National Hockey League
BOXSCORE
Buffalo 5, Columbus 4
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Where: Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio
Referees: Pierre Lambert, Justin St. Pierre
Linesmen: Jonny Murray, James Tobias
Attendance: 9623
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final OT123OTT
Buffalo 1031SO5
Columbus 22004
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
5:56 - Blue Jackets Oliver Bjorkstrand (EV) Assists: Tyler Angle , Jack Roslovic
9:37 - Blue Jackets Oliver Bjorkstrand (PP) Assists: Jake Bean , Tyler Angle
11:20 - Sabres Arttu Ruotsalainen (EV) Assists: John Hayden , Casey Fitzgerald
Penalties
2:34 - Sabres Linus Weissbach (2) Hooking
 9:19 - Sabres John-Jason Peterka (2) Cross checking
2nd Period
Scoring
0:27 - Blue Jackets Vladislav Gavrikov (EV) Assists: Eric Robinson , Jake Bean
16:08 - Blue Jackets Jake Bean (EV) Assists: Vladislav Gavrikov , Kevin Stenlund
Penalties
6:09 - Sabres Brett Murray (2) Tripping
 7:29 - Blue Jackets Carson Meyer (2) Hooking
3rd Period
Scoring
2:33 - Sabres Michael Mersch (EV) Assists: Ryan MacInnis , Linus Weissbach
17:56 - Sabres John-Jason Peterka (EV) Assists: Linus Weissbach
19:06 - Sabres Linus Weissbach (EV) Assists: Vinnie Hinostroza , Will Butcher
Penalties
10:55 - Sabres Brandon Davidson (2) Slashing
 15:47 - Blue Jackets Eric Robinson (2) Slashing
Overtime
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
None.
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Dustin Tokarski G 0 0 0 0 0 33:56 30:28 1:28 2:00 0 0 - - - - -
Aaron Dell G 0 0 0 0 0 29:56 24:58 1:20 3:38 0 0 - - - - -
Will Butcher D 0 1 1 E 0 3 32 28:15 23:47 3:10 1:18 0 0 - 1 - - -
Ethan Prow D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 27 21:10 19:52 0:07 1:11 0 0 - 2 - - -
John Hayden LW 0 1 1 +1 0 1 20 15:22 14:56 0:00 0:26 0 0 4 2 - - -
Jack Quinn RW 0 0 0 E 0 15 11:48 11:48 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 21 17:46 15:46 1:57 0:03 0 0 - 1 6 8 43
Arttu Ruotsalainen C 1 0 1 +2 0 3 25 21:05 16:47 2:42 1:36 0 0 - - 8 9 47
Michael Mersch LW 1 0 1 -1 0 3 17 8:36 7:49 0:00 0:47 0 0 2 2 - - -
Zemgus Girgensons LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 26 19:21 15:11 0:48 3:22 0 0 - 1 9 14 39
Vinnie Hinostroza LW 0 1 1 E 0 4 27 20:32 16:13 2:57 1:22 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Casey Fitzgerald D 0 1 1 +3 0 2 25 17:51 15:53 0:00 1:58 0 0 - 2 - - -
Ryan MacInnis C 0 1 1 -1 0 0 16 8:24 7:58 0:26 0:00 0 0 2 - 3 6 33
Brett Murray LW 0 0 0 +2 2 1 20 18:37 15:35 2:54 0:08 0 0 - - - - -
Oskari Laaksonen D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 23 17:17 16:03 0:12 1:02 0 0 - - - - -
Linus Weissbach LW 1 2 3 +1 2 2 21 10:40 10:05 0:35 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
John-Jason Peterka RW 1 0 1 +1 2 1 19 14:37 14:11 0:26 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 E 0 3 30 23:11 18:33 0:58 3:40 0 0 2 3 - - -
Brandon Davidson D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 25 15:00 12:53 0:00 2:07 0 0 2 4 - - -
Anders Bjork LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 26 20:18 16:46 0:00 3:32 0 0 - - - - -
Columbus Blue Jackets
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Jet Greaves G 0 0 0 0 0 25:00 21:00 2:00 2:00 0 0 - - - - -
Elvis Merzlikins G 0 0 0 0 0 38:27 33:45 3:22 1:20 0 0 - - - - -
Andrew Peeke D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 22 20:48 19:31 0:04 1:13 0 0 1 1 - - -
Gavin Bayreuther D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 22 19:59 18:42 0:04 1:13 0 0 1 1 - - -
Sean Kuraly C 0 0 0 E 0 0 26 17:40 16:13 0:00 1:27 0 0 5 1 9 8 53
Kevin Stenlund C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 22 17:34 15:05 2:08 0:21 0 0 2 - 11 3 79
Tyler Sikura C 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 11:14 7:39 1:52 1:43 0 0 - - 4 5 44
Jake Bean D 1 2 3 +2 0 3 26 26:29 20:52 3:30 2:07 0 0 1 - - - -
Oliver Bjorkstrand RW 2 0 2 E 0 3 23 22:05 18:23 3:42 0:00 1 0 - 1 0 1 0
Tyler Angle C 0 2 2 E 0 2 21 19:24 15:38 3:46 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Vladislav Gavrikov D 1 1 2 +2 0 4 25 22:31 20:24 0:00 2:07 0 0 1 2 - - -
Cole Fonstad C 0 0 0 E 0 0 14 8:18 8:18 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Eric Robinson LW 0 1 1 E 2 3 25 18:25 14:22 3:30 0:33 0 0 1 - - - -
Carson Meyer RW 0 0 0 E 2 2 25 18:17 15:15 2:04 0:58 0 0 4 - - - -
Zac Jordan RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 16 9:27 8:05 0:00 1:22 0 0 4 - - - -
Cole Clayton D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 17 13:53 13:37 0:16 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
James Malatesta C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 19 15:03 14:13 0:50 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Tim Berni D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 19 16:05 13:57 2:08 0:00 0 0 - 4 - - -
Peter Reynolds C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 17 13:14 12:12 1:02 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Jack Roslovic C 0 1 1 E 0 3 25 23:08 19:01 3:30 0:37 0 0 - - 14 11 56
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Dustin Tokarski W (0-0-0) 17 16 1 .941 0 33:56
Aaron Dell 15 12 3 .800 0 29:56
Columbus
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Elvis Merzlikins 15 14 1 .933 0 38:27
Jet Greaves L (0-0-0) 14 11 3 .786 0 25:00
Shootout
BUF Score Score CLB
Jack Quinn Oliver Bjorkstrand
John-Jason Peterka Jack Roslovic
- N/A Kevin Stenlund
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