Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres

Wednesday, September 25, 2019, 7:00 PM ET KeyBank Center, Buffalo Preseason Final/OT

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 in overtime on Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at home.

Final score, Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres
Team	Goals	2019-2020 record
Columbus Blue Jackets	3	33-22-15
at Buffalo Sabres	4	30-31-8

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Total
Columbus Blue Jackets	8	9	8	0	25
Buffalo Sabres	5	13	8	3	29

Three stars

M. Johansson, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)
N. Gerbe, Columbus Blue Jackets (2 goals)
J. Eichel, Buffalo Sabres (2 assists)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	05:19	Columbus Blue Jackets	Nathan Gerbe (1)	Paul Bittner (1), Dean Kukan (2)	Even strength	CBJ 1, BUF 0
1st	19:07	Buffalo Sabres	Tage Thompson (2)	Unassisted	Even strength	CBJ 1, BUF 1
2nd	02:00	Buffalo Sabres	Sam Reinhart (2)	Jeff Skinner (2), Jack Eichel (4)	Power play	CBJ 1, BUF 2
3rd	08:02	Columbus Blue Jackets	Josh Anderson (2)	Scott Harrington (1), Jakob Lilja (1)	Even strength	CBJ 2, BUF 2
3rd	09:57	Buffalo Sabres	Victor Olofsson (3)	Jack Eichel (5)	Even strength	CBJ 2, BUF 3
3rd	18:04	Columbus Blue Jackets	Nathan Gerbe (2)	Nikita Korostelev (1)	Even strength	CBJ 3, BUF 3
OT	01:36	Buffalo Sabres	Marcus Johansson (1)	Unassisted	Even strength	CBJ 3, BUF 4

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	25	29
Power play	0 of 2	1 of 2
Penalty minutes	4	4
Hits	17	19
Blocked shots	9	6
Giveaways	4	9
Takeaways	3	5
Faceoffs won	19/49 (38.8%)	30/49 (61.2%)

Box score

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 10 A. Wennberg	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	37.5%	20:10
Number 11 K. Stenlund	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	55.6%	14:41
Number 15 J. lilja	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	1		15:09
Number 24 N. Gerbe	C	2	0	2	+1	0	4	1	0	33.3%	14:01
Number 29 Z. Dalpe	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	40%	14:31
Number 37 M. Hannikainen	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	100%	13:34
Number 52 E. Bemstrom	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1		16:20
Number 56 M. Dano	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		14:15
Number 57 P. Bittner	L	0	1	1	0	0	2	3	2		14:11
Number 63 N. Korostelev	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		11:27
Number 77 J. Anderson	R	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0		20:17
Number 88 K. Sherwood	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	4	0		15:45
Number 2 A. Peeke	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	4	0		19:23
Number 4 S. Harrington	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	1		20:57
Number 46 D. Kukan	D	0	1	1	0	2	3	1	1		21:32
Number 53 G. Carlsson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2		20:54
Number 65 M. Nutivaara	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		19:54
Number 84 A. Karlsson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		15:13

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 90 E. Merzlikins	29	25	4	.862	61:28	OT loss

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres 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 9 J. Eichel	C	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	50%	21:15
Number 13 J. Vesey	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	100%	12:59
Number 17 V. Sobotka	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	75%	12:06
Number 21 K. Okposo	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	0	100%	11:36
Number 23 S. Reinhart	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	100%	19:20
Number 28 Z. Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	100%	12:09
Number 37 C. Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0	0	57.1%	12:39
Number 53 J. Skinner	L	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0	0	100%	18:00
Number 68 V. Olofsson	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0		18:47
Number 71 E. Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100%	16:05
Number 72 T. Thompson	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0		11:21
Number 90 M. Johansson	L	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	0	44.4%	14:27
Number 6 M. Scandella	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1	0		19:25
Number 10 H. Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	0		19:43
Number 26 R. Dahlin	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0		21:59
Number 33 C. Miller	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	0		18:55
Number 55 R. Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	4	3	0		23:15
Number 58 J. Gilmour	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		16:52

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 40 C. Hutton	25	22	3	.880	61:31	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	10:04	Buffalo Sabres	Colin Miller	Hooking	2
2nd	01:18	Columbus Blue Jackets	Dean Kukan	Tripping	2
2nd	07:49	Buffalo Sabres	Marcus Johansson	Slashing	2
2nd	11:31	Columbus Blue Jackets	Bench	Too many men on the ice (bench minor)	2

Game information

Columbus Blue Jackets head coach: John Tortorella
Buffalo Sabres head coach: Ralph Krueger
Referees: Dean Morton, Brandon Schrader
Linesmen: Andrew Smith, Greg Devorski
Columbus Blue Jackets scratches: Sergei Mozyakin, Brandon Dubinsky, Nick Foligno, Riley Nash, Gustav Nyquist, Cam Atkinson, David Savard, Dillon Simpson, Adam Clendening, Boone Jenner, Ryan Murray, Joonas Korpisalo, Doyle Somerby, Peter Quenneville, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Seth Jones, Sonny Milano, Ryan MacInnis, Ryan Collins, Michael Prapavessis, Zach Werenski, Vladislav Gavrikov, Justin Scott, Pierre-Luc Dubois, Calvin Thurkauf, Peter Thome, Maxime Fortier, Kyle Maksimovich, Jacob Paquette, Kale Howarth, Alexandre Texier, Matiss Kivlenieks, Daniil Tarasov, Ryan McGregor, Matt Brassard, Carson Meyer, Robbie Stucker, Trey Fix-Wolansky, Eric Robinson, Liam Foudy, Kirill Marchenko, Marcus Karlberg, Tim Berni, Egor Sokolov, Justin Bergeron, Eric Hjorth, Tyler Angle, Dmitri Voronkov, Louka Henault, Brayden Guy, Jacob Durham
Buffalo Sabres scratches: Artem Kriukov, Matt Hunwick, Zach Bogosian, Johan Larsson, Scott Wilson, Jake McCabe, Andrew Hammond, Connor Hurley, Remi Elie, Curtis Lazar, Jean-Sebastien Dea, Conor Sheary, Brandon Montour, Jonas Johansson, Brandon Hickey, Will Borgen, Devante Stephens, Ivan Chukarov, Casey Nelson, Rasmus Asplund, Brett Murray, Philip Nyberg, Casey Fitzgerald, Vasily Glotov, Marcus Davidsson, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, C.J. Smith, Oskari Laaksonen, Jacob Bryson, Linus Weissbach, Mattias Samuelsson, Matej Pekar, Andrew Oglevie, Lawrence Pilut, Linus Lindstrand Cronholm, Miska Kukkonen, William Worge Kreu, Dylan Cozens, Ryan Johnson, Arttu Ruotsalainen, Erik Portillo, Filip Cederqvist, Aaron Huglen, Lukas Rousek

2019-2020 season series

Every Columbus Blue Jackets and Buffalo Sabres 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 25

Other NHL games on Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Matchup	Status	Details
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Montreal Canadiens 0 at Toronto Maple Leafs 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Toronto Maple Leafs, Wed, Sep 25, 2019
New Jersey Devils 0 at Boston Bruins 2	Final Preseason	Game page: New Jersey Devils at Boston Bruins, Wed, Sep 25, 2019
Carolina Hurricanes 0 at Nashville Predators 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Nashville Predators, Wed, Sep 25, 2019
Washington Capitals 6 at Chicago Blackhawks 0	Final Preseason	Game page: Washington Capitals at Chicago Blackhawks, Wed, Sep 25, 2019
Colorado Avalanche 4 at Vegas Golden Knights 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Colorado Avalanche at Vegas Golden Knights, Wed, Sep 25, 2019
Los Angeles Kings 0 at Anaheim Ducks 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at Anaheim Ducks, Wed, Sep 25, 2019
Ottawa Senators 6 at Vancouver Canucks 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Ottawa Senators at Vancouver Canucks, Wed, Sep 25, 2019