Buffalo Sabres vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Regular season · Wednesday, October 25, 2017 · Nationwide Arena
NBCSN
Game summary
The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-1 on Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Sabres 38-35.
Goals came from Oliver Bjorkstrand, Seth Jones, Nick Foligno, Matt Calvert, Seth Griffith and Josh Anderson.
Sergei Bobrovsky made 34 saves on 35 shots for the win; Chad Johnson stopped 33 of 38.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Oliver Bjorkstrand (2)Sonny Milano (1), Seth Jones (5)0–112:00 CBJ · PPG
2nd period
Seth Jones (2)Brandon Dubinsky (2), Cam Atkinson (1)0–215:20 CBJ
Nick Foligno (3)Jack Johnson (3)0–317:38 CBJ
Matt Calvert (2)Markus Nutivaara (1), Ryan Murray (2)0–418:19 CBJ
3rd period
Seth Griffith (1)Jordan Nolan (1), Johan Larsson (2)1–417:26 BUF
Josh Anderson (2)Artemi Panarin (9), Alexander Wennberg (6)1–519:21 CBJ
Team stats
BUFCBJ
35Shots on goal38
54%Faceoff %46%
0/1Power play1/2
4Penalty minutes2
21Hits18
10Blocked shots11
2Giveaways7
6Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 10:43
Zach Redmond · hooking2 min - 2nd 18:35
Bench · delaying game bench face off violation2 min - 3rd 03:07Zemgus Girgensons · high sticking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 17Jordan NolanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:45 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:20 |
| 25Seth GriffithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 11:08 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:38 |
| 15Jack EichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 16:26 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:46 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:20 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:37 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 13:45 |
| 67Benoit PouliotL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:40 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 17:27 |
| 95Justin BaileyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:51 |
| 5Matt TennysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:07 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 23:38 |
| 19Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:05 |
| 38Zach RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 17:24 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 25:45 |
| 93Victor AntipinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 16:01 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | L | 38 | 33 | 5 | .868 | 60:00 |
| 40Robin LehnerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 3Seth JonesD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 21:19 |
| 9Artemi PanarinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 19:36 |
| 10Alexander WennbergC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 14:56 |
| 11Matt CalvertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:08 |
| 13Cam AtkinsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:11 |
| 17Brandon DubinskyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:22 |
| 22Sonny MilanoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 10:48 |
| 28Oliver BjorkstrandR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 11:46 |
| 71Nick FolignoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:16 |
| 77Josh AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 18:17 |
| 7Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:11 |
| 27Ryan MurrayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:42 |
| 65Markus NutivaaraD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:54 |
| 18Pierre-Luc DuboisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:49 |
| 36Zac DalpeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:07 |
| 38Boone JennerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 16:46 |
| 8Zach WerenskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | 19:59 |
| 58David SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:53 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70Joonas KorpisaloG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 72Sergei BobrovskyG | W | 35 | 34 | 1 | .971 | 60:00 |