National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Columbus 9, Buffalo 4
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, December 19, 2023
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Beau Halkidis, Chris Rooney
Linesmen: Tyson Baker, Ben O'Quinn
Attendance: 14888
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Columbus 3429
Buffalo 1124
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
0:30 - Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (EV) Assists: Dylan Cozens , Casey Mittelstadt
10:35 - Blue Jackets Johnny Gaudreau (EV) Assists: Adam Fantilli
14:40 - Blue Jackets Adam Fantilli (EV) Assists: Johnny Gaudreau , Ivan Provorov
19:48 - Blue Jackets Kirill Marchenko (PP) Assists: Johnny Gaudreau , Zach Werenski
Penalties
19:03 - Sabres Peyton Krebs (2) High sticking
2nd Period
Scoring
7:37 - Blue Jackets Kirill Marchenko (EV) Assists: Yegor Chinakhov , Andrew Peeke
7:55 - Blue Jackets Kirill Marchenko (EV) Assists: Yegor Chinakhov , Ivan Provorov
8:52 - Blue Jackets Erik Gudbranson (EV) Assists: Alexandre Texier , Sean Kuraly
12:27 - Blue Jackets Sean Kuraly (EV) Assists: Alexandre Texier , Brendan Gaunce
18:54 - Sabres Kyle Okposo (EV) Assists: Casey Mittelstadt , Victor Olofsson
Penalties
9:44 - Sabres Kyle Okposo (2) Tripping
 19:25 - Blue Jackets Jake Bean (2) Interference
3rd Period
Scoring
2:57 - Sabres Tage Thompson (PP) Assists: Rasmus Dahlin , Alex Tuch
7:51 - Sabres Dylan Cozens (EV) Assists: Zach Benson , JJ Peterka
8:30 - Blue Jackets Cole Sillinger (EV) Assists: Zach Werenski , Kent Johnson
10:59 - Blue Jackets Kent Johnson (EV) Assists: Cole Sillinger , Emil Bemstrom
Penalties
1:55 - Blue Jackets Andrew Peeke (2) Holding
 14:03 - Blue Jackets Dmitri Voronkov (2) Hooking
Columbus Blue Jackets
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Daniil Tarasov G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 52:13 2:45 5:02 0 0 - - - - -
Elvis Merzlikins G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrew Peeke D 0 1 1 +1 2 0 22 19:08 18:21 0:00 0:47 0 0 1 2 - - -
Cole Sillinger C 1 1 2 +2 0 5 22 15:47 12:19 0:09 3:19 0 0 1 1 8 8 50
Sean Kuraly C 1 1 2 +3 0 3 19 15:16 13:33 0:00 1:43 0 0 2 - 8 8 50
Zach Werenski D 0 2 2 +3 0 2 23 23:32 19:54 1:56 1:42 0 0 - 4 - - -
Ivan Provorov D 0 2 2 +2 0 1 25 22:20 17:46 0:40 3:54 0 0 - - - - -
Dmitri Voronkov LW 0 0 0 E 2 0 19 14:37 12:53 1:44 0:00 0 0 - 1 7 10 41
Adam Fantilli C 1 1 2 E 0 2 17 14:30 13:37 0:53 0:00 0 0 3 1 3 5 38
Johnny Gaudreau LW 1 2 3 E 0 1 18 14:22 12:37 1:45 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brendan Gaunce C 0 1 1 +2 0 2 16 12:32 12:32 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Justin Danforth RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 23 17:07 12:54 0:52 3:21 0 0 1 - 1 3 25
Jake Bean D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 22 17:50 17:20 0:09 0:21 0 0 - 1 - - -
Alexandre Texier C 0 2 2 +2 0 2 19 14:33 12:52 0:00 1:41 0 0 - - - - -
Erik Gudbranson D 1 0 1 +1 0 3 20 16:18 12:49 0:09 3:20 0 0 1 3 - - -
Emil Bemstrom RW 0 1 1 +2 0 3 17 13:40 12:42 0:58 0:00 0 0 2 - 1 0 100
Yegor Chinakhov RW 0 2 2 +1 0 2 18 15:30 13:43 1:47 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nick Blankenburg D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 22 18:42 18:42 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 3 - - -
Kirill Marchenko RW 3 0 3 +1 0 4 18 15:20 13:37 1:43 0:00 1 0 - - - - -
Kent Johnson C 1 1 2 +2 0 1 17 13:54 12:54 1:00 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G 0 0 0 0 0 32:12 25:10 5:02 2:00 0 0 - - - - -
Devon Levi G 0 0 0 0 0 27:37 26:52 0:00 0:45 0 0 - - - - -
Erik Johnson D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 20 17:06 15:12 0:00 1:54 0 0 - - - - -
Zach Benson LW 0 1 1 -1 0 2 23 19:03 16:13 2:18 0:32 0 0 - - - - -
Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 -4 0 0 24 16:38 16:23 0:15 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Tyson Jost C 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 11:40 10:21 0:00 1:19 0 0 - 1 4 1 80
Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 -3 2 2 18 13:04 12:31 0:00 0:33 0 0 3 - 3 8 27
Kyle Okposo RW 1 0 1 -2 2 1 20 17:26 16:22 1:04 0:00 0 0 2 2 4 1 80
Jack Quinn RW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 18 14:35 12:58 0:56 0:41 0 0 2 - 2 1 67
Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 28 21:34 19:55 0:00 1:39 0 0 3 2 - - -
Dylan Cozens C 1 1 2 +1 0 5 25 16:04 13:50 1:46 0:28 0 0 3 2 11 7 61
Owen Power D 0 0 0 -4 0 0 24 17:32 16:21 1:11 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Rasmus Dahlin D 1 1 2 -1 0 3 29 24:04 19:07 3:51 1:06 0 0 - 2 - - -
Casey Mittelstadt C 0 2 2 E 0 0 22 17:17 14:33 2:44 0:00 0 0 - - 3 4 43
Eric Robinson LW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 17 13:17 12:31 0:00 0:46 0 0 2 - - - -
Victor Olofsson LW 0 1 1 +1 0 1 14 11:00 11:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Tage Thompson C 1 0 1 -4 0 6 22 17:22 12:20 3:51 1:11 1 0 4 1 7 7 50
Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 E 0 0 21 18:34 17:36 0:07 0:51 0 0 3 1 - - -
JJ Peterka RW 0 1 1 +1 0 3 21 17:13 13:22 3:51 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Tuch RW 0 1 1 -4 0 1 18 13:57 10:41 3:16 0:00 0 0 1 1 1 0 100
Goaltending
Columbus
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Daniil Tarasov W (3-6-2) 29 25 4 .862 0 60:00
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Devon Levi 18 14 4 .778 0 27:37
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen L (13-13-2) 16 11 5 .688 0 32:12