9 Columbus 8th Metropolitan27-43-10-2

4 Buffalo 6th Atlantic39-37-5-1

FINAL 9 FINAL 4 7:00PM ET · Dec 19, 2023

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Blue Jackets vs Sabres Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Livescore Details
	1	2	3	Total	In Goal
CLB Columbus	3	4	2	9	-
BUF Buffalo	1	1	2	4	Devon Levi

Location KeyBank Center

Referees Beaudry Halkidis , Chris Rooney

Linesmen Tyson Baker, Ben O'Quinn

Attendance 14,888 attendance

Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary
Scoring - Period 1
0:30		R. Dahlin Assisted by: D. Cozens , C. Mittelstadt
10:35		J. Gaudreau Assisted by: A. Fantilli ,
14:40		A. Fantilli Assisted by: I. Provorov , J. Gaudreau
19:48		K. Marchenko (PP) Assisted by: J. Gaudreau , Z. Werenski
Scoring - Period 2
7:37		K. Marchenko Assisted by: A. Peeke , Y. Chinakhov
7:55		K. Marchenko Assisted by: I. Provorov , Y. Chinakhov
8:52		E. Gudbranson Assisted by: S. Kuraly , A. Texier
12:27		S. Kuraly Assisted by: A. Texier , B. Gaunce
18:54		K. Okposo Assisted by: V. Olofsson , C. Mittelstadt
Scoring - Period 3
2:57		T. Thompson (PP) Assisted by: R. Dahlin , A. Tuch
7:51		D. Cozens Assisted by: J. Peterka , Z. Benson
8:30		C. Sillinger Assisted by: K. Johnson , Z. Werenski
10:59		K. Johnson Assisted by: E. Bemstrom , C. Sillinger

Penalty Summary

Penalties - Period 1
19:03		P. Krebs (2:00) High Sticking
Penalties - Period 2
9:44		K. Okposo (2:00) Tripping
19:25		J. Bean (2:00) Interference
Penalties - Period 3
1:55		A. Peeke (2:00) Holding
14:03		D. Voronkov (2:00) Hooking

Shots On Goal

Shots On Goal
	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
Columbus	14	13	7	34
Buffalo	4	14	11	29

Team Statistics

Team Statistics
	G	SOG	S%	PP%	PK%	FW	PEN	PIM
Columbus	9	34	26.47	50.00	66.67	29	3	6
Buffalo	4	29	13.79	33.33	50.00	35	2	4

Goaltending

Columbus

Columbus Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
D. Tarasov	29	25	4	.862	0	60:00

Buffalo

Buffalo Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
U. Luukkonen	16	11	5	.688	0	32:12
D. Levi	18	14	4	.778	0	27:37

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	PPG	FW	FL	F%
0	LW	J. Gaudreau	1	2	3	E	0	1	18	14:22	12:37	1:45	0:00	0	-	-	-
0	F	B. Gaunce	0	1	1	2	0	2	16	12:32	12:32	0:00	0:00	0	-	1	0
0	RW	E. Bemstrom	0	1	1	2	0	3	17	13:40	12:42	0:58	0:00	0	1	-	100
4	F	C. Sillinger	1	1	2	2	0	5	22	15:47	12:19	0:09	3:19	0	8	8	50
8	D	Z. Werenski	0	2	2	3	0	2	23	23:32	19:54	1:56	1:42	0	-	-	-
9	D	I. Provorov	0	2	2	2	0	1	25	22:20	17:46	0:40	3:54	0	-	-	-
9	F	A. Texier	0	2	2	2	0	2	19	14:33	12:52	0:00	1:41	0	-	-	-
10	F	D. Voronkov	0	0	0	E	2	0	19	14:37	12:53	1:44	0:00	0	7	10	41
15	F	J. Danforth	0	0	0	E	0	2	23	17:07	12:54	0:52	3:21	0	1	3	25
19	F	A. Fantilli	1	1	2	E	0	2	17	14:30	13:37	0:53	0:00	0	3	5	38
24	D	J. Bean	0	0	0	1	2	1	22	17:50	17:20	0:09	0:21	0	-	-	-
26	D	A. Peeke	0	1	1	1	2	0	22	19:08	18:21	0:00	0:47	0	-	-	-
37	D	N. Blankenburg	0	0	0	2	0	0	22	18:42	18:42	0:00	0:00	0	-	-	-
44	D	E. Gudbranson	1	0	1	1	0	3	20	16:18	12:49	0:09	3:20	0	-	-	-
52	C	S. Kuraly	1	1	2	3	0	3	19	15:16	13:33	0:00	1:43	0	8	8	50
59	F	Y. Chinakhov	0	2	2	1	0	2	18	15:30	13:43	1:47	0:00	0	-	-	-
86	RW	K. Marchenko	3	0	3	1	0	4	18	15:20	13:37	1:43	0:00	1	-	-	-
91	F	K. Johnson	1	1	2	2	0	1	17	13:54	12:54	1:00	0:00	0	1	-	100
40	G	D. Tarasov	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	60:00	52:13	2:45	5:02	0	-	-	-

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	PPG	FW	FL	F%
0	RW	K. Okposo	1	0	1	-2	2	1	20	17:26	16:22	1:04	0:00	0	4	1	80
0	D	E. Johnson	0	0	0	1	0	1	20	17:06	15:12	0:00	1:54	0	-	-	-
6	F	Z. Benson	0	1	1	-1	0	2	23	19:03	16:13	2:18	0:32	0	-	-	-
11	C	C. Mittelstadt	0	2	2	E	0	0	22	17:17	14:33	2:44	0:00	0	3	4	43
17	F	T. Jost	0	0	0	E	0	0	15	11:40	10:21	0:00	1:19	0	4	1	80
19	F	P. Krebs	0	0	0	-3	2	2	18	13:04	12:31	0:00	0:33	0	3	8	27
20	D	H. Jokiharju	0	0	0	-4	0	0	24	16:38	16:23	0:15	0:00	0	-	-	-
22	F	J. Quinn	0	0	0	-2	0	1	18	14:35	12:58	0:56	0:41	0	2	1	67
23	D	M. Samuelsson	0	0	0	-2	0	2	28	21:34	19:55	0:00	1:39	0	-	-	-
24	F	D. Cozens	1	1	2	1	0	5	25	16:04	13:50	1:46	0:28	0	11	7	61
25	D	O. Power	0	0	0	-4	0	0	24	17:32	16:21	1:11	0:00	0	-	-	-
26	D	R. Dahlin	1	1	2	-1	0	3	29	24:04	19:07	3:51	1:06	0	-	-	-
50	F	E. Robinson	0	0	0	-2	0	1	17	13:17	12:31	0:00	0:46	0	-	-	-
72	F	T. Thompson	1	0	1	-4	0	6	22	17:22	12:20	3:51	1:11	1	7	7	50
75	D	C. Clifton	0	0	0	E	0	0	21	18:34	17:36	0:07	0:51	0	-	-	-
77	F	J. Peterka	0	1	1	1	0	3	21	17:13	13:22	3:51	0:00	0	-	-	-
89	F	A. Tuch	0	1	1	-4	0	1	18	13:57	10:41	3:16	0:00	0	1	-	100
95	F	V. Olofsson	0	1	1	1	0	1	14	11:00	11:00	0:00	0:00	0	-	-	-
1	G	U. Luukkonen	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	32:12	25:10	5:02	2:00	0	-	-	-
27	G	D. Levi	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	27:37	26:52	0:00	0:45	0	-	-	-

CLB vs BUFRecords

Team Table
Team	Record	ATS	O/U	Away	Home
CLB	10-18-5	19-14-0	18-14-1	3-9-3	7-9-2
BUF	13-16-3	16-16-0	12-18-2	7-9-2	6-7-1

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Win / Loss

6-4

Over / Under

7-2-1

Head-To-Head
Date	Home	Result	ML	O/U	HSOG	ASOG	HPP	APP
Apr 14, '23	CLB	5 - 2	BUF -179	P7.0	31	35	0-1	0-1
Feb 28, '23	BUF	5 - 3	CLB +185	o6.5	41	36	1-3	1-1
Dec 07, '22	CLB	9 - 4	BUF -159	o6.5	24	30	0-2	3-5
Feb 20, '22	CLB	7 - 3	CLB -163	o6.5	39	36	0-2	0-1
Feb 10, '22	BUF	4 - 3 (OT)	CLB -123	o6.0	27	34	0-1	1-2
Nov 22, '21	BUF	7 - 4	CLB -123	o6.0	33	29	2-4	0-3
Feb 13, '20	BUF	4 - 3 (OT)	BUF -105	o5.0	27	31	1-1	0-1
Feb 01, '20	BUF	2 - 1 (OT)	BUF -101	u5.5	24	23	0-0	0-2
Oct 07, '19	CLB	4 - 3 (OT)	CLB -117	o5.5	44	18	2-3	2-4
Mar 31, '19	BUF	4 - 0	CLB -203	u5.5	38	36	0-1	0-2

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

4-5-1-0

Over / Under

7-3-0

$127

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Dec 16, '23	NJ	L 3 - 6	L +200	o7.0	26	29	1-4	1-2
Dec 14, '23	@ TOR	W 6 - 5 (OT)	W +203	o6.5	35	48	1-2	1-2
Dec 10, '23	FLA	L 2 - 5	L +211	o6.5	19	33	0-2	1-2
Dec 08, '23	STL	W 5 - 2	W +135	o6.5	22	43	1-2	0-3
Dec 07, '23	@ NYI	L 3 - 7	L +162	o6.5	35	36	0-1	1-2
Dec 05, '23	LA	L 3 - 4 (OT)	L +184	o6.0	29	39	1-1	0-2
Dec 03, '23	@ BOS	L 1 - 3	L +223	u6.5	25	28	0-4	2-6
Dec 01, '23	OTT	W 4 - 2	W +144	u6.5	23	43	2-2	1-5
Nov 29, '23	MON	L 2 - 4	L -127	u6.5	28	30	0-1	0-0
Nov 27, '23	BOS	W 5 - 2	W +246	o6.5	40	33	1-5	0-2

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Dec 21, '23	WAS	W 4-1	W +145	u6.5
Dec 23, '23	TOR	L 0-5	L +153	u6.5
Dec 27, '23	@ NJ	L 1-2	L +112	u5.5

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

3-6-0-1

Over / Under

5-5-0

-$218

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Dec 16, '23	@ ARI	L 0 - 2	L -111	u6.5	28	22	0-1	0-2
Dec 15, '23	@ VEG	W 5 - 2	W +182	o6.5	27	35	0-1	1-4
Dec 13, '23	@ COL	L 1 - 5	L +164	u7.0	30	29	0-2	1-2
Dec 11, '23	ARI	W 5 - 2	W -127	o6.5	38	23	0-2	0-3
Dec 09, '23	MON	L 2 - 3 (SO)	L -171	u6.5	48	31	0-5	1-4
Dec 07, '23	@ BOS	W 3 - 1	W +221	u6.0	35	32	0-3	0-1
Dec 05, '23	DET	L 3 - 5	L +114	o6.5	32	26	2-5	1-4
Dec 03, '23	NAS	L 1 - 2	L +101	u6.5	35	29	0-0	0-1
Dec 02, '23	@ CAR	L 2 - 6	L +207	o6.5	22	37	0-5	2-2
Nov 30, '23	@ STL	L 4 - 6	L +108	o6.5	46	20	0-3	1-2

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Dec 21, '23	TOR	L 0-4	L +126	u6.5
Dec 23, '23	@ NYR	W 8-2	W +119	o6.5
Dec 27, '23	BOS	W 6-3	W -173	o6.0

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CLB vs BUFInjury report

Columbus's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
K. Johnson	F	Out - Shoulder( Mar 02, '24)	Mar 02, '24
The Columbus Blue Jackets placed F Kent Johnson on injured reserve.
P. Laine	F	Out - Personal( Jan 27, '24)	Jan 27, '24
Laine entered the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program and will be out indefinitely.

Columbus Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
LW	0	Johnny Gaudreau
C	52	Sean Kuraly
RW	86	Kirill Marchenko

Defense
POS	#	Player
D	8	Zach Werenski
D	9	Ivan Provorov
D	24	Jake Bean
D	34	Adam Boqvist
D	37	Nick Blankenburg
D	44	Erik Gudbranson
D	55	David Jiricek
G	73	Jet Greaves
D	78	Damon Severson
G	90	Elvis Merzlikins

Buffalo's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date	Note
M. Samuelsson	D	Out - Upper body( Feb 05, '24)	Feb 05, '24
The Buffalo Sabres placed D Mattias Samuelsson on Injured Reserve.

Buffalo Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
RW	13	Lukas Rousek

Defense
POS	#	Player
G	1	Eric Comrie
G	1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
D	20	Henri Jokiharju
D	25	Owen Power
D	26	Rasmus Dahlin
D	56	Kale Clague
D	75	Connor Clifton
D	78	Jacob Bryson

GoaltendersLast 5

Columbus
Buffalo

W/L

2-3-0-0

GAA

4.40

Save %

.878

Columbus Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
D.Tarasov	Dec 16, 2023	CLB 3 - NJ 6	L	5	29	.828	-	L +200	o7.0
E.Merzlikins	Dec 14, 2023	TOR 5 - CLB 6 (OT)	W	5	48	.896	-	W +203	o6.5
J.Greaves	Dec 10, 2023	CLB 2 - FLA 5	L	3	33	.909	-	L +211	o6.5
J.Greaves	Dec 8, 2023	CLB 5 - STL 2	W	2	43	.953	-	W +135	o6.5
S.Martin	Dec 7, 2023	NYI 7 - CLB 3	L	7	36	.806	-	L +162	o6.5

W/L

2-2-0-1

GAA

2.60

Save %

.906

Buffalo Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
U.Luukkonen	Dec 16, 2023	ARI 2 - BUF 0	L	2	22	.909	-	L -111	u6.5
D.Levi	Dec 15, 2023	VEG 2 - BUF 5	W	2	35	.943	-	W +182	o6.5
U.Luukkonen	Dec 13, 2023	COL 5 - BUF 1	L	5	29	.828	-	L +164	u7.0
D.Levi	Dec 11, 2023	BUF 5 - ARI 2	W	2	23	.913	-	W -127	o6.5
D.Levi	Dec 9, 2023	BUF 2 - MON 3 (SO)	-	2	31	.935	-	L -171	u6.5

CLB vs BUFStats

Offense vs Defense

CLBColumbus Offense
BUFBuffalo Offense

Goals

Goals
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
2.97	Total	3.25
1.06	1st Period	1.22
1.00	2nd Period	0.94
0.85	3rd Period	1.03
0.06	OT	0.06

Shots

Shots
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
29.45	Total	29.62
9.85	1st Period	9.97
9.76	2nd Period	9.62
9.45	3rd Period	9.84
0.39	OT	0.19

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct
SHOOTING	Stat	SAVE PCT.
0.10	Total	0.89
0.11	1st Period	0.88
0.10	2nd Period	0.90
0.09	3rd Period	0.90
0.15	OT	0.67

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Power Play vs Penalty Kill
POWERPLAY	Stat	PENALTY KILL
15 - 95	G/Att vs. GA/Att	19 - 101
15.79	PP % vs. PK %	81.19

Goaltenders

Goaltenders table
Columbus Goaltenders
Name	S	SV	SV%	WL
Pavel Cajan	0	0	0.000	0-0-0
Aaron Dell	0	0	0.000	0-0-0
Jet Greaves	76	71	0.934	1-1-0
Elvis Merzlikins	657	597	0.909	7-8-4

Blue Jackets vs Sabres Results, Match Player Stats & Records

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Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

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Columbus's Injuries

Columbus Starters Last Game

Buffalo's Injuries

Buffalo Starters Last Game

GoaltendersLast 5

CLB vs BUFStats

Offense vs Defense

Goals

Shots

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Goaltenders

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