Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets

Wednesday, October 4, 2023, 7:00 PM ET Nationwide Arena, Columbus Preseason Final

Final score

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–3 on Wednesday, October 4, 2023 at home.

Final score, Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets
Team	Goals	2023-2024 record
Buffalo Sabres	3	39-37-6
at Columbus Blue Jackets	5	27-43-12

Goals by period

Goals by period, Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Buffalo Sabres	1	2	0	3
Columbus Blue Jackets	2	1	2	5

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	5	13	8	26
Columbus Blue Jackets	12	10	11	33

Three stars

P. Laine, Columbus Blue Jackets (1 goal, 1 assist)
J. Gaudreau, Columbus Blue Jackets (1 goal, 1 assist)
I. Provorov, Columbus Blue Jackets (2 assists)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	06:15	Columbus Blue Jackets	Patrik Laine (3)	Johnny Gaudreau (1), Jake Bean (1)	Even strength	BUF 0, CBJ 1
1st	09:04	Columbus Blue Jackets	Emil Bemstrom (3)	Ivan Provorov (3), Damon Severson (3)	Power play	BUF 0, CBJ 2
1st	11:38	Buffalo Sabres	Zemgus Girgensons (1)	Ryan Johnson (2), Mattias Samuelsson (1)	Even strength	BUF 1, CBJ 2
2nd	00:23	Columbus Blue Jackets	Johnny Gaudreau (2)	Kirill Marchenko (2), Patrik Laine (3)	Even strength	BUF 1, CBJ 3
2nd	13:53	Buffalo Sabres	Owen Power (1)	JJ Peterka (1)	Even strength	BUF 2, CBJ 3
2nd	18:45	Buffalo Sabres	Zach Benson (3)	Mattias Samuelsson (2)	Even strength	BUF 3, CBJ 3
3rd	08:43	Columbus Blue Jackets	Adam Fantilli (1)	Ivan Provorov (4), Damon Severson (4)	Even strength	BUF 3, CBJ 4
3rd	18:32	Columbus Blue Jackets	Kirill Marchenko (2)	Unassisted	Even strength, Empty net	BUF 3, CBJ 5

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	26	33
Power play	0 of 4	1 of 2
Penalty minutes	4	8
Hits	5	9
Blocked shots	18	11
Giveaways	6	4
Takeaways	3	10
Faceoffs won	21/52 (40.4%)	31/52 (59.6%)

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 9 Z. Benson	L	1	0	1	-1	2	1	0	0		18:04
Number 12 J. Greenway	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		16:30
Number 13 L. Rousek	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		12:45
Number 15 B. Biro	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2	44.4%	10:59
Number 17 T. Jost	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0		13:33
Number 19 P. Krebs	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	40%	18:13
Number 21 K. Okposo	R	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	40%	16:50
Number 28 Z. Girgensons	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	0		13:44
Number 37 C. Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	40.9%	16:48
Number 71 V. Olofsson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		15:35
Number 77 J. Peterka	R	0	1	1	-1	0	4	0	0		15:02
Number 89 A. Tuch	R	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	1		16:16
Number 10 H. Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	3		15:15
Number 23 M. Samuelsson	D	0	2	2	+1	0	2	0	1		17:07
Number 25 O. Power	D	1	0	1	-1	0	3	0	2		23:25
Number 26 R. Dahlin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	4		23:01
Number 33 R. Johnson	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		16:36
Number 75 C. Clifton	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	1		17:43

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 1 U. Luukkonen	32	28	4	.875	58:34	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 4 C. Sillinger	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		14:30
Number 7 S. Kuraly	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	81.3%	15:52
Number 11 A. Fantilli	C	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	0	55.6%	13:38
Number 13 J. Gaudreau	L	1	1	2	+3	0	5	0	0	0		16:20
Number 17 J. Danforth	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0		13:36
Number 29 P. Laine	L	1	1	2	+3	0	2	0	2	0	41.7%	14:20
Number 38 B. Jenner	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0	53.8%	16:54
Number 42 A. Texier	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	0	50%	14:08
Number 50 E. Robinson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13:07
Number 52 E. Bemstrom	C	1	0	1	-2	0	3	1	2	1		13:39
Number 86 K. Marchenko	R	1	1	2	+3	2	2	0	0	0		14:25
Number 91 K. Johnson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	0		13:51
Number 2 A. Peeke	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0		19:00
Number 8 Z. Werenski	D	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	1	0		21:43
Number 9 I. Provorov	D	0	2	2	+2	0	4	0	0	0		21:02
Number 22 J. Bean	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	0		16:54
Number 44 E. Gudbranson	D	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0		19:22
Number 78 D. Severson	D	0	2	2	+2	2	0	1	1	0		19:39

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 90 E. Merzlikins	26	23	3	.885	60:00	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	07:04	Buffalo Sabres	Alex Tuch	Slashing	2
1st	15:11	Columbus Blue Jackets	Damon Severson	Holding	2
2nd	15:28	Columbus Blue Jackets	Kirill Marchenko	Holding	2
2nd	16:32	Buffalo Sabres	Zach Benson	Hooking	2
2nd	19:44	Columbus Blue Jackets	Erik Gudbranson	High sticking double minor	4

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach: Don Granato
Columbus Blue Jackets head coach: Pascal Vincent
Referees: Corey Syvret, Jake Brenk
Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Brandon Grillo
Buffalo Sabres scratches: Artem Kriukov, Erik Johnson, Dustin Tokarski, Jeff Skinner, Connor Hurley, Joseph Cecconi, Ivan Chukarov, Kale Clague, Riley Stillman, Brett Murray, Tage Thompson, Philip Nyberg, Vasily Glotov, Jeremy Davies, Jacob Bryson, Linus Weissbach, Dylan Cozens, Filip Cederqvist, Aaron Huglen, Jack Quinn, Justin Richards, Matteo Costantini, Devon Levi, Devin Cooley, Albert Lyckasen, Jakub Konecny, Aleksandr Kisakov, Olivier Nadeau, Viljami Marjala, Isak Rosen, Prokhor Poltapov, William Von Barnekow Lofberg, Tyson Kozak, Stiven Sardarian, Nikita Novikov, Lawson Sherk, Jiri Kulich, 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
Columbus Blue Jackets scratches: Sergei Mozyakin, Brendan Gaunce, Peter Quenneville, Spencer Martin, Jack Roslovic, Mathieu Olivier, Daniil Tarasov, Carson Meyer, Trey Fix-Wolansky, Liam Foudy, Adam Boqvist, Jake Christiansen, Tyler Angle, Dmitri Voronkov, Billy Sweezey, Samuel Knazko, Mikael Pyyhtia, Ole Julian Bjorgvik-Holm, Egor Chinakhov, Josh Dunne, Ben Roger, Corson Ceulemans, Aidan Hreschuk, Guillaume Richard, Stanislav Svozil, James Malatesta, Nikolai Makarov, Martin Rysavy, Jet Greaves, Cameron Butler, Luca Del Bel Belluz, Kirill Dolzhenkov, David Jiricek, Denton Mateychuk, Nick Blankenburg, Marcus Bjork, Jordan Dumais, 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

2023-2024 season series

Every Buffalo Sabres and Columbus Blue Jackets 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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