Columbus Blue Jackets @ Buffalo Sabres

Preseason

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

1:14 - 3rd

	1	2	3	T
Blue Jackets CBJ	0	0	0	0
Sabres BUF	0	3	1	4

Buffalo SabresSabresBUF

0-1-0, 0-0-0 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	0	16	11:21	2:12	0:12	8:57	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	14	10:01	1:23	0:18	8:20	0	1	0.0
0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	14:01	1:55	0:35	11:31	7	6	53.8
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	16	12:12	0:02	0:40	11:30	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	12	9:24	0:00	0:00	9:24	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	15	14:05	2:51	0:00	11:14	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	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	19	14:04	0:55	1:46	11:23	9	12	42.9
0	0	-2	1	0	0	3	6	3	0	1	19	16:03	5:25	0:10	10:28	2	2	50.0
0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	17	14:35	5:04	0:00	9:31	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	3	0	1	2	2	0	0	21	15:57	5:06	1:17	9:34	3	9	25.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	16	11:27	0:02	0:56	10:29	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	19	18:19	5:08	0:46	12:25	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	17	15:19	0:02	2:25	12:52	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	24	21:55	3:13	2:06	16:36	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	21	15:21	0:00	1:32	13:49	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	17	15:28	4:14	0:00	11:14	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	1	2	7	2	0	1	20	14:07	0:02	1:09	12:56	0	0	0.0

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

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
6	1	5	.833	4	0	1	0	0	9:23	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	2	1	0	17	14:06	2:48	2:52	8:26	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	0	3	6	2	1	1	14	9:03	0:00	0:54	8:09	3	3	50.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	14	11:38	2:40	0:00	8:58	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	13	10:31	1:06	0:00	9:25	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	12	10:37	0:00	0:10	10:27	2	0	100.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	15	11:34	0:12	1:25	9:57	7	2	77.8
0	0	0	0	1	0	3	9	2	0	0	13	10:12	0:00	2:18	7:54	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	17	12:29	1:08	2:03	9:18	8	2	80.0
1	0	1	2	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	17	11:32	1:08	2:00	8:24	0	0	0.0
2	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	17	13:29	1:06	0:53	11:30	3	8	27.3
0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	15:30	2:44	1:22	11:24	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	6	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	15	14:12	2:52	0:10	11:10	7	6	53.8
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	19	16:22	0:00	1:33	14:49	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	3	2	1	2	1	0	4	24	20:16	1:20	2:53	16:03	0	0	0.0
0	2	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	26	20:08	1:12	3:33	15:23	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	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	22	17:57	0:00	4:11	13:46	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
8	0	8	1.000	5	3	0	0	0	9:23	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	0
	Sabres	0	3	1	4

3rd Period			CBJ	BUF
3:53		Conor Timmins (1) Assists: Tage Thompson (1), Jack Quinn (1)	0	4

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

1st Period
No Goals Scored

KeyBank Center

12:00 AM, 23 September 2026

Buffalo, NY

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
Pittsburgh	1	0	0	2
Columbus	1	0	0	2
NY Rangers	0	1	0	0
NY Islanders	0	1	0	0
Carolina	0	1	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	0	2
Tampa Bay	1	0	0	2
Ottawa	0	0	1	1
Detroit	0	0	1	1
Toronto	0	1	1	1
Buffalo	0	1	0	0

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