Blue Jackets 9-4 Sabres (20 Dec, 2023) Box Score

Columbus Blue Jackets

11-17-5, 4-8-3 away

	1	2	3	T
CBJ	3	4	2	9
BUF	1	1	2	4

Buffalo Sabres

13-17-3, 6-8-1 home

Columbus Blue Jackets


forwards
Emil BemstromE. Bemstrom#52
Yegor ChinakhovY. Chinakhov#59
Justin DanforthJ. Danforth#17
Adam FantilliA. Fantilli#11
Johnny GaudreauJ. Gaudreau#13
Brendan GaunceB. Gaunce#16
Kent JohnsonK. Johnson#91
Sean KuralyS. Kuraly#7
Kirill MarchenkoK. Marchenko#86
Cole SillingerC. Sillinger#4
Alexandre TexierA. Texier#42
Dmitri VoronkovD. Voronkov#10
defensemen
Jake BeanJ. Bean#22
Nick BlankenburgN. Blankenburg#77
Erik GudbransonE. Gudbranson#44
Andrew PeekeA. Peeke#2
Ivan ProvorovI. Provorov#9
Zach WerenskiZ. Werenski#8

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	17	13:40	0:58	0:00	12:42	1	0	100.0
0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	18	15:30	1:47	0:00	13:43	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	23	17:07	0:52	3:21	12:54	1	3	25.0
1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	17	14:30	0:53	0:00	13:37	3	5	37.5
1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	18	14:22	1:45	0:00	12:37	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	12:32	0:00	0:00	12:32	0	1	0.0
1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	13:54	1:00	0:00	12:54	1	0	100.0
1	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	19	15:16	0:00	1:43	13:33	8	8	50.0
3	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	15:20	1:43	0:00	13:37	0	0	0.0
1	1	2	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	22	15:47	0:09	3:19	12:19	8	8	50.0
0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	14:33	0:00	1:41	12:52	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	19	14:37	1:44	0:00	12:53	7	10	41.2
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	22	17:50	0:09	0:21	17:20	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	0	1	3	0	0	2	2	0	22	18:42	0:00	0:00	18:42	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	3	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	20	16:18	0:09	3:20	12:49	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	22	19:08	0:00	0:47	18:21	0	0	0.0
0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	25	22:20	0:40	3:54	17:46	0	0	0.0
0	2	3	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	23	23:32	1:56	1:42	19:54	0	0	0.0

goalies
Daniil TarasovD. Tarasov#40

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
29	4	25	.862	18	5	2	0	0	60:00	0

Buffalo Sabres


forwards
Zach BensonZ. Benson#9
Dylan CozensD. Cozens#24
Tyson JostT. Jost#17
Peyton KrebsP. Krebs#19
Casey MittelstadtC. Mittelstadt#37
Kyle OkposoK. Okposo#21
Victor OlofssonV. Olofsson#71
JJ PeterkaJ. Peterka#77
Jack QuinnJ. Quinn#22
Eric RobinsonE. Robinson#50
Tage ThompsonT. Thompson#72
Alex TuchA. Tuch#89
defensemen
Connor CliftonC. Clifton#75
Rasmus DahlinR. Dahlin#26
Erik JohnsonE. Johnson#6
Henri JokiharjuH. Jokiharju#10
Owen PowerO. Power#25
Mattias SamuelssonM. Samuelsson#23

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	23	19:03	2:18	0:32	16:13	0	0	0.0
1	1	1	5	3	2	0	0	3	2	0	25	16:04	1:46	0:28	13:50	11	7	61.1
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	15	11:40	0:00	1:19	10:21	4	1	80.0
0	0	-3	2	2	0	1	2	3	1	0	18	13:04	0:00	0:33	12:31	3	8	27.3
0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	22	17:17	2:44	0:00	14:33	3	4	42.9
1	0	-2	1	0	2	1	2	2	0	0	20	17:26	1:04	0:00	16:22	4	1	80.0
0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14	11:00	0:00	0:00	11:00	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	17:13	3:51	0:00	13:22	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	18	14:35	0:56	0:41	12:58	2	1	66.7
0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	17	13:17	0:00	0:46	12:31	0	0	0.0
1	0	-4	6	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	22	17:22	3:51	1:11	12:20	7	7	50.0
0	1	-4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	18	13:57	3:16	0:00	10:41	1	0	100.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	21	18:34	0:07	0:51	17:36	0	0	0.0
1	1	-1	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	29	24:04	3:51	1:06	19:07	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	17:06	0:00	1:54	15:12	0	0	0.0
0	0	-4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	24	16:38	0:15	0:00	16:23	0	0	0.0
0	0	-4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	24	17:32	1:11	0:00	16:21	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	2	2	2	0	0	3	0	0	28	21:34	0:00	1:39	19:55	0	0	0.0

goalies
Devon LeviD. Levi#27
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenU. Luukkonen#1

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
18	4	14	.778	14	0	0	0	0	27:37	0
16	5	11	.688	9	2	0	0	0	32:12	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
	Blue Jackets	3	4	2	9
	Sabres	1	1	2	4

1st Period		CBJ	BUF
0:30	Rasmus Dahlin (8) Assists: Dylan Cozens (12), Casey Mittelstadt (18)	0	1
10:35	Johnny Gaudreau (6) Assists: Adam Fantilli (10)	1	1
14:40	Adam Fantilli (9) Assists: Johnny Gaudreau (13), Ivan Provorov (16)	2	1
19:48	Kirill Marchenko (11) (Power Play) Assists: Johnny Gaudreau (14), Zach Werenski (23)	3	1

2nd Period		CBJ	BUF
7:37	Kirill Marchenko (12) Assists: Yegor Chinakhov (5), Andrew Peeke (4)	4	1
7:55	Kirill Marchenko (13) Assists: Yegor Chinakhov (6), Ivan Provorov (17)	5	1
8:52	Erik Gudbranson (3) Assists: Alexandre Texier (4), Sean Kuraly (5)	6	1
12:27	Sean Kuraly (6) Assists: Alexandre Texier (5), Brendan Gaunce (1)	7	1
18:54	Kyle Okposo (6) Assists: Casey Mittelstadt (19), Victor Olofsson (8)	7	2

3rd Period		CBJ	BUF
2:57	Tage Thompson (8) (Power Play) Assists: Rasmus Dahlin (19), Alex Tuch (11)	7	3
7:51	Dylan Cozens (6) Assists: Zach Benson (7), JJ Peterka (11)	7	4
8:30	Cole Sillinger (2) Assists: Zach Werenski (24), Kent Johnson (7)	8	4
10:59	Kent Johnson (4) Assists: Cole Sillinger (9), Emil Bemstrom (4)	9	4

Regular Season Series

CBJ lead 1-0

Blue Jackets
9
Sabres
4

Game 1

20/12

Blue Jackets
2
Sabres
3

Game 2

30/12

Sabres
2
Blue Jackets
1

Game 3

24/2

KeyBank Center

12:00 AM, 20 December 2023

Buffalo, NY

Attendance: 14,888

Referees:
Chris Rooney
Beau Halkidis

Linesmen:
Tyson Baker
Ben O'Quinn

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
New Jersey	21	10	3	45
Washington	21	8	2	44
Carolina	20	10	1	41
Pittsburgh	14	14	5	33
Philadelphia	14	14	4	32
NY Rangers	15	15	1	31
NY Islanders	12	14	7	31
Columbus	12	15	5	29

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Toronto	20	10	2	42
Florida	20	11	2	42
Boston	17	13	3	37
Tampa Bay	17	10	2	36
Ottawa	16	13	2	34
Detroit	13	14	4	30
Montreal	12	16	3	27
Buffalo	11	17	4	26

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Columbus Blue Jackets

Buffalo Sabres

Regular Season Series

CBJ lead 1-0

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