Columbus Blue Jackets 2, Buffalo Sabres 3: final score and stats
Buffalo Sabres beat Columbus Blue Jackets, Columbus Blue Jackets 2 to Buffalo Sabres 3, on Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Buffalo Sabres vs Columbus Blue Jackets.
NHLTuesday, February 4, 2025
DateFeb 4, 2025
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueKeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY
TVESPN+
Attendance14,198
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Columbus Blue JacketsBuffalo Sabres
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
26-21-7Record22-26-5
8th in Metropolitan DivisionStanding6th in Atlantic Division
1-5Road record / home record4-6
LLLWWLast 5LLLWL
L3StreakL3
Team stats
Columbus Blue JacketsBuffalo Sabres
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Columbus Blue Jackets
Buffalo Sabres
Konsta Helenius C · Upper Body
Injured ReserveJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBox score
Columbus Blue Jackets Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zachary Aston-Reese | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13:02 | 0:00 | 0:26 | 12:36 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Danforth | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 12:59 | 0:00 | 0:41 | 12:18 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 36.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luca Del Bel Belluz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:38 | 0:24 | 0:00 | 14:14 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Fantilli | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 21:25 | 1:36 | 0:02 | 19:47 | 24 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 57.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kent Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:48 | 1:29 | 0:00 | 16:19 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Kuraly | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 12:01 | 0:00 | 1:15 | 10:46 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 44.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Labanc | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 10:50 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:50 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mathieu Olivier | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 13:12 | 0:26 | 0:43 | 12:03 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Mikael Pyyhtia | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 11:39 | 0:00 | 0:49 | 10:50 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Sillinger | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 19:43 | 1:34 | 0:00 | 18:09 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dmitri Voronkov | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 21:13 | 1:34 | 0:00 | 19:39 | 22 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James van Riemsdyk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:41 | 0:26 | 0:00 | 15:15 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Columbus Blue Jackets Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Christiansen | 2 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 17:34 | 0:00 | 0:43 | 16:51 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:24 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:24 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:39 | 0:00 | 0:45 | 16:54 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Denton Mateychuk | 4 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 19:50 | 0:20 | 1:17 | 18:13 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Provorov | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28:27 | 1:40 | 1:19 | 25:28 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Damon Severson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:29 | 0:31 | 0:00 | 17:58 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Columbus Blue Jackets Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elvis Merzlikins | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .857 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 57:26 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Benson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:26 | 0:45 | 0:56 | 14:45 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Cozens | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15:15 | 0:45 | 0:00 | 14:30 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 57.1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Peyton Krebs | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16:26 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 16:26 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 58.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jiri Kulich | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:31 | 0:42 | 0:00 | 16:49 | 26 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 52.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6:58 | 0:00 | 0:56 | 6:02 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22:19 | 0:00 | 1:04 | 21:15 | 29 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 35.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Peterka | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 18:25 | 1:15 | 0:00 | 17:10 | 24 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15:22 | 1:15 | 0:00 | 14:07 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isak Rosen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 11:46 | 0:45 | 0:00 | 11:01 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:15 | 1:15 | 1:03 | 19:57 | 26 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Zucker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:52 | 1:15 | 0:00 | 15:37 | 23 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Bryson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:30 | 0:00 | 1:31 | 14:59 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bowen Byram | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22:27 | 0:03 | 1:29 | 20:55 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Clifton | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14:40 | 0:00 | 0:30 | 14:10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23:36 | 1:15 | 0:00 | 22:21 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Gilbert | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8:41 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:41 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Henri Jokiharju | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13:27 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:27 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:04 | 0:45 | 0:31 | 17:48 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Reimer | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 27 | .931 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Columbus Blue Jackets vs Buffalo Sabres?
Buffalo Sabres won, 3-2, on Tuesday, February 4, 2025.
What was the final score of Columbus Blue Jackets vs Buffalo Sabres?
Columbus Blue Jackets 2, Buffalo Sabres 3.
Who were the top performers?
Columbus Blue Jackets: Ivan Provorov (1 goals). Buffalo Sabres: Alex Tuch (2 goals).
Where is Columbus Blue Jackets vs Buffalo Sabres played?
KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY.
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