National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 3, Columbus 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Frederick L'Ecuyer, Garrett Rank
Linesmen: Brandon Grillo, Brad Kovachik
Attendance: 14198
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Columbus 0112
Buffalo 1203
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
10:07 - Sabres Bowen Byram (EV) Assists: Jason Zucker , Alex Tuch
Penalties
0:03 - Blue Jackets Mathieu Olivier (5) Fighting
 0:03 - Sabres Dennis Gilbert (5) Fighting
2nd Period
Scoring
1:47 - Blue Jackets Kent Johnson (EV) Assists: James van Riemsdyk , Ivan Provorov
12:17 - Sabres Alex Tuch (EV) Assists: Dennis Gilbert , Bowen Byram
18:56 - Sabres Alex Tuch (EV) Assists: Rasmus Dahlin , Jason Zucker
Penalties
8:07 - Sabres Dylan Cozens (2) Tripping
 12:55 - Blue Jackets Damon Severson (2) Slashing
3rd Period
Scoring
12:38 - Blue Jackets Ivan Provorov (EV) Assists: Damon Severson , Luca Del Bel Belluz
Penalties
None.
Columbus Blue Jackets
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Daniil Tarasov G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Elvis Merzlikins G 0 0 0 0 0 57:26 53:26 2:00 2:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jake Christiansen D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 20 17:34 16:51 0:00 0:43 0 0 3 2 - - -
Jack Johnson D 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 17:39 16:54 0:00 0:45 0 0 1 1 - - -
Cole Sillinger C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 22 19:43 18:09 1:34 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Denton Mateychuk D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 20 19:50 18:13 0:20 1:17 0 0 1 4 - - -
Sean Kuraly C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 13 12:01 10:46 0:00 1:15 0 0 1 2 4 5 44
Ivan Provorov D 1 1 2 E 0 3 26 28:27 25:28 1:40 1:19 0 0 1 3 - - -
Dmitri Voronkov LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 22 21:13 19:39 1:34 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Justin Danforth RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 19 12:59 12:18 0:00 0:41 0 0 3 - 4 7 36
Adam Fantilli C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 24 21:25 19:47 1:36 0:02 0 0 3 1 11 8 58
James van Riemsdyk LW 0 1 1 +2 0 0 16 15:41 15:15 0:26 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Jordan Harris D 0 0 0 E 0 1 16 14:24 14:24 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Mathieu Olivier RW 0 0 0 -1 5 2 17 13:12 12:03 0:26 0:43 0 0 3 - - - -
Zachary Aston-Reese C 0 0 0 E 0 5 19 13:02 12:36 0:00 0:26 0 0 1 1 - - -
Kevin Labanc RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 13 10:50 10:50 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Luca Del Bel Belluz C 0 1 1 +2 0 0 15 14:38 14:14 0:24 0:00 0 0 - 1 6 6 50
Damon Severson D 0 1 1 E 2 2 23 18:29 17:58 0:31 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Mikael Pyyhtia LW 0 0 0 -2 0 0 14 11:39 10:50 0:00 0:49 0 0 - - - - -
Kent Johnson C 1 0 1 +2 0 4 17 17:48 16:19 1:29 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Felix Sandstrom G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
James Reimer G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 56:00 2:00 2:00 0 0 - - - - -
Bowen Byram D 1 1 2 +1 0 1 27 22:27 20:55 0:03 1:29 0 0 2 1 - - -
Dennis Gilbert D 0 1 1 +1 5 0 14 8:41 8:41 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 2 - - -
Zach Benson LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 19 16:26 14:45 0:45 0:56 0 0 - - - - -
Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 17 13:27 13:27 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jason Zucker LW 0 2 2 +2 0 23 16:52 15:37 1:15 0:00 0 0 - 2 1 0 100
Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 24 16:26 16:26 0:00 0:00 0 0 4 - 7 5 58
Jiri Kulich C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 26 17:31 16:49 0:42 0:00 0 0 - - 9 8 53
Jack Quinn RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 21 15:22 14:07 1:15 0:00 0 0 3 - - - -
Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 E 2 21 15:15 14:30 0:45 0:00 0 0 6 - 4 3 57
Owen Power D 0 0 0 E 0 3 27 19:04 17:48 0:45 0:31 0 0 - 3 - - -
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 26 23:36 22:21 1:15 0:00 0 0 1 4 - - -
Beck Malenstyn LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 9 6:58 6:02 0:00 0:56 0 0 3 1 - - -
Isak Rosen RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 17 11:46 11:01 0:45 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 +2 0 0 29 22:19 21:15 0:00 1:04 0 0 - - 5 9 36
Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 14:40 14:10 0:00 0:30 0 0 3 2 - - -
JJ Peterka RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 24 18:25 17:10 1:15 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 E 0 1 19 16:30 14:59 0:00 1:31 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Tuch RW 2 1 3 +1 0 5 26 22:15 19:57 1:15 1:03 0 0 1 3 1 0 100
Goaltending
Columbus
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Elvis Merzlikins L (25-19-5) 21 18 3 .857 0 57:26
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
James Reimer W (7-8-2) 29 27 2 .931 0 60:00