Buffalo Sabres vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Preseason · Monday, September 22, 2025 · Nationwide Arena
SN1 · FDSNOH · MSG-B
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4–0 on Monday, September 22, 2025 at Nationwide Arena. The Sabres outshot the Blue Jackets 35–22.
Goals came from Bowen Byram, Beck Malenstyn, Jack Quinn and Konsta Helenius.
Alexandar Georgiev made 16 saves on 16 shots for the win; Elvis Merzlikins stopped 8 of 10.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Bowen Byram (1)Radim Mrtka (1), Tyson Kozak (1)1–004:51 BUF
Beck Malenstyn (1)Owen Power (1), Michael Kesselring (1)2–008:25 BUF
3rd period
Jack Quinn (1)Jiri Kulich (1), Josh Doan (1)3–015:01 BUF · 
Konsta Helenius (1)Anton Wahlberg (1), Vsevolod Komarov (1)4–019:11 BUF
Team stats
BUFCBJ
3522
47%53%
0/20/0
59
3830
126
106
00
Penalties
- 15:18 into the first period
Hunter McKown · hooking2 min - 17:27 into the first periodMax McCue · fighting5 min
- 17:27 into the first period
Josh Dunne · fighting5 min - 3:00 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Buffalo Sabres
| 20Jiri KulichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 15:39 |
| 22Jack QuinnR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:04 |
| 29Beck MalenstynL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:35 |
| 48Tyson KozakC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:35 |
| 91Josh DoanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:29 |
| 92Anton WahlbergC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:48 |
| 94Konsta HeleniusC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:05 |
| 4Bowen ByramD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 21:57 |
| 8Michael KesselringD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:55 |
| 25Owen PowerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:54 |
| 57Radim MrtkaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 20:25 |
| 76Vsevolod KomarovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:16 |
| 15Justin DanforthR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 14:54 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:27 |
| 44Josh DunneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 11:17 |
| 55Mason GeertsenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 10:42 |
| 86Noah OstlundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:25 |
| 74Nikita NovikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:33 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Devon LeviG | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 40Alexandar GeorgievG | W | 16 | 0 | 1.000 |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 19Adam FantilliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 16:41 |
| 21Isac LundeströmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:17 |
| 27Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:06 |
| 29Jack WilliamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:42 |
| 41Hunter McKownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:20 |
| 53Luca PinelliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:50 |
| 63Ryland MosleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:37 |
| 67James MalatestaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:51 |
| 86Kirill MarchenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 16:44 |
| 91Kent JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 15:48 |
| 93Max McCueC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 14:16 |
| 96Owen GriffinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:11 |
| 9Ivan ProvorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 23:06 |
| 48Christian JarosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 15:07 |
| 74Corson CeulemansD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:49 |
| 78Damon SeversonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:09 |
| 84Guillaume RichardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 20:36 |
| 94Caleb MacDonaldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 17:30 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73Jet GreavesG | 24 | 1 | .958 | |
| 90Elvis MerzlikinsG | L | 10 | 2 | .800 |