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Columbus Blue Jackets vs Buffalo Sabres · NHL

Columbus Blue Jackets

1-0-0

6 – 3

Final

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Buffalo Sabres

0-1-0

Nationwide Arena · Columbus · USA

Summary

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Buffalo Sabres heavily, 6-3 at Nationwide Arena (crowd 18,207). Francis Charron was in charge.

Overview Player stats Standings

Overview

Starts: 11:00 PM UTC · Oct 1
Event: NHL USA
Ground: Nationwide Arena · Columbus · USA
Crowd: 18,207
Match officials: Francis Charron (Referee), Jon McIsaac (Referee), Libor Suchanek (Linesman), Jesse Marquis (Linesman)

On TV

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

USESPN+Streaming · National
USCBJNHLTV · Home
USMSGBTV · Away

Period by period

Team	1	2	3	T
Blue Jackets	3	1	2	6
Sabres	1	2	0	3

Player stats

Side by side

15Blocked Shots8

25Hits21

6Takeaways2

23Shots26

2Power Play Goals0

3Power Play Opportunities5

66.7Power Play Percentage0.0

0Short Handed Goals0

0Shootout Goals0

36Faceoffs Won29

55.4Faceoff Win Percent44.6

13Giveaways15

6Total Penalties4

15Penalty Minutes11

Columbus Blue Jackets leaders

GoalsMatthew Knies2

AssistsCharlie Coyle3

PointsMatthew Knies3

Buffalo Sabres leaders

GoalsKonsta Helenius1

AssistsOwen Power2

PointsOwen Power2

Columbus Blue Jackets

forwards
Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Charlie Coyle C	1	2	1	2	19:04	2:28	3:20	13:16	26	0	0	3	0	0	8	9	47.1	1	0	0
Adam Fantilli C	1	6	1	0	17:28	2:24	0:16	14:48	26	1	1	0	2	0	16	4	80.0	0	0	0
Conor Garland RW	1	1	0	0	12:09	1:01	0:00	11:08	19	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Danton Heinen LW	3	0	1	-1	12:11	0:00	1:45	10:26	17	0	0	0	2	1	2	3	40.0	0	0	0
Kent Johnson C	0	0	0	0	14:53	2:23	0:00	12:30	22	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	1	2
Matthew Knies LW	0	0	1	0	16:06	2:21	0:02	13:43	24	2	2	1	4	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Ryan Lomberg LW	0	2	0	0	9:21	0:00	0:00	9:21	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Sean Monahan C	1	0	0	0	15:31	1:03	2:16	12:12	24	1	1	0	1	0	8	12	40.0	1	0	0
Valeri Nichushkin RW	0	1	0	-1	15:45	1:00	1:11	13:34	22	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Mathieu Olivier RW	0	3	0	2	14:32	0:00	1:12	13:20	21	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	2	7
Cole Sillinger C	0	1	0	2	15:21	0:00	1:06	14:15	22	1	1	0	3	2	2	0	100.0	2	2	4
Dmitri Voronkov LW	0	4	0	0	10:44	1:02	0:00	9:42	14	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0

defenses
Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Emil Andrae D	1	1	0	1	15:37	0:00	0:00	15:37	19	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jake Christiansen D	1	2	0	-1	7:05	0:00	0:00	7:05	11	0	0	1	2	0	0
Erik Gudbranson D	3	0	0	-1	17:44	0:03	5:01	12:40	21	0	0	1	1	0	0
Denton Mateychuk D	0	0	0	0	27:28	1:05	1:59	24:24	30	1	2	0	1	0	0
Carson Soucy D	2	2	0	1	20:15	0:05	1:53	18:17	29	0	2	0	0	1	2
Zach Werenski D	1	0	2	2	28:46	2:25	4:19	22:02	32	2	3	1	2	0	0

goalies
Player	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Jet Greaves G	3	26	0	0	23	.885	17	5	1	60:00	0	0

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	2	0	-1	18:34	4:27	0:31	13:36	21	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Sam Carrick C	0	1	0	-2	7:43	0:00	0:22	7:21	17	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	40.0	1	0	0
Josh Doan RW	0	2	1	0	19:06	4:25	0:00	14:41	26	0	0	0	3	1	1	1	50.0	1	0	0
Konsta Helenius C	0	2	0	2	15:09	2:10	0:00	12:59	21	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Peyton Krebs C	0	3	0	0	14:58	0:02	0:00	14:56	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Jiri Kulich C	0	1	0	-2	8:45	0:00	0:00	8:45	17	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	20.0	0	0	0
Beck Malenstyn LW	1	4	0	-2	8:11	0:00	0:32	7:39	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Ryan McLeod C	0	0	0	0	16:41	1:51	1:48	13:02	25	0	0	1	0	0	6	9	40.0	1	0	0
Josh Norris C	1	2	0	1	16:19	2:06	2:00	12:13	22	0	0	0	1	0	5	2	71.4	0	0	0
Noah Ostlund C	0	0	0	1	16:42	2:11	0:35	13:56	22	0	0	2	3	1	6	5	54.5	0	0	0
Jack Quinn RW	0	1	0	-1	20:46	4:42	1:08	14:56	23	1	1	0	4	3	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Tage Thompson C	0	1	0	0	19:46	4:22	0:00	15:24	26	0	0	0	4	3	6	8	42.9	1	1	2

defenses
Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	GV	PN	PIM
Louis Crevier D	2	0	1	0	16:14	0:00	2:23	13:51	24	0	0	0	1	2	0	0
Rasmus Dahlin D	0	2	0	-1	25:58	5:01	0:00	20:57	28	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Matt Grzelcyk D	1	0	0	-1	14:27	0:00	1:06	13:21	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zach Metsa D	2	0	0	-1	12:54	0:00	1:05	11:49	21	0	0	0	0	1	1	5
Owen Power D	0	0	0	2	25:25	1:38	1:47	22:00	28	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Mattias Samuelsson D	0	0	0	-2	18:21	0:00	0:35	17:46	26	1	1	0	1	2	2	4

goalies
Player	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G	5	22	0	0	17	.773	12	4	1	59:08	0	0

Standings

2026-27 Atlantic Division Standings
#	Team	W	L	PTS
1	Boston	7	2	15
2	Tampa Bay	7	2	14
3	Ottawa	7	3	14
4	Florida	5	3	12
5	Toronto	5	4	12
6	Montreal	4	3	10
7	Buffalo	4	4	10
8	Detroit	3	3	9

2026-27 Metropolitan Division Standings
#	Team	W	L	PTS
1	Carolina	8	2	17
2	NY Rangers	7	3	15
3	NY Islanders	5	3	11
4	Washington	5	4	10
5	New Jersey	5	4	10
6	Philadelphia	3	6	9
7	Pittsburgh	3	6	7
8	Columbus	3	5	6

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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