⚔️ Away Sabres 26-27-4
2–1
Final
🧥 Home Blue Jackets 18-27-10
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
⚔️ BUF 1012
🧥 CBJ 1001

Sabres at Blue Jackets

Sabres beat Blue Jackets 2–1 at Nationwide Arena on February 23, 2024.

🗓 📍 Nationwide Arena, Columbus 🏒 2023-24 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 2–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Connor Clifton
1 G
2 shots · 20:03 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Zemgus Girgensons
1 G
1 shots · 11:02 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Kyle Okposo
1 A
2 shots · 12:59 TOI

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🧥 Dmitri Voronkov PP Go-ahead 1st · 12:05
Assists: Kirill Marchenko, Ivan Provorov · beat Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
0–1
⚔️ Zemgus Girgensons Tying 1st · 16:16
Assists: Kyle Okposo, Kale Clague · beat Daniil Tarasov
1–1
3rd period
⚔️ Connor Clifton Go-ahead 3rd · 03:05
Assists: Jacob Bryson, Zach Benson · beat Daniil Tarasov
2–1

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Greenway · Mittelstadt · Thompson 18:36
L2 Cozens · Krebs · Tuch 16:06
L3 Benson · Skinner · Peterka 13:15
L4 Robinson · Girgensons · Okposo 11:02
D1 Dahlin · Jokiharju 27:30
D2 Bryson · Clifton 20:10
D3 Johnson · Clague 9:36
🧥Blue Jackets
L1 Gaudreau · Jenner · Chinakhov 19:49
L2 Roslovic · Sillinger · Marchenko 16:03
L3 Voronkov · Kuraly · Johnson 12:36
L4 Texier · Danforth · Olivier 10:08
D1 Werenski · Provorov 23:06
D2 Boqvist · Gudbranson 19:48
D3 Severson · Bean 16:14

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF CBJ🧥
37 Shots on goal 26
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
11 Hits 12
15 Blocked shots 12
4 Takeaways 5
1 Giveaways 2
6 Penalty minutes 10
BUF shooting 5.4% (2/37) CBJ shooting 3.8% (1/26)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
25/26
.962 SV% · 1 GA · 59:54 TOI
🧥Blue Jackets
Daniil Tarasov
35/37
.946 SV% · 2 GA · 56:30 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
Dmitri Voronkov · 1st 12:05 · 0–1 Zemgus Girgensons · 1st 16:16 · 1–1 Connor Clifton · 3rd 03:05 · 2–1
BUF CBJ
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 11-7-1 (58% win rate, 19 games)
Blue Jackets
Blue Jackets — tied after 1st: 4-10-4 (22% win rate, 18 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 5-3-1 (56% win rate, 9 games)
Blue Jackets
Blue Jackets — tied after 2nd: 4-6-3 (31% win rate, 13 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Sabres lead the season series 2–1
Dec 302023 🧥CBJ @ ⚔️BUF 2–3 OT Dec 192023 🧥CBJ @ ⚔️BUF 9–4 Apr 142023 ⚔️BUF @ 🧥CBJ 5–2 Feb 282023 🧥CBJ @ ⚔️BUF 5–3 Dec 72022 ⚔️BUF @ 🧥CBJ 9–4
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Who won Sabres vs Blue Jackets on February 23, 2024?

Sabres won 2–1. The final score was Sabres 2, Blue Jackets 1.

Who scored for Sabres?

Connor Clifton, Zemgus Girgensons.

Who scored for Blue Jackets?

Dmitri Voronkov.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 25 saves on 26 shots (.962 save percentage).

How did the Blue Jackets goalie play?

Daniil Tarasov made 35 saves on 37 shots (.946 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Blue Jackets played?

At Nationwide Arena in Columbus, the Blue Jackets home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Blue Jackets season series?

Sabres lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeFeb 21 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–2 AfterFeb 25 🌪️CAR @ ⚔️BUF 2–3
🧥 Blue Jackets
BeforeFeb 21 🧥CBJ @ 🦆ANA 7–4 AfterFeb 25 🗽NYR @ 🧥CBJ 2–4
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