Sabres 5-4 Blue Jackets (30 Jan, 2019) Game Stats

Buffalo Sabres

25-18-6, 11-12-3 away

	1	2	3	T
BUF	3	1	1	5
CBJ	1	3	0	4

Columbus Blue Jackets

28-18-3, 14-10-2 home


Shots	34	37
Hits	12	28
Faceoffs Won	33	28
Faceoff Win Percent	54.1	45.9
Power Play Opportunities	2	2
Power Play Goals	0	1
Power Play Percentage	0.0	50.0
Short Handed Goals	0	0
Total Penalties	2	2
Penalty Minutes	4	4
Blocked Shots	15	13
Takeaways	2	8
Giveaways	3	4

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Sabres
4
Blue Jackets
5

Game 1

28/10

Sabres
5
Blue Jackets
4

Game 2

30/1

Blue Jackets
4
Sabres
0

Game 3

31/3

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Florida	52	24	6	110
Boston	47	20	15	109
Toronto	46	26	10	102
Tampa Bay	45	29	8	98
Detroit	41	32	9	91
Buffalo	39	37	6	84
Ottawa	37	41	4	78
Montreal	30	36	16	76

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
NY Rangers	55	23	4	114
Carolina	52	23	7	111
NY Islanders	39	27	16	94
Washington	40	31	11	91
Pittsburgh	38	32	12	88
Philadelphia	38	33	11	87
New Jersey	38	39	5	81
Columbus	27	43	12	66

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Buffalo Sabres

Columbus Blue Jackets

Stars of the Game

Conor ShearyLW - BUF

Evan RodriguesC - BUF

Cam AtkinsonRW - CBJ

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Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

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