Buffalo Sabres @ Columbus Blue Jackets

Preseason

2-0-0, 2-0-0 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Sabres BUF	1	1	1	3
Blue Jackets CBJ	0	1	0	1

Columbus Blue JacketsBlue JacketsCBJ

1-1-0, 1-1-0 Home

Buffalo Sabres


forwards
Joel ArmiaJ. Armia#33
Matt EllisM. Ellis#37
Tyler EnnisT. Ennis#63
Marcus FolignoM. Foligno#82
Zemgus GirgensonsZ. Girgensons#28
Mikhail GrigorenkoM. Grigorenko#25
Cody HodgsonC. Hodgson#19
Johan LarssonJ. Larsson#22
John ScottJ. Scott#32
Jamie TardifJ. Tardif#68
Corey TroppC. Tropp#78
Thomas VanekT. Vanek#26
defensemen
Christian EhrhoffC. Ehrhoff#10
Jerome Gauthier-LeducJ. Gauthier-Leduc#34
Brayden McNabbB. McNabb#44
Tyler MyersT. Myers#57
Chad RuhwedelC. Ruhwedel#5
Alexander SulzerA. Sulzer#52

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	16:54	1:44	0:00	15:10	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	10:51	0:00	1:28	9:23	5	0	100.0
0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	17	13:44	2:03	0:00	11:41	0	0	0.0
2	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	24	20:41	3:53	2:18	14:30	0	1	0.0
0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	22	14:44	2:04	1:50	10:50	0	1	0.0
1	0	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	18	13:17	2:35	0:00	10:42	6	6	50.0
0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	23	18:24	4:03	1:32	12:49	8	9	47.1
0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	20	16:28	1:22	2:01	13:05	4	1	80.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	8:45	0:00	0:00	8:45	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	6:27	0:00	0:00	6:27	0	1	0.0
0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	20	15:52	2:23	2:51	10:38	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	17:28	3:53	0:00	13:35	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	24:51	4:39	2:06	18:06	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	21	16:49	0:49	1:24	14:36	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	5	0	1	23	19:47	4:58	1:57	12:52	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	3	0	1	28	23:10	3:16	2:11	17:43	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	18:35	2:18	2:25	13:52	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	20	17:13	0:00	1:57	15:16	0	0	0.0

goalies
Matthew HackettM. Hackett#31
Ryan MillerR. Miller#30

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
9	0	9	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	28:45	0
16	1	15	.938	0	0	0	0	0	31:15	0

Columbus Blue Jackets


forwards
Artem AnisimovA. Anisimov#42
Oliver BjorkstrandO. Bjorkstrand#65
Jared BollJ. Boll#40
Nick FolignoN. Foligno#71
Boone JennerB. Jenner#38
Andrew JoudreyA. Joudrey#34
Derek MacKenzieD. MacKenzie#24
Spencer MachacekS. Machacek#45
Jonathan MarchessaultJ. Marchessault#36
Nick MoutreyN. Moutrey#67
R.J. UmbergerR.J. Umberger#18
defensemen
Tim ErixonT. Erixon#20
Jack JohnsonJ. Johnson#7
Patrick McNeillP. McNeill#49
David SavardD. Savard#58
Frederic St-DenisF. St-Denis#28
Fedor TyutinF. Tyutin#51

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	1	3	0	21	18:50	2:57	3:14	12:39	7	8	46.7
0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	18	16:04	2:57	0:05	13:02	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	17	13:06	0:00	0:45	12:21	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	22	19:04	2:57	3:42	12:25	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	6	1	1	1	2	5	0	1	21	20:38	3:03	2:07	15:28	6	6	50.0
0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16	10:55	0:00	2:34	8:21	0	4	0.0
0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	19	14:51	0:00	2:41	12:10	5	2	71.4
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	10	6:47	0:00	0:00	6:47	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	19	14:40	3:03	0:00	11:37	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	6:47	0:00	0:00	6:47	1	0	100.0
1	0	0	2	0	1	1	4	2	1	0	19	18:19	3:03	0:50	14:26	0	2	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	-1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	20	21:54	2:35	2:53	16:26	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	23	26:06	3:25	4:11	18:30	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	13:50	0:00	1:52	11:58	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	20	23:14	2:35	4:01	16:38	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	14	12:12	0:00	0:21	11:51	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	23	22:48	3:25	2:42	16:41	0	0	0.0

goalies
Sergei BobrovskyS. Bobrovsky#72
Mike McKennaM. McKenna#30

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
15	2	13	.867	0	0	0	0	0	39:46	0
13	1	12	.923	0	0	0	0	0	18:05	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Sabres	1	1	1	3
	Blue Jackets	0	1	0	1

1st Period			BUF	CBJ
19:55		Marcus Foligno (1) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Tyler Myers (1), Cody Hodgson (1)	1	0

2nd Period			BUF	CBJ
4:29		R.J. Umberger (1) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Tim Erixon (1)	1	1
14:51		Marcus Foligno (2) (Even Strength Goal) Unassisted	2	1

3rd Period			BUF	CBJ
9:23		Mikhail Grigorenko (1) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Corey Tropp (1), Zemgus Girgensons (1)	3	1

Nationwide Arena

12:00 AM, 18 September 2013

Columbus, OH

Attendance: 9,009

Referees:
Kevin Pollock
Ghislain Hebert

Linesmen:
Steve Miller

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Buffalo	49	23	8	106
Montreal	47	22	10	104
Tampa Bay	48	25	6	102
Boston	43	26	10	96
Ottawa	42	27	10	94
Detroit	41	29	9	91
Florida	37	38	4	78
Toronto	32	33	14	78

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	51	22	6	108
Pittsburgh	41	22	16	98
Philadelphia	40	27	12	92
NY Islanders	43	31	5	91
Columbus	39	28	12	90
Washington	40	30	9	89
New Jersey	40	36	3	83
NY Rangers	33	37	9	75

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