Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets

Tue, Feb 24, 2015 · Nationwide Arena · 2014–15 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

4 – 2

Final

Columbus Blue Jackets

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4–2 on Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at Nationwide Arena. Zemgus Girgensons led the way with 2 points. Michal Neuvirth made 45 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 31–47.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	2	2	0	4	31
CBJ	0	2	0	2	47

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	09:30	BUF	EV	Cody Hodgson (3) · backhand	Andrej Meszaros (6), Zach Bogosian (11)	1–0
1st	14:42	BUF	SH	Zemgus Girgensons (15) · wrist	Unassisted	2–0
2nd	01:18	CBJ	EV	Matt Calvert (10) · wrist	Brandon Dubinsky (14), Jack Johnson (22)	2–1
2nd	02:00	BUF	EV	Mark Pysyk (2) · wrist	Brian Flynn (12), Marcus Foligno (7)	3–1
2nd	04:30	BUF	PP	Chris Stewart (10) · slap	Zemgus Girgensons (15)	4–1
2nd	07:24	CBJ	PP	Kevin Connauton (8) · slap	James Wisniewski (21), Ryan Johansen (32)	4–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	12:50	BUF	Zach Bogosian	holding	2
2nd	02:29	CBJ	Alexander Wennberg	holding	2
2nd	03:06	CBJ	David Savard	hooking	2
2nd	10:04	CBJ	Scott Hartnell	tripping	2
2nd	14:43	BUF	Chris Stewart	roughing	2
2nd	14:43	BUF	Chris Stewart	roughing	2
2nd	14:43	CBJ	Scott Hartnell	roughing	2
2nd	17:09	BUF	Mark Pysyk	hooking	2
3rd	03:08	BUF	Torrey Mitchell	tripping	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: BUF 2.14 · CBJ 3.72 · xG% BUF 36.5

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	1	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	14.3	7:55	12
47	Zach Bogosian	D	0	1	1	-1	2	0	4	4		28:11	29
41	Andrej Meszaros	D	0	1	1	+1	0	4	2	2		19:59	31
82	Marcus Foligno	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	3	1	50.0	19:05	24
65	Brian Flynn	C	0	1	1	+2	0	3	2	1	58.8	18:33	25
3	Mark Pysyk	D	1	0	1	+3	2	1	0	4		18:18	26
80	Chris Stewart	R	1	0	1	-1	4	4	2	0		16:47	20
19	Cody Hodgson	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0	33.3	10:26	17
61	Andre Benoit	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1		25:29	30
12	Brian Gionta	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		21:23	28
17	Torrey Mitchell	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	5	44.0	18:47	24
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	50.0	17:39	22
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1		16:12	25
29	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		12:15	18
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1	33.3	12:07	18
44	Nicolas Deslauriers	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0		11:26	15
63	Tyler Ennis	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1		10:49	14
37	Matt Ellis	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	25.0	6:40	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34	Michal Neuvirth	W	47	45	2	.957	59:59

Columbus Blue Jackets

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
7	Jack Johnson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	6	1	1		22:48	23
19	Ryan Johansen	C	0	1	1	0	0	4	2	0	60.0	21:49	27
21	James Wisniewski	D	0	1	1	-1	0	4	2	0		21:42	21
17	Brandon Dubinsky	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	47.6	20:44	24
11	Matt Calvert	L	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0		17:23	22
4	Kevin Connauton	D	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0		14:31	18
58	David Savard	D	0	0	0	+1	2	3	1	0		20:59	20
51	Fedor Tyutin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1		19:49	24
71	Nick Foligno	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	53.8	19:13	22
13	Cam Atkinson	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		18:31	21
43	Scott Hartnell	L	0	0	0	-1	4	4	2	0		18:06	22
42	Artem Anisimov	C	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	0		17:15	23
41	Alexander Wennberg	C	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	80.0	16:53	22
29	Cody Goloubef	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	4	1		15:29	17
56	Marko Dano	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	3	0		13:17	20
55	Mark Letestu	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	77.8	8:05	15
26	Corey Tropp	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		5:39	8
40	Jared Boll	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0		5:01	8

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Anton Forsberg	L	31	27	4	.871	57:22