Columbus 8th Metropolitan27-43-10-2

Buffalo 6th Atlantic39-37-5-1

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Blue Jackets vs Sabres Game Overview

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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	L 1-2 (OT)	L +149	u6.5
Dec 23, '23	TOR	W 5-1	W +173	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 3-6	L +135	o6.5
Dec 23, '23	@ NYR	W 8-2	W +119	o6.5
Dec 27, '23	BOS	W 3-2 (OT)	W -113	u6.0

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
Elvis Merzlikins	657	597	0.909	7-8-4
Daniil Tarasov	29	24	0.828	0-1-0

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
RW	0	Justin Danforth
RW	0	Carson Meyer
LW	0	Johnny Gaudreau
C	4	Cole Sillinger
C	9	Alexandre Texier
LW	10	Dmitri Voronkov
C	16	Brendan Gaunce
C	19	Adam Fantilli
RW	24	Mathieu Olivier
C	38	Boone Jenner
C	52	Sean Kuraly
C	65	Luca Del Bel Belluz
C	67	James Malatesta
LW	82	Mikael Pyyhtia
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
LW	9	Zach Benson
LW	12	Jordan Greenway
RW	13	Lukas Rousek
C	19	Peyton Krebs
C	24	Dylan Cozens
LW	28	Zemgus Girgensons
LW	53	Jeff Skinner
C	72	Tage Thompson
RW	77	JJ Peterka
RW	89	Alex Tuch
LW	95	Victor Olofsson

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

Blue Jackets vs Sabres Game Overview

CLB vs BUFRecords

CLB vs BUFRecords

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

GoaltendersLast 5

CLB vs BUFStats

Offense vs Defense

Goals

Shots

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Goaltenders

CLB vs BUFInjury report

Columbus's Injuries

Columbus Starters Last Game

Buffalo's Injuries

Buffalo Starters Last Game

Betting Terminology

Betting Terminology

Betting Terminology

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