Columbus Blue Jackets vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Tuesday, December 19, 2023 · KeyBank Center

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9–4

Final

SOG 34–29

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Game summary

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Buffalo Sabres 9-4 on Tuesday, December 19, 2023 at KeyBank Center. The Blue Jackets outshot the Sabres 34-29.

Kirill Marchenko scored a hat trick. Rasmus Dahlin, Johnny Gaudreau, Adam Fantilli, Erik Gudbranson, Sean Kuraly, Kyle Okposo, Tage Thompson, Dylan Cozens, Cole Sillinger and Kent Johnson also scored.

Daniil Tarasov made 25 saves on 29 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 11 of 16.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
CBJ	3	4	2	9	34
BUF	1	1	2	4	29

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Rasmus Dahlin (8)Dylan Cozens (12), Casey Mittelstadt (18)0–100:30 BUF
Johnny Gaudreau (6)Adam Fantilli (10)1–110:35 CBJ
Adam Fantilli (9)Johnny Gaudreau (13), Ivan Provorov (16)2–114:40 CBJ
Kirill Marchenko (11)Johnny Gaudreau (14), Zach Werenski (23)3–119:48 CBJ · PPG

2nd period

Kirill Marchenko (12)Egor Chinakhov (5), Andrew Peeke (4)4–107:37 CBJ
Kirill Marchenko (13)Egor Chinakhov (6), Ivan Provorov (17)5–107:55 CBJ
Erik Gudbranson (3)Alexandre Texier (4), Sean Kuraly (5)6–108:52 CBJ
Sean Kuraly (6)Alexandre Texier (5), Brendan Gaunce (1)7–112:27 CBJ
Kyle Okposo (6)Casey Mittelstadt (19), Victor Olofsson (8)7–218:54 BUF

3rd period

Tage Thompson (8)Rasmus Dahlin (19), Alex Tuch (11)7–302:57 BUF · PPG
Dylan Cozens (6)Zach Benson (7), JJ Peterka (11)7–407:51 BUF
Cole Sillinger (2)Zach Werenski (24), Kent Johnson (7)8–408:30 CBJ
Kent Johnson (4)Cole Sillinger (9), Emil Bemstrom (4)9–410:59 CBJ

Team stats

CBJBUF

34Shots on goal29

45%Faceoff %55%

1/2Power play1/3

6Penalty minutes4

13Hits26

16Blocked shots13

5Giveaways8

4Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 19:03Peyton Krebs · high sticking2 min
2nd 09:44Kyle Okposo · tripping2 min
2nd 19:25Jake Bean · interference2 min
3rd 01:55Andrew Peeke · holding2 min
3rd 14:03Dmitri Voronkov · hooking2 min

Season series

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

13Johnny GaudreauL	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	–	14:22
86Kirill MarchenkoR	3	0	3	+1	4	0	0	0	–	15:20
4Cole SillingerC	1	1	2	+2	5	1	1	0	50	15:47
7Sean KuralyC	1	1	2	+3	3	2	0	0	50	15:16
11Adam FantilliC	1	1	2	0	2	3	1	0	38	14:30
42Alexandre TexierC	0	2	2	+2	2	0	0	0	–	14:33
59Egor ChinakhovR	0	2	2	+1	2	0	0	0	–	15:30
91Kent JohnsonC	1	1	2	+2	1	0	0	0	100	13:54
8Zach WerenskiD	0	2	2	+3	2	0	4	0	–	23:32
9Ivan ProvorovD	0	2	2	+2	1	0	0	0	–	22:20
16Brendan GaunceC	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	0	–	12:32
52Emil BemstromR	0	1	1	+2	3	2	0	0	100	13:40
2Andrew PeekeD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	2	–	19:08
44Erik GudbransonD	1	0	1	+1	3	1	3	0	–	16:18
10Dmitri VoronkovL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	41	14:37
17Justin DanforthR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	25	17:07
22Jake BeanD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	2	–	17:50
77Nick BlankenburgD	0	0	0	+2	0	2	3	0	–	18:42

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40Daniil TarasovG	W	29	25	4	.862	60:00
90Elvis MerzlikinsG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

24Dylan CozensC	1	1	2	+1	5	3	2	0	61	16:04
37Casey MittelstadtC	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	43	17:17
26Rasmus DahlinD	1	1	2	-1	3	0	2	0	–	24:04
9Zach BensonL	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	–	19:03
21Kyle OkposoR	1	0	1	-2	1	2	2	2	80	17:26
71Victor OlofssonL	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	11:00
72Tage ThompsonC	1	0	1	-4	6	4	1	0	50	17:22
77JJ PeterkaR	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	17:13
89Alex TuchR	0	1	1	-4	1	1	1	0	100	13:57
17Tyson JostC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	80	11:40
19Peyton KrebsC	0	0	0	-3	2	3	0	2	27	13:04
22Jack QuinnR	0	0	0	-2	1	2	0	0	67	14:35
50Eric RobinsonL	0	0	0	-2	1	2	0	0	–	13:17
6Erik JohnsonD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	17:06
10Henri JokiharjuD	0	0	0	-4	0	2	0	0	–	16:38
23Mattias SamuelssonD	0	0	0	-2	2	3	2	0	–	21:34
25Owen PowerD	0	0	0	-4	0	0	1	0	–	17:32
75Connor CliftonD	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	–	18:34

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG	L	16	11	5	.688	32:12
27Devon LeviG		18	14	4	.778	27:37