del Bel Belluz had been on the ice for 1:32 when it went in.

GoalCBJ BUF

0–1 BUF

1st 5:35 · · Power

Stuck out there: Johnson 1:23

1–1 CBJ

1st 11:34 · Olivier

Long shift: Greenway 1:16

1–2 BUF

2nd 5:15 · Benson

Ceulemans 0:46

1–3 BUF

2nd 10:40 · Krebs

Stuck out there: Del Bel Belluz 1:32

1–4 BUF

3rd 2:34 · Cozens

Johnson 0:19

1–5 BUF

3rd 5:23 · Samuelsson

Elick 0:36

1–6 BUF

3rd 7:00 · Aube-Kubel

Svozil 0:45

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league in 2024–25. How often a shot went in, by how long the defending team’s longest-on player had been on the ice. Counts 5-on-5 shots on goal and misses, not blocked shots.
4.2%
5.7%
5.9%
6.9%
6.6%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

When a defending player has been out 80 seconds or more, shots go in 1.6 times as often as when every defending player has been out under 20 seconds: about 1 in 15 against about 1 in 24.

29%

of 5-on-5 goals were scored while a defending player had been on the ice 60 seconds or more.

Team stats

CBJBUF
2629
45%55%
0/21/4
84
1523
1411
1617
55

Penalties

  • 4:25 into the first periodCorson Ceulemans · high sticking2 min
  • 5:09 into the first periodAdam Fantilli · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • 14:55 into the first periodConnor Clifton · hooking2 min
  • 0:08 into the second periodCorson Ceulemans · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • 5:38 into the second periodTyler Peddle · interference2 min
  • 8:02 into the second periodZach Benson · roughing2 min