Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets

Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 7:00 PM ET Nationwide Arena, Columbus Preseason Final

Final score

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–1 on Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at home.

Final score, Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets
Team	Goals	2022-2023 record
Buffalo Sabres	1	42-33-7
at Columbus Blue Jackets	4	25-48-9

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	2	0	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	2	9	12	23
Columbus Blue Jackets	13	8	10	31

Three stars

C. Meyer, Columbus Blue Jackets (1 goal)
E. Bemstrom, Columbus Blue Jackets (1 goal)
K. Marchenko, Columbus Blue Jackets (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	08:47	Columbus Blue Jackets	Emil Bemstrom (1)	Stanislav Svozil (1), Andrew Peeke (2)	Even strength	BUF 0, CBJ 1
1st	13:29	Columbus Blue Jackets	Kirill Marchenko (1)	Mikael Pyyhtia (1), Joona Luoto (1)	Power play	BUF 0, CBJ 2
2nd	03:49	Buffalo Sabres	Chase Priskie (1)	Jack Quinn (1), Kale Clague (1)	Even strength	BUF 1, CBJ 2
3rd	07:58	Columbus Blue Jackets	Jakub Voracek (2)	Trey Fix-Wolansky (1), Jack Roslovic (2)	Even strength	BUF 1, CBJ 3
3rd	16:36	Columbus Blue Jackets	Carson Meyer (1)	Justin Richards (1), Vladislav Gavrikov (1)	Shorthanded	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	23	31
Power play	0 of 4	1 of 1
Penalty minutes	2	8
Hits	10	25
Blocked shots	11	10
Giveaways	3	6
Takeaways	3	11
Faceoffs won	28/56 (50%)	28/56 (50%)

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 A. Bjork	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2		18:27
Number 17 B. Biro	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	36.4%	16:49
Number 19 P. Krebs	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	38.9%	18:53
Number 22 J. Quinn	R	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	0		18:00
Number 27 J.Kulich	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	63.6%	12:43
Number 48 T. Kozak	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	2	64.3%	15:14
Number 49 F. Cederqvist	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0		11:08
Number 52 A. Kisakov	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		13:49
Number 63 I. Rosen	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0		09:54
Number 65 L. Weissbach	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		16:29
Number 71 V. Olofsson	L	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	0		16:46
Number 77 J. Peterka	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	50%	18:21
Number 5 P. Tischke	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1		13:39
Number 33 C. Priskie	D	1	0	1	-1	0	3	0	1		19:08
Number 38 K. Clague	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0		20:01
Number 45 C. Fitzgerald	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		18:52
Number 64 O. Laaksonen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2		17:41
Number 78 J. Bryson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1		22:49

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 E. Comrie	31	27	4	.871	59:49	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 7 S. Kuraly	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	64.7%	13:20
Number 36 J. Richards	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	4	0	0	54.5%	13:22
Number 46 J. Luoto	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	100%	13:42
Number 50 E. Robinson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		12:19
Number 52 E. Bemstrom	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	1	0	0		16:03
Number 64 T. Fix-Wolansky	R	0	1	1	+1	0	3	2	0	0		10:05
Number 72 C. Meyer	R	1	0	1	+1	2	5	6	1	0		15:34
Number 82 M. Pyyhtia	L	0	1	1	-1	2	2	0	1	0		14:40
Number 86 K. Marchenko	R	1	0	1	-1	0	1	2	1	1	100%	14:12
Number 91 K. Johnson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	0	31.3%	16:03
Number 93 J. Voracek	R	1	0	1	+2	0	1	0	0	0		16:02
Number 96 J. Roslovic	C	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	0	0	40%	17:59
Number 2 A. Peeke	D	0	1	1	+3	0	2	1	3	0		20:42
Number 4 V. Gavrikov	D	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	2	0		22:54
Number 5 D. Mateychuk	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0		17:45
Number 44 E. Gudbranson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	0		21:31
Number 55 D.Jiricek	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	0		18:00
Number 81 S. Svozil	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	0	0		17:52

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 40 D. Tarasov	10	9	1	.900	31:24	Win
Number 73 J. Greaves	13	13	0	1.000	28:36

Penalties

Penalties, Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	05:59	Columbus Blue Jackets	Carson Meyer	High sticking	2
1st	12:01	Buffalo Sabres	Filip Cederqvist	Holding	2
1st	16:38	Columbus Blue Jackets	Denton Mateychuk	Cross checking	2
3rd	05:02	Columbus Blue Jackets	Mikael Pyyhtia	Tripping	2
3rd	14:56	Columbus Blue Jackets	Bench	Too many men on the ice (bench minor)	2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach: Don Granato
Columbus Blue Jackets head coach: Brad Larsen
Referees: Garrett Rank, Justin St. Pierre
Linesmen: Andrew Smith, Steve Barton
Buffalo Sabres scratches: Craig Anderson, Artem Kriukov, Ben Bishop, Kyle Okposo, Riley Sheahan, Jeff Skinner, Michael Houser, Michael Mersch, Malcolm Subban, Zemgus Girgensons, Vinnie Hinostroza, Sean Malone, Connor Hurley, Alex Tuch, Brendan Warren, Ivan Chukarov, Ethan Prow, Rasmus Asplund, Brett Murray, Tage Thompson, Philip Nyberg, Vasily Glotov, Jeremy Davies, Casey Mittelstadt, Henri Jokiharju, Mattias Samuelsson, Rasmus Dahlin, Matej Pekar, Lawrence Pilut, Ilya Lyubushkin, Mitch Eliot, Mason Jobst, Dylan Cozens, Ryan Johnson, Erik Portillo, Aaron Huglen, Lukas Rousek, Beck Warm, Matteo Costantini, Devon Levi, Declan McDonnell, Albert Lyckasen, Jakub Konecny, Owen Power, Olivier Nadeau, Viljami Marjala, Prokhor Poltapov, Josh Bloom, William Von Barnekow Lofberg, Stiven Sardarian, Nikita Novikov, Ethan Ritchie, Topias Leinonen, Mats Lindgren, Viktor Neuchev, Noah Ostlund, Matt Savoie, Linus Sjodin, Joel Ratkovic Berndtsson, Vsevolod Komarov, Gustav Karlsson, Jake Richard, Spencer Sova, Francois-James Buteau, Atley Calvert, Nolan Burke, Emmett Sproule, Chas Sharpe, Tomas Suchanek
Columbus Blue Jackets scratches: Sergei Mozyakin, Gustav Nyquist, Johnny Gaudreau, Boone Jenner, Brendan Gaunce, Joonas Korpisalo, Peter Quenneville, Elvis Merzlikins, Zach Werenski, Patrik Laine, Jake Bean, Mathieu Olivier, Justin Danforth, Gavin Bayreuther, Alexandre Texier, Robbie Stucker, Liam Foudy, Adam Boqvist, Tim Berni, Jake Christiansen, Eric Hjorth, Tyler Angle, Dmitri Voronkov, Evan Vierling, Billy Sweezey, Samuel Knazko, Ole Julian Bjorgvik-Holm, Egor Chinakhov, Josh Dunne, Corson Ceulemans, Aidan Hreschuk, Guillaume Richard, Cole Sillinger, James Malatesta, Ben Boyd, Nikolai Makarov, Martin Rysavy, Luca Del Bel Belluz, Kirill Dolzhenkov, Nick Blankenburg, Marcus Bjork, Jordan Dumais, James Fisher, Sergei Ivanov, Pavel Cajan, Samuel Huo, Nolan Lalonde

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