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NHL · Wednesday 23 September · KeyBank Center
Buffalo Sabres – Columbus Blue Jackets 5:1: NHL, 23/09/2026
Key facts
Form, table position, scoring and head-to-head in one place
Form: up to the last 5 matches in all competitions, most recent on the left (W = win, D = draw, L = loss). Averages come from the league table; where there is none, from these recent matches.
Form · last 5
League position
Goals per game · season
Head to head · 2
wins – draws – wins
Match report
The match in a few sentences: score, scorers, table impact
The text is generated automatically from the match data and updates with it.
NHL: Buffalo Sabres – Columbus Blue Jackets 5:1 (23 September). Buffalo Sabres won. Venue: KeyBank Center.
By period: 0:0, 3:0, 2:1.
Goals: J. Norris (Buffalo Sabres); N. Ostlund (Buffalo Sabres) ×2; C. Timmins (Buffalo Sabres); T. Thompson (Buffalo Sabres); C. Ceulemans (Columbus Blue Jackets).
Table now: Buffalo Sabres — 9th, 19 points from 17 matches; Columbus Blue Jackets — 14th, 14 points from 15 matches.
Head to head (2): Buffalo Sabres — 1 win, Columbus Blue Jackets — 1.
Score by period
Goals in each period
OT = overtime, SO = shoot-out.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Events
Goals with assists and penalties by period
1st period
- 03'pen.
Hooking
- 03'pen.
Holding the stick
- 03'pen.
Interference
- 05'pen.
Tripping
- 05'pen.
Illegal equipment
- 14'pen.
Interference
2nd period
- 03'pen.
Interference
- 04'pen.
Holding
- 10'
🏒 J. Norris1:0
assist: O. Power, K. Helenius
- 11'
🏒 N. Ostlund2:0
- 12'
🏒 N. Ostlund3:0
assist: Z. Benson
- 17'pen.
Roughing
- 17'pen.
Roughing
3rd period
- 01'pen.
Fighting
- 01'pen.
Fighting
- 01'pen.
assist: S. Carrick · Roughing
- 01'pen.
Roughing
- 01'pen.
Roughing
- 01'pen.
Roughing
- 03'
🏒 C. Timmins4:0
assist: T. Thompson, J. Quinn
- 07'pen.
Tripping
- 14'
🏒 T. Thompson5:0
- 16'
🏒 C. Ceulemans5:1
assist: D. Voronkov, B. Buckberger
Game leaders
Top performers in this game
Points (goals + assists)
- 13
- 22
- 32
- 42
- 51
- 61
Skaters
Each skater's contribution in this game
G = goals, A = assists, P = points (G + A), Pen. = penalties. Counted from match events; +/−, shots and time on ice are not available from the data source.
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O. Power | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| N. Ostlund | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| T. Thompson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Z. Benson | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| C. Timmins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Norris | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| J. Doan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Quinn | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Helenius | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Malenstyn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| L. Crevier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| R. Dahlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| S. Carrick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Ceulemans | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Buckberger | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Voronkov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Soucy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Eernisse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Malatesta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| L. Tuch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Goaltenders
Shots, saves and goals against
SOG = shots on goal, SV = saves, GA = goals against, SV% = SV / SOG, TOI = time on ice.
Buffalo Sabres
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U. Luukkonen(W) | 14 | 13 | 1 | 92.9% |
| C. Ellis(W) | 12 | 11 | 1 | 91.7% |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Talbot | 28 | 23 | 5 | 82.1% |
| E. Gardner | 12 | 7 | 5 | 58.3% |
Team stats
Both teams' numbers side by side
- 35Shots on goal25
- 24Saves30
- 96%Save %85%
- 40Faceoffs won25
- 23Penalty minutes19
- 10Penalties8
- 0Power-play goals0
- 0%Power play %0%
- 100%Penalty kill %100%
- 0Short-handed goals0
Teams in the table
Both teams' positions in the league table
Full table on the competition page. Form: recent matches, most recent on the right.
| # | Team | P | W | OTW | OTL | L | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 19 | WWLWL | |
| 14 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 14 | LLWWL |
Form
Team leaders
Each team's best players this season
Points (goals + assists)
Goal scorers
Assists
Recent matches
Both teams' recent results in all competitions
H — home, A — away
Head to head
Previous meetings between the two teams
Only matches in our data source (usually recent seasons).