Columbus Blue Jackets 2, Buffalo Sabres 5: final score and stats
Buffalo Sabres beat Columbus Blue Jackets, Columbus Blue Jackets 2 to Buffalo Sabres 5, on Friday, November 6, 2026 at KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Buffalo Sabres vs Columbus Blue Jackets.
NHLFriday, November 6, 2026
DateNov 6, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueKeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY
TVESPN+
Attendance19,070
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Columbus Blue JacketsBuffalo Sabres
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
7-8-0Record8-5-3
7th in Metropolitan DivisionStanding6th in Atlantic Division
1-5Road record / home record4-5
LWWLLLast 5LWLWW
L1StreakL1
Team stats
Columbus Blue JacketsBuffalo Sabres
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.
Columbus Blue Jackets
Buffalo Sabres
Alex Lyon G · Shoulder
Injured ReserveKonsta Helenius C · Upper Body
OutJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBox score
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Coyle | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18:21 | 2:38 | 3:35 | 12:08 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 66.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Fantilli | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 18:52 | 3:08 | 0:12 | 15:32 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 58.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Conor Garland | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 13:06 | 1:22 | 0:20 | 11:24 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Kent Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:22 | 4:27 | 0:00 | 11:55 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Knies | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 19:17 | 4:16 | 0:09 | 14:52 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Lorentz | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8:45 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:45 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Monahan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11:06 | 1:33 | 2:53 | 6:40 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 36.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Valeri Nichushkin | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 19:11 | 1:20 | 3:57 | 13:54 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mathieu Olivier | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 16:39 | 0:00 | 3:33 | 13:06 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Sillinger | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 12:51 | 0:52 | 1:03 | 10:56 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dmitri Voronkov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:00 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 9:54 | 0:00 | 0:19 | 9:35 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 17:41 | 0:00 | 2:08 | 15:33 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dante Fabbro | 2 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 17:06 | 0:00 | 2:57 | 14:09 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Denton Mateychuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 21:00 | 2:45 | 3:40 | 14:35 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Provorov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:51 | 1:22 | 4:05 | 15:24 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Damon Severson | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 16:38 | 0:00 | 0:43 | 15:55 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Zach Werenski | 3 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 24:38 | 4:17 | 2:26 | 17:55 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Columbus Blue Jackets Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jet Greaves | 5 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 31 | .861 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 59:42 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22:09 | 5:02 | 2:39 | 14:28 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Sam Carrick | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 11:30 | 0:00 | 0:53 | 10:37 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Doan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:44 | 2:22 | 0:27 | 8:55 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Kozak | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 11:24 | 0:00 | 1:56 | 9:28 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Peyton Krebs | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15:37 | 0:20 | 0:00 | 15:17 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 57.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jiri Kulich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:00 | 2:54 | 0:00 | 10:06 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 1 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 13:36 | 0:00 | 3:21 | 10:15 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Norris | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13:03 | 2:36 | 0:00 | 10:27 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 27.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Ostlund | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:30 | 5:05 | 1:56 | 10:29 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 54.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:21 | 5:10 | 0:00 | 12:11 | 23 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:59 | 5:03 | 0:00 | 13:56 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Zucker | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13:49 | 2:59 | 0:00 | 10:50 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Dahlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:16 | 6:12 | 0:00 | 17:04 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Metsa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:51 | 0:00 | 0:48 | 14:03 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 20:20 | 2:08 | 1:30 | 16:42 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:32 | 0:00 | 3:25 | 17:07 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Conor Timmins | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:18 | 0:08 | 3:16 | 11:54 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Olen Zellweger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:25 | 0:01 | 2:13 | 16:11 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .923 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
Series tied 1-1
Jan 8, 2027BUF 0, CBJ 0
Nov 6, 2026CBJ 2, BUF 5
Oct 1, 2026BUF 3, CBJ 6
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Columbus Blue Jackets vs Buffalo Sabres?
Buffalo Sabres won, 5-2, on Friday, November 6, 2026.
What was the final score of Columbus Blue Jackets vs Buffalo Sabres?
Columbus Blue Jackets 2, Buffalo Sabres 5.
Who were the top performers?
Columbus Blue Jackets: Kent Johnson (1 goals). Buffalo Sabres: Josh Norris (2 goals).
Where is Columbus Blue Jackets vs Buffalo Sabres played?
KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY.
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