National Hockey League
BOXSCORE
Columbus 6, Buffalo 4
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, October 2, 2015
Where: First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: T.J. Luxmore, Wes McCauley
Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Brad Kovachik
Attendance: 17578
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Columbus 3216
Buffalo 0044
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
5:05 - Blue Jackets Lukas Sedlak (EV) Assists: Kerby Rychel
6:30 - Blue Jackets Dean Kukan (EV) Assists: Oliver Bjorkstrand , William Karlsson
19:19 - Blue Jackets Markus Hannikainen (EV) Assists: Ryan Craig , Dalton Prout
Penalties
13:13 - Sabres Jamie McGinn (2) Unsportsmanlike conduct
 13:13 - Sabres Jamie McGinn (5) Fighting
 13:13 - Blue Jackets Jared Boll (5) Fighting
 15:43 - Blue Jackets Lukas Sedlak (2) Boarding
2nd Period
Scoring
3:54 - Blue Jackets William Karlsson (EV) Assists: Matt Calvert
8:15 - Blue Jackets Oliver Bjorkstrand (EV) Assists: William Karlsson , Justin Falk
Penalties
5:05 - Sabres Cody Franson (2) Tripping
 9:25 - Sabres Nicolas Deslauriers (5) Fighting
 9:25 - Blue Jackets Dalton Prout (5) Fighting
 20:00 - Blue Jackets Dean Kukan (2) Closing hand on puck
3rd Period
Scoring
4:14 - Sabres Jamie McGinn (PP) Assists: Matt Moulson , Ryan O'Reilly
5:00 - Sabres Zemgus Girgensons (EV) Assists: Sam Reinhart , Carlo Colaiacovo
12:01 - Sabres Jamie McGinn (EV) Assists: Mark Pysyk , David Legwand
13:05 - Sabres Evander Kane (EV) Assists: Jack Eichel , Brian Gionta
18:41 - Blue Jackets Oliver Bjorkstrand (EV) (EN) Assists: Markus Hannikainen , William Karlsson
Penalties
3:59 - Blue Jackets Andrew Bodnarchuk (2) Hooking
Columbus Blue Jackets
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Curtis McElhinney G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 51:45 4:00 4:15 0 0 - - - - -
Brad Thiessen G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrew Bodnarchuk D 0 0 0 E 2 0 21 17:45 15:12 1:46 0:47 0 0 - 3 - - -
Kevin Connauton D 0 0 0 +2 0 4 28 21:53 18:43 2:14 0:56 0 0 2 4 - - -
Matt Calvert LW 0 1 1 +2 0 0 16 10:38 8:27 1:32 0:39 0 0 1 1 - - -
Ryan Craig C 0 1 1 E 0 2 18 13:26 12:37 0:49 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Kerby Rychel LW 0 1 1 +1 0 1 20 13:23 13:23 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Sonny Milano LW 0 0 0 -2 0 0 20 17:24 15:42 1:42 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
William Karlsson C 1 3 4 +3 0 2 22 16:22 13:08 1:46 1:28 0 0 1 - 8 12 40
Oliver Bjorkstrand RW 2 1 3 +2 0 5 25 17:03 13:56 1:46 1:21 0 0 3 2 - - -
Cody Goloubef D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 25 23:31 20:13 0:46 2:32 0 0 3 1 - - -
Markus Hannikainen LW 1 1 2 +2 0 3 22 16:19 13:19 1:39 1:21 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Chaput C 0 0 0 E 0 0 19 14:45 12:56 0:38 1:11 0 0 2 2 4 3 57
Jared Boll RW 0 0 0 +1 5 2 18 11:43 11:43 0:00 0:00 0 0 5 1 - - -
Justin Falk D 0 1 1 E 0 2 24 20:11 17:39 0:00 2:32 0 0 1 2 - - -
Lukas Sedlak C 1 0 1 +1 2 1 21 14:37 13:42 0:00 0:55 0 0 1 1 7 6 54
Dean Kukan D 1 0 1 +1 2 1 20 16:11 14:25 1:46 0:00 0 0 3 - - - -
Dalton Prout D 0 1 1 +2 5 0 26 20:36 17:25 1:28 1:43 0 0 2 2 - - -
T.J. Tynan C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 20 15:38 13:31 0:32 1:35 0 0 2 - 0 1 0
Alexander Broadhurst C 0 0 0 E 0 1 20 14:20 12:44 1:36 0:00 0 0 - - 4 12 25
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Chad Johnson G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Robin Lehner G 0 0 0 0 0 58:45 50:30 4:15 4:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mark Pysyk D 0 1 1 E 0 0 23 15:44 14:35 0:00 1:09 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Weber D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 25 19:04 17:03 0:00 2:01 0 0 3 3 - - -
Evander Kane LW 1 0 1 -3 0 5 23 17:46 14:56 1:30 1:20 0 0 7 - 0 1 0
Brian Gionta RW 0 1 1 -3 0 3 23 17:32 14:25 1:30 1:37 0 0 1 - - - -
David Legwand C 0 1 1 E 0 0 16 11:23 8:54 1:39 0:50 0 0 - - 3 4 43
Johan Larsson LW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 19 13:57 13:43 0:00 0:14 0 0 - - 6 1 86
Sam Reinhart C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 17 12:30 11:10 1:20 0:00 0 0 - - 3 1 75
Carlo Colaiacovo D 0 1 1 -2 0 2 26 21:06 20:06 0:10 0:50 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Moulson LW 0 1 1 -1 0 0 21 17:41 14:56 2:45 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Zemgus Girgensons C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 19 13:49 13:36 0:00 0:13 0 0 1 1 - - -
Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 E 0 2 23 15:36 14:27 0:00 1:09 0 0 - - - - -
Jack Eichel C 0 1 1 -2 0 2 23 18:30 15:43 1:30 1:17 0 0 - 1 6 10 38
Nicolas Deslauriers LW 0 0 0 E 5 0 13 9:12 8:00 0:00 1:12 0 0 2 1 - - -
Cody Franson D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 26 20:53 17:20 2:45 0:48 0 0 1 - 1 0 100
Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -2 0 4 27 24:10 20:37 1:30 2:03 0 0 - 2 - - -
Tyler Ennis C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 22 19:42 16:57 2:45 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Jamie McGinn LW 2 0 2 E 7 3 15 9:46 8:40 1:06 0:00 1 0 1 - - - -
Ryan O'Reilly C 0 1 1 -2 0 0 22 18:54 14:52 2:45 1:17 0 0 - 1 15 6 71
Goaltending
Columbus
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Curtis McElhinney W (0-0-0) 28 24 4 .857 0 60:00
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Robin Lehner L (0-0-0) 25 20 5 .800 0 58:45