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Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets

Nationwide Arena, Columbus Preseason Final/2OT

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5–4 in overtime on Tuesday, September 28, 2021 on the road.

Team Goals 2021-2022 record
Buffalo Sabres 5 32-39-11
at Columbus Blue Jackets 4 37-38-7

Goals by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 1 0 3 0 1 5
Columbus Blue Jackets 2 2 0 0 0 4

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 5 10 13 1 0 29
Columbus Blue Jackets 9 9 11 3 0 32

Three stars

  1. J. Bean, Columbus Blue Jackets (1 goal, 2 assists)
  2. O. Bjorkstrand, Columbus Blue Jackets (2 goals)
  3. L. Weissbach, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal, 2 assists)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 05:56 Columbus Blue Jackets Oliver Bjorkstrand (1) Tyler Angle (1), Jack Roslovic (1) Even strength BUF 0, CBJ 1
1st 09:37 Columbus Blue Jackets Oliver Bjorkstrand (2) Jake Bean (1), Tyler Angle (2) Power play BUF 0, CBJ 2
1st 11:20 Buffalo Sabres Arttu Ruotsalainen (1) John Hayden (1), Casey Fitzgerald (1) Even strength BUF 1, CBJ 2
2nd 00:27 Columbus Blue Jackets Vladislav Gavrikov (1) Eric Robinson (1), Jake Bean (2) Even strength BUF 1, CBJ 3
2nd 16:08 Columbus Blue Jackets Jake Bean (1) Vladislav Gavrikov (1), Kevin Stenlund (1) Even strength BUF 1, CBJ 4
3rd 02:33 Buffalo Sabres Michael Mersch (1) Ryan MacInnis (1), Linus Weissbach (1) Even strength BUF 2, CBJ 4
3rd 17:56 Buffalo Sabres JJ Peterka (1) Linus Weissbach (2) Even strength BUF 3, CBJ 4
3rd 19:06 Buffalo Sabres Linus Weissbach (1) Vinnie Hinostroza (1), Will Butcher (1) Even strength BUF 4, CBJ 4

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

Shootout

Round Team Shooter Result
1 Columbus Blue Jackets Oliver Bjorkstrand Saved
1 Buffalo Sabres Jack Quinn Goal (winner)
2 Columbus Blue Jackets Jack Roslovic Saved
2 Buffalo Sabres JJ Peterka Saved
3 Columbus Blue Jackets Kevin Stenlund Saved

Team stats

Stat Buffalo Sabres Columbus Blue Jackets
Shots on goal 29 32
Power play 0 of 2 1 of 4
Penalty minutes 8 4
Hits 13 24
Blocked shots 18 10
Giveaways 2 4
Takeaways 1 7
Faceoffs won 28/66 (42.4%) 38/66 (57.6%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
15 J. Hayden C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 4 2 0 15:22
22 J. Quinn R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 11:48
24 D. Cozens C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 1 0 42.9% 17:46
25 A. Ruotsalainen C 1 0 1 +2 0 3 0 0 0 47.1% 21:05
27 M. Mersch L 1 0 1 -1 0 3 2 2 0 08:36
28 Z. Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 39.1% 19:21
29 V. Hinostroza C 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 50% 20:32
49 R. MacInnis C 0 1 1 -1 0 0 2 0 0 33.3% 08:24
57 B. Murray L 0 0 0 +2 2 1 0 0 0 18:37
65 L. Weissbach L 1 2 3 +1 2 2 1 0 0 10:40
77 J. Peterka R 1 0 1 +1 2 1 0 0 0 14:37
96 A. Bjork L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20:18
4 W. Butcher D 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 28:15
6 E. Prow D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 2 0 21:10
45 C. Fitzgerald D 0 1 1 +3 0 2 0 2 0 17:51
64 O. Laaksonen D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 17:17
78 J. Bryson D 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 23:11
88 B. Davidson D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 2 4 0 15:00
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
31 D. Tokarski 17 16 1 .941 33:56 Win
80 A. Dell 15 12 3 .800 29:56

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters
Player
7 S. Kuraly C 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 52.9% 17:40
11 K. Stenlund C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 0 0 78.6% 17:34
18 T. Sikura C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 44.4% 11:14
28 O. Bjorkstrand R 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 22:05
39 T. Angle C 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 19:24
49 C. Fonstad C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 08:18
50 E. Robinson L 0 1 1 0 2 3 1 0 0 18:25
55 C. Meyer R 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 18:17
57 Z. Jordan R 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 09:27
73 J. Malatesta L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 0 15:03
84 P. Reynolds C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 13:14
96 J. Roslovic C 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 56% 23:08
2 A. Peeke D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 1 0 20:48
5 G. Bayreuther D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 1 0 19:59
22 J. Bean D 1 2 3 +2 0 3 1 0 0 26:29
44 V. Gavrikov D 1 1 2 +2 0 4 1 2 0 22:31
68 C. Clayton D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 13:53
75 T. Berni D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 4 0 16:05
Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie
60 J. Greaves 14 11 3 .786 25:00 OT loss
90 E. Merzlikins 15 14 1 .933 38:27

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 02:34 Buffalo Sabres Linus Weissbach Hooking 2
1st 09:19 Buffalo Sabres JJ Peterka Cross checking 2
2nd 06:09 Buffalo Sabres Brett Murray Tripping 2
2nd 07:29 Columbus Blue Jackets Carson Meyer Hooking 2
3rd 10:55 Buffalo Sabres Brandon Davidson Slashing 2
3rd 15:47 Columbus Blue Jackets Eric Robinson Slashing 2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach
Don Granato
Columbus Blue Jackets head coach
Brad Larsen
Referees
Justin St. Pierre, Pierre Lambert
Linesmen
James Tobias, Jonny Murray
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Craig Anderson, Artem Kriukov, Kyle Okposo, Cody Eakin, Jeff Skinner, Mark Pysyk, Michael Houser, Colin Miller, Sean Malone, Connor Hurley, Robert Hagg, Victor Olofsson, Jack Eichel, Brendan Warren, Ivan Chukarov, Rasmus Asplund, Matthew Cairns, Tage Thompson, Drake Caggiula, Philip Nyberg, Vasily Glotov, Casey Mittelstadt, Henri Jokiharju, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Ryan Scarfo, Mattias Samuelsson, Rasmus Dahlin, Matej Pekar, Andrew Oglevie, Linus Lindstrand Cronholm, Miska Kukkonen, William Worge Kreu, Mitch Eliot, Josh Teves, Mat Robson, Peter Tischke, Mason Jobst, Jimmy Schuldt, Ryan Johnson, Erik Portillo, Filip Cederqvist, Aaron Huglen, Lukas Rousek, Brandon Biro, Matteo Costantini, Devon Levi, Dominic Franco, Albert Lyckasen, Jakub Konecny, Owen Power, Aleksandr Kisakov, Olivier Nadeau, Viljami Marjala, Isak Rosen, Prokhor Poltapov, Josh Bloom, William Von Barnekow Lofberg, Tyson Kozak, Stiven Sardarian, Nikita Novikov
Columbus Blue Jackets scratches
Sergei Mozyakin, Nathan Gerbe, Jakub Voracek, Gustav Nyquist, Zac Rinaldo, Gregory Hofmann, Boone Jenner, Scott Harrington, Brendan Gaunce, Joonas Korpisalo, Peter Quenneville, Max Domi, Olivier Leblanc, Zach Werenski, Gabriel Carlsson, Dean Kukan, Patrik Laine, Peter Thome, Justin Danforth, Alexandre Texier, Daniil Tarasov, Emil Bemstrom, Robbie Stucker, Jake Slaker, Trey Fix-Wolansky, Cameron Johnson, Giovanni Vallati, Liam Foudy, Adam Boqvist, Kirill Marchenko, Marcus Karlberg, Jake Christiansen, Eric Hjorth, Dmitri Voronkov, Navrin Mutter, Mikko Lehtonen, Samuel Knazko, Mikael Pyyhtia, Ole Julian Bjorgvik-Holm, Egor Chinakhov, Samuel Johannesson, Josh Dunne, Tristan Mullin, Kent Johnson, Corson Ceulemans, Guillaume Richard, Cole Sillinger, Stanislav Svozil, Ben Boyd, Nikolai Makarov, Martin Rysavy, Kaleb Lawrence, Emerik Despatie, Gerard Keane, Mark Woolley, Evan Moyse

2021-2022 season series

Matchup Status Details
Buffalo Sabres 5 at Columbus Blue Jackets 4 Final/2OT Preseason Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 5 at Buffalo Sabres 3 Final Preseason Game page

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Matchup Status Details
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