Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets

Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 7:00 PM ET Nationwide Arena, Columbus Preseason Final

Final score

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–1 on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at home.

Final score, Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets
Team	Goals	2019-2020 record
Buffalo Sabres	1	30-31-8
at Columbus Blue Jackets	4	33-22-15

Goals by period

Goals by period, Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Buffalo Sabres	0	1	0	1
Columbus Blue Jackets	1	1	2	4

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Buffalo Sabres	7	12	10	29
Columbus Blue Jackets	13	13	7	33

Three stars

K. Sherwood, Columbus Blue Jackets (1 goal)
E. Bemstrom, Columbus Blue Jackets (1 goal, 1 assist)
J. Korpisalo, Columbus Blue Jackets (goaltender)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	00:52	Columbus Blue Jackets	Emil Bemstrom (1)	Seth Jones (1), Alexandre Texier (1)	Power play	BUF 0, CBJ 1
2nd	13:43	Buffalo Sabres	Jake McCabe (1)	Rasmus Asplund (1)	Even strength	BUF 1, CBJ 1
2nd	15:48	Columbus Blue Jackets	Kole Sherwood (1)	Zach Werenski (1), Brandon Dubinsky (1)	Even strength	BUF 1, CBJ 2
3rd	14:22	Columbus Blue Jackets	Sonny Milano (1)	Riley Nash (1), Emil Bemstrom (1)	Even strength	BUF 1, CBJ 3
3rd	18:34	Columbus Blue Jackets	Zac Dalpe (1)	Egor Sokolov (1)	Even strength, Empty net	BUF 1, CBJ 4

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

Team stats

Team stats, Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets
Stat	Buffalo Sabres	Columbus Blue Jackets
Shots on goal	29	33
Power play	0 of 3	1 of 3
Penalty minutes	6	6
Hits	17	17
Blocked shots	15	6
Giveaways	4	8
Takeaways	3	10
Faceoffs won	26/53 (49.1%)	27/53 (50.9%)

Box score

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 15 J. Dea	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	66.7%	10:12
Number 17 V. Sobotka	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1	66.7%	15:48
Number 20 S. Wilson	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		07:13
Number 21 K. Okposo	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	0	100%	13:42
Number 23 S. Reinhart	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	100%	23:18
Number 25 A. Ruotsalainen	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	50%	14:30
Number 37 C. Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	23.1%	23:23
Number 49 C. Smith	L	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	1		17:03
Number 68 V. Olofsson	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		15:52
Number 73 M. Pekar	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	4	3		13:42
Number 74 R. Asplund	C	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	50%	12:38
Number 82 K. Olson	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	100%	15:58
Number 3 W. Borgen	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		17:51
Number 19 J. McCabe	D	1	0	1	-1	0	3	1	2		21:49
Number 44 B. Hickey	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	3		17:18
Number 45 C. Fitzgerald	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		19:23
Number 62 B. Montour	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		17:24
Number 78 J. Bryson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1		19:57

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 L. Ullmark	19	18	1	.947	29:48
Number 36 A. Hammond	13	11	2	.846	29:01	Loss

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 11 K. Stenlund	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	45.5%	15:09
Number 17 B. Dubinsky	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	0	50%	15:54
Number 20 R. Nash	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	30%	16:06
Number 22 S. Milano	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0		17:07
Number 28 O. Bjorkstrand	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		13:30
Number 29 Z. Dalpe	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	0	0	50%	11:12
Number 42 A. Texier	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	66.7%	14:54
Number 48 C. Thurkauf	C	0	0	0	+1	0	3	2	0	0	100%	13:27
Number 52 E. Bemstrom	C	1	1	2	+1	0	5	0	0	1		15:04
Number 74 S. Vigneault	C	0	0	0	+1	2	2	2	0	0	75%	13:10
Number 83 E. Sokolov	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0		11:43
Number 88 K. Sherwood	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1	4	0	0		18:04
Number 2 A. Peeke	D	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	1	0		17:43
Number 3 S. Jones	D	0	1	1	0	2	5	2	0	0		23:05
Number 6 A. Clendening	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		18:55
Number 8 Z. Werenski	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0		23:35
Number 44 V. Gavrikov	D	0	0	0	+2	0	2	1	3	0		16:55
Number 46 D. Kukan	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	0		18:48

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 70 J. Korpisalo	12	12	0	1.000	29:27
Number 80 M. Kivlenieks	17	16	1	.941	30:12	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	00:42	Buffalo Sabres	C.J. Smith	Slashing	2
1st	09:22	Buffalo Sabres	Jean-Sebastien Dea	Hooking	2
1st	13:30	Columbus Blue Jackets	Seth Jones	Interference	2
2nd	01:07	Columbus Blue Jackets	Andrew Peeke	High sticking	2
2nd	09:48	Buffalo Sabres	Rasmus Asplund	Holding	2
3rd	06:52	Columbus Blue Jackets	Sam Vigneault	Hooking	2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach: Ralph Krueger
Columbus Blue Jackets head coach: John Tortorella
Referees: Pierre Lambert, Peter MacDougall
Linesmen: James Tobias, Mark Shewchyk
Buffalo Sabres scratches: Artem Kriukov, Kevin Porter, Matt Hunwick, Zach Bogosian, Marco Scandella, Zach Redmond, Marcus Johansson, Carter Hutton, Johan Larsson, Jeff Skinner, Michael Houser, Colin Miller, Zemgus Girgensons, Jimmy Vesey, John Gilmour, Sean Malone, Connor Hurley, Remi Elie, Rasmus Ristolainen, Curtis Lazar, Conor Sheary, Eric Cornel, Jonas Johansson, Jack Eichel, Evan Rodrigues, Devante Stephens, Ivan Chukarov, Casey Nelson, Brett Murray, Tage Thompson, Philip Nyberg, Vasily Glotov, Marcus Davidsson, Henri Jokiharju, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Oskari Laaksonen, Linus Weissbach, Mattias Samuelsson, Rasmus Dahlin, Andrew Oglevie, Lawrence Pilut, Linus Lindstrand Cronholm, Miska Kukkonen, William Worge Kreu, Dylan Cozens, Ryan Johnson, Erik Portillo, Filip Cederqvist, Aaron Huglen, Lukas Rousek
Columbus Blue Jackets scratches: Sergei Mozyakin, Nathan Gerbe, Nick Foligno, Gustav Nyquist, Cam Atkinson, David Savard, Dillon Simpson, Boone Jenner, Scott Harrington, Ryan Murray, Doyle Somerby, Josh Anderson, Peter Quenneville, Marko Dano, Alexander Wennberg, Ryan MacInnis, Ryan Collins, Elvis Merzlikins, Michael Prapavessis, Paul Bittner, Gabriel Carlsson, Markus Hannikainen, Markus Nutivaara, Justin Scott, Pierre-Luc Dubois, Peter Thome, Maxime Fortier, Kyle Maksimovich, Jacob Paquette, Kale Howarth, Daniil Tarasov, Ryan McGregor, Matt Brassard, Carson Meyer, Robbie Stucker, Trey Fix-Wolansky, Eric Robinson, Liam Foudy, Kirill Marchenko, Veini Vehvilainen, Marcus Karlberg, Tim Berni, Justin Bergeron, Jakob Lilja, Eric Hjorth, Tyler Angle, Dmitri Voronkov, Louka Henault, Anton Karlsson, Brayden Guy, Jacob Durham

2019-2020 season series

Every Buffalo Sabres and Columbus Blue Jackets game in the 2019-2020 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Buffalo Sabres 1 at Columbus Blue Jackets 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets, Tue, Sep 17, 2019
Columbus Blue Jackets 3 at Buffalo Sabres 4	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres, Wed, Sep 25, 2019

Other NHL games on Sep 17

Other NHL games on Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Matchup	Status	Details
Ottawa Senators 3 at Toronto Maple Leafs 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Ottawa Senators at Toronto Maple Leafs, Tue, Sep 17, 2019
Carolina Hurricanes 3 at Tampa Bay Lightning 0	Final Preseason	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Tampa Bay Lightning, Tue, Sep 17, 2019
Philadelphia Flyers 2 at New York Islanders 3	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Philadelphia Flyers at New York Islanders, Tue, Sep 17, 2019
Chicago Blackhawks 3 at Detroit Red Wings 5	Final Preseason	Game page: Chicago Blackhawks at Detroit Red Wings, Tue, Sep 17, 2019
Dallas Stars 2 at Minnesota Wild 1	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Dallas Stars at Minnesota Wild, Tue, Sep 17, 2019
Vegas Golden Knights 5 at Colorado Avalanche 0	Final Preseason	Game page: Vegas Golden Knights at Colorado Avalanche, Tue, Sep 17, 2019
Edmonton Oilers 2 at Vancouver Canucks 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Edmonton Oilers at Vancouver Canucks, Tue, Sep 17, 2019
Los Angeles Kings 4 at Arizona Coyotes 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at Arizona Coyotes, Tue, Sep 17, 2019
Anaheim Ducks 4 at San Jose Sharks 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Anaheim Ducks at San Jose Sharks, Tue, Sep 17, 2019
Arizona Coyotes 5 at Los Angeles Kings 0	Final Preseason	Game page: Arizona Coyotes at Los Angeles Kings, Tue, Sep 17, 2019