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NHL · Friday 2 October · Nationwide Arena
Columbus Blue Jackets – Buffalo Sabres 6:3: NHL, 02/10/2026
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: Columbus Blue Jackets – Buffalo Sabres 6:3 (2 October). Columbus Blue Jackets won. Venue: Nationwide Arena.
By period: 3:1, 1:2, 2:0.
Goals: M. Samuelsson (Buffalo Sabres); C. Sillinger (Columbus Blue Jackets); M. Knies (Columbus Blue Jackets) ×2; A. Fantilli (Columbus Blue Jackets); J. Quinn (Buffalo Sabres); K. Helenius (Buffalo Sabres); S. Monahan (Columbus Blue Jackets); M. Olivier (Columbus Blue Jackets).
Table now: Columbus Blue Jackets — 14th, 14 points from 15 matches; Buffalo Sabres — 9th, 19 points from 17 matches.
Head to head (2): Columbus Blue Jackets — 0 wins, Buffalo Sabres — 2.
Score by period
Goals in each period
OT = overtime, SO = shoot-out.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Events
Goals with assists and penalties by period
1st period
- 06'pen.
Cross-checking
- 06'pen.
Hooking
- 07'
🏒 M. Samuelsson0:1
assist: N. Ostlund, O. Power
- 12'
🏒 C. Sillinger1:1
assist: C. Coyle, D. Mateychuk
- 17'pen.
Holding
- 17'
🏒 M. Knies2:1
assist: C. Coyle, Z. Werenski · Power-play
- 18'
🏒 A. Fantilli3:1
assist: Z. Werenski, M. Knies
2nd period
- 01'
🏒 J. Quinn3:2
assist: Z. Benson, N. Ostlund
- 03'pen.
Hooking
- 03'pen.
Unsportsmanlike conduct
- 03'pen.
Fighting
- 03'pen.
Fighting
- 07'
🏒 M. Knies4:2
assist: E. Andrae, K. Johnson
- 11'pen.
Hooking
- 13'
🏒 K. Helenius4:3
3rd period
- 09'pen.
Slashing
- 12'pen.
Tripping
- 14'
🏒 S. Monahan5:3
assist: V. Nichushkin, D. Voronkov · Power-play
- 17'
🏒 M. Olivier6:3
assist: C. Coyle · Empty net
Game leaders
Top performers in this game
Points (goals + assists)
- 13
- 23
- 32
- 42
- 52
- 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.
Columbus Blue Jackets
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Knies | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| C. Coyle | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Z. Werenski | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| A. Fantilli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Sillinger | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| M. Olivier | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| S. Monahan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Mateychuk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Voronkov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| E. Andrae | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Johnson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| V. Nichushkin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Soucy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. Ostlund | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| O. Power | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Quinn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Helenius | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Samuelsson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| R. McLeod | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Z. Benson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Z. Metsa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Goaltenders
Shots, saves and goals against
SOG = shots on goal, SV = saves, GA = goals against, SV% = SV / SOG, TOI = time on ice.
Columbus Blue Jackets
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Greaves(W) | 26 | 23 | 3 | 88.5% |
Buffalo Sabres
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U. Luukkonen | 23 | 17 | 6 | 73.9% |
Team stats
Both teams' numbers side by side
- 23Shots on goal26
- 23Saves17
- 88%Save %77%
- 36Faceoffs won29
- 15Penalty minutes11
- 6Penalties4
- 2Power-play goals0
- 50%Power play %0%
- 100%Penalty kill %50%
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 14 | LLWWL | |
| 9 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 19 | WWLWL |
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).