Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets
Monday, October 7, 2019 – 7:00 PM
Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH
TV: Fox Sports Ohio – Radio: WBNS FM
Opponent’s blog: Die By the Blade
Buffalo Sabres, 2-0-0, 4 points, 2nd Atlantic, 4th East
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Columbus Blue Jackets, 0-2-0, 0 points, 8th Metro, 16th East
Burn the tape from Saturday. Find a way to get the win tonight.
Player to Watch
Alexander Wennberg
After a pretty solid preseason that featured him even shooting the puck, Wennberg was expected to take a step forward this season. Thus far, he has not. He has one shot on net through two games and has failed to find chemistry with Oliver Bjorkstrand and Gustav Nyquist. With the team stumbling out of the gate, the Jackets cannot afford for Wennberg to struggle further.
Jackets Notes
Pierre-Luc Dubois fought Sidney Crosby on Saturday night, Crosby’s first fight since he squared off with Brandon Dubinsky in 2015 … Scratched on opening night, both Dean Kukan (15:16) and Vladislav Gavrikov(16:07) made their season debuts
The Other Bench
Buffalo improved to 2-0 on the season on Saturday as they pumped in seven goals over the New Jersey Devils … The Sabres are averaging 38.5 shots per game this season … Rasmus Dahlin leads the Sabres in scoring this season with four points in two games
Season Series
10/7/2019 BUF @ CBJ
02/1/2020 CBJ @ BUF
02/13/2020 CBJ @ BUF
Stats
| Buffalo | Columbus | |
|---|---|---|
| 5.00 (3) | GPG | 1.50 (28) |
| 1.50 (4) | GAPG | 5.50 (30) |
| 66.7% (1) | PP% | 16.7% (21) |
| 85.7% (10) | PK% | 66.7% (25) |
| 58.14% (3) | 5v5 Corsi % | 45.56% (23) |
| 59.68% (3) | 5v5 Fenwick % | 48.12% (19) |
| 10.17 (10) | 5v5 Shot % | 4.26 (29) |
| .941 (11) | 5v5 Save % | .867 (29) |
| Victor Olofsson, Sam Reinhart, Conor Sheary 2 | G Leader | Cam Atkinson, Zach Werenski, Gustav Nyquist 1 |
| Rasmus Dahlin, 3 | A Leader | Riley Nash, 2 |
| Rasmus Dahlin, 4 | P Leader | Riley Nash, 2 |
| Kyle Okposo, 10 | PIM Leader | Pierre-Luc Dubois, 5 |
| 1-0-0 | Home / Road | 0-1-0 |
Projected Lineups
Columbus Blue Jackets
| Alexandre Texier | Pierre-Luc Dubois | Cam Atkinson |
| Nick Foligno | Boone Jenner | Josh Anderson |
| Gustav Nyquist | Alexander Wennberg | Oliver Bjorkstand |
| Jakob Lilja | Riley Nash | Emil Bemstrom |
| Ryan Murray | Seth Jones |
| Zach Werenski | David Savard |
| Scott Harrington | Markus Nutivaara |
| Joonas Korpisalo |
| Elvis Merzlikins |
Buffalo Sabres
| Victor Olofsson | Jack Eichel | Sam Reinhart |
| Jeff Skinner | Marcus Johansson | Vladimir Sobotka |
| Jimmy Vesey | Casey Mittlestadt | Conor Sheary |
| Zemgus Girgensons | Johan Larsson | Kyle Okposo |
| Rasmus Dahlin | Colin Miller |
| Jake McCabe | Rasmus Ristolainen |
| Marco Scandella | Henri Jokiharju |
| Carter Hutton |
| Linus Ullmark |