2 Columbus 8th Metropolitan27-43-10-2

3 Buffalo 6th Atlantic39-37-5-1

FINAL 2 FINAL 3 5:00PM ET · Dec 30, 2023

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Blue Jackets vs Sabres Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Livescore Details
	1	2	3	OT	Total	In Goal
CLB Columbus	1	1	0	0	2	-
BUF Buffalo	0	1	1	1	3	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Location KeyBank Center

Referees Francis Charron , Wes McCauley

Linesmen Ryan Jackson, Andrew Smith

Attendance 19,070 attendance

Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary
Scoring - Period 1
19:47		D. Severson Assisted by: Y. Chinakhov , D. Voronkov
Scoring - Period 2
0:40		J. Quinn Assisted by: D. Cozens , O. Power
13:45		A. Fantilli Assisted by: J. Danforth , C. Sillinger
Scoring - Period 3
11:52		C. Mittelstadt Assisted by: M. Samuelsson , Z. Benson
Scoring - Overtime
16:20		J. Skinner Assisted by: T. Thompson , O. Power

Penalty Summary

Penalties - Period 1
No Penalties
Penalties - Period 2
11:38		A. Fantilli (2:00) Hooking
14:33		P. Krebs (2:00) Boarding
Penalties - Period 3
No Penalties
Penalties - Overtime
No Penalties

Shots On Goal

Shots On Goal
	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	Total
Columbus	7	6	7	0	20
Buffalo	13	15	12	2	42

Team Statistics

Team Statistics
	G	SOG	S%	PP%	PK%	FW	PEN	PIM
Columbus	2	20	10.00	0.00	100.00	23	1	2
Buffalo	3	42	7.14	0.00	100.00	31	1	2

Goaltending

Columbus

Columbus Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
D. Tarasov	42	39	3	.929	0	61:20

Buffalo

Buffalo Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
U. Luukkonen	20	18	2	.900	0	61:20

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	FW	FL	F%
0	LW	J. Gaudreau	0	0	0	-1	0	1	21	17:34	16:22	1:12	0:00	-	-	-
0	C	J. Roslovic	0	0	0	-1	0	0	18	15:02	14:24	0:00	0:38	1	1	50
0	F	B. Gaunce	0	0	0	-1	0	2	17	12:57	12:57	0:00	0:00	4	4	50
0	RW	E. Bemstrom	0	0	0	E	0	0	15	13:12	12:26	0:46	0:00	1	1	50
2	D	J. Christiansen	0	0	0	E	0	0	20	21:07	21:07	0:00	0:00	-	-	-
4	F	C. Sillinger	0	1	1	1	0	1	17	15:46	14:24	0:00	1:22	1	6	14
9	D	I. Provorov	0	0	0	-2	0	2	23	22:41	20:06	1:25	1:10	-	-	-
9	F	A. Texier	0	0	0	-1	0	0	18	12:16	11:37	0:00	0:39	-	-	-
10	F	D. Voronkov	0	1	1	E	0	2	21	14:24	13:10	1:14	0:00	5	6	45
15	F	J. Danforth	0	1	1	E	0	2	21	17:41	15:36	0:44	1:21	8	7	53
19	F	A. Fantilli	1	0	1	1	2	1	22	17:10	16:22	0:48	0:00	2	3	40
24	D	J. Bean	0	0	0	E	0	1	21	18:57	18:08	0:00	0:49	-	-	-
44	D	E. Gudbranson	0	0	0	1	0	1	21	20:29	19:18	0:00	1:11	-	-	-
55	D	D. Jiricek	0	0	0	E	0	2	20	16:04	16:04	0:00	0:00	-	-	-
59	F	Y. Chinakhov	0	1	1	E	0	2	20	16:05	14:49	1:16	0:00	-	1	0
78	D	D. Severson	1	0	1	E	0	2	23	20:09	18:44	0:35	0:50	-	-	-
86	RW	K. Marchenko	0	0	0	E	0	1	19	15:29	14:15	1:14	0:00	-	2	0
91	F	K. Johnson	0	0	0	E	0	0	15	14:57	14:11	0:46	0:00	1	-	100
40	G	D. Tarasov	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	61:20	57:20	2:00	2:00	-	-	-

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	FW	FL	F%
0	RW	K. Okposo	0	0	0	-1	0	0	13	9:05	9:05	0:00	0:00	3	1	75
6	F	Z. Benson	0	1	1	E	0	1	18	15:38	14:20	1:18	0:00	-	-	-
11	C	C. Mittelstadt	1	0	1	E	0	4	19	15:53	15:11	0:42	0:00	3	7	30
12	F	J. Greenway	0	0	0	E	0	2	20	15:47	14:25	0:00	1:22	-	-	-
19	F	P. Krebs	0	0	0	E	2	0	12	8:57	8:57	0:00	0:00	1	1	50
20	D	H. Jokiharju	0	0	0	E	0	1	25	21:42	21:04	0:00	0:38	-	-	-
22	F	J. Quinn	1	0	1	1	0	2	21	18:38	16:42	1:18	0:38	-	-	-
23	D	M. Samuelsson	0	1	1	E	0	0	29	22:29	21:05	0:00	1:24	-	-	-
24	F	D. Cozens	0	1	1	E	0	6	23	20:11	17:35	1:18	1:18	15	5	75
25	D	O. Power	0	2	2	2	0	4	27	21:26	20:44	0:42	0:00	-	-	-
26	D	R. Dahlin	0	0	0	-1	0	3	29	25:34	23:38	1:18	0:38	-	-	-
33	D	R. Johnson	0	0	0	E	0	0	16	13:10	13:10	0:00	0:00	-	-	-
50	F	E. Robinson	0	0	0	E	0	1	11	8:36	8:36	0:00	0:00	-	-	-
53	F	J. Skinner	1	0	1	1	0	7	20	17:07	16:25	0:42	0:00	4	1	80
72	F	T. Thompson	0	1	1	E	0	6	21	16:57	15:55	1:02	0:00	4	7	36
75	D	C. Clifton	0	0	0	E	0	1	18	15:12	13:50	0:00	1:22	-	-	-
77	F	J. Peterka	0	0	0	1	0	3	20	19:04	18:06	0:58	0:00	-	-	-
89	F	A. Tuch	0	0	0	E	0	1	20	16:34	15:12	0:42	0:40	1	1	50
1	G	U. Luukkonen	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	61:20	57:20	2:00	2:00	-	-	-

CLB vs BUFRecords

Team Table
Team	Record	ATS	O/U	Away	Home
CLB	12-19-7	23-15-0	20-16-2	4-9-4	8-10-3
BUF	14-18-4	18-18-0	15-19-2	7-9-3	7-9-1

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Win / Loss

6-4

Over / Under

8-1-1

Head-To-Head
Date	Home	Result	ML	O/U	HSOG	ASOG	HPP	APP
Dec 19, '23	BUF	9 - 4	CLB +166	o7.0	29	34	1-3	1-2
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

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

4-4-2-0

Over / Under

7-2-1

$84

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Dec 29, '23	TOR	W 6 - 5 (OT)	W +181	o6.5	21	33	1-2	2-4
Dec 27, '23	@ NJ	L 3 - 4 (OT)	L +219	p7.0	29	35	0-3	0-3
Dec 23, '23	TOR	L 1 - 4	L +191	u7.0	28	30	0-4	1-2
Dec 21, '23	WAS	L 2 - 3 (OT)	L -102	u6.0	36	32	0-1	2-3
Dec 19, '23	@ BUF	W 9 - 4	W +166	o7.0	34	29	1-2	1-3
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

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Jan 02, '24	BOS	L 0-4	L +172	u6.0
Jan 04, '24	@ PHI	W 3-0	W -140	u6.5
Jan 06, '24	MIN	L 1-3	L +154	u6.0

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

4-4-1-1

Over / Under

5-5-0

$12

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Dec 27, '23	BOS	L 1 - 4	L +142	u6.5	26	25	0-6	3-4
Dec 23, '23	@ NYR	L 3 - 4 (OT)	L +142	o6.5	30	33	0-1	1-4
Dec 21, '23	TOR	W 9 - 3	W +131	o7.0	34	27	1-5	1-4
Dec 19, '23	CLB	L 4 - 9	L -186	o7.0	29	34	1-3	1-2
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

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Dec 31, '23	@ OTT	W 5-2	W +165	o6.0
Jan 04, '24	@ MON	L 3-4 (OT)	L +113	o6.5
Jan 06, '24	@ PIT	W 7-3	W -129	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

2-1-3-0

GAA

3.33

Save %

.870

Columbus Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
E.Merzlikins	Dec 29, 2023	CLB 6 - TOR 5 (OT)	-	2	14	.857	-	W +181	o6.5
S.Martin	Dec 29, 2023	CLB 6 - TOR 5 (OT)	W	3	19	.842	-	W +181	o6.5
E.Merzlikins	Dec 27, 2023	NJ 4 - CLB 3 (OT)	-	4	35	.886	-	L +219	p7.0
D.Tarasov	Dec 23, 2023	CLB 1 - TOR 4	L	4	30	.867	-	L +191	u7.0
E.Merzlikins	Dec 21, 2023	CLB 2 - WAS 3 (OT)	-	3	32	.906	-	L -102	u6.0
D.Tarasov	Dec 19, 2023	BUF 4 - CLB 9	W	4	29	.862	-	W +166	o7.0

W/L

1-3-1-0

GAA

3.67

Save %

.830

Buffalo Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
D.Levi	Dec 27, 2023	BUF 1 - BOS 4	L	4	25	.840	-	L +142	u6.5
U.Luukkonen	Dec 23, 2023	NYR 4 - BUF 3 (OT)	-	4	33	.879	-	L +142	o6.5
D.Levi	Dec 21, 2023	BUF 9 - TOR 3	W	3	27	.889	-	W +131	o7.0
D.Levi	Dec 19, 2023	BUF 4 - CLB 9	-	4	18	.778	-	L -186	o7.0
U.Luukkonen	Dec 19, 2023	BUF 4 - CLB 9	L	5	16	.688	-	L -186	o7.0
U.Luukkonen	Dec 16, 2023	ARI 2 - BUF 0	L	2	22	.909	-	L -111	u6.5

CLB vs BUFStats

Offense vs Defense

CLBColumbus Offense
BUFBuffalo Offense

Goals

Goals
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
3.13	Total	3.44
1.05	1st Period	1.33
1.13	2nd Period	1.06
0.87	3rd Period	0.97
0.08	OT	0.08

Shots

Shots
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
29.47	Total	29.64
9.82	1st Period	10.08
9.76	2nd Period	9.69
9.42	3rd Period	9.67
0.47	OT	0.19

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct
SHOOTING	Stat	SAVE PCT.
0.11	Total	0.88
0.11	1st Period	0.87
0.12	2nd Period	0.89
0.09	3rd Period	0.90
0.17	OT	0.57

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Power Play vs Penalty Kill
POWERPLAY	Stat	PENALTY KILL
17 - 107	G/Att vs. GA/Att	25 - 115
15.89	PP % vs. PK %	78.26

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	738	669	0.907	7-8-6

Blue Jackets vs Sabres Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Scoring Summary

Penalty Summary

Shots On Goal

Team Statistics

Goaltending

Player Stats

CLB vs BUFRecords

CLB vs BUFRecords

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

CLB vs BUF Preview

CLB vs BUFInjury report

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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