Buffalo Sabres 3–6 Columbus Blue Jackets · Thursday, October 1, 2026

Final

Thursday, October 1, 2026

Nationwide Arena, Columbus

MSG-B, CBJNHL, CBJHN

Scoring

1st period

07:21

Mattias Samuelsson (1)Noah Ostlund (1), Owen Power (1) · snap1–0

12:51

Cole Sillinger (1)Charlie Coyle (1), Denton Mateychuk (1) · snap1–1

17:58

Matthew Knies (1)ppCharlie Coyle (2), Zach Werenski (1) · snap1–2

18:44

Adam Fantilli (1)Zach Werenski (2), Matthew Knies (1) · deflected1–3

2nd period

01:25

Jack Quinn (1)Zach Benson (1), Noah Ostlund (2) · wrist2–3

07:45

Matthew Knies (2)Emil Andrae (1), Kent Johnson (1) · tip-in2–4

13:14

Konsta Helenius (1)Ryan McLeod (1), Owen Power (2) · snap3–4

3rd period

14:21

Sean Monahan (1)ppValeri Nichushkin (1), Dmitri Voronkov (1) · snap3–5

17:53

Mathieu Olivier (1)empty netCharlie Coyle (3) · wrist3–6

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	HITS	BLK	GVA	TKA	FO%	TOI	SHF
6	Z. Benson	L	0	1	1	-1	0	1	2	1	1	0	–	18:34	21
9	J. Norris	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	1	0	0	71	16:19	22
10	S. Carrick	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	1	0	40	07:43	17
19	P. Krebs	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–	14:58	22
20	J.Kulich	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	0	0	20	08:45	17
22	J. Quinn	R	1	0	1	-1	0	4	1	0	1	0	–	20:46	23
29	B. Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	4	1	1	0	–	08:11	17
71	R. McLeod	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	40	16:41	25
72	T. Thompson	C	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	1	0	43	19:46	26
86	N. Ostlund	C	0	2	2	+1	0	3	0	0	0	0	55	16:42	22
91	J. Doan	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	1	50	19:06	26
94	K. Helenius	C	1	0	1	+2	0	2	2	0	0	0	–	15:09	21
23	M. Samuelsson	D	1	0	1	-2	4	1	0	0	2	0	–	18:21	26
24	M. Grzelcyk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	14:27	22
25	O. Power	D	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	25:25	28
26	R. Dahlin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	2	0	0	0	–	25:58	28
46	L. Crevier	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	–	16:14	24
73	Z. Metsa	D	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	2	1	0	–	12:54	21

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	U. LuukkonenSTART	L	22	17	5	.773	59:08
92	C. Ellis		0	0	0	–	00:00

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	HITS	BLK	GVA	TKA	FO%	TOI	SHF
3	C. Coyle	C	0	3	3	+2	0	0	2	1	1	1	47	19:04	26
4	C. Sillinger	C	1	0	1	+2	4	3	1	0	2	0	100	15:21	22
10	D. Voronkov	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	10:44	14
19	A. Fantilli	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	6	1	0	1	80	17:28	26
23	S. Monahan	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	40	15:31	24
24	M. Olivier	R	1	0	1	+2	7	3	3	0	0	0	–	14:32	21
43	V. Nichushkin	R	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	15:45	22
58	D. Heinen	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	3	0	1	40	12:11	17
83	C. Garland	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	12:09	19
89	M. Knies	L	2	1	3	0	0	4	0	0	1	1	–	16:06	24
91	K. Johnson	C	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	–	14:53	22
94	R. Lomberg	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	09:21	14
2	J. Christiansen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1	2	0	–	07:05	11
5	D. Mateychuk	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	–	27:28	30
7	C. Soucy	D	0	0	0	+1	2	2	2	2	0	0	–	20:15	29
8	Z. Werenski	D	0	2	2	+2	0	3	0	1	2	2	–	28:46	32
36	E. Andrae	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	15:37	19
44	E. Gudbranson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3	1	0	–	17:44	21

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33	C. Talbot		0	0	0	–	00:00
73	J. GreavesSTART	W	26	23	3	.885	60:00

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