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Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets

Nationwide Arena, Columbus Preseason Final

Final score

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–3 on Saturday, September 28, 2024 at home.

Team Goals 2024-2025 record
Buffalo Sabres 3 36-39-7
at Columbus Blue Jackets 6 40-33-9

Goals by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 1 1 1 3
Columbus Blue Jackets 0 1 5 6

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 11 8 12 31
Columbus Blue Jackets 14 12 17 43

Three stars

  1. S. Monahan, Columbus Blue Jackets (2 goals)
  2. K. Johnson, Columbus Blue Jackets (2 assists)
  3. K. Marchenko, Columbus Blue Jackets (2 assists)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 14:56 Buffalo Sabres Josh Dunne (2) Noah Ostlund (1), Nikita Novikov (1) Power play BUF 1, CBJ 0
2nd 09:19 Buffalo Sabres Zach Metsa (1) Noah Ostlund (2), Mason Jobst (1) Even strength BUF 2, CBJ 0
2nd 17:49 Columbus Blue Jackets James van Riemsdyk (1) Kirill Marchenko (1), Damon Severson (1) Even strength BUF 2, CBJ 1
3rd 06:19 Columbus Blue Jackets Sean Monahan (1) Kent Johnson (2), Zach Werenski (1) Power play BUF 2, CBJ 2
3rd 09:28 Columbus Blue Jackets Sean Monahan (2) Kirill Marchenko (2), Ivan Provorov (2) Even strength BUF 2, CBJ 3
3rd 09:50 Columbus Blue Jackets Jake Christiansen (1) Kent Johnson (3), Dmitri Voronkov (2) Even strength BUF 2, CBJ 4
3rd 10:43 Columbus Blue Jackets Adam Fantilli (4) Egor Chinakhov (1) Even strength BUF 2, CBJ 5
3rd 13:46 Buffalo Sabres Mason Jobst (1) Noah Ostlund (3), Vsevolod Komarov (3) Even strength BUF 3, CBJ 5
3rd 18:28 Columbus Blue Jackets Cole Sillinger (2) Unassisted Even strength, Empty net BUF 3, CBJ 6

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

Team stats

Stat Buffalo Sabres Columbus Blue Jackets
Shots on goal 31 43
Power play 1 of 3 1 of 3
Penalty minutes 6 6
Hits 9 27
Blocked shots 17 9
Giveaways 28 20
Takeaways 9 7
Faceoffs won 26/60 (43.3%) 34/60 (56.7%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
36 N. Ostlund C 0 3 3 -1 0 1 0 1 0 57.1% 14:43
41 T. Cheveldayoff L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 08:21
44 J. Dunne C 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 2 1 47.6% 19:29
45 R. Fiddler-Schultz C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 100% 10:10
49 M. Jobst C 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 75% 16:54
52 A. Kisakov L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0 0 14:24
57 B. Murray L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 0 17:38
63 I. Rosen R 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 0 0 18:37
67 G. Slaggert C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 33.3% 12:13
79 V. Neuchev L 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 1 0 14:24
92 A. Wahlberg C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 14:41
94 K. Helenius C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 0 0 10% 20:22
3 J. Rathbone D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 20:48
6 C. Poolman D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 16:10
46 N. Laaouan D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 4 0 16:35
73 Z. Metsa D 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 1 0 19:48
76 V. Komarov D 0 1 1 +1 0 4 0 4 0 21:27
91 N. Novikov D 0 1 1 -2 2 2 0 0 0 20:08
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
32 F. Sandstrom 22 17 5 .773 27:17 Loss
34 S. Ratzlaff 20 20 0 1.000 30:52

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters
Player
4 C. Sillinger C 1 0 1 +2 2 3 3 0 0 64.3% 14:18
7 S. Kuraly C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 33.3% 12:26
10 D. Voronkov L 0 1 1 +2 0 3 0 0 0 14:21
12 O. Sillinger C 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 12:01
19 A. Fantilli C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 4 0 0 60% 15:49
21 J. van Riemsdyk L 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:33
23 S. Monahan C 2 0 2 +1 0 3 0 2 1 60.9% 15:40
24 M. Olivier R 0 0 0 -1 2 3 5 0 0 12:29
38 B. Jenner C 0 0 0 +1 0 3 4 1 0 100% 16:26
59 E. Chinakhov R 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 16:24
86 K. Marchenko R 0 2 2 +2 0 1 1 0 0 14:25
91 K. Johnson C 0 2 2 +2 0 6 0 0 0 17:23
2 J. Christiansen D 1 0 1 +1 0 6 0 0 0 16:51
8 Z. Werenski D 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 24:01
9 I. Provorov D 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 18:44
44 E. Gudbranson D 0 0 0 +2 0 2 0 0 0 18:52
55 D.Jiricek D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15:50
78 D. Severson D 0 1 1 +2 2 1 1 2 0 22:36
Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie
90 E. Merzlikins 31 28 3 .903 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 08:59 Columbus Blue Jackets Cole Sillinger Roughing 2
1st 13:05 Columbus Blue Jackets Damon Severson High sticking 2
2nd 06:21 Columbus Blue Jackets Mathieu Olivier Tripping 2
2nd 07:04 Buffalo Sabres Jack Rathbone Slashing 2
2nd 15:40 Buffalo Sabres Nikita Novikov Cross checking 2
3rd 05:20 Buffalo Sabres Isak Rosen Delaying game puck over glass 2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Columbus Blue Jackets head coach
Dean Evason
Referees
Frederick L'Ecuyer, Beau Halkidis
Linesmen
Julien Fournier, Jesse Marquis
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Artem Kriukov, James Reimer, Jason Zucker, Michael Houser, Connor Clifton, Alex Tuch, Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Sam Lafferty, Jordan Greenway, Brendan Warren, Dennis Gilbert, Ethan Prow, Kale Clague, Beck Malenstyn, Tage Thompson, Vasily Glotov, Henri Jokiharju, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Jacob Bryson, Ryan McLeod, Mattias Samuelsson, Rasmus Dahlin, Peter Tischke, Peyton Krebs, Bowen Byram, Dylan Cozens, Ryan Johnson, Lukas Rousek, Jack Quinn, Tyler Tullio, JJ Peterka, Robert Calisti, Matteo Costantini, Devon Levi, Owen Power, Olivier Nadeau, Viljami Marjala, Prokhor Poltapov, William Von Barnekow Lofberg, Tyson Kozak, Stiven Sardarian, Jiri Kulich, Topias Leinonen, Joel Ratkovic Berndtsson, Gustav Karlsson, Jake Richard, Zach Benson, Gavin McCarthy, Ethan Miedema, Maxim Strbak, Sean Keohane, Norwin Panocha, Brodie Ziemer, Adam Kleber, Luke Osburn, Simon-Pier Brunet, Patrick Geary, Ryerson Leenders, Vasily Zelenov
Columbus Blue Jackets scratches
Jack Johnson, Stefan Matteau, Peter Quenneville, Dylan Gambrell, Justin Danforth, Daniil Tarasov, Trey Fix-Wolansky, Curtis Hall, Jordan Harris, Mikael Pyyhtia, Ole Julian Bjorgvik-Holm, Aidan Hreschuk, Guillaume Richard, James Malatesta, Jake Gaudet, Max McCue, Nikolai Makarov, Martin Rysavy, Luca Del Bel Belluz, Kirill Dolzhenkov, Pano Fimis, Denton Mateychuk, Jordan Dumais, James Fisher, Sergei Ivanov, Nolan Collins, Jacob Oster, Pavel Cajan, Sam Alfano, Hunter McKown, Justin Pearson, Gavin Brindley, Tyler Peddle, Andrew Strathmann, William Whitelaw, Melvin Strahl, Oiva Keskinen, Nicholas Sima, Nicholas Deangelis, Luca Marrelli, Cayden Lindstrom, Charlie Elick, Tanner Henricks, Evan Gardner, Luke Ashton, Mael Lavigne, Jack Van Volsen, Conor Walton

2024-2025 season series

Matchup Status Details
Columbus Blue Jackets 1 at Buffalo Sabres 6 Final Preseason Game page
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Columbus Blue Jackets 6 Final Preseason Game page

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