Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets

Fri, Feb 23, 2024 · Nationwide Arena · 2023–24 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

2 – 1

Final

Columbus Blue Jackets

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 2–1 on Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at Nationwide Arena. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 25 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 37–26.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	0	1	2	37
CBJ	1	0	0	1	26

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	12:05	CBJ	PP	Dmitri Voronkov (15) · tip-in	Kirill Marchenko (13), Ivan Provorov (21)	0–1
1st	16:16	BUF	EV	Zemgus Girgensons (6) · wrist	Kyle Okposo (8), Kale Clague (1)	1–1
3rd	03:05	BUF	EV	Connor Clifton (1) · slap	Jacob Bryson (3), Zach Benson (11)	2–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	03:35	CBJ	Sean Kuraly	tripping	2
1st	07:39	BUF	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	hooking	2
1st	07:52	CBJ	Boone Jenner	tripping	2
1st	10:30	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	holding the stick	2
2nd	10:00	BUF	Kale Clague	hooking	2
2nd	15:26	CBJ	Damon Severson	holding	2
2nd	18:36	CBJ	Dmitri Voronkov	tripping	2
3rd	20:00	CBJ	Zach Werenski	interference	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 2.82 · CBJ 3.01 · xG% BUF 48.4

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1		20:18	25
75	Connor Clifton	D	1	0	1	+1	0	2	2	0		20:03	26
9	Zach Benson	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	2		13:15	15
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	85.7	12:59	13
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	3	0	100.0	11:02	12
38	Kale Clague	D	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0		8:31	15
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	3		29:54	30
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3		25:07	31
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3		19:24	20
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	33.3	18:36	18
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0		17:14	18
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.0	17:03	19
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	50.0	16:06	21
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	+1	0	4	1	0	63.6	15:46	18
77	JJ Peterka	R	0	0	0	+1	0	4	0	1		14:38	13
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	50.0	13:03	16
50	Eric Robinson	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		10:51	11
33	Ryan Johnson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2		10:41	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	W	26	25	1	.962	59:54

Columbus Blue Jackets

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
9	Ivan Provorov	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	2		22:01	22
86	Kirill Marchenko	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0		16:48	21
10	Dmitri Voronkov	L	1	0	1	0	2	3	1	1	53.8	14:13	20
8	Zach Werenski	D	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	1		24:10	23
38	Boone Jenner	C	0	0	0	-1	2	3	1	1	63.2	21:43	24
27	Adam Boqvist	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		20:22	20
13	Johnny Gaudreau	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		19:49	18
44	Erik Gudbranson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1		19:15	20
78	Damon Severson	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0		18:10	19
59	Egor Chinakhov	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		17:53	21
96	Jack Roslovic	C	0	0	0	-1	0	6	0	0		16:03	23
4	Cole Sillinger	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1		15:18	19
22	Jake Bean	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		14:18	14
7	Sean Kuraly	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	44.4	12:36	16
91	Kent Johnson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		11:53	15
17	Justin Danforth	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1		10:53	14
42	Alexandre Texier	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10:08	13
24	Mathieu Olivier	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1		9:57	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Daniil Tarasov	L	37	35	2	.946	56:30