Buffalo Sabres 1, Columbus Blue Jackets 5: final score and stats
Columbus Blue Jackets beat Buffalo Sabres, Buffalo Sabres 1 to Columbus Blue Jackets 5, on Saturday, January 3, 2026 at Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Columbus Blue Jackets vs Buffalo Sabres.
NHLSaturday, January 3, 2026
DateJan 3, 2026
Start time3:00 PM ET
VenueNationwide Arena, Columbus, OH
TVESPN+
Attendance18,809
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Buffalo SabresColumbus Blue Jackets
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
21-15-4Record18-16-6
6th in Atlantic DivisionStanding8th in Metropolitan Division
4-4Road record / home record6-4
LLWLWLast 5LLWWL
L2StreakL2
Team stats
Buffalo SabresColumbus Blue Jackets
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Buffalo Sabres
Alex Lyon G · Shoulder
Injured ReserveKonsta Helenius C · Upper Body
OutJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveColumbus Blue Jackets
Box score
Buffalo Sabres Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Benson | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 16:39 | 5:10 | 0:00 | 11:29 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Josh Doan | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 21:30 | 5:11 | 0:00 | 16:19 | 24 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Dunne | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 8:15 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:15 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Greenway | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 8:36 | 0:00 | 0:35 | 8:01 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 14:28 | 0:01 | 0:00 | 14:27 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 7:53 | 0:00 | 0:32 | 7:21 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:59 | 3:30 | 1:16 | 12:13 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 33.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Norris | 2 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 17:38 | 6:13 | 0:00 | 11:25 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 52.9 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Noah Ostlund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:36 | 1:01 | 0:00 | 11:35 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:53 | 4:30 | 0:00 | 11:23 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 2 | 2 | 0 | -3 | 22:42 | 5:19 | 0:06 | 17:17 | 24 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 57.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 19:49 | 4:38 | 1:08 | 14:03 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Bryson | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 9:59 | 0:03 | 0:00 | 9:56 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Bowen Byram | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 24:33 | 3:37 | 1:03 | 19:53 | 26 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 1 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 25:30 | 5:18 | 0:34 | 19:38 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Metsa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:46 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:46 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:41 | 4:33 | 0:47 | 16:21 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:59 | 0:01 | 1:15 | 19:43 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | 4 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 30 | .882 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 58:34 | 0 | 0 |
Columbus Blue Jackets Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zachary Aston-Reese | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12:48 | 0:00 | 1:58 | 10:50 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Coyle | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14:49 | 0:38 | 3:09 | 11:02 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Fantilli | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16:40 | 1:11 | 0:13 | 15:16 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Gaunce | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 16:14 | 0:00 | 4:14 | 12:00 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 57.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danton Heinen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8:51 | 0:00 | 0:32 | 8:19 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boone Jenner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:44 | 0:50 | 3:22 | 13:32 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kent Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:51 | 0:38 | 0:00 | 10:13 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kirill Marchenko | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:28 | 1:11 | 0:00 | 15:17 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mason Marchment | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15:45 | 1:11 | 0:14 | 14:20 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mathieu Olivier | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15:08 | 0:00 | 3:58 | 11:10 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Cole Sillinger | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12:12 | 0:00 | 1:58 | 10:14 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 37.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dmitri Voronkov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9:11 | 0:59 | 0:00 | 8:12 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Columbus Blue Jackets Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Christiansen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11:22 | 0:00 | 1:23 | 9:59 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dante Fabbro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:03 | 0:00 | 2:48 | 15:15 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Denton Mateychuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:15 | 0:00 | 4:37 | 19:38 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Provorov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25:32 | 0:38 | 6:04 | 18:50 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Damon Severson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16:55 | 0:38 | 1:23 | 14:54 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Zach Werenski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:12 | 1:11 | 3:23 | 18:38 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Columbus Blue Jackets Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jet Greaves | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 32 | .970 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
CBJ lead series 2-0
Apr 9, 2026CBJ 0, BUF 5
Jan 3, 2026BUF 1, CBJ 5
Oct 28, 2025CBJ 4, BUF 3
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Buffalo Sabres vs Columbus Blue Jackets?
Columbus Blue Jackets won, 5-1, on Saturday, January 3, 2026.
What was the final score of Buffalo Sabres vs Columbus Blue Jackets?
Buffalo Sabres 1, Columbus Blue Jackets 5.
Who were the top performers?
Buffalo Sabres: Josh Doan (1 goals). Columbus Blue Jackets: Denton Mateychuk (1 goals).
Where is Buffalo Sabres vs Columbus Blue Jackets played?
Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH.
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