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Scoring Summary

Period Time Team Goal Strength Score
1 07:21 BUF Mattias Samuelsson (1) — Noah Ostlund (1) , Owen Power (1) EV 1-0
1 12:51 CBJ Cole Sillinger (1) — Charlie Coyle (1) , Denton Mateychuk (1) EV 1-1
1 17:58 CBJ Matthew Knies (1) — Charlie Coyle (2) , Zach Werenski (1) PP 1-2
1 18:44 CBJ Adam Fantilli (1) — Zach Werenski (2) , Matthew Knies (1) EV 1-3
2 01:25 BUF Jack Quinn (1) — Zach Benson (1) , Noah Ostlund (2) EV 2-3
2 07:45 CBJ Matthew Knies (2) — Emil Andrae (1) , Kent Johnson (1) EV 2-4
2 13:14 BUF Konsta Helenius (1) — Ryan McLeod (1) , Owen Power (2) EV 3-4
3 14:21 CBJ Sean Monahan (1) — Valeri Nichushkin (1) , Dmitri Voronkov (1) PP 3-5
3 17:53 CBJ Mathieu Olivier (1) — Charlie Coyle (3) EN 3-6

Penalty Summary

Period Per Time Team Player Penalty Min M
1 06:05 CBJ Carson Soucy Cross Checking 2
1 06:40 BUF Tage Thompson Hooking 2
1 17:03 BUF Mattias Samuelsson Holding 2
2 03:58 CBJ Cole Sillinger Hooking 2
2 03:58 CBJ Mathieu Olivier Unsportsmanlike Conduct 2
2 03:58 BUF Zach Metsa Fighting 5
2 03:58 CBJ Mathieu Olivier Fighting 5
2 11:06 CBJ Kent Johnson Hooking 2
3 09:10 CBJ Cole Sillinger Slashing 2
3 12:23 BUF Mattias Samuelsson Tripping 2

Team Statistics

Statistic Buffalo Sabres Columbus Blue Jackets
Shots 26 23
Faceoff % 44.6% 55.4%
Hits 21 25
Blocked Shots 8 15
Giveaways 15 12
Takeaways 2 6

Skaters

Buffalo Sabres

# Player Pos G A PTS +/- PIM S HIT BLK GV TK SHFT TOI
6 Zach Benson L 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 1 1 0 21 18:34
9 Josh Norris C 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 22 16:19
10 Sam Carrick C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 0 1 0 17 07:43
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 22 14:58
20 Jiri Kulich C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 0 0 0 17 08:45
22 Jack Quinn R 1 0 1 -1 0 4 1 0 1 0 23 20:46
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 4 1 1 0 17 08:11
71 Ryan McLeod C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25 16:41
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 1 0 26 19:46
86 Noah Ostlund C 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 22 16:42
91 Josh Doan R 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 26 19:06
94 Konsta Helenius C 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 21 15:09
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 1 0 1 -2 4 1 0 0 2 0 26 18:21
24 Matt Grzelcyk D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0 22 14:27
25 Owen Power D 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 28 25:25
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 0 0 0 28 25:58
46 Louis Crevier D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 24 16:14
73 Zach Metsa D 0 0 0 -1 5 0 0 2 1 0 21 12:54

Columbus Blue Jackets

# Player Pos G A PTS +/- PIM S HIT BLK GV TK SHFT TOI
3 Charlie Coyle C 0 3 3 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 26 19:04
4 Cole Sillinger C 1 0 1 2 4 3 1 0 2 0 22 15:21
10 Dmitri Voronkov L 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 14 10:44
19 Adam Fantilli C 1 0 1 0 0 2 6 1 0 1 26 17:28
23 Sean Monahan C 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 24 15:31
24 Mathieu Olivier R 1 0 1 2 7 3 3 0 0 0 21 14:32
43 Valeri Nichushkin R 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 0 0 0 22 15:45
58 Danton Heinen L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 3 0 1 17 12:11
83 Conor Garland R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 19 12:09
89 Matthew Knies L 2 1 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 24 16:06
91 Kent Johnson C 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 22 14:53
94 Ryan Lomberg L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 09:21
2 Jake Christiansen D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 1 2 0 11 07:05
5 Denton Mateychuk D 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 30 27:28
7 Carson Soucy D 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 0 0 29 20:15
8 Zach Werenski D 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 1 2 2 32 28:46
36 Emil Andrae D 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 19 15:37
44 Erik Gudbranson D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 3 1 0 21 17:44

Goalies

Buffalo Sabres

# Goalie SA SV GA SV% EV PP SH TOI
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen 22 17 5 .773 12/15 4/6 1/1 59:08
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
33 Cam Talbot 0 0 0 — 0/0 0/0 0/0 00:00
73 Jet Greaves 26 23 3 .885 17/20 5/5 1/1 60:00