Tampa – Ottawa 4:3 (end) | Pittsburgh – New Jersey 2:3 (2:3 after SO) | Washington – Florida 6:3 (end)
Boston – Minnesota 3:0 (end) | Buffalo – Columbus 3:2 (end) | NY Islanders – Vegas 2:1 (end)
St. Louis – Edmonton 2:3 (after OT) | Winnipeg – Carolina 3:0 (end) | Calgary – Toronto 3:6 (end)
Utah – Philadelphia 3:2 (after OT) | Vancouver – Colorado 3:0 (end) | Seattle – Detroit 4:5 (0:1 after SO)
Anaheim – Dallas 2:1 (end) | San Jose – Montreal 3:4 (end)
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Buffalo Sabres
3:2 (1:0, 2:1, 0:1)
Columbus Blue Jackets
Wednesday 05.02.2025, 01:00 • KeyBank Center, Buffalo • NHL
     
    Game over. (03:29:49)
    52:38 Ivan Provorov (CBJ) - 3:2
     
    52:38
    Team Columbus with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is IVAN PROVOROV. Assisted by Damon Severson, Luca Del Bel Belluz.
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
    38:56 Alex Tuch (BUF) - 3:1
     
    38:56
    Team Buffalo with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is ALEX TUCH. Assisted by Rasmus Dahlin, Jason Zucker.
     
    32:55
    Penalty for Columbus Blue Jackets:
    Damon Severson – 2 min., slashing.
    32:17 Alex Tuch (BUF) - 2:1
     
    32:17
    Team Buffalo with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is ALEX TUCH. Assisted by Dennis Gilbert, Bowen Byram.
     
    28:07
    Penalty for Buffalo Sabres:
    Dylan Cozens – 2 min., tripping.
    21:47 Kent Johnson (CBJ) - 1:1
     
    21:47
    Team Columbus with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is KENT JOHNSON. Assisted by James van Riemsdyk, Ivan Provorov.
     
    20:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    20:00
    1st period finished.
    10:07 Bowen Byram (BUF) - 1:0
     
    10:07
    Team Buffalo with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is BOWEN BYRAM. Assisted by Jason Zucker, Alex Tuch.
     
    00:03
    Penalty for Buffalo Sabres:
    Dennis Gilbert – 5 min., fighting.

    Penalty for Columbus Blue Jackets:
    Mathieu Olivier – 5 min., fighting.
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    Welcome. Game starts at 01:00.
    Goals and assists: 11. Byram (Zucker, Tuch), 33. Tuch (Gilbert, Byram), 39. Tuch (Dahlin, Zucker) – 22. K. Johnson (J. van Riemsdyk, Provorov), 53. Provorov (Severson, Del Bel Belluz)


    Buffalo Sabres: Reimer (Sandstrom) – Byram, Dahlin (C), Power, Clifton, Bryson, Jokiharju, Gilbert – Rosén, Kulich, Peterka – Zucker, Cozens, Tuch – Benson, McLeod, Quinn – Malenstyn, Krebs.
    Coach: Lindy Ruff

    Columbus Blue Jackets: Merzļikins (Tarasov) – Mateychuk, Provorov (A), Christiansen, Severson, Harris, J. Johnson – Voronkov, Fantilli, C. Sillinger – J. van Riemsdyk, Del Bel Belluz, K. Johnson – Aston-Reese, Danforth, Olivier (A) – Pyyhtiä, Kuraly (A), Labanc.
    Coach: Dean Evason

    Referees: L'Ecuyer, Rank – Kovachik, Grillo

    Attendance: 14198