Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres
· KeyBank Center, Buffalo · Preseason · Final
Final score
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5–1 on Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at home.
Goals by period
Goals by period, Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres
| Team |
1st1st period |
2nd2nd period |
3rd3rd period |
Total |
| Columbus Blue Jackets |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Buffalo Sabres |
0 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
Shots on goal by period
Shots on goal by period, Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres
| Team |
1st1st period |
2nd2nd period |
3rd3rd period |
Total |
| Columbus Blue Jackets |
6 |
7 |
12 |
25 |
| Buffalo Sabres |
11 |
15 |
9 |
35 |
Three stars
- N. Ostlund, Buffalo Sabres (2 goals)
- J. Norris, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)
- C. Timmins, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)
Scoring summary
Every goal, Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
| Period |
Time |
Team |
Goal |
Assists |
Type |
Score |
| 2nd |
10:12 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Josh Norris (1) |
Owen Power (1), Konsta Helenius (1) |
Even strength |
CBJ 0, BUF 1 |
| 2nd |
11:54 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Noah Ostlund (1) |
Zach Benson (1), Owen Power (2) |
Even strength |
CBJ 0, BUF 2 |
| 2nd |
12:22 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Noah Ostlund (2) |
Zach Benson (2) |
Even strength |
CBJ 0, BUF 3 |
| 3rd |
03:53 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Conor Timmins (1) |
Tage Thompson (1), Jack Quinn (1) |
Even strength |
CBJ 0, BUF 4 |
| 3rd |
14:32 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Tage Thompson (1) |
Josh Doan (1), Owen Power (3) |
Even strength |
CBJ 0, BUF 5 |
| 3rd |
16:19 |
Columbus Blue Jackets |
Corson Ceulemans (1) |
Dmitri Voronkov (1), Boston Buckberger (1) |
Even strength |
CBJ 1, BUF 5 |
Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.
Team stats
Team stats, Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres
| Stat |
Columbus Blue Jackets |
Buffalo Sabres |
| Shots on goal |
25 |
35 |
| Power play |
0 of 4 |
0 of 3 |
| Penalty minutes |
19 |
23 |
| Hits |
28 |
21 |
| Blocked shots |
20 |
14 |
| Giveaways |
16 |
12 |
| Takeaways |
4 |
8 |
| Faceoffs won |
25/65 (38.5%) |
40/65 (61.5%) |
Box score
Columbus Blue Jackets
Columbus Blue Jackets skaters
| Player |
PosPosition |
GGoals | AAssists | PPoints | +/-Plus/minus | PIMPenalty minutes | SOGShots on goal | HITHits | BLKBlocked shots | FO%Faceoff percentage | TOITime on ice |
| Number 10 D. Voronkov |
L |
0 |
1 |
1 |
-1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
15:25 |
| Number 11 M. Wood |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
13:10 |
| Number 12 O. Sillinger |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
41.7% |
16:39 |
| Number 20 O. Keskinen |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
46.7% |
16:19 |
| Number 22 J. Dumais |
R |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
15:02 |
| Number 53 L. Pinelli |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
17:40 |
| Number 67 J. Malatesta |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
|
11:35 |
| Number 71 L. Tuch |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2 |
6 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
44.4% |
18:34 |
| Number 76 J. Eernisse |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
|
13:24 |
| Number 82 M. Pyyhtia |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
04:15 |
| Number 92 J. Williams |
R |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
25% |
17:52 |
| Number 94 R. Lomberg |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
|
14:10 |
| Number 2 J. Christiansen |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
23:57 |
| Number 7 C. Soucy |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
16:30 |
| Number 54 L. Marrelli |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
|
17:46 |
| Number 56 B. Buckberger |
D |
0 |
1 |
1 |
-2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
21:41 |
| Number 57 C. Elick |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
18:13 |
| Number 74 C. Ceulemans |
D |
1 |
0 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
|
18:32 |
Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
| Goalie |
SAShots against | SVSaves | GAGoals against | SV%Save percentage | TOITime on ice | DECDecision |
| Number 33 C. Talbot |
26 |
23 |
3 |
.885 |
39:16 |
Loss |
| Number 35 E. Gardner |
9 |
7 |
2 |
.778 |
20:00 |
|
Buffalo Sabres
Buffalo Sabres skaters
| Player |
PosPosition |
GGoals | AAssists | PPoints | +/-Plus/minus | PIMPenalty minutes | SOGShots on goal | HITHits | BLKBlocked shots | FO%Faceoff percentage | TOITime on ice |
| Number 6 Z. Benson |
L |
0 |
2 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
|
15:59 |
| Number 9 J. Norris |
C |
1 |
0 |
1 |
+1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
|
14:25 |
| Number 10 S. Carrick |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
50% |
11:31 |
| Number 19 P. Krebs |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
100% |
13:03 |
| Number 20 J.Kulich |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
81.8% |
12:25 |
| Number 22 J. Quinn |
R |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
17:12 |
| Number 29 B. Malenstyn |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
9 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
|
11:13 |
| Number 71 R. McLeod |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
71.4% |
15:27 |
| Number 72 T. Thompson |
C |
1 |
1 |
2 |
+2 |
2 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
62.5% |
17:00 |
| Number 86 N. Ostlund |
C |
2 |
0 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
33.3% |
15:41 |
| Number 91 J. Doan |
R |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
|
14:15 |
| Number 94 K. Helenius |
C |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
12:58 |
| Number 8 O. Zellweger |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
|
13:37 |
| Number 21 C. Timmins |
D |
1 |
0 |
1 |
+2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
22:19 |
| Number 23 M. Samuelsson |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
|
09:24 |
| Number 25 O. Power |
D |
0 |
3 |
3 |
+4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
24:05 |
| Number 26 R. Dahlin |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
|
24:41 |
| Number 46 L. Crevier |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+2 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
|
20:45 |
Buffalo Sabres goalies
| Goalie |
SAShots against | SVSaves | GAGoals against | SV%Save percentage | TOITime on ice | DECDecision |
| Number 1 U. Luukkonen |
13 |
13 |
0 |
1.000 |
40:00 |
Win |
| Number 92 C. Ellis |
12 |
11 |
1 |
.917 |
20:00 |
|
Penalties
Penalties, Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres
| Period |
Time |
Team |
Player |
Infraction |
Minutes |
| 1st |
03:14 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Rasmus Dahlin |
Hooking |
2 |
| 1st |
03:14 |
Columbus Blue Jackets |
Luke Tuch |
Holding the stick |
2 |
| 1st |
03:32 |
Columbus Blue Jackets |
Carson Soucy |
Interference |
2 |
| 1st |
05:00 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Tage Thompson |
Tripping |
2 |
| 1st |
05:30 |
Columbus Blue Jackets |
Jack Williams |
Delaying game equipment |
2 |
| 1st |
14:26 |
Columbus Blue Jackets |
Luke Tuch |
Interference |
2 |
| 2nd |
03:18 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Beck Malenstyn |
Interference |
2 |
| 2nd |
04:40 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Josh Norris |
Holding |
2 |
| 2nd |
17:35 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Beck Malenstyn |
Roughing |
2 |
| 2nd |
17:35 |
Columbus Blue Jackets |
Luke Tuch |
Roughing |
2 |
| 3rd |
01:04 |
Columbus Blue Jackets |
Carson Soucy |
Fighting (major) |
5 |
| 3rd |
01:04 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Beck Malenstyn |
Fighting (major) |
5 |
| 3rd |
01:25 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Louis Crevier |
Roughing |
2 |
| 3rd |
01:25 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Sam Carrick |
Roughing |
2 |
| 3rd |
01:25 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Sam Carrick |
Roughing |
2 |
| 3rd |
01:25 |
Columbus Blue Jackets |
Josh Eernisse |
Roughing |
2 |
| 3rd |
01:25 |
Columbus Blue Jackets |
James Malatesta |
Roughing |
2 |
| 3rd |
07:06 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Sam Carrick |
Tripping |
2 |
Game information
- Columbus Blue Jackets head coach
- Rick Bowness
- Buffalo Sabres head coach
- Lindy Ruff
- Referees
- Garrett Rank, Hayden Verbeek
- Linesmen
- Scott Cherrey, Shandor Alphonso
- Columbus Blue Jackets scratches
- Charlie Coyle, Erik Gudbranson, Damon Severson, Peter Quenneville, Sean Monahan, Valeri Nichushkin, Pheonix Copley, Elvis Merzlikins, Danton Heinen, Zach Werenski, Ivan Provorov, Colton White, Conor Garland, Dante Fabbro, Mathieu Olivier, Isac Lundeström, Kirill Marchenko, Kent Johnson, Guillaume Richard, Cole Sillinger, Nikolai Makarov, Jet Greaves, Roman Ahcan, Luca Del Bel Belluz, Kirill Dolzhenkov, Denton Mateychuk, James Fisher, Riley Bezeau, Nolan Lalonde, Andrew Strathmann, William Whitelaw, Tate Singleton, Melvin Strahl, Cayden Lindstrom, Tanner Henricks, Luke Ashton, Malte Vass, Jackson Smith, Caleb MacDonald, Pyotr Andreyanov, Owen Griffin, Victor Hedin Raftheim, Jeremy Loranger, Jonas Woo, Alessandro Di Iorio, Oscar Hemming, Filip Novak, Evan Jardine, Parker Snell, Anttoni Uronen, Vladimir Provorov, Craig Armstrong, Joby Baumuller, Teddy Spitznagel
- Buffalo Sabres scratches
- Artem Kriukov, Jason Zucker, Matthew Peca, Mason Geertsen, Conor Sheary, Brendan Warren, Dennis Gilbert, Alex Lyon, Vasily Glotov, Justin Danforth, Jack Rathbone, Matt Villalta, Carson Meyer, Ryan Johnson, Aidan McDonough, Thomas Bordeleau, Matteo Costantini, Trevor Kuntar, Redmond Savage, Prokhor Poltapov, Talyn Boyko, Tyson Kozak, Riley Fiddler-Schultz, Noah Laaouan, Topias Leinonen, Graham Slaggert, Vsevolod Komarov, Jake Richard, Gavin McCarthy, Scott Ratzlaff, Maxim Strbak, Jason Polin, Zach Metsa, Sean Keohane, Norwin Panocha, Zac Funk, Brodie Ziemer, Adam Kleber, Luke Osburn, Simon-Pier Brunet, Patrick Geary, Vasily Zelenov, David Bedkowski, Radim Mrtka, Matous Jan Kucharcik, Samuel Meloche, Noah Laberge, Ashton Schultz, Melvin Novotny, Yevgeni Prokhorov, Ryan Rucinski, Brayden Holberton, Ilia Morozov, Daxon Rudolph, Liam Valente, Olivers Murnieks, Doman Szongoth, Dylan Dumont, Jean-Christoph Lemieux, Sawyer Mayes, Caden Dabrowski, Cohen Bidgood, Kristopher Richards, Eddy Doyle
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Sources and further reading
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