Columbus Blue Jackets vs Buffalo Sabres
Preseason · Wednesday, September 25, 2019 · KeyBank Center
MSG-B
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 in overtime on Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Blue Jackets 29–25.
Nathan Gerbe scored twice. Tage Thompson, Sam Reinhart, Josh Anderson, Victor Olofsson and Marcus Johansson also scored.
Carter Hutton made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Elvis Merzlikins stopped 25 of 29.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nathan Gerbe (1)Paul Bittner (1), Dean Kukan (2)1–005:19 CBJ
Tage Thompson (2)Unassisted1–119:07 BUF
2nd period
Sam Reinhart (2)Jeff Skinner (2), Jack Eichel (4)1–202:00 BUF ·
3rd period
Josh Anderson (2)Scott Harrington (1), Jakob Lilja (1)2–208:02 CBJ
Victor Olofsson (3)Jack Eichel (5)2–309:57 BUF- Nathan Gerbe (2)Nikita Korostelev (1)3–318:04 CBJ
Overtime
Marcus Johansson (1)Unassisted3–401:36 BUF
Team stats
CBJBUF
2529
39%61%
0/21/2
44
1719
96
49
35
Penalties
- 10:04 into the first period
Colin Miller · hooking2 min - 1:18 into the second period
Dean Kukan · tripping2 min - 7:49 into the second periodMarcus Johansson · slashing2 min
- 11:31 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 24Nathan GerbeC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 14:01 |
| 15Jakob LiljaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:09 |
| 57Paul BittnerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:11 |
| 63Nikita KorostelevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:27 |
| 77Josh AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:17 |
| 4Scott HarringtonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:57 |
| 46Dean KukanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:32 |
| 10Alexander WennbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:10 |
| 11Kevin StenlundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:41 |
| 29Zac DalpeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:31 |
| 37Markus HannikainenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:34 |
| 52Emil BemstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:20 |
| 56Marko DanoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:15 |
| 88Kole SherwoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 15:45 |
| 2Andrew PeekeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:23 |
| 53Gabriel CarlssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:54 |
| 65Markus NutivaaraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:54 |
| 84Anton KarlssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:13 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Veini VehvilainenG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 90Elvis MerzlikinsG | O | 29 | 4 | .862 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Jack EichelC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21:15 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:20 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:00 |
| 68Victor OlofssonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:47 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:21 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:27 |
| 13Jimmy VeseyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:59 |
| 17Vladimir SobotkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:06 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 11:36 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:09 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:39 |
| 71Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:05 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 19:25 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:43 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:59 |
| 33Colin MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:55 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 23:15 |
| 58John GilmourD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:52 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Linus UllmarkG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 40Carter HuttonG | W | 25 | 3 | .880 |