Columbus Blue Jackets vs Buffalo Sabres
Preseason · Tuesday, September 23, 2025 · KeyBank Center
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 2–1 on Tuesday, September 23, 2025 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Blue Jackets 34–19.
Goals came from Miles Wood, Tage Thompson and Jason Zucker.
Devon Levi made 5 saves on 5 shots for the win; Zach Sawchenko stopped 8 of 9.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Miles Wood (1)Daemon Hunt (1), Hudson Fasching (2)Kozak 1:24 into shift1–008:37 CBJ · 
Tage Thompson (1)Zach Benson (1), Josh Norris (1)1–117:54 BUF
3rd period
Jason Zucker (1)Konsta Helenius (1), Ryan McLeod (1)Svozil 1:45 into shift1–211:57 BUF
Tired legs
When each goal went in, how long every skater on the ice had been out there. Each bar is one player: the taller the bar, the longer he’d been on. In 2025–26 the average NHL shift lasted about 48 seconds, and goals go in more often against players who’ve been out longer.
1–2 · 3rd 11:57 · Zucker. Svozil had been on the ice for 1:45 when it went in.
1–0 CBJ
2nd 8:37 · · Wood
Stuck out there: Kozak 1:24
1–1 BUF
2nd 17:54 · Thompson
Ahcan 0:52
1–2 BUF
3rd 11:57 · Zucker
Stuck out there: Svozil 1:45
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
1.9×
When a defending player has been out 80 seconds or more, shots go in 1.9 times as often as when every defending player has been out under 20 seconds: about 1 in 14 against about 1 in 26.
30%
of 5-on-5 goals were scored while a defending player had been on the ice 60 seconds or more.
Team stats
Penalties
- 7:18 into the first period
Conor Timmins · interference2 min - 10:08 into the first period
Daemon Hunt · hooking2 min - 19:02 into the first periodCaleb MacDonald · holding2 min
- 4:42 into the second periodZachary Aston-Reese · tripping2 min
- 8:11 into the second periodJacob Bryson · tripping2 min
- 19:52 into the second periodJason Zucker · high sticking2 min
- 7:23 into the third periodCaleb MacDonald · holding2 min
- 15:20 into the third periodKonsta Helenius · hooking2 min
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 11Miles WoodL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 21:16 |
| 20Hudson FaschingR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:30 |
| 14Daemon HuntD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 25:45 |
| 16Brendan GaunceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:38 |
| 21Isac LundeströmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:17 |
| 27Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:41 |
| 62Riley BezeauR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:33 |
| 63Ryland MosleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 12:29 |
| 65Luca Del Bel BelluzC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:34 |
| 82Mikael PyyhtiaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:32 |
| 83Oiva KeskinenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:33 |
| 88Roman AhcanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:48 |
| 93Max McCueC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:52 |
| 2Jake ChristiansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:14 |
| 37Dysin MayoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:48 |
| 57Charlie ElickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:57 |
| 81Stanislav SvozilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:37 |
| 94Caleb MacDonaldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:59 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Ivan FedotovG | 25 | 1 | .960 | |
| 36Zach SawchenkoG | L | 9 | 1 | .889 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 6Zach BensonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:02 |
| 9Josh NorrisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:18 |
| 17Jason ZuckerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:16 |
| 71Ryan McLeodC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:37 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 19:57 |
| 94Konsta HeleniusC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:01 |
| 13Jake LeschyshynC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:37 |
| 41Tyler KopffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:15 |
| 48Tyson KozakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:33 |
| 55Mason GeertsenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:10 |
| 63Isak RosenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:20 |
| 79Viktor NeuchevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:27 |
| 21Conor TimminsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:02 |
| 23Mattias SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:42 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | 25:37 |
| 28Zac JonesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:42 |
| 33Ryan JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:14 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:30 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Devon LeviG | W | 5 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 34Alex LyonG | 14 | 1 | .929 |