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Buffalo Sabres vs Columbus Blue Jackets · NHL

Buffalo Sabres

4-4-2

3 – 4

Final/OT

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Columbus Blue Jackets

5-4-0

KeyBank Center · Buffalo · USA

Summary

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Buffalo Sabres 4-3, but only in extra time at KeyBank Center (crowd 15,059). The referee: Kendrick Nicholson.

Overview Player stats Standings

Overview

Starts: 10:45 PM UTC · Oct 28
Event: NHL USA
Ground: KeyBank Center · Buffalo · USA
Crowd: 15,059
Match officials: Mark Shewchyk (Linesman), Kendrick Nicholson (Referee), James Tobias (Linesman), Brandon Blandina (Referee)

On TV

Channels named for United States. The feed names none elsewhere.

USESPN+Streaming · National
USMSGBTV · Home
USFanDuel SN OHTV · Away

Period by period

Team	1	2	3	OT	T
Sabres	0	2	1	0	3
Blue Jackets	1	1	1	1	4

Player stats

Side by side

20Blocked Shots14

13Hits23

4Takeaways6

38Shots39

0Power Play Goals1

2Power Play Opportunities1

0.0Power Play Percentage100.0

0Short Handed Goals0

0Shootout Goals0

25Faceoffs Won33

43.1Faceoff Win Percent56.9

11Giveaways15

2Total Penalties3

4Penalty Minutes6

Buffalo Sabres leaders

GoalsRyan McLeod1

AssistsAlex Tuch2

PointsAlex Tuch2

Columbus Blue Jackets leaders

GoalsMiles Wood2

AssistsZach Werenski1

PointsMiles Wood2

Buffalo Sabres

forwards
Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Zach Benson LW	1	1	0	0	19:13	2:22	0:00	16:51	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Josh Doan RW	1	0	3	1	13:50	2:25	0:00	11:25	21	1	3	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Josh Dunne C	1	1	0	1	12:45	0:00	0:00	12:45	21	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Peyton Krebs C	1	1	1	0	12:47	0:00	0:00	12:47	20	0	0	0	1	0	5	7	41.7	1	0	0
Jiri Kulich C	2	1	0	-1	19:56	1:38	0:00	18:18	30	0	3	0	1	0	11	12	47.8	1	0	0
Beck Malenstyn LW	2	4	0	0	13:48	0:00	0:24	13:24	22	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Ryan McLeod C	0	0	0	1	16:17	0:39	0:24	15:14	22	1	3	0	1	0	5	5	50.0	0	0	0
Noah Ostlund C	0	0	0	0	12:16	0:00	0:00	12:16	18	0	0	0	3	0	2	2	50.0	0	0	0
Jack Quinn RW	0	1	0	0	16:03	1:40	0:00	14:23	22	0	3	0	2	3	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Tage Thompson C	2	0	0	0	19:26	2:20	0:00	17:06	26	0	4	0	6	1	0	1	0.0	1	0	0
Alex Tuch RW	0	0	0	0	15:39	1:35	0:00	14:04	24	0	3	2	0	3	0	1	0.0	2	1	2
Jason Zucker LW	0	1	0	-1	16:20	2:25	0:00	13:55	21	0	4	0	1	0	2	4	33.3	0	0	0

defenses
Player	BS	HT	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Bowen Byram D	2	0	1	19:19	0:56	0:00	18:23	26	1	1	1	0	1	1	2
Rasmus Dahlin D	2	1	0	23:01	2:20	0:24	20:17	26	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Michael Kesselring D	0	1	1	17:58	0:00	0:00	17:58	23	0	0	3	3	2	0	0
Owen Power D	2	0	-2	21:07	1:40	0:00	19:27	26	1	0	2	0	0	0	0
Mattias Samuelsson D	3	0	1	19:48	0:00	0:24	19:24	25	2	1	1	0	1	0	0
Conor Timmins D	1	1	0	18:42	0:00	0:00	18:42	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

goalies
Player	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Alex Lyon G	4	39	0	0	35	.897	35	0	0	62:53	0	0

Columbus Blue Jackets

forwards
Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Egor Chinakhov RW	0	1	0	2	12:49	0:00	0:00	12:49	18	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Charlie Coyle C	0	0	0	-1	14:44	0:00	1:53	12:51	20	0	1	0	2	0	7	8	46.7	1	0	0
Adam Fantilli C	1	4	0	-1	17:31	0:00	0:00	17:31	18	0	2	0	1	1	5	1	83.3	0	0	0
Boone Jenner C	1	0	1	0	16:56	0:00	1:06	15:50	19	0	2	0	4	0	4	3	57.1	0	0	0
Kent Johnson C	0	0	0	-1	15:38	0:24	0:00	15:14	19	0	2	0	2	3	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Isac Lundestrom C	1	0	0	3	13:48	0:00	0:20	13:28	19	0	0	1	1	1	6	3	66.7	1	0	0
Kirill Marchenko RW	1	0	0	-1	15:52	0:24	0:00	15:28	21	0	5	1	6	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	2
Sean Monahan C	0	1	0	-1	16:05	0:24	1:08	14:33	23	0	0	1	2	2	10	7	58.8	0	0	0
Mathieu Olivier RW	0	3	0	-1	15:24	0:00	1:47	13:37	17	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Cole Sillinger C	0	2	0	-2	15:33	0:00	1:47	13:46	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Dmitri Voronkov LW	0	3	2	-1	13:59	0:24	0:00	13:35	20	0	5	0	3	0	0	1	0.0	1	1	2
Miles Wood LW	0	4	0	3	13:24	0:00	0:00	13:24	18	2	3	0	3	0	1	1	50.0	1	0	0

defenses
Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Jake Christiansen D	0	0	0	0	10:48	0:00	0:00	10:48	13	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0
Dante Fabbro D	1	0	2	1	14:54	0:00	0:00	14:54	18	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0
Denton Mateychuk D	3	0	0	-1	22:55	0:00	2:19	20:36	24	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ivan Provorov D	1	3	1	0	26:13	0:00	4:00	22:13	27	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
Damon Severson D	2	2	0	-2	20:07	0:00	0:00	20:07	26	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	2
Zach Werenski D	3	0	0	1	27:59	0:24	1:40	25:55	29	1	2	1	5	1	7	0	0

goalies
Player	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Jet Greaves G	3	38	0	0	35	.921	32	3	0	62:53	0	0

Standings

2026-27 Metropolitan Division Standings
#	Team	W	L	PTS
1	Carolina	10	2	22
2	New Jersey	8	4	16
3	NY Rangers	7	6	15
4	NY Islanders	6	4	14
5	Washington	6	4	12
6	Pittsburgh	5	6	11
7	Columbus	5	5	10
8	Philadelphia	3	7	10

2026-27 Atlantic Division Standings
#	Team	W	L	PTS
1	Boston	9	3	19
2	Montreal	7	3	16
3	Ottawa	8	5	16
4	Florida	7	4	16
5	Toronto	7	5	16
6	Tampa Bay	7	3	15
7	Buffalo	5	4	13
8	Detroit	5	4	13

NHL table

#	Team	P	GD	PTS
1	Hurricanes	82	+56	113
2	Sabres	82	+47	109
3	Lightning	82	+59	106
4	Canadiens	82	+27	106
5	Bruins	82	+22	100
6	Senators	82	+32	99
7	Penguins	82	+25	98
8	Flyers	82	+7	98
9	Capitals	82	+19	95
···
11	Blue Jackets	82	0	92

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