Buffalo Sabres vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Regular season · Tuesday, February 24, 2015 · Nationwide Arena
BELL TV · FS-O · MSG-B
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-2 on Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Sabres 47-31.
Goals came from Cody Hodgson, Zemgus Girgensons, Matt Calvert, Mark Pysyk, Chris Stewart and Kevin Connauton.
Michal Neuvirth made 45 saves on 47 shots for the win; Anton Forsberg stopped 27 of 31.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Cody Hodgson (3)Andrej Meszaros (6), Zach Bogosian (11)1–009:30 BUF
Zemgus Girgensons (15)Unassisted2–014:42 BUF · SHG
2nd period
Matt Calvert (10)Brandon Dubinsky (14), Jack Johnson (22)2–101:18 CBJ
Mark Pysyk (2)Brian Flynn (12), Marcus Foligno (7)3–102:00 BUF
Chris Stewart (10)Zemgus Girgensons (15)4–104:30 BUF · PPG
Kevin Connauton (8)James Wisniewski (21), Ryan Johansen (32)4–207:24 CBJ
Team stats
BUFCBJ
31Shots on goal47
41%Faceoff %59%
1/3Power play0/4
10Penalty minutes8
22Hits28
22Blocked shots5
1Giveaways1
7Takeaways2
Penalties
- 1st 12:50
Zach Bogosian · holding2 min - 2nd 02:29
Alexander Wennberg · holding2 min - 2nd 03:06David Savard · hooking2 min
- 2nd 10:04Scott Hartnell · tripping2 min
- 2nd 14:43Chris Stewart · roughing2 min
- 2nd 14:43Chris Stewart · roughing2 min
- 2nd 14:43Scott Hartnell · roughing2 min
- 2nd 17:09Mark Pysyk · hooking2 min
- 3rd 03:08Torrey Mitchell · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 07:55 |
| 19Cody HodgsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 10:26 |
| 65Brian FlynnC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 18:33 |
| 80Chris StewartR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 16:47 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:05 |
| 3Mark PysykD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 18:18 |
| 41Andrej MeszarosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 19:59 |
| 47Zach BogosianD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 28:11 |
| 12Brian GiontaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:23 |
| 17Torrey MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:47 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:07 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:39 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 06:40 |
| 44Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:26 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 10:49 |
| 29Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:15 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:12 |
| 61Andre BenoitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 25:29 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Michal NeuvirthG | W | 47 | 45 | 2 | .957 | 59:59 |
| 35Anders LindbackG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 11Matt CalvertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17:23 |
| 17Brandon DubinskyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:44 |
| 19Ryan JohansenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21:49 |
| 4Kevin ConnautonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:31 |
| 7Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 22:48 |
| 21James WisniewskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 21:42 |
| 13Cam AtkinsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:31 |
| 26Corey TroppR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 05:39 |
| 40Jared BollR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 05:01 |
| 41Alexander WennbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16:53 |
| 42Artem AnisimovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 17:15 |
| 43Scott HartnellL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 18:06 |
| 55Mark LetestuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:05 |
| 56Marko DanoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:17 |
| 71Nick FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:13 |
| 29Cody GoloubefD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 15:29 |
| 51Fedor TyutinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:49 |
| 58David SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 20:59 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Curtis McElhinneyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 31Anton ForsbergG | L | 31 | 27 | 4 | .871 | 57:22 |