Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres

Wednesday, September 25, 2013, 7:00 PM ET First Niagara Center, Buffalo Preseason Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3–0 on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at home.

Final score, Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres
Team	Goals	2013-2014 record
Columbus Blue Jackets	0	43-32-7
at Buffalo Sabres	3	21-51-10

Goals by period

Goals by period, Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Columbus Blue Jackets	0	0	0	0
Buffalo Sabres	0	1	2	3

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Columbus Blue Jackets	9	12	5	26
Buffalo Sabres	8	7	9	24

Three stars

J. Enroth, Buffalo Sabres (goaltender)
V. Leino, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)
T. Vanek, Buffalo Sabres

Scoring summary

Every goal, Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
2nd	04:58	Buffalo Sabres	Ville Leino (1)	Cody Hodgson (2), Mike Weber (1)	Even strength	CBJ 0, BUF 1
3rd	09:10	Buffalo Sabres	Mikhail Grigorenko (2)	Drew Stafford (2), Mike Weber (2)	Even strength	CBJ 0, BUF 2
3rd	19:13	Buffalo Sabres	Zemgus Girgensons (3)	Mikhail Grigorenko (2), Mike Weber (3)	Even strength, Empty net	CBJ 0, BUF 3

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres
Stat	Columbus Blue Jackets	Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal	26	24
Power play	0 of 7	0 of 3
Penalty minutes	6	14
Hits	16	14
Blocked shots	8	13
Giveaways	5	4
Takeaways	2	5
Faceoffs won	27/47 (57.4%)	20/47 (42.6%)

Box score

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters
Player	Position	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 5 J. Skille	R	-1	0	2	2	0		10:13
Number 11 M. Calvert	L	-1	0	4	2	0		17:22
Number 12 R. Craig	C	-2	0	0	1	2		09:47
Number 18 R. Umberger	C	-1	0	1	3	0		18:04
Number 19 R. Johansen	C	-1	0	1	0	0	57.9%	18:29
Number 36 J. Marchessault	R	0	0	2	1	0		13:51
Number 37 D. Smith	L	-1	0	0	1	0		06:50
Number 39 M. Chaput	C	-2	0	1	0	0	50%	14:38
Number 42 A. Anisimov	C	0	2	2	0	0	50%	18:09
Number 43 S. Collins	C	0	0	0	1	0		11:34
Number 55 M. Letestu	C	0	0	3	0	0	69.2%	18:24
Number 71 N. Foligno	L	0	0	0	2	1	100%	18:42
Number 20 T. Erixon	D	-1	0	2	0	1		21:41
Number 21 J. Wisniewski	D	-1	2	2	0	0		23:37
Number 29 I. Melart	D	-1	0	2	0	0		16:33
Number 44 W. Weber	D	-1	0	0	1	2		15:44
Number 48 C. Goloubef	D	-1	0	2	1	1		17:16
Number 58 D. Savard	D	-2	2	2	1	1		23:32

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 M. McKenna	15	14	1	.933	30:53	Loss
Number 35 J. Smith	8	7	1	.875	28:41

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 S. Ott	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	44.4%	20:17
Number 19 C. Hodgson	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	46.7%	17:55
Number 21 D. Stafford	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		16:39
Number 22 J. Larsson	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	33.3%	11:12
Number 23 V. Leino	L	1	0	1	+1	2	2	0	1		18:08
Number 25 M. Grigorenko	C	1	1	2	+2	0	4	0	0	55.6%	12:37
Number 26 T. Vanek	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		15:32
Number 28 Z. Girgensons	C	1	0	1	+2	4	3	1	0		14:41
Number 32 J. Scott	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		05:23
Number 33 J. Armia	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0		07:17
Number 36 P. Kaleta	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0		10:27
Number 63 T. Ennis	R	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	2	25%	16:01
Number 3 M. Pysyk	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		23:04
Number 6 M. Weber	D	0	3	3	+3	0	0	1	1		17:41
Number 10 C. Ehrhoff	D	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0		22:33
Number 20 H. Tallinder	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	3		19:28
Number 55 R. Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	1		16:41
Number 57 T. Myers	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3		21:00

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 1 J. Enroth	26	26	0	1.000	59:24	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	01:50	Buffalo Sabres	Tyler Ennis	High sticking	2
1st	05:57	Columbus Blue Jackets	David Savard	Interference	2
1st	09:26	Buffalo Sabres	John Scott	Interference	2
2nd	01:44	Columbus Blue Jackets	Artem Anisimov	High sticking	2
2nd	10:53	Buffalo Sabres	Ville Leino	High sticking	2
2nd	15:51	Buffalo Sabres	Christian Ehrhoff	Hooking	2
2nd	17:20	Buffalo Sabres	Zemgus Girgensons	High sticking double minor	4
3rd	09:58	Buffalo Sabres	Christian Ehrhoff	Tripping	2
3rd	16:39	Columbus Blue Jackets	James Wisniewski	Tripping	2

Game information

Columbus Blue Jackets head coach: Todd Richards
Buffalo Sabres head coach: Ron Rolston
Referees: Ghislain Hebert, Eric Furlatt
Linesmen: Mark Shewchyk, David Brisebois
Columbus Blue Jackets scratches: Sergei Luchinkin, Dmitri Subbotin, Derek MacKenzie, Marian Gaborik, Fedor Tyutin, Curtis McElhinney, Sergei Mozyakin, Nathan Horton, Dmitri Kosmachev, Andrew Joudrey, Blake Comeau, Brandon Dubinsky, Nikita Nikitin, Jack Johnson, Cody Bass, Jared Boll, Patrick McNeill, Frédéric St-Denis, Jake Hansen, Spencer Machacek, Cam Atkinson, Dalton Prout, Thomas Larkin, Anton Blomqvist, Sergei Bobrovsky, Austin Madaisky, Martin Ouellette, Oliver Gabriel, Blake Parlett, Lukas Sedlak, Anton Forsberg, Seth Ambroz, T.J. Tynan, Justin Sefton, Mike Reilly, Boone Jenner, Ryan Murray, Oscar Dansk, Joonas Korpisalo, Josh Anderson, Gianluca Curcuruto, Daniel Zaar, Luke Mercer, Alex Aleardi, Jeremy Langlois, Peter Quenneville, Markus Soberg, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Nick Moutrey, Marko Dano, Dillon Heatherington, Alexander Wennberg, Kerby Rychel, Jordan Dekort, Alexandre Gosselin, Dakota Mermis, Erik Bradford, Matej Beran, Peter Sakaris
Buffalo Sabres scratches: Mike Zigomanis, Artem Kriukov, Denis Denisov, Vasily Bizyayev, Cody McCormick, Matt Ellis, Maxim Sheviev, Alexander Sulzer, Jamie Tardif, Denis Ezhov, Pavel Voroshnin, Drew Bagnall, Kevin Porter, Vjateslav Buravchikov, Jamie McBain, Colton Gillies, Corey Tropp, Luke Adam, Corey Fienhage, Nick Crawford, Brayden McNabb, Marcus Foligno, Matt Hackett, Mark Adams, Connor Knapp, Phil Varone, Kevin Sundher, Jerome Leduc, Matt MacKenzie, Christian Isackson, Shawn Szydlowski, Brad Navin, Nathan Lieuwen, Colin Jacobs, Daniel Catenacci, Jonathan Parker, Brian Flynn, Justin Kea, Jake McCabe, Logan Nelson, Linus Ullmark, Judd Peterson, Brady Austin, Frederick Roy, Andrey Makarov, Tim Schaller, Chad Ruhwedel, Eric Locke, Cal Petersen, Gustav Possler, Anthony Florentino, Sean Malone, J.T. Compher, Connor Hurley, Justin Bailey, Nick Baptiste, Nikita Zadorov

2013-2014 season series

Every Columbus Blue Jackets and Buffalo Sabres game in the 2013-2014 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Columbus Blue Jackets 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets, Tue, Sep 17, 2013
Columbus Blue Jackets 0 at Buffalo Sabres 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres, Wed, Sep 25, 2013

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