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Scoring Summary

Period Time Team Goal Strength Score
1 03:00 CBJ Denton Mateychuk (8) — Boone Jenner (12) , Zach Werenski (27) EV 0-1
1 11:26 BUF Josh Doan (12) — Josh Norris (8) , Owen Power (9) EV 1-1
1 14:04 CBJ Brendan Gaunce (2) SH 1-2
1 17:12 CBJ Dmitri Voronkov (14) — Ivan Provorov (10) , Damon Severson (13) EV 1-3
2 08:04 CBJ Mathieu Olivier (4) — Zachary Aston-Reese (4) , Damon Severson (14) EV 1-4
3 11:46 CBJ Cole Sillinger (5) — Denton Mateychuk (11) , Zach Werenski (28) EN 1-5

Penalty Summary

Period Per Time Team Player Penalty Min M
1 04:15 CBJ Damon Severson Hooking 2
1 09:08 CBJ Mathieu Olivier Roughing 2
1 09:08 BUF Josh Norris Roughing 2
1 11:52 BUF Jacob Bryson Tripping 2
1 13:41 CBJ Kent Johnson Hooking 2
1 18:01 CBJ Mathieu Olivier Cross Checking 2
2 19:40 CBJ Dante Fabbro Slashing 2
3 10:36 CBJ Ivan Provorov Holding 2
3 10:36 BUF Zach Benson Embellishment 2
3 14:33 CBJ Ivan Provorov Interference 2

Team Statistics

Statistic Buffalo Sabres Columbus Blue Jackets
Shots 33 35
Faceoff % 52.5% 47.5%
Hits 15 23
Blocked Shots 15 13
Giveaways 20 14
Takeaways 2 5

Skaters

Buffalo Sabres

# Player Pos G A PTS +/- PIM S HIT BLK GV TK SHFT TOI
6 Zach Benson L 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 1 0 0 20 16:39
9 Josh Norris C 0 1 1 -2 2 2 0 2 0 0 23 17:38
12 Jordan Greenway L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 1 0 11 08:36
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 3 1 0 17 14:28
22 Jack Quinn R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 0 20 15:53
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 0 11 07:53
44 Josh Dunne C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0 0 0 10 08:15
71 Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 22 16:59
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 -3 0 4 2 2 0 0 24 22:42
86 Noah Ostlund C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 18 12:36
89 Alex Tuch R 0 0 0 -2 0 5 2 1 1 0 23 19:49
91 Josh Doan R 1 0 1 -2 0 1 0 0 2 1 24 21:30
4 Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 1 4 0 26 24:33
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 0 25 20:59
25 Owen Power D 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 24 21:41
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 2 1 0 1 26 25:30
73 Zach Metsa D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 12 09:46
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 1 1 0 14 09:59

Columbus Blue Jackets

# Player Pos G A PTS +/- PIM S HIT BLK GV TK SHFT TOI
3 Charlie Coyle C 0 0 0 2 0 4 2 1 0 0 19 14:49
4 Cole Sillinger C 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 15 12:12
10 Dmitri Voronkov L 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 12 09:11
16 Brendan Gaunce C 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 3 0 2 17 16:14
17 Mason Marchment L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 17 15:45
19 Adam Fantilli C 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 1 0 17 16:40
24 Mathieu Olivier R 1 0 1 1 4 1 3 1 1 0 18 15:08
27 Zachary Aston-Reese L 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 15 12:48
38 Boone Jenner C 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 21 17:44
43 Danton Heinen L 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 08:51
86 Kirill Marchenko R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 16 16:28
91 Kent Johnson C 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 13 10:51
2 Jake Christiansen D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 14 11:22
5 Denton Mateychuk D 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 25 24:15
8 Zach Werenski D 0 2 2 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 21 23:12
9 Ivan Provorov D 0 1 1 3 4 3 0 1 1 0 25 25:32
15 Dante Fabbro D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 21 18:03
78 Damon Severson D 0 2 2 2 2 3 0 0 2 1 21 16:55

Goalies

Buffalo Sabres

# Goalie SA SV GA SV% EV PP SH TOI
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen 34 30 4 .882 24/27 2/2 4/5 58:34
92 Colten Ellis 0 0 0 — 0/0 0/0 0/0 00:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

# Goalie SA SV GA SV% EV PP SH TOI
73 Jet Greaves 33 32 1 .970 27/28 4/4 1/1 60:00
90 Elvis Merzlikins 0 0 0 — 0/0 0/0 0/0 00:00