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Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets

Nationwide Arena, Columbus Preseason Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4–0 on Monday, September 22, 2025 on the road.

Team Goals 2025-2026 record
Buffalo Sabres 4 50-23-9
at Columbus Blue Jackets 0 40-30-12

Goals by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 0 2 2 4
Columbus Blue Jackets 0 0 0 0

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 4 16 15 35
Columbus Blue Jackets 8 8 6 22

Three stars

  1. A. Georgiev, Buffalo Sabres (goaltender)
  2. B. Byram, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)
  3. J. Greaves, Columbus Blue Jackets (goaltender)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
2nd 04:51 Buffalo Sabres Bowen Byram (1) Radim Mrtka (1), Tyson Kozak (1) Even strength BUF 1, CBJ 0
2nd 08:25 Buffalo Sabres Beck Malenstyn (1) Owen Power (1), Michael Kesselring (1) Even strength BUF 2, CBJ 0
3rd 15:01 Buffalo Sabres Jack Quinn (1) Jiri Kulich (1), Josh Doan (1) Even strength, Empty net BUF 3, CBJ 0
3rd 19:11 Buffalo Sabres Konsta Helenius (1) Anton Wahlberg (1), Vsevolod Komarov (1) Even strength BUF 4, CBJ 0

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Buffalo Sabres Columbus Blue Jackets
Shots on goal 35 22
Power play 0 of 2 0 of 0
Penalty minutes 5 9
Hits 38 30
Blocked shots 12 6
Giveaways 10 6
Faceoffs won 26/55 (47.3%) 29/55 (52.7%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
15 J. Danforth R 0 0 0 +1 0 3 3 1 75% 14:54
19 P. Krebs C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 2 1 66.7% 19:27
20 J.Kulich C 0 1 1 +1 0 5 3 0 37.5% 15:39
22 J. Quinn R 1 0 1 +1 0 2 0 0 16:04
29 B. Malenstyn L 1 0 1 +1 0 3 6 0 16:35
44 J. Dunne C 0 0 0 +1 5 4 3 0 11:17
48 T. Kozak C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 2 1 62.5% 10:35
55 M. Geertsen L 0 0 0 +1 0 2 4 0 10:42
86 N. Ostlund C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 0 30% 16:25
91 J. Doan R 0 1 1 +1 0 0 3 0 17:29
92 A. Wahlberg C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 0 100% 14:48
94 K. Helenius C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 7 0 16:05
4 B. Byram D 1 0 1 +2 0 3 2 2 21:57
8 M. Kesselring D 0 1 1 +1 0 3 0 2 18:55
25 O. Power D 0 1 1 +1 0 3 0 1 21:54
57 R. Mrtka D 0 1 1 +2 0 1 1 0 20:25
74 N. Novikov D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 1 17:33
76 V. Komarov D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 3 19:16
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
27 D. Levi 6 6 0 1.000 20:00
40 A. Georgiev 16 16 0 1.000 40:00 Win

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters
Player
19 A. Fantilli C 0 0 0 -3 0 1 2 0 33.3% 16:41
21 I. Lundestrom C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 75% 14:17
27 Z. Aston-Reese L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 7 1 15:06
29 J. Williams R 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 100% 14:42
41 H. McKown C 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 81.8% 16:20
53 L. Pinelli C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 14:50
63 R. Mosley L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 12:37
67 J. Malatesta L 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 50% 13:51
86 K. Marchenko R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0 16:44
91 K. Johnson C 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 0 15:48
93 M. McCue C 0 0 0 -1 5 3 4 0 33.3% 14:16
96 O. Griffin C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 12:11
9 I. Provorov D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 23:06
48 C. Jaros D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 0 15:07
74 C. Ceulemans D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 19:49
78 D. Severson D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 23:09
84 G. Richard D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 2 20:36
94 C. MacDonald D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 17:30
Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie
73 J. Greaves 24 23 1 .958 29:21
90 E. Merzlikins 10 8 2 .800 29:59 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 15:18 Columbus Blue Jackets Hunter McKown Hooking 2
1st 17:27 Columbus Blue Jackets Max McCue Fighting (major) 5
1st 17:27 Buffalo Sabres Josh Dunne Fighting (major) 5
3rd 03:00 Columbus Blue Jackets Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Columbus Blue Jackets head coach
Dean Evason
Referees
Jake Brenk, Alex Lepkowski
Linesmen
Libor Suchanek, CJ Murray
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Artem Kriukov, Jason Zucker, Alex Tuch, Jordan Greenway, Brendan Warren, Alex Lyon, Tage Thompson, Vasily Glotov, Conor Timmins, Jake Leschyshyn, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Jack Rathbone, Josh Norris, Jacob Bryson, Carson Meyer, Ryan McLeod, Mattias Samuelsson, Rasmus Dahlin, Peter Tischke, Ryan Johnson, Zac Jones, Matteo Costantini, Trevor Kuntar, Redmond Savage, Olivier Nadeau, Isak Rosen, Prokhor Poltapov, Isaac Belliveau, Riley Fiddler-Schultz, Noah Laaouan, Topias Leinonen, Viktor Neuchev, Graham Slaggert, Joel Ratkovic Berndtsson, Gustav Karlsson, Jake Richard, Zach Benson, Gavin McCarthy, Scott Ratzlaff, Maxim Strbak, Jagger Joshua, Aidan Fulp, Zach Metsa, Sean Keohane, Norwin Panocha, Brodie Ziemer, Adam Kleber, Luke Osburn, Simon-Pier Brunet, Patrick Geary, Ryerson Leenders, Vasily Zelenov, David Bedkowski, Matous Jan Kucharcik, Tyler Kopff, Samuel Meloche, Noah Laberge, Ashton Schultz, Melvin Novotny, Yevgeni Prokhorov, Ryan Rucinski
Columbus Blue Jackets scratches
Brendan Smith, Charlie Coyle, Erik Gudbranson, Boone Jenner, Brendan Gaunce, Peter Quenneville, Hudson Fasching, Miles Wood, Sean Monahan, Dysin Mayo, Zach Werenski, Ivan Fedotov, Zach Sawchenko, Dante Fabbro, Mathieu Olivier, Jake Christiansen, Dmitri Voronkov, Daemon Hunt, Mikael Pyyhtia, Ole Julian Bjorgvik-Holm, Egor Chinakhov, Cole Sillinger, Stanislav Svozil, Nikolai Makarov, Roman Ahcan, Luca Del Bel Belluz, Kirill Dolzhenkov, Denton Mateychuk, Owen Sillinger, Will MacKinnon, Jordan Dumais, James Fisher, Sergei Ivanov, Riley Bezeau, Nolan Lalonde, Tyler Peddle, Andrew Strathmann, William Whitelaw, Melvin Strahl, Oiva Keskinen, Nicholas Sima, Luca Marrelli, Cayden Lindstrom, Charlie Elick, Tanner Henricks, Evan Gardner, Luke Ashton, Marcus Kearsey, Ryder Boulton, Malte Vass, Jackson Smith, Pyotr Andreyanov, Victor Hedin Raftheim, Jeremy Loranger, Brendan Hoffman, Will Bishop, Evan Van Gorp, Noah Jenken, PJ Fagan, Josh Avery, Mason Vaccari, Jakub Chromiak

2025-2026 season series

Matchup Status Details
Buffalo Sabres 4 at Columbus Blue Jackets 0 Final Preseason Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 1 at Buffalo Sabres 2 Final Preseason Game page

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