Columbus Blue Jackets 5 — 3 Buffalo Sabres
2023-02-28 · KeyBank Center
Shots on goal by period
| Period | CBJ | BUF |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | 16 |
| 2 | 13 | 11 |
| 3 | 8 | 14 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Anderson start | BUF | L | 31 | 35 | 4 | 28/31 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 59:41 |
| Elvis Merzlikins start | CBJ | W | 38 | 41 | 3 | 31/33 | 6/7 | 1/1 | 60:00 |
CBJ skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Robinson | L | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:28 |
| Boone Jenner | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:53 |
| Nick Blankenburg | D | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18:53 |
| Kent Johnson | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:37 |
| Sean Kuraly | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13:46 |
| Andrew Peeke | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 27:09 |
| Patrik Laine | L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:02 |
| Gavin Bayreuther | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16:21 |
| Liam Foudy | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:17 |
| Mathieu Olivier | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 09:51 |
| Erik Gudbranson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 24:24 |
| Johnny Gaudreau | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:26 |
| Jack Roslovic | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:47 |
| Adam Boqvist | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:16 |
| Kirill Marchenko | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13:34 |
| Emil Bemstrom | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:08 |
| Cole Sillinger | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:04 |
| Tim Berni | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16:38 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Quinn | R | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:29 |
| Jeff Skinner | L | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:38 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19:15 |
| JJ Peterka | R | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:53 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21:39 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:04 |
| Owen Power | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 28:43 |
| Vinnie Hinostroza | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:48 |
| Victor Olofsson | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:01 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:34 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:33 |
| Kale Clague | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14:19 |
| Jacob Bryson | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13:55 |
| Tyson Jost | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13:26 |
| Henri Jokiharju | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:59 |
| Kyle Okposo | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:18 |
| Dylan Cozens | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:18 |
| Ilya Lyubushkin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14:58 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | 2025-26 | CBJ | 0 | BUF | 5 | |
| 2026-01-03 | 2025-26 | BUF | 1 | CBJ | 5 | |
| 2025-10-28 | 2025-26 | CBJ | 4 | BUF | 3 | OT |
| 2025-04-10 | 2024-25 | BUF | 2 | CBJ | 3 | |
| 2025-02-04 | 2024-25 | CBJ | 2 | BUF | 3 | |
| 2024-10-17 | 2024-25 | BUF | 4 | CBJ | 6 | |
| 2024-02-23 | 2023-24 | BUF | 2 | CBJ | 1 | |
| 2023-12-30 | 2023-24 | CBJ | 2 | BUF | 3 | OT |
| 2023-12-19 | 2023-24 | CBJ | 9 | BUF | 4 | |
| 2023-04-14 | 2022-23 | BUF | 5 | CBJ | 2 |