NHL

Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets

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Buffalo Sabres
1-0-0
Final
4 - 0
Columbus Blue Jackets
1-1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 2nd Period 4:51 Bowen Byram Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Radim Mrtka (1), Tyson Kozak (1)
Goal 2nd Period 8:25 Beck Malenstyn Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Owen Power (1), Michael Kesselring (1)
Goal 3rd Period 15:01 Jack Quinn Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Jiri Kulich (1), Josh Doan (1)
Goal 3rd Period 19:11 Konsta Helenius Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Anton Wahlberg (1), Vsevolod Komarov (1)

Statistics

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12 Blocked Shots 6
38 Hits 30
0 Takeaways 0
35 Shots 22
0 Power Play Goals 0
2 Power Play Opportunities 0
0.0 Power Play Percentage 0.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
26 Faceoffs Won 29
47.3 Faceoff Win Percent 52.7
10 Giveaways 6
1 Total Penalties 3
5 Penalty Minutes 9
Columbus Blue Jackets Columbus Blue Jackets Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Miles Wood, LW Day-To-Day Dec 21
Brendan Gaunce, C Injured Reserve Dec 19
Buffalo Sabres Buffalo Sabres Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Tyson Kozak, C Out Dec 21
Conor Timmins, D Injured Reserve Dec 20
Colten Ellis, G Injured Reserve Dec 17
Jason Zucker, LW Injured Reserve Dec 17

Game Information

Nationwide Arena

Location: Columbus, OH
Attendance: 9,778 | Capacity:

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Detroit 3 13 45 21
Montreal 4 12 42 19
Tampa Bay 3 13 41 19
Boston 1 15 41 20
Florida 2 14 40 19
Ottawa 4 13 38 17
Buffalo 4 14 36 16
Toronto 5 14 35 15

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Carolina 3 10 47 22
Washington 5 12 43 19
NY Islanders 4 13 42 19
Philadelphia 7 10 41 17
New Jersey 1 14 41 20
NY Rangers 4 15 40 18
Pittsburgh 9 11 37 14
Columbus 6 15 34 14
Full Standings