8-6-3, 4-1-3 Away

7-8-0, 6-3-0 Home

Buffalo Sabres @ Columbus Blue Jackets

Sabres

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
U. Luukkonen	5	3	3	0	3.27	.878
C. Ellis	3	3	0	1	3.09	.884

Blue Jackets

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
J. Greaves	2	6	0	1	3.36	.880
C. Talbot	5	2	0	0	2.44	.911

Nationwide Arena

12:00 AM, 9 January 2027

Columbus, OH

BUF

CBJ

Points

Tage ThompsonC #72

19PTS

10G

Kent JohnsonC #91

16PTS

Goals

Tage ThompsonC #72

10G

2PPG

70S

Kent JohnsonC #91

1PPG

34S

Assists

Zach BensonLW #6

13A

3PPA

11+/-

Zach WerenskiD #8

12A

3PPA

6+/-

Buffalo Sabres

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Alex Lyon G	IR	14 Nov
Konsta Helenius C	OUT	17 Nov
Justin Danforth RW	IR	22 Nov
Matt Grzelcyk D	IR	14 Nov

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
BUF	2.94	3.29	28.4	27.1	158	8	14.3	17	71.2	1	0
CBJ	2.53	3.13	25.8	28.1	126	7	17.5	11	75.6	0	0

Sabres Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
8/11/26	vsVGK	L4-1
7/11/26	vsCBJ	W5-2
5/11/26	vsOTT	L2-1
31/10/26	@LA	W3-2
30/10/26	@ANA	W7-6

Blue Jackets Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
7/11/26	@BUF	L5-2
6/11/26	vsDAL	W2-1 SO
4/11/26	vsCOL	W7-2
1/11/26	@DAL	L3-1
29/10/26	@CAR	L3-2

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Sabres
3
Blue Jackets
6

Game 1

2/10

Blue Jackets
2
Sabres
5

Game 2

7/11

Sabres
Blue Jackets

Game 3

9/1

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Boston	13	4	1	27
Montreal	11	3	3	25
Tampa Bay	11	4	2	24
Ottawa	11	6	1	23
Florida	9	7	2	20
Buffalo	8	6	3	19
Toronto	8	9	2	18
Detroit	7	8	3	17

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	14	3	2	30
New Jersey	13	5	0	26
NY Rangers	10	8	1	21
Washington	9	6	0	18
NY Islanders	7	6	4	18
Philadelphia	5	10	5	15
Columbus	7	8	0	14
Pittsburgh	6	10	2	14

Kings expect to get Kevin Fiala back this week, sources say

Kevin Fiala is expected to make his season debut this week, sources told ESPN's Emily Kaplan, with the Kings also slated to get Mats Zuccarello back Tuesday night.

Connor Hellebuyck discusses why he wanted out of Winnipeg

Connor Hellebuyck talks a little bit about why he wanted out of Winnipeg.

Ovechkin says Russians want to play for country, doesn't weigh in on worlds

Alex Ovechkin didn't weigh in on CAS' decision to allow Russian players back in hockey worlds, but said they just want to represent their country.

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Buffalo Sabres @ Columbus Blue Jackets

Scoring Leaders

Tage ThompsonC #72

Kent JohnsonC #91

Tage ThompsonC #72

Kent JohnsonC #91

Zach BensonLW #6

Zach WerenskiD #8

Injury Report

Team Stats

Kings expect to get Kevin Fiala back this week, sources say

Connor Hellebuyck discusses why he wanted out of Winnipeg

Ovechkin says Russians want to play for country, doesn't weigh in on worlds