Columbus Blue Jackets 1 - Buffalo Sabres 5: Final score, results, recap, box score, stats

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ CBJ

1-1-0

1 1

Final

Buffalo Sabres

BUF BUF

1-1-0

5 5

BUF -1.5

Sabres news: Buffalo's blue line hit hard by 2 key injuries ahead of opening night

The Buffalo Sabres open their 2026-27 regular-season against the Columbus Blue Jackets in exactly a week’s time, and they could be without two key pieces of their defensive unit for the opening contest. Both Mattias Samuelsson and Olen Zellweger are question marks after suffering injuries against those same Blue Jackets in a preseason game Tuesday. […] The post Sabres news: Buffalo's blue line hit hard by 2 key injuries ahead of opening night appeared first on ClutchPoints.

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	1	2	3	T
Columbus Blue Jackets	0	0	1	1
Buffalo Sabres	0	3	2	5

Three Stars of the Game

N. Ostlund

2

G
0

A
2

Pts

J. Norris

1

G
0

A
1

Pts

C. Timmins

1

G
0

A
1

Pts

Player Stats

Forwards

Player	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	TOI	Shift	SOG	Blk	Hits	GA	TA	FOW	FOL	FO%
L. Tuch LW	0	0	-2	6	18:34	23	1	0	6	1	0	4	5	44.4
J. Williams RW	0	0	-2	2	17:52	25	2	0	2	0	0	4	12	25.0
L. Pinelli C	0	0	-3	0	17:40	18	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
O. Sillinger LW	0	0	+1	0	16:39	22	0	1	0	2	0	10	14	41.7
O. Keskinen C	0	0	-2	0	16:19	21	1	0	0	0	0	7	8	46.7
D. Voronkov LW	1	1	-1	0	15:25	21	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
J. Dumais RW	0	0	-1	0	15:02	19	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
R. Lomberg LW	0	0	0	0	14:10	20	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
J. Eernisse RW	0	0	0	2	13:24	17	2	0	4	0	0	0	1	0.0
M. Wood LW	0	0	0	0	13:10	18	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
J. Malatesta C	0	0	-2	2	11:35	15	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
M. Pyyhtia LW	0	0	0	0	4:15	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Defense

Player	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	TOI	Shift	SOG	Blk	Hits	GA	TA
J. Christiansen D	0	0	0	-2	0	23:57	26	1	3	2	2	0
B. Buckberger D	0	1	1	-2	0	21:41	24	2	1	1	0	0
C. Ceulemans D	1	0	1	+1	0	18:32	22	4	2	1	3	0
C. Elick D	0	0	0	-2	0	18:13	25	1	2	1	2	1
L. Marrelli D	0	0	0	-3	0	17:46	21	2	5	0	1	0
C. Soucy D	0	0	0	0	7	16:30	24	1	1	2	1	1

Goaltenders

Player	GA	SA	SV	SV%	TOI
C. Talbot G	3	26	23	.885	39:16
E. Gardner G	2	9	7	.778	20:00

Scratches

(none)

Stat Leaders

Goals

1 G

C. Ceulemans

2 G

N. Ostlund
Assists

1 A

B. Buckberger

3 A

O. Power
Saves

23 SV

C. Talbot

13 SV

U. Luukkonen
Points

1 Pts

B. Buckberger

3 Pts

O. Power

Plays

All Plays

Scoring Plays

16:19
Goal

Corson Ceulemans 1 (Assists: Dmitri Voronkov 1, Boston Buckberger 1)

CBJ
1

BUF
5

14:32
Goal

Tage Thompson 1 (Assists: Josh Doan 1, Owen Power 3)

CBJ
0

BUF
5

3:53
Goal

Conor Timmins 1 (Assists: Tage Thompson 1, Jack Quinn 1)

CBJ
0

BUF
4
12:22
Goal

Noah Ostlund 2 (Assists: Zach Benson 2)

CBJ
0

BUF
3

11:54
Goal

Noah Ostlund 1 (Assists: Zach Benson 1, Owen Power 2)

CBJ
0

BUF
2

10:12
Goal

Josh Norris 1 (Assists: Owen Power 1, Konsta Helenius 1)

CBJ
0

BUF
1

Penalty Summary

3rd 7:06

Sam Carrick (Tripping - 2 min) drawn by Boston Buckberger

3rd 1:25

Sam Carrick (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by James Malatesta

3rd 1:25

James Malatesta (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by Sam Carrick

3rd 1:25

Sam Carrick (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by James Malatesta

3rd 1:25

Josh Eernisse (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by Louis Crevier

3rd 1:25

Louis Crevier (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by Josh Eernisse

3rd 1:04

Beck Malenstyn (Fighting - 5 min) drawn by Carson Soucy

3rd 1:04

Carson Soucy (Fighting - 5 min) drawn by Beck Malenstyn

2nd 17:35

Luke Tuch (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by Beck Malenstyn

2nd 17:35

Beck Malenstyn (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by Luke Tuch

2nd 4:40

Josh Norris (Holding - 2 min) drawn by Jake Christiansen

2nd 3:18

Beck Malenstyn (Interference - 2 min) drawn by Owen Sillinger

1st 14:26

Luke Tuch (Interference - 2 min) drawn by Josh Norris

1st 5:30

Jack Williams (2 min)

1st 5:00

Tage Thompson (Tripping - 2 min) drawn by Jack Williams

1st 3:32

Carson Soucy (Interference - 2 min) drawn by Jack Quinn

1st 3:14

Luke Tuch (Holding the Stick - 2 min) drawn by Rasmus Dahlin

1st 3:14

Rasmus Dahlin (Hooking - 2 min) drawn by Luke Tuch

Win Probability

BUF 100%

Final

CBJ 1

BUF 5

CBJ

100 50 100

BUF

Shot Chart

3:07

1st

Mattias Samuelsson shot on goal

3:51

1st

Tage Thompson shot on goal

4:13

1st

Tage Thompson shot on goal

4:39

1st

Tage Thompson shot on goal

5:08

1st

Olen Zellweger shot on goal

5:15

1st

Charlie Elick shot on goal

5:55

1st

Josh Norris shot on goal

6:39

1st

Jake Christiansen shot on goal

7:10

1st

Tage Thompson shot on goal

7:19

1st

Tage Thompson shot on goal

7:27

1st

Corson Ceulemans shot on goal

9:38

1st

Ryan Lomberg shot on goal

11:06

1st

Josh Eernisse shot on goal

12:18

1st

Olen Zellweger shot on goal

14:38

1st

Josh Doan shot on goal

15:18

1st

Zach Benson shot on goal

16:53

1st

Luca Pinelli shot on goal

1:39

2nd

Owen Power shot on goal

1:46

2nd

Louis Crevier shot on goal

2:53

2nd

Josh Eernisse shot on goal

3:45

2nd

Ryan McLeod shot on goal

5:06

2nd

Luca Pinelli shot on goal

5:22

2nd

Oiva Keskinen shot on goal

6:41

2nd

Carson Soucy shot on goal

6:44

2nd

Mattias Samuelsson shot on goal

6:57

2nd

Rasmus Dahlin shot on goal

9:21

2nd

Olen Zellweger shot on goal

10:12

2nd

Josh Norris 1 (Assists: Owen Power 1, Konsta Helenius 1)

10:29

2nd

Rasmus Dahlin shot on goal

11:12

2nd

Peyton Krebs shot on goal

11:14

2nd

Peyton Krebs shot on goal

11:54

2nd

Noah Ostlund 1 (Assists: Zach Benson 1, Owen Power 2)

12:22

2nd

Noah Ostlund 2 (Assists: Zach Benson 2)

13:18

2nd

Jack Williams shot on goal

16:04

2nd

Konsta Helenius shot on goal

17:33

2nd

Luke Tuch shot on goal

17:50

2nd

Tage Thompson shot on goal

18:18

2nd

Olen Zellweger shot on goal

19:37

2nd

James Malatesta shot on goal

1:14

3rd

Louis Crevier shot on goal

1:23

3rd

Rasmus Dahlin shot on goal

2:30

3rd

Dmitri Voronkov shot on goal

2:31

3rd

Dmitri Voronkov shot on goal

3:22

3rd

Luca Marrelli shot on goal

3:45

3rd

Jack Quinn shot on goal

3:53

3rd

Conor Timmins 1 (Assists: Tage Thompson 1, Jack Quinn 1)

4:06

3rd

Jack Williams shot on goal

4:58

3rd

Ryan McLeod shot on goal

5:25

3rd

Jordan Dumais shot on goal

6:18

3rd

Luca Pinelli shot on goal

7:25

3rd

Ryan McLeod shot on goal

8:16

3rd

Boston Buckberger shot on goal

9:07

3rd

Luca Marrelli shot on goal

11:19

3rd

Louis Crevier shot on goal

14:32

3rd

Tage Thompson 1 (Assists: Josh Doan 1, Owen Power 3)

16:19

3rd

Corson Ceulemans 1 (Assists: Dmitri Voronkov 1, Boston Buckberger 1)

17:21

3rd

Corson Ceulemans shot on goal

18:25

3rd

Louis Crevier shot on goal

19:07

3rd

Corson Ceulemans shot on goal

19:12

3rd

Boston Buckberger shot on goal

Shot Made

Shot Saved

Shot Made

Shot Saved

Odds

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Spread Spread	Total Total	Money Line Money
Columbus Blue Jackets CBJ	+1.5	O 6	+260
Buffalo Sabres BUF	-1.5	U 6	-325

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