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MLBMIA 2 · CHC 2 End 9th

MLBNYM 6 · TEX 3 Bot 8th

MLBARI 7 · COL 2 Bot 7th

NHLVAN 0 · CGY 3 0:22 - 2nd

MLBLAA 5 · ATH 0 Bot 3rd

MLBHOU 4 · SEA 0 Top 3rd

MLBMIN 0 · SF 1 Bot 4th

NHLUTA 1 · LA 0 3:41 - 1st

NHLVGK 0 · SJ 0 End of 1st

MLBSD 0 · LAD 0 Bot 2nd

MLBMIA 2 · CHC 2 End 9th

MLBNYM 6 · TEX 3 Bot 8th

MLBARI 7 · COL 2 Bot 7th

NHLVAN 0 · CGY 3 0:22 - 2nd

MLBLAA 5 · ATH 0 Bot 3rd

MLBHOU 4 · SEA 0 Top 3rd

MLBMIN 0 · SF 1 Bot 4th

NHLUTA 1 · LA 0 3:41 - 1st

NHLVGK 0 · SJ 0 End of 1st

MLBSD 0 · LAD 0 Bot 2nd

Columbus Blue Jackets vs Buffalo Sabres

Final

NHL

1 — 5

DateSeptember 22, 2026

VenueKeyBank Center

Team Form

Last 5 · latest first

Columbus Blue Jackets

W

Buffalo Sabres

L

Key Stats

2025–26 season · Team stats · Previous season

Columbus Blue Jackets

3.00

GOALS/G

3.06

GA/G

29.4

SHOTS/G

10.2

SHOOTING %

.899

SAVE %

38

PP GOALS

28.8

SA/G

50.6

FACEOFF %

Buffalo Sabres

3.45

GOALS/G

2.93

GA/G

28.1

SHOTS/G

12.3

SHOOTING %

.907

SAVE %

48

PP GOALS

29.1

SA/G

45.9

FACEOFF %

Key Players

Columbus Blue Jackets

Kirill Marchenko

.908Save Percentage

Buffalo Sabres

.907Save Percentage

Boxscore

Scoring by period

Team	P1	P2	P3	Total
CBJ	0	0	0	1
BUF	0	3	2	5

Team stats

CBJ Stat BUF

20 BS 14

28 HT 21

3 TK 8

25 S 35

0 PPG 0

5 PPO 3

0.0 PCT 0.0

0 SHG 0

0 SOG 0

23 FW 33

41.1 FO% 58.9

15 GV 11

8 PN 10

19 PIM 23

CBJ

Columbus Blue Jackets

Defenses

Columbus Blue Jackets Defenses
Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	SOG	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Boston Buckberger D	1	1	0	-2	22:41	5:08	0:46	16:47	24	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Corson Ceulemans D	2	1	0	1	18:32	0:02	2:25	16:05	22	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	0	0
Jake Christiansen D	3	2	0	-2	23:57	3:13	2:06	18:38	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Charlie Elick D	2	1	1	-2	18:13	0:00	1:32	16:41	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	0	0
Luca Marrelli D	5	0	0	-3	17:46	4:14	0:00	13:32	21	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Carson Soucy D	1	2	0	0	16:30	0:02	1:09	15:19	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	2	7

Forwards

Columbus Blue Jackets Forwards
Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	SOG	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Jordan Dumais RW	2	0	0	-1	14:02	2:12	0:12	11:38	19	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Josh Eernisse RW	0	4	0	0	12:24	1:23	0:18	10:43	17	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	1	2
Oiva Keskinen C	0	0	0	-2	15:19	1:55	0:35	12:49	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	7	50.0	0	0	0
Ryan Lomberg LW	0	5	0	0	14:10	0:02	0:40	13:28	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
James Malatesta LW	1	3	0	-2	11:35	0:00	0:00	11:35	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	2
Luca Pinelli C	0	0	1	-3	16:40	2:51	0:00	13:49	18	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Mikael Pyyhtia LW	1	0	0	0	4:15	0:00	0:38	3:37	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Owen Sillinger C	1	0	0	1	16:39	0:55	1:46	13:58	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	13	40.9	2	0	0
Luke Tuch LW	0	6	0	-2	19:34	5:25	0:10	13:59	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	50.0	1	3	6
Dmitri Voronkov LW	1	1	1	-1	16:25	5:04	0:00	11:21	21	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Jack Williams C	0	2	0	-2	18:52	5:06	1:17	12:29	25	0	0	0	2	3	0	4	9	30.8	0	1	2
Miles Wood LW	0	0	0	0	13:10	0:02	0:56	12:12	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	0	0

Goalies

Columbus Blue Jackets Goalies
Player	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Evan Gardner G	2	9	0	0	7	.778	6	0	1	20:00	0	0
Cam Talbot G	3	26	0	0	23	.885	15	7	1	39:16	0	0

BUF

Buffalo Sabres

Defenses

Buffalo Sabres Defenses
Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	SOG	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Louis Crevier D	1	0	0	2	20:49	0:00	1:33	19:16	24	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	2
Rasmus Dahlin D	2	1	0	-1	24:41	1:20	2:53	20:28	29	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	4	1	2
Owen Power D	2	0	0	4	25:22	1:12	4:51	19:19	31	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Mattias Samuelsson D	1	0	0	0	9:24	0:02	1:34	7:48	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Conor Timmins D	0	0	0	2	20:58	0:00	2:53	18:05	27	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Olen Zellweger D	3	0	1	1	13:37	0:12	0:59	12:26	15	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0

Forwards

Buffalo Sabres Forwards
Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	SOG	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Zach Benson LW	0	3	1	2	16:01	2:48	2:52	10:21	19	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Sam Carrick C	0	2	1	0	11:31	0:00	0:54	10:37	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	50.0	1	3	6
Josh Doan RW	0	4	0	1	13:53	2:40	0:00	11:13	17	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Konsta Helenius C	0	0	1	1	12:58	1:06	0:00	11:52	15	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Peyton Krebs C	1	2	0	2	13:03	0:00	0:10	12:53	15	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	100.0	2	0	0
Jiri Kulich C	0	2	0	-1	12:28	0:12	0:07	12:09	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	2	77.8	0	0	0
Beck Malenstyn LW	1	3	0	-1	11:18	0:00	1:00	10:18	17	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	3	9
Ryan McLeod C	1	1	0	0	15:44	1:08	3:21	11:15	21	0	0	0	3	0	0	8	3	72.7	1	0	0
Josh Norris C	1	0	1	1	14:42	1:08	3:18	10:16	21	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	1	2
Noah Ostlund C	1	0	2	2	15:19	1:06	0:53	13:20	19	2	2	0	2	0	0	3	8	27.3	0	0	0
Jack Quinn RW	0	1	0	3	17:12	2:44	1:22	13:06	18	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Tage Thompson C	0	2	1	2	16:38	2:52	0:10	13:36	18	1	1	1	7	1	0	9	6	60.0	0	1	2

Goalies

Buffalo Sabres Goalies
Player	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Colten Ellis G	1	12	0	0	11	.917	7	4	0	20:00	0	0
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G	0	13	0	0	13	1.000	10	2	1	40:00	0	0