Columbus Blue Jackets

6thin Metropolitan · 1-0-0, 2 PTS

YES!

Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Buffalo Sabres

0-1-0, 0 PTS 3 – 6

1-0-0, 2 PTS

Final · Thu, Oct 1

Game Details

Nationwide Arena (Columbus) · 18,207 fans · CBJNHL, MSGB, ESPN+

Highlights

Knies has 2 goals and an assist in Columbus debut as Blue Jackets beat Sabres 6-3

Matthew Knies had two goals and an assist in his Columbus debut and the Blue Jackets beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-3 on Thursday night for their first season-opening victory in five years.

Recap via ESPN

1:19 Buffalo Sabres vs. Columbus Blue Jackets: Game Highlights

0:42 Mattias Samuelsson scores goal for Sabres

0:31 Cole Sillinger nets goal for Blue Jackets

0:42 Matthew Knies scores power-play goal vs. Sabres

Clips play on ESPN

Nationwide Arena · Columbus

Line Score

	1	2	3	T
BUF	1	2	0	3
CBJ	3	1	2	6

Game Leaders

Buffalo Sabres

Konsta Helenius · 1Goals
Owen Power · 2Assists
Owen Power · 2Points

Columbus Blue Jackets

Matthew Knies · 2Goals
Charlie Coyle · 3Assists
Matthew Knies · 3Points

2026-27 Atlantic Division Standings

Team	W	L	OTL	Pts
Boston	2	1	0	4
Florida	1	0	2	4
Montreal	1	0	1	3
Ottawa	1	0	0	2
Buffalo	1	1	0	2
Tampa Bay	1	1	0	2
Toronto	1	2	0	2
Detroit	0	2	0	0

2026-27 Metropolitan Division Standings

Team	W	L	OTL	Pts
NY Rangers	3	1	0	6
Pittsburgh	2	0	0	4
Carolina	1	1	1	3
NY Islanders	1	1	0	2
Washington	1	1	0	2
Columbus	1	1	0	2
New Jersey	1	1	0	2
Philadelphia	0	1	2	2

Scoring

3rd 17:53

ENG Mathieu Olivier Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Charlie Coyle (3)3–6

3rd 14:21

PPG Sean Monahan Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Valeri Nichushkin (1), Dmitri Voronkov (1)3–5

2nd 13:14

Konsta Helenius Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Ryan McLeod (1), Owen Power (2)3–4

2nd 7:45

Matthew Knies Goal (2) Tip-In, assists: Emil Andrae (1), Kent Johnson (1)2–4

2nd 1:25

Jack Quinn Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Zach Benson (1), Noah Ostlund (2)2–3

1st 18:44

Adam Fantilli Goal (1) Deflected, assists: Zach Werenski (2), Matthew Knies (1)1–3

1st 17:58

PPG Matthew Knies Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Charlie Coyle (2), Zach Werenski (1)1–2

1st 12:51

Cole Sillinger Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Charlie Coyle (1), Denton Mateychuk (1)1–1

1st 7:21

Mattias Samuelsson Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Noah Ostlund (1), Owen Power (1)1–0

Team Stats

Buffalo SabresColumbus Blue Jackets

Shots & Puck

26 Shots on Goal 23

8 Blocked Shots 15

21 Hits 25

44.6 Faceoff % 55.4

2 Takeaways 6

15 Giveaways 13

Special Teams

0/5 Power Play 2/3

0 Short-Handed Goals 0

11 Penalty Minutes 15

Box Score

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Forwards

Player	G	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN
Z. Benson	0	1	-1	1	18:34	0	2	1	0	4:27	0:31	13:36	21	4	0	0	0.0	1	0
S. Carrick	0	0	-2	0	7:43	0	1	0	0	0:00	0:22	7:21	17	1	4	6	40.0	1	0
J. Doan	0	0	0	3	19:06	0	2	0	1	4:25	0:00	14:41	26	1	1	1	50.0	1	0
K. Helenius	1	0	2	2	15:09	0	2	0	0	2:10	0:00	12:59	21	0	0	1	0.0	0	0
P. Krebs	0	0	0	0	14:58	0	3	0	0	0:02	0:00	14:56	22	1	0	0	0.0	1	0
J. Kulich	0	0	-2	1	8:45	0	1	0	0	0:00	0:00	8:45	17	0	1	4	20.0	0	0
B. Malenstyn	0	0	-2	1	8:11	0	4	1	0	0:00	0:32	7:39	17	0	0	0	0.0	1	0
R. McLeod	0	1	0	0	16:41	0	0	0	0	1:51	1:48	13:02	25	0	6	9	40.0	1	0
J. Norris	0	0	1	1	16:19	0	2	1	0	2:06	2:00	12:13	22	0	5	2	71.4	0	0
N. Ostlund	0	2	1	3	16:42	0	0	0	0	2:11	0:35	13:56	22	1	6	5	54.5	0	0
J. Quinn	1	0	-1	4	20:46	0	1	0	0	4:42	1:08	14:56	23	3	0	0	0.0	1	0
T. Thompson	0	0	0	4	19:46	2	1	0	0	4:22	0:00	15:24	26	3	6	8	42.9	1	1

Defense

Player	G	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	GV	PN
L. Crevier	0	0	0	1	16:14	0	0	2	1	0:00	2:23	13:51	24	2	0
R. Dahlin	0	0	-1	4	25:58	0	2	0	0	5:01	0:00	20:57	28	0	0
M. Grzelcyk	0	0	-1	0	14:27	0	0	1	0	0:00	1:06	13:21	22	0	0
Z. Metsa	0	0	-1	0	12:54	5	0	2	0	0:00	1:05	11:49	21	1	1
O. Power	0	2	2	0	25:25	0	0	0	0	1:38	1:47	22:00	28	2	0
M. Samuelsson	1	0	-2	1	18:21	4	0	0	0	0:00	0:35	17:46	26	2	2

Goalies

Player	SV	SA	GA	SV%	TOI	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	PIM
U. Luukkonen	17	22	5	.773	59:08	12	4	1	0

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Forwards

Player	G	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN
C. Coyle	0	3	2	0	19:04	0	2	1	1	2:28	3:20	13:16	26	0	8	9	47.1	1	0
A. Fantilli	1	0	0	2	17:28	0	6	1	1	2:24	0:16	14:48	26	0	16	4	80.0	0	0
C. Garland	0	0	0	0	12:09	0	1	1	0	1:01	0:00	11:08	19	1	0	0	0.0	1	0
D. Heinen	0	0	-1	2	12:11	0	0	3	1	0:00	1:45	10:26	17	1	2	3	40.0	0	0
K. Johnson	0	1	0	1	14:53	2	0	0	0	2:23	0:00	12:30	22	0	0	0	0.0	0	1
M. Knies	2	1	0	4	16:06	0	0	0	1	2:21	0:02	13:43	24	0	0	0	0.0	1	0
R. Lomberg	0	0	0	0	9:21	0	2	0	0	0:00	0:00	9:21	14	1	0	1	0.0	0	0
S. Monahan	1	0	0	1	15:31	0	0	1	0	1:03	2:16	12:12	24	0	8	12	40.0	1	0
V. Nichushkin	0	1	-1	0	15:45	0	1	0	0	1:00	1:11	13:34	22	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
M. Olivier	1	0	2	3	14:32	7	3	0	0	0:00	1:12	13:20	21	0	0	0	0.0	0	2
C. Sillinger	1	0	2	3	15:21	4	1	0	0	0:00	1:06	14:15	22	2	2	0	100.0	2	2
D. Voronkov	0	1	0	0	10:44	0	4	0	0	1:02	0:00	9:42	14	0	0	0	0.0	0	0

Defense

Player	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	GV	PN
E. Andrae	1	1	0	15:37	0	1	1	0	0:00	0:00	15:37	19	0	0	0
J. Christiansen	0	-1	0	7:05	0	2	1	0	0:00	0:00	7:05	11	1	2	0
E. Gudbranson	0	-1	0	17:44	0	0	3	0	0:03	5:01	12:40	21	1	1	0
D. Mateychuk	1	0	2	27:28	0	0	0	0	1:05	1:59	24:24	30	0	1	0
C. Soucy	0	1	2	20:15	2	2	2	0	0:05	1:53	18:17	29	0	0	1
Z. Werenski	2	2	3	28:46	0	0	1	2	2:25	4:19	22:02	32	1	2	0

Goalies

Player	SV	SA	GA	SV%	TOI	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	PIM
J. Greaves	23	26	3	.885	60:00	17	5	1	0

Injury Report

Buffalo Sabres

Alex Lyon GInjured Reserve
Conor Timmins DInjured Reserve
Topias Leinonen GInjured Reserve
Jack Rathbone DInjured Reserve
Jason Zucker LWInjured Reserve

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Columbus Blue Jackets

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Highlights

On the Ice LIVE

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Game Leaders

2026-27 Atlantic Division Standings

2026-27 Metropolitan Division Standings

Scoring

Team Stats

Box Score

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