National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 3, Columbus 2
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 7:00 PM
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 TOI
Daniil Tarasov G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Elvis Merzlikins G 0 0 0 0 0 57:26
Jake Christiansen D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 17:34
Jack Johnson D 0 0 0 E 0 1 17:39
Cole Sillinger C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 19:43
Denton Mateychuk D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 19:50
Sean Kuraly C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 12:01
Ivan Provorov D 1 1 2 E 0 3 28:27
Dmitri Voronkov LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 21:13
Justin Danforth RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 12:59
Adam Fantilli C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 21:25
James van Riemsdyk LW 0 1 1 +2 0 0 15:41
Jordan Harris D 0 0 0 E 0 1 14:24
Mathieu Olivier RW 0 0 0 -1 5 2 13:12
Zachary Aston-Reese C 0 0 0 E 0 5 13:02
Kevin Labanc RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 10:50
Luca Del Bel Belluz C 0 1 1 +2 0 0 14:38
Damon Severson D 0 1 1 E 2 2 18:29
Mikael Pyyhtia LW 0 0 0 -2 0 0 11:39
Kent Johnson C 1 0 1 +2 0 4 17:48
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Felix Sandstrom G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
James Reimer G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00
Bowen Byram D 1 1 2 +1 0 1 22:27
Dennis Gilbert D 0 1 1 +1 5 0 8:41
Zach Benson LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 16:26
Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 13:27
Jason Zucker LW 0 2 2 +2 0 16:52
Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 16:26
Jiri Kulich C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 17:31
Jack Quinn RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 15:22
Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 E 2 15:15
Owen Power D 0 0 0 E 0 3 19:04
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 23:36
Beck Malenstyn LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 6:58
Isak Rosen RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 11:46
Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 +2 0 0 22:19
Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 E 0 0 14:40
JJ Peterka RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 18:25
Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 E 0 1 16:30
Alex Tuch RW 2 1 3 +1 0 5 22:15
Goaltending
Columbus
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Elvis Merzlikins L (19-13-3) 21 18 3 .857 0 57:26
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
James Reimer W (2-6-1) 29 27 2 .931 0 60:00