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Jenner caps Blue Jackets' 3-2 comeback victory as Sabres' winning streak is stopped at 5

Buffalo Sabres vs. Columbus Blue Jackets: Game Highlights

Zachary Aston-Reese and James van Riemsdyk also scored for the Blue Jackets, who trailed 2-0 and ended the surging Sabres' five-game winning streak.

With the game tied at 2, Jenner put a wrist shot past James Reimer to put Columbus up for the first time off assists from Sean Monahan and Kirill Marchenko.

Jet Greaves stopped 39 shots for Columbus.

Rasmus Dahlin and John-Jason Peterka each had goals for the Sabres. Reimer finished with 27 saves.

Takeaways Sabres: Buffalo, which will miss the playoffs for the 14th straight year, has lost only twice in its last 10 games.

Blue Jackets: Columbus staved off elimination from the playoff hunt and moved within six points of Montreal for the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.

Key moment Columbus went on the power play for the first — and only — time in the game when Buffalo's Sam Lafferty was called for slashing Zach Werenski at 14:37 of the third period. Jenner took advantage with the go-ahead score.

Key stat While Columbus went 1 for 1 on the power play, Buffalo went 0 for 1.

Up next Sabres: Play at Florida on Saturday night.

Blue Jackets: Host Washington on Saturday.

Regular Season Series

CBJ win series 2-1

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 11:54 JJ Peterka Goal (25) Wrist Shot, assists: Ryan McLeod (31), Rasmus Dahlin (48)
Goal 1st Period 14:39 Rasmus Dahlin Goal (16) Wrist Shot, assists: Zach Benson (18), Jiri Kulich (9)
Goal 1st Period 19:51 James van Riemsdyk Goal (15) Backhand, assists: Kent Johnson (31), Zach Werenski (56)
Goal 3rd Period 4:00 Zach Aston-Reese Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Erik Gudbranson (3)
Goal 3rd Period 6:42 Boone Jenner Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: Kirill Marchenko (40), Sean Monahan (33)

Statistics

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13 Blocked Shots 17
15 Hits 25
3 Takeaways 9
41 Shots 30
0 Power Play Goals 1
1 Power Play Opportunities 1
0.0 Power Play Percentage 100.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
29 Faceoffs Won 29
50.0 Faceoff Win Percent 50.0
16 Giveaways 11
1 Total Penalties 1
2 Penalty Minutes 2
Columbus Blue Jackets Columbus Blue Jackets Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Owen Sillinger, C Out Mar 18
Buffalo Sabres Buffalo Sabres Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Owen Power, D Out Apr 19
Beck Malenstyn, LW Out Apr 17
Josh Norris, C Out Apr 15
Jordan Greenway, LW Out Apr 12

Game Information

Nationwide Arena

Location: Columbus, OH
Attendance: 16,406 | Capacity:

2024-25 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Toronto 4 26 108 52
Tampa Bay 8 27 102 47
Florida 4 31 98 47
Ottawa 7 30 97 45
Montreal 11 31 91 40
Detroit 8 35 86 39
Buffalo 7 39 79 36
Boston 10 39 76 33

2024-25 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Washington 9 22 111 51
Carolina 5 30 99 47
New Jersey 7 33 91 42
Columbus 9 33 89 40
NY Rangers 7 36 85 39
NY Islanders 12 35 82 35
Pittsburgh 12 36 80 34
Philadelphia 10 39 76 33
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