Columbus Blue Jackets @ Buffalo Sabres

Preseason

1-1-0, 0-1-0 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Blue Jackets CBJ	0	0	0	1
Sabres BUF	0	3	2	5

Buffalo SabresSabresBUF

1-1-0, 1-0-0 Home

Columbus Blue Jackets


forwards
Jordan DumaisJ. Dumais#22
Josh EernisseJ. Eernisse#76
Oiva KeskinenO. Keskinen#20
Ryan LombergR. Lomberg#94
James MalatestaJ. Malatesta#67
Luca PinelliL. Pinelli#53
Mikael PyyhtiaM. Pyyhtia#82
Owen SillingerO. Sillinger#12
Luke TuchL. Tuch#71
Dmitri VoronkovD. Voronkov#10
Jack WilliamsJ. Williams#92
Miles WoodM. Wood#11
defensemen
Boston BuckbergerB. Buckberger#56
Corson CeulemansC. Ceulemans#74
Jake ChristiansenJ. Christiansen#2
Charlie ElickC. Elick#57
Luca MarrelliL. Marrelli#54
Carson SoucyC. Soucy#7

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	19	15:02	3:01	0:12	11:49	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	17	13:24	2:12	0:18	10:54	0	1	0.0
0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	16:19	2:44	0:35	13:00	7	7	50.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	20	14:10	0:02	0:40	13:28	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	0	1	1	2	3	0	1	15	11:35	0:00	0:00	11:35	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	18	17:40	3:40	0:00	14:00	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	4:15	0:00	0:38	3:37	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	22	16:39	0:55	1:46	13:58	9	13	40.9
0	0	-2	1	0	0	3	6	6	0	1	23	18:34	4:36	0:10	13:48	3	3	50.0
0	1	-1	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	21	15:25	4:15	0:00	11:10	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	2	3	0	1	2	2	0	0	25	17:52	4:17	1:17	12:18	4	9	30.8
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	18	13:10	0:02	0:56	12:12	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	-2	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	24	21:41	4:19	0:46	16:36	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	22	18:32	0:02	2:25	16:05	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	2	26	23:57	3:13	2:06	18:38	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	25	18:13	0:00	1:32	16:41	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	21	17:46	4:14	0:00	13:32	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	2	7	2	1	1	24	16:30	0:02	1:09	15:19	0	0	0.0

Evan GardnerE. Gardner#35
goalies
Cam TalbotC. Talbot#33

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
9	2	7	.778	6	0	1	0	0	20:00	0
26	3	23	.885	15	7	1	0	0	39:16	0

Buffalo Sabres


forwards
Zach BensonZ. Benson#6
Sam CarrickS. Carrick#10
Josh DoanJ. Doan#91
Konsta HeleniusK. Helenius#94
Peyton KrebsP. Krebs#19
Jiri KulichJ. Kulich#20
Beck MalenstynB. Malenstyn#29
Ryan McLeodR. McLeod#71
Josh NorrisJ. Norris#9
Noah OstlundN. Ostlund#86
Jack QuinnJ. Quinn#22
Tage ThompsonT. Thompson#72
defensemen
Louis CrevierL. Crevier#46
Rasmus DahlinR. Dahlin#26
Owen PowerO. Power#25
Mattias SamuelssonM. Samuelsson#23
Conor TimminsC. Timmins#21
Olen ZellwegerO. Zellweger#8

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	19	15:59	2:48	2:55	10:16	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	2	1	1	17	11:31	0:00	0:54	10:37	4	4	50.0
0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	18	14:15	2:40	0:00	11:35	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	15	12:58	1:06	0:00	11:52	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	15	13:03	0:00	0:10	12:53	2	0	100.0
0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	19	12:25	0:12	0:14	11:59	7	2	77.8
0	0	-1	0	1	1	3	9	3	0	0	17	11:13	0:00	1:17	9:56	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	21	15:27	1:08	3:04	11:15	8	3	72.7
1	0	1	2	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	20	14:25	1:08	3:08	10:09	0	0	0.0
2	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	19	15:41	1:06	0:53	13:42	3	8	27.3
0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	18	17:12	2:44	1:22	13:06	0	0	0.0
1	1	2	7	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	18	17:00	2:52	0:10	13:58	9	6	60.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	2	4	2	1	1	2	0	0	1	24	20:45	0:00	1:50	18:55	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	3	2	1	2	1	0	5	28	24:41	1:20	2:36	20:45	0	0	0.0
0	3	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	30	24:05	1:12	3:40	19:13	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	9:24	0:02	1:34	7:48	0	0	0.0
1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	27	22:19	0:00	4:04	18:15	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	15	13:37	0:12	0:59	12:26	0	0	0.0

Colten EllisC. Ellis#92
goalies
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenU. Luukkonen#1

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
12	1	11	.917	8	3	0	0	0	20:00	0
13	0	13	1.000	10	2	1	0	0	40:00	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Blue Jackets	0	0	0	1
	Sabres	0	3	2	5

1st Period
No Goals Scored

2nd Period		BUF
10:12	Josh Norris (1) Assists: Owen Power (1), Konsta Helenius (1)	1
11:54	Noah Ostlund (1) Assists: Zach Benson (1), Owen Power (2)	2
12:22	Noah Ostlund (2) Assists: Zach Benson (2)	3

3rd Period		CBJ	BUF
3:53	Conor Timmins (1) Assists: Tage Thompson (1), Jack Quinn (1)	0	4
14:32	Tage Thompson (1) Assists: Josh Doan (1), Owen Power (3)	0	5
16:19	Corson Ceulemans (1) Assists: Dmitri Voronkov (1), Boston Buckberger (1)	1	5

KeyBank Center

12:00 AM, 23 September 2026

Buffalo, NY

Attendance: 16,328

Referees:
Garrett Rank
Hayden Verbeek

Linesmen:
Scott Cherrey
Shandor Alphonso

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
New Jersey	2	0	0	4
Washington	1	0	1	3
NY Islanders	1	1	0	2
Pittsburgh	1	1	0	2
Carolina	1	1	0	2
Columbus	1	1	0	2
NY Rangers	0	2	0	0
Philadelphia	0	2	0	0

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Montreal	3	0	0	6
Boston	2	0	0	4
Florida	1	0	1	3
Detroit	1	0	1	3
Tampa Bay	1	0	1	3
Buffalo	1	1	0	2
Ottawa	0	0	1	1
Toronto	0	1	1	1

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