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Final · January 3, 2026 at 3:00 p.m.

Buffalo Sabres1
Columbus Blue Jackets5

Shots on goal : BUF 33 — CBJ 35 · Nationwide Arena

Three stars

BUFGame statsCBJ

33Shots on goal35
53 %Faceoff win %47 %
0/5Power play0/1
6Penalty minutes14
15Hits23
15Blocked shots13
21Giveaways14
2Takeaways5

Shots by period

P1P2P3Total
BUF10111233
CBJ1314835

Season seriesBUF 1 – 2 CBJ

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot
← BUF 1 / 33 / 665 / 35 / 49 CBJ →
Missed shot — Alex Tuch (BUF), P1 01:05 · wrap-aroundMissed shot — Josh Norris (BUF), P1 01:21 · backhandMissed shot — Owen Power (BUF), P1 03:15 · slapMissed shot — Kirill Marchenko (CBJ), P1 03:52 · backhandMissed shot — Bowen Byram (BUF), P1 06:14 · snapMissed shot — Mason Marchment (CBJ), P1 07:33 · wristMissed shot — Jack Quinn (BUF), P1 14:23 · snapMissed shot — Alex Tuch (BUF), P1 14:58 · wristMissed shot — Josh Norris (BUF), P1 15:33 · snapMissed shot — Adam Fantilli (CBJ), P1 16:37 · tip-inMissed shot — Jack Quinn (BUF), P1 18:56 · slapMissed shot — Josh Norris (BUF), P1 19:19 · backhandMissed shot — Zach Benson (BUF), P1 19:19 · tip-inMissed shot — Josh Doan (BUF), P2 00:32 · snapMissed shot — Bowen Byram (BUF), P2 01:29 · snapMissed shot — Jack Quinn (BUF), P2 02:33 · snapMissed shot — Charlie Coyle (CBJ), P2 03:34 · wristMissed shot — Bowen Byram (BUF), P2 04:50 · snapMissed shot — Kent Johnson (CBJ), P2 08:11 · wristMissed shot — Owen Power (BUF), P2 09:35 · wristMissed shot — Owen Power (BUF), P2 10:02 · slapMissed shot — Dante Fabbro (CBJ), P2 10:56 · wristMissed shot — Jack Quinn (BUF), P2 13:16 · wristMissed shot — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 14:55 · slapMissed shot — Mathieu Olivier (CBJ), P2 15:04 · wristMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 19:40 · slapMissed shot — Josh Norris (BUF), P3 01:04 · slapMissed shot — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P3 01:26 · slapMissed shot — Josh Doan (BUF), P3 01:46 · tip-inMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 01:48 · snapMissed shot — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P3 02:09 · backhandMissed shot — Alex Tuch (BUF), P3 03:45 · snapMissed shot — Dmitri Voronkov (CBJ), P3 05:14 · backhandMissed shot — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P3 06:46 · wristMissed shot — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P3 07:03 · snapMissed shot — Mathieu Olivier (CBJ), P3 07:24 · snapMissed shot — Damon Severson (CBJ), P3 07:39 · slapMissed shot — Damon Severson (CBJ), P3 10:15 · snapMissed shot — Brendan Gaunce (CBJ), P3 10:24 · tip-inMissed shot — Beck Malenstyn (BUF), P3 12:36 · snapMissed shot — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P3 13:54 · wristMissed shot — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P3 14:01 · snapMissed shot — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P3 14:57 · snapMissed shot — Josh Doan (BUF), P3 14:59 · snapMissed shot — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P3 15:54 · slapMissed shot — Brendan Gaunce (CBJ), P3 17:33 · snapMissed shot — Ivan Provorov (CBJ), P3 19:50 · slapShot on goal — Zach Werenski (CBJ), P1 00:26 · wristShot on goal — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P1 01:30 · slapShot on goal — Josh Dunne (BUF), P1 02:40 · snapShot on goal — Charlie Coyle (CBJ), P1 04:26 · backhandShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P1 05:32 · snapShot on goal — Damon Severson (CBJ), P1 06:20 · snapShot on goal — Mason Marchment (CBJ), P1 07:13 · wristShot on goal — Ivan Provorov (CBJ), P1 07:42 · wristShot on goal — Charlie Coyle (CBJ), P1 08:49 · wristShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P1 11:09 · snapShot on goal — Dmitri Voronkov (CBJ), P1 12:10 · tip-inShot on goal — Kirill Marchenko (CBJ), P1 13:00 · snapShot on goal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P1 13:38 · tip-inShot on goal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P1 13:47 · slapShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P1 15:13 · snapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 16:14 · snapShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P1 16:21 · wristShot on goal — Zach Werenski (CBJ), P1 19:46 · backhandShot on goal — Zach Werenski (CBJ), P1 19:47 · tip-inShot on goal — Charlie Coyle (CBJ), P2 00:46 · snapShot on goal — Zach Werenski (CBJ), P2 00:50 · backhandShot on goal — Ivan Provorov (CBJ), P2 00:57 · snapShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 01:13 · backhandShot on goal — Damon Severson (CBJ), P2 04:17 · wristShot on goal — Josh Norris (BUF), P2 04:55 · snapShot on goal — Adam Fantilli (CBJ), P2 06:23 · snapShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P2 06:59 · slapShot on goal — Zach Werenski (CBJ), P2 07:13 · wristShot on goal — Noah Ostlund (BUF), P2 07:54 · slapShot on goal — Adam Fantilli (CBJ), P2 10:39 · snapShot on goal — Jake Christiansen (CBJ), P2 10:46 · wristShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P2 11:05 · tip-inShot on goal — Adam Fantilli (CBJ), P2 11:33 · snapShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 12:41 · backhandShot on goal — Kent Johnson (CBJ), P2 13:02 · wristShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P2 13:12 · snapShot on goal — Dmitri Voronkov (CBJ), P2 16:26 · wristShot on goal — Cole Sillinger (CBJ), P2 16:27 · wristShot on goal — Damon Severson (CBJ), P2 16:44 · wristShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P2 17:42 · snapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 18:20 · wristShot on goal — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P2 19:16 · snapShot on goal — Josh Norris (BUF), P2 19:59 · wristShot on goal — Ivan Provorov (CBJ), P3 05:25 · wristShot on goal — Boone Jenner (CBJ), P3 06:29 · wristShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P3 06:46 · wristShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P3 07:03 · wristShot on goal — Kirill Marchenko (CBJ), P3 07:22 · slapShot on goal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P3 07:57 · wristShot on goal — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P3 09:43 · backhandShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 11:06 · slapShot on goal — Boone Jenner (CBJ), P3 12:11 · slapShot on goal — Beck Malenstyn (BUF), P3 12:52 · tip-inShot on goal — Jet Greaves (CBJ), P3 12:55 · wristShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 14:20 · slapShot on goal — Boone Jenner (CBJ), P3 15:27 · snapShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P3 16:12 · slapShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P3 16:33 · slapShot on goal — Jacob Bryson (BUF), P3 16:37 · slapShot on goal — Charlie Coyle (CBJ), P3 18:22 · tip-inShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P3 19:02 · snapShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P3 19:32 · snapGoal — Denton Mateychuk (CBJ), P1 03:00 · wristGoal — Josh Doan (BUF), P1 11:26 · snapGoal — Brendan Gaunce (CBJ), P1 14:04 · snapGoal — Dmitri Voronkov (CBJ), P1 17:12 · tip-inGoal — Mathieu Olivier (CBJ), P2 08:04 · backhandGoal — Cole Sillinger (CBJ), P3 11:46 · snap

Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.

Goals

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Penalties

1st period

  • 04:15CBJDamon Severson — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Noah Ostlund
  • 09:08CBJMathieu Olivier — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Josh Norris
  • 09:08BUFJosh Norris — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Mathieu Olivier
  • 11:52BUFJacob Bryson — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Zachary Aston-Reese
  • 13:41CBJKent Johnson — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Mattias Samuelsson
  • 18:01CBJMathieu Olivier — Cross checking (2 min) · drawn by Rasmus Dahlin

2nd period

  • 19:40CBJDante Fabbro — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Ryan McLeod

3rd period

  • 10:36CBJIvan Provorov — Holding (2 min) · drawn by Zach Benson
  • 10:36BUFZach Benson — Embellishment (2 min)
  • 14:33CBJIvan Provorov — Interference (2 min) · drawn by Rasmus Dahlin

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
Z. BensonL00-13116:39
J. NorrisC01-22017:38
J. GreenwayL00-10108:36
P. KrebsC00-11014:28
J. QuinnR0003015:53
B. MalenstynL00-11107:53
J. DunneC00-11208:15
R. McLeodC0002016:59
T. ThompsonC00-34222:42
N. OstlundC0001012:36
A. TuchR00-25219:49
J. DoanR10-21021:30
B. ByramD00-23124:33
M. SamuelssonD0004120:59
O. PowerD0100121:41
R. DahlinD00-31225:30
Z. MetsaD0000009:46
J. BrysonD00-11109:59
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
U. Luukkonen(L)30/3488.2 %58:34
C. Ellis0/0—00:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
C. CoyleC0024214:49
C. SillingerC1012212:12
D. VoronkovL1013109:11
B. GaunceC1031016:14
M. MarchmentL0001115:45
A. FantilliC0003416:40
M. OlivierR1011315:08
Z. Aston-ReeseL0110412:48
B. JennerC0103017:44
D. HeinenL0010108:51
K. MarchenkoR0002216:28
K. JohnsonC0001110:51
J. ChristiansenD0001011:22
D. MateychukD1121024:15
Z. WerenskiD0215123:12
I. ProvorovD0133025:32
D. FabbroD0000118:03
D. SeversonD0223016:55
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
J. Greaves(W)32/3397.0 %60:00
E. Merzlikins0/0—00:00

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