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Buffalo Sabres vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Regular season · Saturday, January 3, 2026 · Nationwide Arena

Buffalo SabresBuffaloSabresAway

1–5

Final

SOG 33–35

Columbus Blue JacketsColumbusBlue JacketsHome

FDSNOH · MSG-B

Game summary

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-1 on Saturday, January 3, 2026 at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Sabres 35-33.

Goals came from Denton Mateychuk, Josh Doan, Brendan Gaunce, Dmitri Voronkov, Mathieu Olivier and Cole Sillinger.

Jet Greaves made 32 saves on 33 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 30 of 34.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Buffalo SabresBUF100133
Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ311535

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJet GreavesCBJ · .970 SV%
  2. ★2nd starDenton MateychukCBJ · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starBrendan GaunceCBJ · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:20

1–1 · 1st 11:26 · Doan. Sillinger was 1:20 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBUF on iceCBJ on ice

0–1 CBJ

1st 3:00 · Mateychuk

Samuelsson 0:37

1–1 BUF

1st 11:26 · Doan

Long shift: Sillinger 1:20

1–2 CBJ

1st 14:04 · SH · Gaunce

Thompson 0:29

1–3 CBJ

1st 17:12 · Voronkov

Greenway 0:33

1–4 CBJ

2nd 8:04 · Olivier

Tuch 0:28

1–5 CBJ

3rd 11:46 · EN · Sillinger

Dahlin 1:11

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

BUFCBJ
33Shots on goal35
53%Faceoff %47%
0/5Power play0/1
6Penalty minutes14
15Hits23
15Blocked shots13
21Giveaways14
2Takeaways5

Penalties

  • 1st 04:15Damon Severson · hooking2 min
  • 1st 09:08Mathieu Olivier · roughing2 min
  • 1st 09:08Josh Norris · roughing2 min
  • 1st 11:52Jacob Bryson · tripping2 min
  • 1st 13:41Kent Johnson · hooking2 min
  • 1st 18:01Mathieu Olivier · cross checking2 min
  • 2nd 19:40Dante Fabbro · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 10:36Ivan Provorov · holding2 min
  • 3rd 10:36Zach Benson · embellishment2 min
  • 3rd 14:33Ivan Provorov · interference2 min

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