Boston – Minnesota 3:4 (after OT) | Buffalo – Columbus 4:9 (end) | Carolina – Vegas 6:3 (end)
New Jersey – Philadelphia 2:3 (after OT) | Tampa – St. Louis 6:1 (end) | Toronto – Rangers 2:5 (end)
NY Islanders – Edmonton 3:1 (end) | Nashville – Vancouver 2:5 (end) | Chicago – Colorado 3:2 (end)
Arizona – Ottawa 4:3 (end) | San Jose – Los Angeles 1:4 (end)
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Buffalo Sabres
4:9 (1:3, 1:4, 2:2)
Columbus Blue Jackets
Wednesday 20.12.2023, 01:00 • KeyBank Center, Buffalo • NHL
     
    Game over. (03:35:15)
     
    54:03
    Penalty for Columbus Blue Jackets:
    Dmitrij Voronkov – 2 min., hooking.
    50:59 Kent Johnson (CBJ) - 4:9
     
    50:59
    Team Columbus with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is KENT JOHNSON. Assisted by Cole Sillinger, Emil Bemstroem.
    48:30 Cole Sillinger (CBJ) - 4:8
     
    48:30
    Team Columbus with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is COLE SILLINGER. Assisted by Zach Werenski, Kent Johnson.
    47:51 Dylan Cozens (BUF) - 4:7
     
    47:51
    Team Buffalo with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is DYLAN COZENS. Assisted by Zach Benson, Casey Mittelstadt.
    42:57 Tage Thompson (BUF) - 3:7
     
    42:57
    Team Buffalo with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is TAGE THOMPSON. Assisted by Rasmus Dahlin, Alex Tuch.
     
    41:55
    Penalty for Columbus Blue Jackets:
    Andrew Peeke – 2 min., holding.
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    39:25
    Penalty for Columbus Blue Jackets:
    Jake Bean – 2 min., interference.
    38:54 Kyle Okposo (BUF) - 2:7
     
    38:54
    Team Buffalo with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is KYLE OKPOSO. Assisted by Casey Mittelstadt, Victor Olofsson.
    32:26 Sean Kuraly (CBJ) - 1:7
     
    32:26
    Team Columbus with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is SEAN KURALY. Assisted by Alexandre Texier, Brendan Gaunce.
     
    29:44
    Penalty for Buffalo Sabres:
    Kyle Okposo – 2 min., tripping.
    28:52 Erik Gudbranson (CBJ) - 1:6
    Goals and assists: 1. Dahlin (Cozens, Mittelstadt), 39. Okposo (Mittelstadt, V. Olofsson), 43. T. Thompson (Dahlin, Tuch), 48. Cozens (Benson, Mittelstadt) – 11. Danforth (Fantilli), 15. Fantilli (J. Gaudreau, Provorov), 20. Marčenko (J. Gaudreau, Werenski), 28. Marčenko (Činachov, Peeke), 28. Marčenko (Činachov, Provorov), 29. Gudbranson (Texier, Kuraly), 33. Kuraly (Texier, Gaunce), 49. Sillinger (Werenski, K. Johnson), 51. K. Johnson (Sillinger, Bemstroem)


    Buffalo Sabres: Levi (28. Luukkonen) – Dahlin (A), Samuelsson, Power, Jokiharju, E. Johnson, Clifton – Benson, T. Thompson, Tuch – Mittelstadt, Cozens, Peterka – Quinn, Jost, V. Olofsson – Robinson, Krebs, Okposo (C).
    Coach: Don Granato

    Columbus Blue Jackets: Tarasov (Merzļikins) – Werenski (A), Blankenburg, Provorov, Peeke, Bean, Gudbranson (A) – J. Gaudreau, Fantilli, Danforth – Činachov, Voronkov, Marčenko – K. Johnson, Sillinger, Bemstroem – Kuraly (A), Texier, Gaunce.
    Coach: Pascal Vincent

    Referees: Rooney, Halkidis – Baker, O'Quinn

    Attendance: 14888