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Buffalo Sabres vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Preseason · Saturday, September 28, 2024 · Nationwide Arena

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3–6

Final

31–43

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Game summary

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–3 on Saturday, September 28, 2024 at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Sabres 43–31.

Sean Monahan scored twice. Josh Dunne, Zach Metsa, James van Riemsdyk, Jake Christiansen, Adam Fantilli, Mason Jobst and Cole Sillinger also scored.

Elvis Merzlikins made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Felix Sandstrom stopped 17 of 22.

Goals
Buffalo SabresBUF111331
Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ015643

Three stars

  1. ★1st starSean MonahanCBJ · 2 goals
  2. ★2nd starKent JohnsonCBJ · 2 assists
  3. ★3rd starKirill MarchenkoCBJ · 2 assists

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+

1:15

2–5 · 3rd 10:43 · Fantilli. Novikov had been on the ice for 1:15 when it went in.

GoalBUF CBJ

1–0 BUF

1st 14:56 · · Dunne

Gudbranson 0:19

2–0 BUF

2nd 9:19 · Metsa

Werenski 0:58

2–1 CBJ

2nd 17:49 · van Riemsdyk

Laaouan 0:21

2–2 CBJ

3rd 6:19 · · Monahan

Rathbone 0:59

2–3 CBJ

3rd 9:28 · Monahan

Poolman 0:45

2–4 CBJ

3rd 9:50 · Christiansen

Rosen 0:22

2–5 CBJ

3rd 10:43 · Fantilli

Long shift: Novikov 1:15

3–5 BUF

3rd 13:46 · Jobst

van Riemsdyk 0:48

3–6 CBJ

3rd 18:28 · · Sillinger

Wahlberg 1:02

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

BUFCBJ
3143
43%57%
1/31/3
66
927
179
2820
97

Penalties

  • 8:59 into the first periodCole Sillinger · roughing2 min
  • 13:05 into the first periodDamon Severson · high sticking2 min
  • 6:21 into the second periodMathieu Olivier · tripping2 min
  • 7:04 into the second periodJack Rathbone · slashing2 min
  • 15:40 into the second periodNikita Novikov · cross checking2 min
  • 5:20 into the third periodIsak Rosen · delaying game puck over glass2 min