Sabres Slice and Dice the Jackets

Buffalo Bounces Back Bigtime with Inspired Effort

Score: Buffalo Sabres 5-2 Columbus Blue Jackets

Shots: BUF 37-26 COL

Buffalo Sabres Goals: Quinn 9th (Power, Timmins) Norris 3rd (Power) Dahlin 3rd (Krebs, Power) Norris 4th (Benson, Thompson) Doan 3rd (Östlund, Quinn)

Columbus Blue Jackets Goals: Johnson 8th (Monahan, Mateychuk) Werenski 2nd (Knies, Johnson)

Plus 1: Power’s Play

Buffalo came out fast and furious, taking the fight to the Blue Jackets’ defense. The Sabres forechecked hard, generated several scoring chances, and drew the game’s first penalty when Damon Severson was called for tripping Zach Benson. Buffalo had a few good looks on the power play but couldn’t get the puck past Columbus…