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Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets

NHLSeptember 22, 2025Nationwide Arena

SabresBuffaloBUFWon1-0-0

Sabres 4, Blue Jackets 0

Final
Blue JacketsColumbusCBJ1-1-0
Score by period
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Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Jiri Kulich faceoff won against Adam Fantilli
  3. 0:37Off-side
  4. 0:37Justin Danforth faceoff won against Isac Lundestrom
  5. 0:54Radim Mrtka Wrist Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
  6. 0:54Justin Danforth hit Zach Aston-Reese
  7. 0:58Peyton Krebs hit Christian Jaros
  8. 1:54Vsevolod Komarov shot blocked by Hunter McKown
  9. 2:47Max McCue Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
  10. 2:49Goalie Stopped
  11. 2:49Adam Fantilli faceoff won against Josh Doan
  12. 3:45Zach Aston-Reese hit Bowen Byram
  13. 3:48Justin Danforth Wrist Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
  14. 3:51Corson Ceulemans hit Peyton Krebs
  15. 4:02Beck Malenstyn Tip-In saved by Elvis Merzlikins
  16. 4:27Puck in Benches
  17. 4:27Jack Williams faceoff won against Konsta Helenius
  18. 4:32Damon Severson hit Konsta Helenius
  19. 4:41Damon Severson Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
  20. 4:55Ivan Provorov Snap Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
  21. 5:33Max McCue Snap Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
  22. 5:36Caleb MacDonald Snap Shot Wide Right
  23. 5:50Bowen Byram hit Christian Jaros
  24. 5:52Owen Griffin Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
  25. 5:52Mason Geertsen hit Max McCue
  26. 5:55Josh Dunne hit Christian Jaros
  27. 6:01Owen Griffin Snap Shot Wide Right
  28. 6:50Guillaume Richard Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
  29. 6:52Goalie Stopped
  30. 6:52Justin Danforth faceoff won against Adam Fantilli
  31. 7:18Kent Johnson Snap Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
  32. 7:37Kirill Marchenko shot blocked by Owen Power
  33. 7:43Ivan Provorov Wrist Shot Wide Left
  34. 8:04Off-side
  35. 8:04Isac Lundestrom faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  36. 8:17Konsta Helenius hit Isac Lundestrom
  37. 8:18Noah Ostlund hit Zach Aston-Reese
  38. 8:19Vsevolod Komarov Snap Shot High and Wide Left
  39. 8:26Icing
  40. 8:26Isac Lundestrom faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  41. 8:36James Malatesta hit Bowen Byram
  42. 8:53Josh Doan hit Hunter McKown
  43. 9:01Corson Ceulemans Wrist Shot Wide Right
  44. 9:04Josh Doan hit Corson Ceulemans
  45. 9:09Giveaway by Josh Doan
  46. 9:17Guillaume Richard hit Josh Doan
  47. 9:26Jack Williams hit Nikita Novikov
  48. 9:41Max McCue Snap Shot Wide Left
  49. 10:09Ivan Provorov shot blocked by Vsevolod Komarov
  50. 10:12Puck in Netting
  51. 10:12Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Adam Fantilli
  52. 10:25Beck Malenstyn hit Ivan Provorov
  53. 10:26Giveaway by Ivan Provorov
  54. 10:27Michael Kesselring Wrist Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
  55. 10:29Goalie Stopped
  56. 10:29Justin Danforth faceoff won against Adam Fantilli
  57. 10:30Peyton Krebs Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
  58. 10:43Adam Fantilli hit Justin Danforth
  59. 10:57Damon Severson shot blocked by Peyton Krebs
  60. 10:58Puck in Netting
  61. 10:58James Malatesta faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  62. 11:13James Malatesta hit Radim Mrtka
  63. 11:21Konsta Helenius hit Christian Jaros
  64. 11:27Konsta Helenius hit Caleb MacDonald
  65. 11:42Off-side
  66. 11:42Hunter McKown faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  67. 11:49Hunter McKown hit Vsevolod Komarov
  68. 11:58Josh Doan hit Guillaume Richard
  69. 12:03Jack Williams Wrist Shot Wide Right
  70. 12:16Guillaume Richard Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
  71. 12:18Goalie Stopped
  72. 12:18Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Owen Griffin
  73. 12:20Max McCue hit Bowen Byram
  74. 12:57Josh Dunne hit Ivan Provorov
  75. 13:51Christian Jaros hit Owen Power
  76. 14:28Anton Wahlberg shot blocked by Guillaume Richard
  77. 14:30Puck in Netting
  78. 14:30Isac Lundestrom faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  79. 14:35Puck in Crowd
  80. 14:35Noah Ostlund faceoff won against James Malatesta
  81. 14:57Puck in Netting
  82. 14:57Hunter McKown faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  83. 15:18Hunter McKown Hooking against Michael Kesselring
  84. 15:18Isac Lundestrom faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  85. 15:26Giveaway by Isac Lundestrom
  86. 15:40Zach Aston-Reese hit Jack Quinn
  87. 17:02Giveaway by Noah Ostlund
  88. 17:17Ivan Provorov hit Noah Ostlund
  89. 17:24Icing
  90. 17:24Hunter McKown faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  91. 17:27Max McCue Fighting against Josh Dunne
  92. 17:27Josh Dunne Fighting against Max McCue
  93. 17:27Adam Fantilli faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  94. 17:40Corson Ceulemans Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
  95. 17:47Icing
  96. 17:47Justin Danforth faceoff won against Adam Fantilli
  97. 17:54Icing
  98. 17:54Justin Danforth faceoff won against Adam Fantilli
  99. 18:13Giveaway by Kent Johnson
  100. 18:56Zachary Aston-Reese Tip-In Wide Left
  101. 19:09Giveaway by Jiri Kulich
  102. 19:10Zach Aston-Reese hit Jiri Kulich
  103. 19:11Isac Lundestrom shot blocked by Nikita Novikov
  104. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Adam Fantilli faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  3. 0:19Damon Severson shot blocked by Adam Fantilli
  4. 0:29Giveaway by Jack Quinn
  5. 0:53Zach Aston-Reese hit Radim Mrtka
  6. 1:08Justin Danforth hit Christian Jaros
  7. 1:10James Malatesta hit Beck Malenstyn
  8. 1:15Beck Malenstyn hit Caleb MacDonald
  9. 1:20Icing
  10. 1:20Isac Lundestrom faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  11. 2:10Konsta Helenius Wrist Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
  12. 2:27Guillaume Richard shot blocked by Jack Williams
  13. 2:46Icing
  14. 2:46Hunter McKown faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  15. 3:07Jiri Kulich Wrist Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
  16. 3:17Max McCue Snap Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
  17. 3:53Ivan Provorov shot blocked by Vsevolod Komarov
  18. 4:06Beck Malenstyn hit Ivan Provorov
  19. 4:09Owen Griffin hit Peyton Krebs
  20. 4:51Bowen Byram Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Radim Mrtka (1), Tyson Kozak (1)
  21. 4:51Isac Lundestrom faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  22. 4:55Konsta Helenius hit Christian Jaros
  23. 5:01Isac Lundestrom hit Bowen Byram
  24. 5:39Zach Aston-Reese hit Konsta Helenius
  25. 6:08Guillaume Richard Snap Shot High and Wide Right
  26. 6:14Hunter McKown shot blocked by Bowen Byram
  27. 6:45Jiri Kulich hit Ivan Provorov
  28. 7:15Jiri Kulich hit Ryland Mosley
  29. 7:39Max McCue hit Nikita Novikov
  30. 8:00Kirill Marchenko Deflected saved by Alexandar Georgiev
  31. 8:15Beck Malenstyn Snap Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
  32. 8:23Owen Power Wrist Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
  33. 8:25Beck Malenstyn Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Owen Power (1), Michael Kesselring (1)
  34. 8:25Isac Lundestrom faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  35. 8:28Giveaway by Josh Dunne
  36. 9:01Josh Dunne Snap Shot High and Wide Left
  37. 9:25Owen Power Snap Shot Wide Right
  38. 9:32Konsta Helenius hit Corson Ceulemans
  39. 9:36Noah Ostlund shot blocked by Zach Aston-Reese
  40. 9:40Konsta Helenius hit Corson Ceulemans
  41. 9:59Puck in Crowd
  42. 9:59Hunter McKown faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  43. 10:23Jack Williams Snap Shot High and Wide Right
  44. 10:33Luca Pinelli Snap Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
  45. 10:38Puck Frozen - Goalie
  46. 10:38Jiri Kulich faceoff won against Max McCue
  47. 11:14Jiri Kulich hit Caleb MacDonald
  48. 11:20Radim Mrtka hit Christian Jaros
  49. 11:22Ryland Mosley Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
  50. 11:25Goalie Stopped
  51. 11:25Adam Fantilli faceoff won against Justin Danforth
  52. 11:27Kirill Marchenko shot blocked by Justin Danforth
  53. 11:40Off-side
  54. 11:40Adam Fantilli faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  55. 12:12Michael Kesselring Wrist Shot saved by Jet Greaves
  56. 12:14Goalie Stopped
  57. 12:14Isac Lundestrom faceoff won against Josh Dunne
  58. 12:25Josh Dunne hit Isac Lundestrom
  59. 12:29Tyson Kozak hit Guillaume Richard
  60. 12:59Tyson Kozak hit Caleb MacDonald
  61. 13:00Hand Pass
  62. 13:00Hunter McKown faceoff won against Konsta Helenius
  63. 13:11Christian Jaros Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
  64. 13:29Vsevolod Komarov shot blocked by Hunter McKown
  65. 13:50Ivan Provorov Wrist Shot Wide Right
  66. 14:02Giveaway by Justin Danforth
  67. 14:15Max McCue hit Justin Danforth
  68. 14:31Max McCue hit Owen Power
  69. 14:50Icing
  70. 14:50Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Adam Fantilli
  71. 14:53Bowen Byram Slap Shot saved by Jet Greaves
  72. 15:06Bowen Byram Wrist Shot Wide Left
  73. 15:24Radim Mrtka shot blocked by Guillaume Richard
  74. 15:43Noah Ostlund Wrist Shot Wide Right
  75. 15:48Guillaume Richard Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
  76. 16:05Noah Ostlund Wrist Shot saved by Jet Greaves
  77. 16:16Giveaway by Caleb MacDonald
  78. 17:33Ivan Provorov Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
  79. 17:35Goalie Stopped
  80. 17:35Justin Danforth faceoff won against Adam Fantilli
  81. 18:00Kent Johnson Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
  82. 18:06Adam Fantilli hit Peyton Krebs
  83. 18:34Beck Malenstyn hit Guillaume Richard
  84. 19:14Mason Geertsen Snap Shot saved by Jet Greaves
  85. 19:17Josh Dunne Wrap-around saved by Jet Greaves
  86. 19:18Josh Dunne Snap Shot Short
  87. 19:19Josh Dunne Snap Shot saved by Jet Greaves
  88. 19:20Josh Dunne Snap Shot saved by Jet Greaves
  89. 19:20Josh Dunne Snap Shot saved by Jet Greaves
  90. 19:21Mason Geertsen Snap Shot saved by Jet Greaves
  91. 19:22Vsevolod Komarov shot blocked by Corson Ceulemans
  92. 19:34Tyson Kozak Wrist Shot saved by Jet Greaves
  93. 19:57Michael Kesselring shot blocked by Anton Wahlberg
  94. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Jiri Kulich faceoff won against Adam Fantilli
  3. 0:20Luca Pinelli Snap Shot Wide Left
  4. 0:21Kent Johnson shot blocked by Michael Kesselring
  5. 1:05Bowen Byram hit Kirill Marchenko
  6. 1:24Christian Jaros shot blocked by Bowen Byram
  7. 1:24Puck in Netting
  8. 1:24Hunter McKown faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  9. 1:27Konsta Helenius hit Corson Ceulemans
  10. 1:50Guillaume Richard hit Konsta Helenius
  11. 1:54James Malatesta hit Noah Ostlund
  12. 1:56Jack Williams hit Anton Wahlberg
  13. 2:09Ivan Provorov Backhand Wide Right
  14. 2:11Puck Frozen - Goalie
  15. 2:11Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Owen Griffin
  16. 2:30Mason Geertsen hit Damon Severson
  17. 3:00Too many men/ice served by Luca Pinelli
  18. 3:00Isac Lundestrom faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  19. 3:12Giveaway by Zachary Aston-Reese
  20. 3:16Jiri Kulich Wrist Shot saved by Jet Greaves
  21. 3:47Jiri Kulich Snap Shot saved by Jet Greaves
  22. 4:50Peyton Krebs Wrist Shot saved by Jet Greaves
  23. 5:06Noah Ostlund Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
  24. 5:28Mason Geertsen hit Ryland Mosley
  25. 7:59Off-side
  26. 7:59Justin Danforth faceoff won against Isac Lundestrom
  27. 8:07Beck Malenstyn hit Damon Severson
  28. 8:29Isac Lundestrom Backhand saved by Devon Levi
  29. 9:02Owen Power Wrist Shot Wide Left
  30. 9:12Owen Power Wrist Shot saved by Jet Greaves
  31. 9:14Goalie Stopped
  32. 9:14Jiri Kulich faceoff won against Owen Griffin
  33. 9:18Jiri Kulich Tip-In saved by Jet Greaves
  34. 9:20Goalie Stopped
  35. 9:20Jiri Kulich faceoff won against Owen Griffin
  36. 9:22Giveaway by Jiri Kulich
  37. 9:41Jack Quinn Backhand saved by Jet Greaves
  38. 9:49Nikita Novikov shot blocked by Jiri Kulich
  39. 10:28Giveaway by Peyton Krebs
  40. 10:34Adam Fantilli Wrist Shot saved by Devon Levi
  41. 11:09Damon Severson shot blocked by Tyson Kozak
  42. 11:25Zachary Aston-Reese Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
  43. 11:26Mason Geertsen hit Zach Aston-Reese
  44. 11:28Puck Frozen - Goalie
  45. 11:28Justin Danforth faceoff won against Isac Lundestrom
  46. 11:47Zach Aston-Reese hit Konsta Helenius
  47. 11:50Owen Power Snap Shot saved by Jet Greaves
  48. 11:53Goalie Stopped
  49. 11:53Hunter McKown faceoff won against Josh Doan
  50. 12:15Icing
  51. 12:15Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Hunter McKown
  52. 12:18Josh Dunne Tip-In Wide Left
  53. 12:28Nikita Novikov Wrist Shot Off Crossbar
  54. 12:35Tyson Kozak Tip-In saved by Jet Greaves
  55. 12:37Goalie Stopped
  56. 12:37Justin Danforth faceoff won against Owen Griffin
  57. 12:44Justin Danforth Snap Shot saved by Jet Greaves
  58. 12:46Goalie Stopped
  59. 12:46Max McCue faceoff won against Justin Danforth
  60. 12:49Peyton Krebs hit Christian Jaros
  61. 12:55Bowen Byram Wrist Shot saved by Jet Greaves
  62. 13:11Radim Mrtka shot blocked by Beck Malenstyn
  63. 13:15Goalie Stopped
  64. 13:15Noah Ostlund faceoff won against Adam Fantilli
  65. 13:58Ivan Provorov shot blocked by Michael Kesselring
  66. 14:02Anton Wahlberg hit Luca Pinelli
  67. 14:18Zach Aston-Reese Backhand saved by Devon Levi
  68. 14:21Goalie Stopped
  69. 14:21Isac Lundestrom faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  70. 14:39Icing
  71. 14:39Isac Lundestrom faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  72. 14:44Jack Quinn Wrist Shot Wide Left
  73. 14:48Icing
  74. 14:48Jiri Kulich faceoff won against Isac Lundestrom
  75. 15:01Jack Quinn Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Jiri Kulich (1), Josh Doan (1)
  76. 15:01Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Owen Griffin
  77. 15:28Hand Pass
  78. 15:28Anton Wahlberg faceoff won against Owen Griffin
  79. 15:51Michael Kesselring Wrist Shot saved by Jet Greaves
  80. 15:56Goalie Stopped
  81. 15:56Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Hunter McKown
  82. 15:58Justin Danforth Tip-In saved by Jet Greaves
  83. 16:31Giveaway by Vsevolod Komarov
  84. 16:39Beck Malenstyn hit Christian Jaros
  85. 17:13Jiri Kulich Wrist Shot saved by Jet Greaves
  86. 17:27Luca Pinelli hit Bowen Byram
  87. 17:37Giveaway by Bowen Byram
  88. 17:39Damon Severson Slap Shot saved by Devon Levi
  89. 17:40Goalie Stopped
  90. 17:40Isac Lundestrom faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  91. 17:45Giveaway by Isac Lundestrom
  92. 17:58Zach Aston-Reese hit Michael Kesselring
  93. 18:21Corson Ceulemans Wrist Shot saved by Devon Levi
  94. 19:00Icing
  95. 19:00Noah Ostlund faceoff won against Max McCue
  96. 19:11Konsta Helenius Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Anton Wahlberg (1), Vsevolod Komarov (1)
  97. 19:11Hunter McKown faceoff won against Justin Danforth
  98. 19:21Justin Danforth hit Hunter McKown
  99. 19:28Corson Ceulemans shot blocked by Vsevolod Komarov
  100. 19:45Guillaume Richard Wrist Shot saved by Devon Levi
  101. 19:49Jack Williams hit Beck Malenstyn
  102. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  103. 20:00Game End

2nd

  1. 4:51BUF 1, CBJ 0Bowen Byram Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Radim Mrtka (1), Tyson Kozak (1)
  2. 8:25BUF 2, CBJ 0Beck Malenstyn Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Owen Power (1), Michael Kesselring (1)

3rd

  1. 15:01BUF 3, CBJ 0Jack Quinn Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Jiri Kulich (1), Josh Doan (1)
  2. 19:11BUF 4, CBJ 0Konsta Helenius Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Anton Wahlberg (1), Vsevolod Komarov (1)

Game leaders

SabresBuffalo

Blue JacketsColumbus

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Beck Malenstyn LW101060016:350.0300000019116:350:000:00
Jack Quinn RW101000016:040.0200101021113:302:340:00
Konsta Helenius C101070016:050.0220000020114:391:260:00
Anton Wahlberg C011010014:48100.0001000019014:480:000:00
Jiri Kulich C011030015:3937.55106200021013:092:300:00
Josh Doan RW011030017:290.0020100021015:082:210:00
Josh Dunne C001030511:170.0410113016011:170:000:00
Justin Danforth RW001031014:5475.0339100020014:540:000:00
Mason Geertsen LW001040010:420.0200000015010:420:000:00
Noah Ostlund C001010016:2530.0173102020014:551:300:00
Peyton Krebs C001021019:2766.7112101021017:471:400:00
Tyson Kozak C011021010:3562.5235000016010:350:000:00
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Bowen Byram D102022021:5730010100.022119:232:340:00
Michael Kesselring D011002018:5530000000.024018:000:550:00
Nikita Novikov D001001017:3300000100.022017:330:000:00
Owen Power D011001021:5430000200.023018:493:050:00
Radim Mrtka D012010020:2510000000.023019:001:250:00
Vsevolod Komarov D011003019:1600010100.023019:160:000:00
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Alexandar Georgiev G160161.00040:0000160000
Devon Levi G6061.00020:000060000

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