Columbus Blue Jackets vs Buffalo Sabres
Preseason · Saturday, September 30, 2023 · KeyBank Center
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 on Saturday, September 30, 2023 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Blue Jackets 31–29.
Patrik Laine scored twice and Jeff Skinner scored twice. Justin Danforth, Henri Jokiharju and Zach Benson also scored.
Devon Levi made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Elvis Merzlikins stopped 27 of 31.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Patrik Laine (1)Kirill Marchenko (1), Emil Bemstrom (2)1–012:02 CBJ
Justin Danforth (1)Kent Johnson (2), Denton Mateychuk (3)2–015:50 CBJ
2nd period
- Patrik Laine (2)David Jiricek (2), Emil Bemstrom (3)3–000:23 CBJ
Jeff Skinner (2)Kyle Okposo (1), Tage Thompson (2)3–110:28 BUF ·
3rd period
Henri Jokiharju (2)Victor Olofsson (2), Dylan Cozens (2)3–202:03 BUF- Jeff Skinner (3)Kyle Okposo (2), Zach Benson (2)3–309:20 BUF ·
Zach Benson (2)Kyle Okposo (3), Tage Thompson (3)3–414:14 BUF ·
Team stats
CBJBUF
2931
39%61%
0/23/6
124
188
1414
65
513
Penalties
- 1:37 into the first period
Justin Danforth · slashing2 min - 16:54 into the first periodDavid Jiricek · slashing2 min
- 8:40 into the second periodJustin Danforth · tripping2 min
- 14:45 into the second periodAdam Fantilli · tripping2 min
- 17:13 into the second period
Dylan Cozens · slashing2 min - 19:26 into the second periodDylan Cozens · roughing2 min
- 8:27 into the third periodDavid Jiricek · tripping2 min
- 13:35 into the third periodJordan Dumais · holding2 min
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 29Patrik LaineL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 18:43 |
| 52Emil BemstromR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 19:56 |
| 17Justin DanforthR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:17 |
| 86Kirill MarchenkoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 19:47 |
| 91Kent JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:30 |
| 5Denton MateychukD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:24 |
| 55David JiricekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:21 |
| 10Dmitri VoronkovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:22 |
| 11Adam FantilliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:13 |
| 21Josh DunneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:25 |
| 25Stefan MatteauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:20 |
| 67James MalatestaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 12:19 |
| 69Jordan DumaisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:34 |
| 96Jack RoslovicC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:23 |
| 8Zach WerenskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 24:40 |
| 9Ivan ProvorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:52 |
| 27Adam BoqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:41 |
| 44Erik GudbransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:14 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Aaron DellG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 90Elvis MerzlikinsG | L | 31 | 4 | .871 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16:44 |
| 9Zach BensonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 4 | 16:33 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerL | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 4 | 16:35 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 3 | 17:32 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:53 |
| 71Victor OlofssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:04 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:02 |
| 13Lukas RousekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:46 |
| 15Brandon BiroL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:15 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:09 |
| 20Jiri KulichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:28 |
| 63Isak RosenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:06 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:36 |
| 3Joseph CecconiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:14 |
| 4Jeremy DaviesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:13 |
| 33Ryan JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:56 |
| 61Riley StillmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:00 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:03 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 27Devon LeviG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |