Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres

Tue, Feb 28, 2023 · KeyBank Center · 2022–23 Regular Season

Columbus Blue Jackets

5 – 3

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–3 on Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at KeyBank Center. Eric Robinson scored a hat trick. Elvis Merzlikins made 38 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 36–41.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
CBJ	2	2	1	5	36
BUF	1	0	2	3	41

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	02:53	CBJ	PP	Kent Johnson (13) · wrist	Nick Blankenburg (6), Elvis Merzlikins (1)	1–0
1st	03:11	BUF	EV	Tage Thompson (41) · snap	Jeff Skinner (35), Jack Quinn (17)	1–1
1st	13:41	CBJ	EV	Eric Robinson (6) · wrist	Unassisted	2–1
2nd	11:53	CBJ	EV	Eric Robinson (7) · snap	Sean Kuraly (7), Patrik Laine (22)	3–1
2nd	19:42	CBJ	EV	Boone Jenner (19) · wrist	Nick Blankenburg (7), Andrew Peeke (5)	4–1
3rd	05:02	BUF	EV	Jack Quinn (11) · snap	Mattias Samuelsson (7)	4–2
3rd	09:46	BUF	PP	JJ Peterka (8) · slap	Owen Power (19), Peyton Krebs (10)	4–3
3rd	19:25	CBJ	SH EN	Eric Robinson (8) · snap	Boone Jenner (17)	5–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	01:24	BUF	Dylan Cozens	tripping	2
2nd	00:09	CBJ	Jack Roslovic	holding	2
3rd	08:20	CBJ	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
3rd	15:02	CBJ	Sean Kuraly	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: CBJ 4.10 · BUF 3.87 · xG% CBJ 51.4

Columbus Blue Jackets

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
50	Eric Robinson	L	3	0	3	+2	0	6	3	0		17:28	22
77	Nick Blankenburg	D	0	2	2	0	0	2	1	1		18:53	26
38	Boone Jenner	C	1	1	2	+1	0	3	3	0	65.0	17:53	21
2	Andrew Peeke	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	5		27:09	23
29	Patrik Laine	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		17:02	19
91	Kent Johnson	C	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0		16:37	20
7	Sean Kuraly	C	0	1	1	+2	2	2	3	1	33.3	13:46	21
44	Erik Gudbranson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	3		24:24	25
96	Jack Roslovic	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	46.2	17:47	23
75	Tim Berni	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1		16:38	20
15	Gavin Bayreuther	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	2	1		16:21	20
27	Adam Boqvist	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	0		15:16	19
86	Kirill Marchenko	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		13:34	16
13	Johnny Gaudreau	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		13:26	16
19	Liam Foudy	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		13:17	18
34	Cole Sillinger	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	50.0	13:04	17
52	Emil Bemstrom	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		12:08	16
24	Mathieu Olivier	R	0	0	0	+1	0	2	4	0		9:51	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
90	Elvis Merzlikins	W	41	38	3	.927	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
22	Jack Quinn	R	1	1	2	0	0	4	1	0		15:29	22
25	Owen Power	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	2		28:43	27
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	1		21:39	29
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	71.4	20:38	21
72	Tage Thompson	C	1	0	1	0	0	5	1	1	58.3	19:15	22
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	1	1	-2	0	2	1	0	35.7	15:04	21
77	JJ Peterka	R	1	0	1	-1	0	4	0	0	50.0	12:53	19
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0		20:59	26
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	66.7	17:18	20
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	33.3	16:33	19
71	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		16:01	22
46	Ilya Lyubushkin	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3		14:58	23
38	Kale Clague	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1		14:19	22
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		13:55	20
29	Vinnie Hinostroza	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0		13:48	17
17	Tyson Jost	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	57.1	13:26	16
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	33.3	12:18	16
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		11:34	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Craig Anderson	L	35	31	4	.886	59:41