Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres

Monday, September 23, 2024, 5:00 PM ET KeyBank Center, Buffalo Preseason Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 6–1 on Monday, September 23, 2024 at home.

Final score, Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres
Team	Goals	2024-2025 record
Columbus Blue Jackets	1	40-33-9
at Buffalo Sabres	6	36-39-7

Goals by period

Goals by period, Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Columbus Blue Jackets	1	0	0	1
Buffalo Sabres	1	2	3	6

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	13	11	2	26
Buffalo Sabres	4	11	14	29

Three stars

Z. Benson, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal, 1 assist)
D. Cozens, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)
P. Krebs, 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	05:35	Buffalo Sabres	Owen Power (2)	JJ Peterka (1), Jack Quinn (2)	Power play	CBJ 0, BUF 1
1st	11:34	Columbus Blue Jackets	Mathieu Olivier (1)	Unassisted	Even strength	CBJ 1, BUF 1
2nd	05:15	Buffalo Sabres	Zach Benson (1)	Henri Jokiharju (3), Jack Quinn (3)	Even strength	CBJ 1, BUF 2
2nd	10:40	Buffalo Sabres	Peyton Krebs (1)	Tage Thompson (2), Dennis Gilbert (1)	Even strength	CBJ 1, BUF 3
3rd	02:34	Buffalo Sabres	Dylan Cozens (2)	Zach Benson (2), Bowen Byram (2)	Even strength	CBJ 1, BUF 4
3rd	05:23	Buffalo Sabres	Mattias Samuelsson (1)	JJ Peterka (2), Peyton Krebs (1)	Even strength	CBJ 1, BUF 5
3rd	07:00	Buffalo Sabres	Nicolas Aube-Kubel (1)	Sam Lafferty (1), Bowen Byram (3)	Even strength	CBJ 1, BUF 6

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	26	29
Power play	0 of 2	1 of 4
Penalty minutes	8	4
Hits	15	23
Blocked shots	14	11
Giveaways	16	17
Takeaways	5	5
Faceoffs won	24/53 (45.3%)	29/53 (54.7%)

Box score

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 4 C. Sillinger	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50%	16:29
Number 10 D. Voronkov	L	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	50%	17:00
Number 18 D. Gambrell	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50%	16:10
Number 19 A. Fantilli	C	0	0	-1	2	2	0	1	55.6%	18:43
Number 24 M. Olivier	R	1	1	0	0	3	2	0		14:42
Number 37 C. Butler	R	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1		11:39
Number 41 H. McKown	C	0	0	-1	0	3	1	1	42.9%	12:53
Number 53 L. Pinelli	C	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0		12:37
Number 64 T. Fix-Wolansky	R	0	0	-1	0	4	2	0		15:21
Number 65 L. Del Bel Belluz	C	0	0	-2	0	0	1	1	36.4%	12:20
Number 82 M. Pyyhtia	L	0	0	-1	0	4	1	1		15:17
Number 88 T. Peddle	L	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0		13:10
Number 3 J. Johnson	D	0	0	-3	0	1	1	2		21:41
Number 22 J. Harris	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		23:17
Number 55 D.Jiricek	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		22:45
Number 57 C. Elick	D	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1		17:16
Number 74 C. Ceulemans	D	0	0	-3	4	1	0	0		15:17
Number 81 S. Svozil	D	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		16:13

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 E. Gardner	14	11	3	.786	20:00
Number 73 J. Greaves	15	12	3	.800	40:00	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	+2	2	1	1	2	0		16:23
Number 12 J. Greenway	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0		13:35
Number 17 J. Zucker	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		15:25
Number 19 P. Krebs	C	1	1	2	+2	0	1	1	0	0	100%	11:03
Number 22 J. Quinn	R	0	2	2	+1	0	2	0	0	0		18:25
Number 24 D. Cozens	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	1	0	45.5%	16:07
Number 29 B. Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	+1	0	4	2	0	0	100%	13:45
Number 71 R. McLeod	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	50%	18:56
Number 72 T. Thompson	C	0	1	1	+2	0	1	3	0	0	58.3%	17:05
Number 77 J. Peterka	R	0	2	2	+2	0	4	0	0	0		16:35
Number 81 S. Lafferty	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	3	0	0	54.5%	11:23
Number 96 N. Aube-Kubel	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2	2	0	0		10:21
Number 4 B. Byram	D	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	1	0		20:46
Number 8 D. Gilbert	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	3	2	0		17:38
Number 10 H. Jokiharju	D	0	1	1	+3	0	1	1	0	0		21:33
Number 23 M. Samuelsson	D	1	0	1	+3	0	1	1	1	0		17:48
Number 25 O. Power	D	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	3	1		20:30
Number 75 C. Clifton	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	1	0		18:42

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 27 D. Levi	26	25	1	.962	60:00	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	04:25	Columbus Blue Jackets	Corson Ceulemans	High sticking	2
1st	05:09	Columbus Blue Jackets	Adam Fantilli	Delaying game puck over glass	2
1st	14:55	Buffalo Sabres	Connor Clifton	Hooking	2
2nd	00:08	Columbus Blue Jackets	Corson Ceulemans	Delaying game puck over glass	2
2nd	05:38	Columbus Blue Jackets	Tyler Peddle	Interference	2
2nd	08:02	Buffalo Sabres	Zach Benson	Roughing	2

Game information

Columbus Blue Jackets head coach: Dean Evason
Buffalo Sabres head coach: Lindy Ruff
Referees: Kendrick Nicholson, Brandon Blandina
Linesmen: Scott Cherrey, Michel Cormier
Columbus Blue Jackets scratches: James van Riemsdyk, Erik Gudbranson, Sean Kuraly, Boone Jenner, Stefan Matteau, Damon Severson, Peter Quenneville, Sean Monahan, Elvis Merzlikins, Zach Werenski, Ivan Provorov, Zach Sawchenko, Justin Danforth, Daniil Tarasov, Curtis Hall, Kirill Marchenko, Jake Christiansen, Samuel Knazko, Ole Julian Bjorgvik-Holm, Egor Chinakhov, Kent Johnson, Aidan Hreschuk, Guillaume Richard, James Malatesta, Jake Gaudet, Cole Clayton, Max McCue, Nikolai Makarov, Martin Rysavy, Kirill Dolzhenkov, Pano Fimis, Denton Mateychuk, Owen Sillinger, Jordan Dumais, James Fisher, Sergei Ivanov, Nolan Collins, Jacob Oster, Pavel Cajan, Sam Alfano, Justin Pearson, Gavin Brindley, Andrew Strathmann, William Whitelaw, Melvin Strahl, Oiva Keskinen, Nicholas Sima, Nicholas Deangelis, Luca Marrelli, Cayden Lindstrom, Tanner Henricks, Luke Ashton, Mael Lavigne, Jack Van Volsen, Conor Walton
Buffalo Sabres scratches: Artem Kriukov, James Reimer, Michael Houser, Alex Tuch, Brendan Warren, Ethan Prow, Kale Clague, Brett Murray, Vasily Glotov, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Jack Rathbone, Jacob Bryson, Rasmus Dahlin, Peter Tischke, Mason Jobst, Ryan Johnson, Lukas Rousek, Colton Poolman, Tyler Tullio, Robert Calisti, Matteo Costantini, Josh Dunne, Aleksandr Kisakov, Olivier Nadeau, Viljami Marjala, Isak Rosen, Prokhor Poltapov, William Von Barnekow Lofberg, Tyson Kozak, Stiven Sardarian, Nikita Novikov, Riley Fiddler-Schultz, Noah Laaouan, Jiri Kulich, Topias Leinonen, Viktor Neuchev, Noah Ostlund, Graham Slaggert, Joel Ratkovic Berndtsson, Vsevolod Komarov, Gustav Karlsson, Jake Richard, Gavin McCarthy, Ethan Miedema, Scott Ratzlaff, Maxim Strbak, Anton Wahlberg, Zach Metsa, Sean Keohane, Norwin Panocha, Ty Cheveldayoff, Brodie Ziemer, Konsta Helenius, Adam Kleber, Luke Osburn, Simon-Pier Brunet, Patrick Geary, Ryerson Leenders, Vasily Zelenov, Jack Bodin

2024-2025 season series

Every Columbus Blue Jackets and Buffalo Sabres game in the 2024-2025 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Columbus Blue Jackets 1 at Buffalo Sabres 6	Final Preseason	Game page: Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres, Mon, Sep 23, 2024
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Columbus Blue Jackets 6	Final Preseason	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets, Sat, Sep 28, 2024

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