Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Final (OT)
- Expected goals, CBJ–BUF
- 3.8–3.1
- all situations, empty nets out
- BUF share of xG
- 45.0%
- 50% is even
- Shots on goal
- 39–38
- CBJ–BUF
- Pre-game model
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- no projection stored
The story
The Blue Jackets beat the Sabres 4-3 in overtime, and the chances agreed: 3.8 expected goals to 3.1. Miles Wood scored the overtime winner. Michael Kesselring had 9 shot attempts.
- Miles WoodOvertime winner
Miles Wood scored the overtime winner. He scored twice. He has 3 goals this season. He played 13:24 and had three shots on goal. It finished 4-3 for the Blue Jackets in overtime.
- Michael KesselringVolume
Michael Kesselring had 9 shot attempts. Three got through to the goalie, and none went in. The Sabres fell 4-3 to the Blue Jackets in overtime.
Shot attempts
Running count of unblocked attempts (shots on goal plus misses). Dots are goals. Hover to read any moment.
Where the shots came from
7 goals from 106 unblocked attempts. Shots from a team's own half are left off.
Columbus Blue Jackets
| Skater | TOI | G | A | SOG | ixG | Hits | Blk | xGF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Werenski D | 27:59 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0.13 | 0 | 3 | 54 |
| Ivan Provorov D | 26:13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.04 | 3 | 1 | 57 |
| Denton Mateychuk D | 22:55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 3 | 52 |
| Damon Severson D | 20:07 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.03 | 2 | 2 | 48 |
| Adam Fantilli C | 17:31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 | 4 | 1 | 58 |
| Boone Jenner C | 16:56 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.33 | 0 | 1 | 57 |
| Sean Monahan C | 16:05 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.34 | 1 | 0 | 69 |
| Kirill Marchenko R | 15:52 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.66 | 0 | 1 | 69 |
| Kent Johnson C | 15:38 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.34 | 0 | 1 | 59 |
| Cole Sillinger C | 15:33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.01 | 2 | 0 | 36 |
| Mathieu Olivier R | 15:24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.23 | 3 | 0 | 33 |
| Dante Fabbro D | 14:54 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.05 | 0 | 1 | 77 |
| Charlie Coyle C | 14:44 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| Dmitri Voronkov L | 13:59 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.51 | 3 | 0 | 68 |
| Isac Lundeström C | 13:48 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.18 | 0 | 1 | 47 |
| Miles Wood L | 13:24 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0.39 | 4 | 0 | 53 |
| Egor Chinakhov R | 12:49 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.28 | 1 | 0 | 50 |
| Jake Christiansen D | 10:48 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Skater | TOI | G | A | SOG | ixG | Hits | Blk | xGF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Dahlin D | 23:01 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.14 | 1 | 2 | 32 |
| Owen Power D | 21:07 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.12 | 0 | 2 | 44 |
| Jiri Kulich C | 19:56 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.22 | 1 | 3 | 25 |
| Mattias Samuelsson D | 19:48 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.01 | 0 | 3 | 45 |
| Tage Thompson C | 19:26 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.37 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| Bowen Byram D | 19:19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.04 | 0 | 2 | 47 |
| Zach Benson L | 19:13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 2 | 22 |
| Conor Timmins D | 18:42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 44 |
| Michael Kesselring D | 17:58 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.09 | 1 | 0 | 51 |
| Jason Zucker L | 16:20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.04 | 1 | 0 | 47 |
| Ryan McLeod C | 16:17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| Jack Quinn R | 16:03 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.34 | 1 | 0 | 61 |
| Alex Tuch R | 15:39 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
| Josh Doan R | 13:50 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0.62 | 0 | 1 | 50 |
| Beck Malenstyn L | 13:48 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.23 | 4 | 2 | 51 |
| Peyton Krebs C | 12:47 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.12 | 1 | 1 | 55 |
| Josh Dunne C | 12:45 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.23 | 1 | 1 | 62 |
| Noah Ostlund C | 12:16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.27 | 0 | 0 | 55 |
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