| Blue Jackets 5, Sabres 3 | Posted By Shelby Jaime (22nd Dec 23 at 9:18am) |
Adam Fantilli scored his first goal with the Columbus Blue Jackets in a 5-3 win versus the Buffalo Sabres at Nationwide Field in Columbus on Wednesday. Fantilli, that was the No. 3 pick in the 2023 NHL Draft, gave heaven Jackets a 4-3 lead on a one-timer with traffic at 8:43 of the third period.Patrik Laine Daniil Tarasov Jersey, Johnny Gaudreau and Kirill Marchenko each had an objective and an aid, and Ivan Provorov and Damon Severson each had two assists for Columbus. Elvis Merzlikins made 23 saves.Zemgus Girgensons, Owen Power and Zach Benson racked up for Buffalo. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 28 saves.Laine scored his third goal of the preseason at 6:15 of the very first period to offer the Blue Jackets a 1-0 lead. Emil Bemstrom then scored his 3rd of the preseason on a power play at 9:04 to make it 2-0. Girgensons suffice to 2-1 at 11:38. Gaudreau provided Columbus a 3-1 lead 23 secs into the 2nd period.Power sufficed to 3-2 at 13:53, and Benson connected it 3-3 at 18:45. After Fantilli placed Columbus back in front Yegor Chinakhov Jersey, Marchenko scored an empty-net objective at 18:32 of the third for the 5-3 last. |
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