National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Columbus 5, Buffalo 3
When: 7:30 PM ET, Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Eric Furlatt, Carter Sandlak
Linesmen: Shandor Alphonso, Tyson Baker
Attendance: 13661
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Columbus 2215
Buffalo 1023
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
2:53 - Blue Jackets Kent Johnson (PP) Assists: Nick Blankenburg , Elvis Merzlikins
3:11 - Sabres Tage Thompson (EV) Assists: Jeff Skinner , Jack Quinn
13:41 - Blue Jackets Eric Robinson (EV) Unassisted
Penalties
1:24 - Sabres Dylan Cozens (2) Tripping
2nd Period
Scoring
11:53 - Blue Jackets Eric Robinson (EV) Assists: Sean Kuraly , Patrik Laine
19:42 - Blue Jackets Boone Jenner (EV) Assists: Nick Blankenburg , Andrew Peeke
Penalties
0:09 - Blue Jackets Jack Roslovic (2) Holding
3rd Period
Scoring
5:02 - Sabres Jack Quinn (EV) Assists: Mattias Samuelsson
9:46 - Sabres JJ Peterka (PP) Assists: Owen Power , Peyton Krebs
19:25 - Blue Jackets Eric Robinson (EV) (EN) Assists: Boone Jenner
Penalties
8:20 - Blue Jackets Bench (2) Too many men on ice
 15:02 - Blue Jackets Sean Kuraly (2) Tripping
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 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Elvis Merzlikins G 0 1 1 0 0 60:00 53:05 1:29 5:26 0 0 - - - - -
Andrew Peeke D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 23 27:09 22:04 0:00 5:05 0 0 2 5 - - -
Sean Kuraly C 0 1 1 +2 2 2 21 13:46 12:30 0:00 1:16 0 0 3 1 6 12 33
Johnny Gaudreau LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 16 13:26 12:13 1:13 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Gavin Bayreuther D 0 0 0 +1 0 3 20 16:21 16:00 0:00 0:21 0 0 2 1 - - -
Liam Foudy RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 18 13:17 10:48 0:00 2:29 0 0 - - - - -
Mathieu Olivier RW 0 0 0 +1 0 2 16 9:51 9:51 0:00 0:00 0 0 4 - 0 1 0
Adam Boqvist D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 19 15:16 14:03 1:13 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Patrik Laine LW 0 1 1 E 0 19 17:02 15:47 1:15 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Cole Sillinger C 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 13:04 11:35 0:14 1:15 0 0 2 - 3 3 50
Boone Jenner C 1 1 2 +1 0 3 21 17:53 15:33 1:13 1:07 0 0 3 - 13 7 65
Erik Gudbranson D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 25 24:24 19:20 0:00 5:04 0 0 2 3 - - -
Eric Robinson LW 3 0 3 +2 0 6 22 17:28 14:14 0:00 3:14 0 0 3 - - - -
Emil Bemstrom RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 16 12:08 11:55 0:13 0:00 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Tim Berni D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 20 16:38 16:38 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Nick Blankenburg D 0 2 2 E 0 2 26 18:53 18:16 0:16 0:21 0 0 1 1 - - -
Kirill Marchenko RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 16 13:34 12:18 1:16 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Kent Johnson C 1 0 1 E 0 5 20 16:37 16:21 0:16 0:00 1 0 0 - - - -
Jack Roslovic C 0 0 0 E 2 1 23 17:47 15:59 0:16 1:32 0 0 1 1 6 7 46
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Eric Comrie G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Craig Anderson G 0 0 0 0 0 59:41 52:46 5:26 1:29 0 0 - - - - -
Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 26 20:59 20:00 0:18 0:41 0 0 1 - - - -
Tyson Jost C 0 0 0 E 0 1 16 13:26 12:09 0:16 1:01 0 0 - 1 4 3 57
Peyton Krebs C 0 1 1 -2 0 2 21 15:04 12:51 1:45 0:28 0 0 1 - 5 9 36
Kyle Okposo RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 16 12:18 11:39 0:00 0:39 0 0 2 - 1 2 33
Jack Quinn RW 1 1 2 E 0 4 22 15:29 13:44 1:45 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Mattias Samuelsson D 0 1 1 E 0 3 29 21:39 20:39 0:11 0:49 0 0 1 1 - - -
Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 20 17:18 13:53 3:25 0:00 0 0 - - 8 4 67
Owen Power D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 27 28:43 22:50 5:15 0:38 0 0 - 2 - - -
Zemgus Girgensons LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 16 11:34 10:44 0:00 0:50 0 0 1 - - - -
Vinnie Hinostroza LW 0 0 0 -1 0 4 17 13:48 13:48 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 E 0 2 19 16:33 14:48 1:45 0:00 0 0 - - 1 2 33
Kale Clague D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 22 14:19 14:19 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Ilya Lyubushkin D 0 0 0 E 0 0 23 14:58 14:08 0:00 0:50 0 0 1 3 - - -
Jeff Skinner LW 0 1 1 E 0 5 21 20:38 16:57 3:41 0:00 0 0 - - 5 2 71
Victor Olofsson LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 22 16:01 12:38 3:23 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tage Thompson RW 1 0 1 E 0 5 22 19:15 15:34 3:41 0:00 0 0 1 1 7 5 58
JJ Peterka RW 1 0 1 -1 0 4 19 12:53 11:08 1:45 0:00 1 0 - - 1 1 50
Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 E 0 2 20 13:55 13:55 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Goaltending
Columbus
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Elvis Merzlikins W (7-18-2) 41 38 3 .927 0 60:00
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Craig Anderson L (11-11-2) 35 31 4 .886 0 59:41