Buffalo Sabres @ Columbus Blue Jackets

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

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

Sabres

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	GAA	SV%
C. Ellis	0	0	1	2.23	.921
A. Lyon	0	1	0	4.14	.852
U. Luukkonen	1	0	0	0.00	1.000

Blue Jackets

NAME	WINS	L	SO	GAA	SV%
C. Talbot	1	1	1	1.81	.927
P. Copley	1	0	0	0.00	1.000
E. Gardner	0	0	0	6.00	.778
J. Greaves	0	0	0	0.00	1.000

Nationwide Arena

4:30 AM, 2 October 2026

Columbus, OH

BUF

CBJ

Points

Noah OstlundC #86

3PTS

Dmitri VoronkovLW #10

3PTS

Goals

Noah OstlundC #86

0PPG

Valeri NichushkinRW

0PPG

Assists

Owen PowerD #25

0PPA

4+/-

Dmitri VoronkovLW #10

0PPA

1+/-

Buffalo Sabres

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Jiri Kulich C	OUT	1 Oct
Mattias Samuelsson D	OUT	1 Oct
Olen Zellweger D	OUT	1 Oct
Alex Lyon G	OUT	1 Oct
Jason Zucker LW	OUT	15 Oct

Columbus Blue Jackets

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Elvis Merzlikins G	IR-NR	30 Nov

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
BUF	2.67	2.67	26.0	26.3	44	1	10.0	3	70.0	0	0
CBJ	1.67	1.67	22.3	22.7	39	0	0.0	0	100.0	0	0

Sabres Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
25/9/26	@DET	L3-2 OT
23/9/26	vsCBJ	W5-1
22/9/26	@PIT	L4-1
19/5/26	vsMTL	L3-2 OT
17/5/26	@MTL	W8-3

Blue Jackets Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
25/9/26	vsPIT	W4-0
23/9/26	@BUF	L5-1
22/9/26	vsDET	W1-0 SO
15/4/26	vsWSH	L2-1
13/4/26	vsBOS	L3-2

Regular Season Series

Series starts 10/1

Sabres
Blue Jackets

Game 1

2/10

Blue Jackets
Sabres

Game 2

7/11

Sabres
Blue Jackets

Game 3

9/1

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Montreal	3	0	0	6
Florida	2	0	1	5
Detroit	2	0	1	5
Toronto	2	1	1	5
Boston	2	1	1	5
Buffalo	1	1	1	3
Tampa Bay	1	1	1	3
Ottawa	0	2	1	1

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
New Jersey	2	0	1	5
Washington	2	0	1	5
Columbus	2	1	0	4
Carolina	2	1	0	4
NY Rangers	2	2	0	4
Pittsburgh	1	2	0	2
Philadelphia	1	2	0	2
NY Islanders	1	2	0	2

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Buffalo Sabres @ Columbus Blue Jackets

Scoring Leaders

Noah OstlundC #86

Dmitri VoronkovLW #10

Noah OstlundC #86

Valeri NichushkinRW

Owen PowerD #25

Dmitri VoronkovLW #10

Injury Report

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