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Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres

First Niagara Center, Buffalo Preseason Final

Final score

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–4 on Friday, October 2, 2015 on the road.

Team Goals 2015-2016 record
Columbus Blue Jackets 6 34-40-8
at Buffalo Sabres 4 35-36-11

Goals by period

Team Total
Columbus Blue Jackets 3 2 1 6
Buffalo Sabres 0 0 4 4

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Columbus Blue Jackets 17 4 5 26
Buffalo Sabres 5 5 18 28

Three stars

  1. J. McGinn, Buffalo Sabres (2 goals)
  2. O. Bjorkstrand, Columbus Blue Jackets (2 goals, 1 assist)
  3. W. Karlsson, Columbus Blue Jackets (1 goal, 3 assists)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 05:05 Columbus Blue Jackets Lukas Sedlak (1) Kerby Rychel (1) Even strength CBJ 1, BUF 0
1st 06:30 Columbus Blue Jackets Dean Kukan (1) Oliver Bjorkstrand (1), William Karlsson (1) Even strength CBJ 2, BUF 0
1st 19:19 Columbus Blue Jackets Markus Hannikainen (1) Ryan Craig (1), Dalton Prout (2) Even strength CBJ 3, BUF 0
2nd 03:54 Columbus Blue Jackets William Karlsson (1) Matt Calvert (2) Even strength CBJ 4, BUF 0
2nd 08:15 Columbus Blue Jackets Oliver Bjorkstrand (1) William Karlsson (2), Justin Falk (1) Even strength CBJ 5, BUF 0
3rd 04:14 Buffalo Sabres Jamie McGinn (1) Matt Moulson (1), Ryan O'Reilly (3) Power play CBJ 5, BUF 1
3rd 05:00 Buffalo Sabres Zemgus Girgensons (2) Sam Reinhart (5), Carlo Colaiacovo (1) Even strength CBJ 5, BUF 2
3rd 12:01 Buffalo Sabres Jamie McGinn (2) Mark Pysyk (3), David Legwand (1) Even strength CBJ 5, BUF 3
3rd 13:05 Buffalo Sabres Evander Kane (4) Jack Eichel (4), Brian Gionta (3) Even strength CBJ 5, BUF 4
3rd 18:41 Columbus Blue Jackets Oliver Bjorkstrand (2) Markus Hannikainen (1), William Karlsson (3) Even strength, Empty net CBJ 6, BUF 4

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

Team stats

Stat Columbus Blue Jackets Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal 26 28
Power play 0 of 2 1 of 3
Penalty minutes 16 14
Hits 28 17
Blocked shots 19 10
Giveaways 5 7
Takeaways 3 8
Faceoffs won 23/57 (40.4%) 34/57 (59.6%)

Box score

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters
Player
11 M. Calvert L 0 1 1 +2 0 0 1 1 10:38
12 R. Craig C 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 13:26
21 K. Rychel L 0 1 1 +1 0 1 1 0 13:23
22 S. Milano L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 17:24
25 W. Karlsson C 1 3 4 +3 0 2 1 0 16:22
28 O. Bjorkstrand R 2 1 3 +2 0 5 3 2 17:03
33 M. Hannikainen L 1 1 2 +2 0 3 0 0 16:19
39 M. Chaput C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:45
40 J. Boll R 0 0 0 +1 5 2 5 1 11:43
45 L. Sedlak C 1 0 1 +1 2 1 1 1 14:37
49 T. Tynan C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0 15:38
62 A. Broadhurst C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14:20
2 A. Bodnarchuk D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 17:45
4 K. Connauton D 0 0 0 +2 0 4 2 4 21:53
29 C. Goloubef D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 3 1 23:31
44 J. Falk D 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 20:11
46 D. Kukan D 1 0 1 +1 2 1 3 0 16:11
47 D. Prout D 0 1 1 +2 5 0 2 2 20:36
Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie
30 C. McElhinney 28 24 4 .857 60:00 Win

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
9 E. Kane L 1 0 1 -3 0 5 7 0 17:46
12 B. Gionta R 0 1 1 -3 0 3 1 0 17:32
17 D. Legwand C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11:23
22 J. Larsson L 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 13:57
23 S. Reinhart C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 0 12:30
26 M. Moulson L 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 1 17:41
28 Z. Girgensons C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 1 1 13:49
41 J. Eichel C 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 1 18:30
44 N. Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 1 09:12
63 T. Ennis R 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 0 19:42
88 J. McGinn L 2 0 2 0 7 3 1 0 09:46
90 R. O'Reilly C 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 1 18:54
3 M. Pysyk D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15:44
6 M. Weber D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 3 19:04
25 C. Colaiacovo D 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 0 21:06
29 J. McCabe D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 15:36
46 C. Franson D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 0 20:53
55 R. Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 2 24:10
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
40 R. Lehner 25 20 5 .800 58:45 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 13:13 Columbus Blue Jackets Jared Boll Fighting (major) 5
1st 13:13 Buffalo Sabres Jamie McGinn Fighting (major) 5
1st 13:13 Buffalo Sabres Jamie McGinn Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
1st 15:43 Columbus Blue Jackets Lukas Sedlak Boarding 2
2nd 05:05 Buffalo Sabres Cody Franson Tripping 2
2nd 09:25 Columbus Blue Jackets Dalton Prout Fighting (major) 5
2nd 09:25 Buffalo Sabres Nicolas Deslauriers Fighting (major) 5
2nd 20:00 Columbus Blue Jackets Dean Kukan Closing hand on puck 2
3rd 03:59 Columbus Blue Jackets Andrew Bodnarchuk Hooking 2

Game information

Columbus Blue Jackets head coach
Todd Richards
Buffalo Sabres head coach
Dan Bylsma
Referees
Wes McCauley, Thomas John Luxmore
Linesmen
Scott Driscoll, Brad Kovachik
Columbus Blue Jackets scratches
Sergei Luchinkin, Dmitri Subbotin, Scott Hartnell, Fedor Tyutin, Gregory Campbell, Sergei Mozyakin, Dmitri Kosmachev, David Clarkson, Brandon Dubinsky, Rene Bourque, Jack Johnson, Jaime Sifers, Nick Foligno, James Sheppard, Antti Pihlstrom, Trent Vogelhuber, Brett Gallant, Cam Atkinson, Morgan Clark, David Savard, Sergei Bobrovsky, Austin Madaisky, Ryan Johansen, John Ramage, Christian Isackson, Anton Forsberg, Seth Ambroz, Michael Paliotta, Boone Jenner, Brandon Saad, Ryan Murray, Oscar Dansk, Joonas Korpisalo, Josh Anderson, Daniel Zaar, Peter Quenneville, Markus Soberg, Nick Moutrey, Dillon Heatherington, Alexander Wennberg, Ryan Collins, Elvis Merzlikins, Blake Siebenaler, Julien Pelletier, Tyler Bird, Olivier Leblanc, Oleg Yevenko, Paul Bittner, Keegan Kolesar, Zach Werenski, Gabriel Carlsson, Kevin Stenlund, Sam Ruopp, Veeti Vainio, Vladislav Gavrikov, Markus Nutivaara, Kole Sherwood, Dante Salituro, Brandon Crawley
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Artem Kriukov, Denis Denisov, Vasily Bizyayev, Cody McCormick, Matt Ellis, Maxim Sheviev, Josh Gorges, Denis Ezhov, Pavel Voroshnin, Patrick Kaleta, Cal O'Reilly, Vjateslav Buravchikov, Bobby Sanguinetti, Zach Bogosian, Matt Donovan, Marcus Foligno, Jerry D'Amigo, Phil Varone, Jerome Leduc, Jason Akeson, Jason Kasdorf, Nathan Lieuwen, Colin Jacobs, Daniel Catenacci, Justin Kea, Linus Ullmark, Judd Peterson, Brady Austin, Andrey Makarov, Tim Schaller, Chad Ruhwedel, Cal Petersen, Gustav Possler, Anthony Florentino, Sean Malone, Hudson Fasching, Connor Hurley, Justin Bailey, William Carrier, Nick Baptiste, Jean Dupuy, Jack Nevins, Eric Cornel, Vaclav Karabacek, Jonas Johansson, Brycen Martin, Max Willman, Christopher Brown, Victor Olofsson, Brendan Guhle, Keegan Asmundson, Evan Rodrigues, Will Borgen, Devante Stephens, Giorgio Estephan, Ivan Chukarov

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