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NHL · Saturday 7 November · KeyBank Center
Buffalo Sabres – Columbus Blue Jackets 5:2: NHL, 07/11/2026
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 5:2 (7 November). Buffalo Sabres won. Venue: KeyBank Center.
By period: 2:1, 3:0, 0:1.
Goals: J. Quinn (Buffalo Sabres); K. Johnson (Columbus Blue Jackets); J. Norris (Buffalo Sabres) ×2; R. Dahlin (Buffalo Sabres); J. Doan (Buffalo Sabres); Z. Werenski (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 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Events
Goals with assists and penalties by period
1st period
- 01'pen.
Tripping
- 06'
🏒 J. Quinn1:0
assist: O. Power, C. Timmins
- 16'
🏒 K. Johnson1:1
assist: S. Monahan, D. Mateychuk
- 16'pen.
Interference
- 16'pen.
Diving
- 18'
- 19'pen.
Tripping
2nd period
- 01'pen.
Penalties
Too many men on the ice
- 04'
- 09'
🏒 J. Norris4:1
assist: Z. Benson, T. Thompson
- 10'
🏒 J. Doan5:1
assist: N. Ostlund, J. Quinn
- 10'pen.
Penalties
Delay of game
- 13'pen.
High sticking
- 15'pen.
Tripping
3rd period
- 16'pen.
Tripping
- 18'
🏒 Z. Werenski5:2
assist: M. Knies, K. Johnson · Power-play
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 | 1 |
| J. Norris | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Quinn | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Doan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Dahlin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Timmins | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| N. Ostlund | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| P. Krebs | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Thompson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Z. Benson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| T. Kozak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K. Johnson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Z. Werenski | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Mateychuk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Knies | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| S. Monahan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Garland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D. Fabbro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D. Severson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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) | 26 | 24 | 2 | 92.3% |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Greaves | 37 | 32 | 5 | 86.5% |
Team stats
Both teams' numbers side by side
- 37Shots on goal26
- 24Saves32
- 92%Save %86%
- 27Faceoffs won30
- 8Penalty minutes10
- 4Penalties5
- 0Power-play goals1
- 0%Power play %25%
- 75%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).