Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres

Saturday, September 30, 2023, 3:00 PM ET KeyBank Center, Buffalo Preseason Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 on Saturday, September 30, 2023 at home.

Final score, Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres
Team	Goals	2023-2024 record
Columbus Blue Jackets	3	27-43-12
at Buffalo Sabres	4	39-37-6

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Columbus Blue Jackets	10	5	14	29
Buffalo Sabres	7	10	14	31

Three stars

J. Skinner, Buffalo Sabres (2 goals)
K. Okposo, Buffalo Sabres (3 assists)
Z. Benson, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	12:02	Columbus Blue Jackets	Patrik Laine (1)	Kirill Marchenko (1), Emil Bemstrom (2)	Even strength	CBJ 1, BUF 0
1st	15:50	Columbus Blue Jackets	Justin Danforth (1)	Kent Johnson (2), Denton Mateychuk (3)	Even strength	CBJ 2, BUF 0
2nd	00:23	Columbus Blue Jackets	Patrik Laine (2)	David Jiricek (2), Emil Bemstrom (3)	Even strength	CBJ 3, BUF 0
2nd	10:28	Buffalo Sabres	Jeff Skinner (2)	Kyle Okposo (1), Tage Thompson (2)	Power play	CBJ 3, BUF 1
3rd	02:03	Buffalo Sabres	Henri Jokiharju (2)	Victor Olofsson (2), Dylan Cozens (2)	Even strength	CBJ 3, BUF 2
3rd	09:20	Buffalo Sabres	Jeff Skinner (3)	Kyle Okposo (2), Zach Benson (2)	Power play	CBJ 3, BUF 3
3rd	14:14	Buffalo Sabres	Zach Benson (2)	Kyle Okposo (3), Tage Thompson (3)	Power play	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	29	31
Power play	0 of 2	3 of 6
Penalty minutes	12	4
Hits	18	8
Blocked shots	14	14
Giveaways	6	5
Takeaways	5	13
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 D. Voronkov	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		09:22
Number 11 A. Fantilli	C	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	0	60%	19:13
Number 17 J. Danforth	R	1	0	1	+1	4	2	2	0	50%	15:17
Number 21 J. Dunne	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1	33.3%	10:25
Number 25 S. Matteau	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		09:20
Number 29 P. Laine	L	2	0	2	+2	0	2	1	1	37.5%	18:43
Number 52 E. Bemstrom	C	0	2	2	+2	0	1	1	0		19:56
Number 67 J. Malatesta	L	0	0	0	-1	0	4	2	0	100%	12:19
Number 69 J. Dumais	R	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	1		10:34
Number 86 K. Marchenko	R	0	1	1	+2	0	3	0	1		19:47
Number 91 K. Johnson	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	50%	17:30
Number 96 J. Roslovic	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	18.2%	15:23
Number 5 D. Mateychuk	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	2		15:24
Number 8 Z. Werenski	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	4		24:40
Number 9 I. Provorov	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1		20:52
Number 27 A. Boqvist	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		15:41
Number 44 E. Gudbranson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	1		20:14
Number 55 D.Jiricek	D	0	1	1	+1	4	2	1	1		18:21

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 90 E. Merzlikins	31	27	4	.871	57:39	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 Z. Benson	L	1	1	2	-3	0	4	0	0	1		16:33
Number 13 L. Rousek	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		15:46
Number 15 B. Biro	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		12:15
Number 19 P. Krebs	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	76.9%	16:09
Number 20 J.Kulich	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25%	11:28
Number 21 K. Okposo	R	0	3	3	0	0	2	0	2	0	66.7%	16:44
Number 24 D. Cozens	C	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	0	0	66.7%	16:53
Number 53 J. Skinner	L	2	0	2	-2	0	4	0	0	2	66.7%	16:35
Number 63 I. Rosen	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		11:06
Number 71 V. Olofsson	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	0		15:04
Number 72 T. Thompson	C	0	2	2	-3	0	3	0	0	0	41.7%	17:32
Number 89 A. Tuch	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	100%	18:36
Number 3 J. Cecconi	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	2	0		17:14
Number 4 J. Davies	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0		15:13
Number 10 H. Jokiharju	D	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	0		23:02
Number 33 R. Johnson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	0		18:56
Number 61 R. Stillman	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	3	0		18:00
Number 78 J. Bryson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0		19:03

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 27 D. Levi	29	26	3	.897	59:51	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	01:37	Columbus Blue Jackets	Justin Danforth	Slashing	2
1st	16:54	Columbus Blue Jackets	David Jiricek	Slashing	2
2nd	08:40	Columbus Blue Jackets	Justin Danforth	Tripping	2
2nd	14:45	Columbus Blue Jackets	Adam Fantilli	Tripping	2
2nd	17:13	Buffalo Sabres	Dylan Cozens	Slashing	2
2nd	19:26	Buffalo Sabres	Dylan Cozens	Roughing	2
3rd	08:27	Columbus Blue Jackets	David Jiricek	Tripping	2
3rd	13:35	Columbus Blue Jackets	Jordan Dumais	Holding	2

Game information

Columbus Blue Jackets head coach: Pascal Vincent
Buffalo Sabres head coach: Don Granato
Referees: Michael Markovic, Pierre Lambert
Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Mark Shewchyk
Columbus Blue Jackets scratches: Sergei Mozyakin, Johnny Gaudreau, Sean Kuraly, Boone Jenner, Brendan Gaunce, Damon Severson, Peter Quenneville, Spencer Martin, Andrew Peeke, Jake Bean, Mathieu Olivier, Alexandre Texier, Daniil Tarasov, Carson Meyer, Trey Fix-Wolansky, Eric Robinson, Liam Foudy, Jake Christiansen, Tyler Angle, Billy Sweezey, Samuel Knazko, Mikael Pyyhtia, Ole Julian Bjorgvik-Holm, Egor Chinakhov, Ben Roger, Corson Ceulemans, Aidan Hreschuk, Guillaume Richard, Cole Sillinger, Stanislav Svozil, Nikolai Makarov, Martin Rysavy, Jet Greaves, Cameron Butler, Luca Del Bel Belluz, Kirill Dolzhenkov, Nick Blankenburg, Marcus Bjork, James Fisher, Sergei Ivanov, Sean McGurn, Nolan Lalonde, Jakin Smallwood, Hunter McKown, Justin Pearson, Gavin Brindley, Tyler Peddle, Luca Pinelli, Andrew Strathmann, William Whitelaw, Melvin Strahl, Oiva Keskinen, Kocha Delic, Oasiz Wiesblatt, Nicholas Deangelis, Gunner Kinniburgh
Buffalo Sabres scratches: Artem Kriukov, Erik Johnson, Dustin Tokarski, Zemgus Girgensons, Connor Clifton, Connor Hurley, Eric Comrie, Jordan Greenway, Ivan Chukarov, Kale Clague, Tyson Jost, Brett Murray, Philip Nyberg, Vasily Glotov, Casey Mittelstadt, Linus Weissbach, Mattias Samuelsson, Rasmus Dahlin, Filip Cederqvist, Aaron Huglen, Jack Quinn, JJ Peterka, Justin Richards, Matteo Costantini, Devin Cooley, Albert Lyckasen, Jakub Konecny, Owen Power, Aleksandr Kisakov, Olivier Nadeau, Viljami Marjala, Prokhor Poltapov, William Von Barnekow Lofberg, Tyson Kozak, Stiven Sardarian, Nikita Novikov, Lawson Sherk, Topias Leinonen, Mats Lindgren, Viktor Neuchev, Noah Ostlund, Matt Savoie, Linus Sjodin, Joel Ratkovic Berndtsson, Vsevolod Komarov, Gustav Karlsson, Jake Richard, Gavin McCarthy, Ethan Miedema, Scott Ratzlaff, Maxim Strbak, Anton Wahlberg, Sean Keohane, Norwin Panocha, Josh Fleming

2023-2024 season series

Every Columbus Blue Jackets and Buffalo Sabres game in the 2023-2024 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Columbus Blue Jackets 3 at Buffalo Sabres 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres, Sat, Sep 30, 2023
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Columbus Blue Jackets 5	Final Preseason	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets, Wed, Oct 4, 2023

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Matchup	Status	Details
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Chicago Blackhawks 2 at Minnesota Wild 3	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Chicago Blackhawks at Minnesota Wild, Sat, Sep 30, 2023
Dallas Stars 4 at St. Louis Blues 3	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Dallas Stars at St. Louis Blues, Sat, Sep 30, 2023
New Jersey Devils 3 at Philadelphia Flyers 2	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: New Jersey Devils at Philadelphia Flyers, Sat, Sep 30, 2023
Toronto Maple Leafs 3 at Montreal Canadiens 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens, Sat, Sep 30, 2023
Washington Capitals 2 at Detroit Red Wings 5	Final Preseason	Game page: Washington Capitals at Detroit Red Wings, Sat, Sep 30, 2023
Edmonton Oilers 2 at Vancouver Canucks 5	Final Preseason	Game page: Edmonton Oilers at Vancouver Canucks, Sat, Sep 30, 2023
Los Angeles Kings 2 at San Jose Sharks 1	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at San Jose Sharks, Sat, Sep 30, 2023