Buffalo is denied a 3-0-0 start after coming back to tie the game.
By Craig Merz / NHL.com Independent Correspondent
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Alexandre Texier scored at 2:08 of overtime to give the Columbus Blue Jackets their first win of the season, 4-3 against the Buffalo Sabres at Nationwide Arena on Monday.
Victor Olofsson tied it 3-3 for the Sabres with 1:14 left in the third period. He scored with Blue Jackets forward Boone Jenner in the penalty box for delay of game (face-off violation) and goalie Linus Ullmark pulled for the extra attacker.
Oliver Bjorkstrand and Nick Foligno each had a goal and an assist, and Joonas Korpisalo made 15 saves for Columbus, which lost its first two games of the season.
Marcus Johansson and Jeff Skinner scored, and Ullmark made 40 saves in his first start of the season for Buffalo, which was trying to start 3-0-0 for the first time since 2008-09.
The Blue Jackets avoided starting 0-3-0 for the first time since losing their first eight games to begin 2015-16.
Bjorkstrand, playing his 200th NHL game, gave Columbus its first lead of the season when he scored to make it 1-0 at 18:09 of the first period.
Cam Atkinson made it 2-0 at 19:05 when he scored on the power play.
Johansson made it 2-1 at 1:32 of the second when he scored on the power play. It was his first goal for the Sabres, who signed him as a free agent July 6.
Skinner tied it 2-2 at 11:58 of the second with an unassisted goal.
Foligno gave the Blue Jacket a 3-2 lead at 6:46 of the third with a power-play goal.
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