Sabres vs. Blue Jackets | January 3, 2026

Buffalo Sabres21-15-4

Final1 - 5

Columbus Blue Jackets18-16-6

1 2 3 T ------------------ BUF 1 0 0 1 CBJ 3 1 1 5

Goals and Penalties: ShowHide

1st Period: ShowHide

P1 17:00
Denton Mateychuk (CBJ) scores on wrist shot past Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, assisted by Boone Jenner and Zach Werenski
0-1

P1 15:45

Damon Severson (CBJ) hooking against Noah Ostlund (2 minutes)

0-1

P1 10:52

Mathieu Olivier (CBJ) roughing against Josh Norris (2 minutes)

0-1

P1 10:52

Josh Norris (BUF) roughing against Mathieu Olivier (2 minutes)

0-1

P1 08:34
Josh Doan (BUF) scores on snap shot past Jet Greaves, assisted by Josh Norris and Owen Power
1-1

P1 08:08

Jacob Bryson (BUF) tripping against Zachary Aston-Reese (2 minutes)

1-1

P1 06:19

Kent Johnson (CBJ) hooking against Mattias Samuelsson (2 minutes)

1-1

P1 05:56
Brendan Gaunce (CBJ) scores short-handed goal on snap shot past Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
1-2
P1 02:48
Dmitri Voronkov (CBJ) scores on tip-in past Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, assisted by Ivan Provorov and Damon Severson
1-3

P1 01:59

Mathieu Olivier (CBJ) cross-checking against Rasmus Dahlin (2 minutes)

1-3

2nd Period: ShowHide

P2 11:56
Mathieu Olivier (CBJ) scores on backhand shot past Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, assisted by Zachary Aston-Reese and Damon Severson
1-4

P2 00:20

Dante Fabbro (CBJ) slashing against Ryan McLeod (2 minutes)

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3rd Period: ShowHide

P3 09:24

Ivan Provorov (CBJ) holding against Zach Benson (2 minutes)

1-4

P3 09:24

Zach Benson (BUF) embellishment (2 minutes)

1-4

P3 08:14
Cole Sillinger (CBJ) scores on empty net, assisted by Denton Mateychuk and Zach Werenski
1-5

P3 05:27

Ivan Provorov (CBJ) interference against Rasmus Dahlin (2 minutes)

1-5

Box Score: Back to Top

Sabres Forwards: TOI G A +/- S B PM TK GV FO

Zach Benson L

16:39 0 0 -1 3 1 2 0 0 0/0

Josh Doan R

21:30 1 0 -2 1 0 0 1 2 0/0

Josh Dunne C

08:15 0 0 -1 1 0 0 0 0 7/8

Jordan Greenway L

08:36 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0/1

Peyton Krebs C

14:28 0 0 -1 1 3 0 0 1 0/0

Beck Malenstyn L

07:53 0 0 -1 1 0 0 0 0 0/0

Ryan McLeod C

16:59 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 5/15

Josh Norris C

17:38 0 1 -2 2 2 2 0 0 9/17

Noah Ostlund C

12:36 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0/2

Jack Quinn R

15:53 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 3 0/0

Tage Thompson C

22:42 0 0 -3 4 3 0 0 0 8/14

Alex Tuch R

19:49 0 0 -2 5 1 0 0 1 2/2

Sabres Defenseman: TOI G A +/- S B PM TK GV FO

Jacob Bryson D

09:59 0 0 -1 1 1 2 0 1 0/0

Bowen Byram D

24:33 0 0 -2 3 1 0 0 4 0/0

Rasmus Dahlin D

25:30 0 0 -3 1 1 0 1 0 0/0

Zach Metsa D

09:46 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0/0

Owen Power D

21:41 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0/0

Mattias Samuelsson D

20:59 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 0/0

Sabres Totals: G A S B PM TK GV FO

1 2 33 17 6 2 20 31/59 52.5%

Sabres Goalies: TOI GA SV/SH EVEN PP SH PM

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G

58:34 4 30/34 24/27 2/2 4/5 0 .882 .889 1.000 .800

Blue Jackets Forwards: TOI G A +/- S B PM TK GV FO

Zachary Aston-Reese L

12:48 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0/2

Charlie Coyle C

14:49 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 7/14

Adam Fantilli C

16:40 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 6/12

Brendan Gaunce C

16:14 1 0 3 1 3 0 2 0 8/14

Danton Heinen L

08:51 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0/1

Boone Jenner C

17:44 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 3/5

Kent Johnson C

10:51 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0/0

Kirill Marchenko R

16:28 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0/0

Mason Marchment L

15:45 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 1/2

Mathieu Olivier R

15:08 1 0 1 1 1 4 0 1 0/1

Cole Sillinger C

12:12 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3/8

Dmitri Voronkov L

09:11 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 0/0

Blue Jackets Defenseman: TOI G A +/- S B PM TK GV FO

Jake Christiansen D

11:22 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0/0

Dante Fabbro D

18:03 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0/0

Denton Mateychuk D

24:15 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0/0

Ivan Provorov D

25:32 0 1 3 3 1 4 0 1 0/0

Damon Severson D

16:55 0 2 2 3 0 2 1 2 0/0

Zach Werenski D

23:12 0 2 1 5 0 0 0 1 0/0

Blue Jackets Totals: G A S B PM TK GV FO

5 8 34 15 14 5 14 28/59 47.5%

Blue Jackets Goalies: TOI GA SV/SH EVEN PP SH PM

Jet Greaves G

60:00 1 32/33 27/28 4/4 1/1 0 .970 .964 1.000 1.000