Nick Foligno and Dalton Prout scored 2:09 apart in the second period as the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the host Buffalo Sabres 4-1 on Friday night.
Brandon Saad, with his 30th of the season, and Matt Calvert also scored for Columbus, which ended Buffalo’s three-game winning streak.
Briefly: Minnesota left wing Thomas Vanek will miss the start of the team’s first-round playoff series with an upper-body injury. Interim coach John Torchetti said Vanek will be out “more than a week.” ... St. Louis signed rookie defenseman Joel Edmundson to a two-year, $2.