Columbus Blue Jackets vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Tuesday, February 28, 2023 · KeyBank Center
Game summary
The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-3 on Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Blue Jackets 41-36.
Eric Robinson scored a hat trick. Kent Johnson, Tage Thompson, Boone Jenner, Jack Quinn and JJ Peterka also scored.
Elvis Merzlikins made 38 saves on 41 shots for the win; Craig Anderson stopped 31 of 35.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Kent Johnson (13)Nick Blankenburg (6), Elvis Merzlikins (1)1–002:53 CBJ · PPG
Tage Thompson (41)Jeff Skinner (35), Jack Quinn (17)1–103:11 BUF
Eric Robinson (6)Unassisted2–113:41 CBJ
2nd period
- Eric Robinson (7)Sean Kuraly (7), Patrik Laine (22)3–111:53 CBJ
Boone Jenner (19)Nick Blankenburg (7), Andrew Peeke (5)4–119:42 CBJ
3rd period
Jack Quinn (11)Mattias Samuelsson (7)4–205:02 BUF
JJ Peterka (8)Owen Power (19), Peyton Krebs (10)4–309:46 BUF · PPG- Eric Robinson (8)Boone Jenner (17)5–319:25 CBJ · EN
Team stats
CBJBUF
36Shots on goal41
47%Faceoff %53%
1/1Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes2
25Hits10
14Blocked shots10
15Giveaways11
9Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 01:24
Dylan Cozens · tripping2 min - 2nd 00:09
Jack Roslovic · holding2 min - 3rd 08:20Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3rd 15:02Sean Kuraly · tripping2 min
Season series
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 50Eric RobinsonL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 6 | 17:28 |
| 38Boone JennerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 17:53 |
| 77Nick BlankenburgD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18:53 |
| 7Sean KuralyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 13:46 |
| 29Patrik LaineL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:02 |
| 91Kent JohnsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16:37 |
| 2Andrew PeekeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 27:09 |
| 13Johnny GaudreauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:26 |
| 19Liam FoudyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:17 |
| 24Mathieu OlivierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 09:51 |
| 34Cole SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:04 |
| 52Emil BemstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:08 |
| 86Kirill MarchenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:34 |
| 96Jack RoslovicC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:47 |
| 15Gavin BayreutherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 16:21 |
| 27Adam BoqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 15:16 |
| 44Erik GudbransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:24 |
| 75Tim BerniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73Jet GreavesG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 90Elvis MerzlikinsG | W | 41 | 38 | 3 | .927 | 60:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 22Jack QuinnR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 15:29 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 15:04 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20:38 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19:15 |
| 77JJ PeterkaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 12:53 |
| 23Mattias SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:39 |
| 25Owen PowerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 28:43 |
| 17Tyson JostC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:26 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:18 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:18 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:34 |
| 29Vinnie HinostrozaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 13:48 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:33 |
| 71Victor OlofssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:01 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:59 |
| 38Kale ClagueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:19 |
| 46Ilya LyubushkinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:58 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:55 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Eric ComrieG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Craig AndersonG | L | 35 | 31 | 4 | .886 | 59:41 |