Buffalo Sabres vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Regular season · Wednesday, December 7, 2022 · Nationwide Arena

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9–4

Final

SOG 30–24

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 9-4 on Wednesday, December 7, 2022 at Nationwide Arena. The Sabres outshot the Blue Jackets 30-24.

Tage Thompson scored 5 goals, Patrik Laine scored twice and Gustav Nyquist scored twice. Dylan Cozens, Rasmus Dahlin, Peyton Krebs and Alex Tuch also scored.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 20 saves on 24 shots for the win; Elvis Merzlikins stopped 15 of 21.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	6	3	0	9	30
CBJ	0	2	2	4	24

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Dylan Cozens (10)Rasmus Dahlin (22), Tage Thompson (19)1–003:21 BUF · PPG
Tage Thompson (17)Alex Tuch (13)2–005:32 BUF
Rasmus Dahlin (9)Dylan Cozens (16), Jack Quinn (9)3–007:28 BUF
Tage Thompson (18)Alex Tuch (14), Jeff Skinner (16)4–007:50 BUF
Tage Thompson (19)Jeff Skinner (17), Dylan Cozens (17)5–012:22 BUF · PPG
Tage Thompson (20)Jeff Skinner (18), Rasmus Dahlin (23)6–016:40 BUF · PPG

2nd period

Patrik Laine (5)Jack Roslovic (8)6–110:49 CBJ
Gustav Nyquist (5)Johnny Gaudreau (19), Boone Jenner (10)6–212:04 CBJ
Tage Thompson (21)Alex Tuch (15), Jacob Bryson (6)7–216:07 BUF
Peyton Krebs (1)Unassisted8–217:19 BUF
Alex Tuch (13)Jeff Skinner (19), Jacob Bryson (7)9–219:16 BUF

3rd period

Patrik Laine (6)Vladislav Gavrikov (5), Egor Chinakhov (8)9–304:47 CBJ
Gustav Nyquist (6)Marcus Bjork (4)9–415:49 CBJ

Team stats

BUFCBJ

30Shots on goal24

40%Faceoff %60%

3/5Power play0/2

6Penalty minutes22

8Hits25

10Blocked shots14

4Giveaways5

3Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 02:28Eric Robinson · hooking2 min
1st 10:09Sean Kuraly · tripping2 min
1st 10:09Sean Kuraly · roughing2 min
1st 14:54Sean Kuraly · tripping2 min
1st 15:58Jack Roslovic · hooking2 min
1st 17:13JJ Peterka · holding the stick2 min
1st 17:13Sean Kuraly · roughing2 min
1st 17:13Owen Power · roughing2 min
2nd 01:15Owen Power · ps throwing object at puck0 min
3rd 08:11Sean Kuraly · misconduct10 min
3rd 08:11Dylan Cozens · cross checking2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

72Tage ThompsonC	5	1	6	+3	9	0	0	0	40	13:56
53Jeff SkinnerL	0	4	4	+4	1	0	0	0	100	12:52
89Alex TuchR	1	3	4	+4	3	0	0	0	–	13:19
24Dylan CozensC	1	2	3	-1	1	0	1	2	47	17:21
26Rasmus DahlinD	1	2	3	0	2	0	1	0	–	18:48
78Jacob BrysonD	0	2	2	-1	0	0	2	0	–	16:09
19Peyton KrebsC	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	42	14:12
22Jack QuinnR	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	50	18:51
17Tyson JostC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	50	14:04
21Kyle OkposoR	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	17	15:37
28Zemgus GirgensonsL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	15:18
37Casey MittelstadtC	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	17	14:54
71Victor OlofssonL	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	–	13:51
77JJ PeterkaR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	–	16:55
10Henri JokiharjuD	0	0	0	+3	1	1	1	0	–	23:56
20Lawrence PilutD	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	–	13:52
23Mattias SamuelssonD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	18:11
25Owen PowerD	0	0	0	+4	1	0	1	2	–	23:54

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG	W	24	20	4	.833	60:00
41Craig AndersonG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

14Gustav NyquistL	2	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	–	14:34
29Patrik LaineL	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	–	15:05
13Johnny GaudreauL	0	1	1	-2	3	0	0	0	–	16:20
38Boone JennerC	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	71	17:47
59Egor ChinakhovR	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	–	13:13
96Jack RoslovicC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	2	56	16:38
4Vladislav GavrikovD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	–	18:08
47Marcus BjorkD	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	0	–	18:11
7Sean KuralyC	0	0	0	-2	2	4	1	18	64	10:31
24Mathieu OlivierR	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	–	07:55
34Cole SillingerC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	47	14:15
50Eric RobinsonL	0	0	0	-2	1	2	0	2	–	13:06
86Kirill MarchenkoR	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	17:14
91Kent JohnsonC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	19:01
2Andrew PeekeD	0	0	0	-3	1	2	2	0	–	21:27
15Gavin BayreutherD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	0	–	17:30
44Erik GudbransonD	0	0	0	-1	1	3	1	0	–	22:57
75Tim BerniD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	19:16

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70Joonas KorpisaloG		9	6	3	.667	27:28
90Elvis MerzlikinsG	L	21	15	6	.714	32:32