National Hockey League
BOXSCORE
Buffalo 4, Columbus 0
When: 7:00 PM ET, Monday, September 22, 2025
Where: Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio
Referees: Jake Brenk, Alex Lepkowski
Linesmen: CJ Murray, Libor Suchanek
Attendance: 9778
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final123T
Buffalo 0224
Columbus 0000
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
15:18 - Blue Jackets Hunter McKown (2) Hooking
 17:27 - Blue Jackets Max McCue (5) Fighting
 17:27 - Sabres Josh Dunne (5) Fighting
2nd Period
Scoring
4:51 - Sabres Bowen Byram (EV) Assists: Radim Mrtka , Tyson Kozak
8:25 - Sabres Beck Malenstyn (EV) Assists: Owen Power , Michael Kesselring
Penalties
None.
3rd Period
Scoring
15:01 - Sabres Jack Quinn (EV) (EN) Assists: Jiri Kulich , Josh Doan
19:11 - Sabres Konsta Helenius (EV) Assists: Anton Wahlberg , Vsevolod Komarov
Penalties
3:00 - Blue Jackets Bench (2) Too many men on ice
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Devon Levi G 0 0 0 0 0 20:00 18:00 2:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Alexandar Georgiev G 0 0 0 0 0 40:00 38:00 2:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Bowen Byram D 1 0 1 +2 0 3 22 21:57 19:23 2:34 0:00 0 0 2 2 - - -
Michael Kesselring D 0 1 1 +1 0 3 24 18:55 18:00 0:55 0:00 0 0 - 2 - - -
Justin Danforth RW 0 0 0 +1 0 3 20 14:54 14:54 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 1 9 3 75
Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 21 19:27 17:47 1:40 0:00 0 0 2 1 2 1 67
Jiri Kulich C 0 1 1 +1 0 5 21 15:39 13:09 2:30 0:00 0 0 3 - 6 10 38
Jack Quinn RW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 21 16:04 13:30 2:34 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Owen Power D 0 1 1 +1 0 3 23 21:54 18:49 3:05 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Beck Malenstyn LW 1 0 1 +1 0 3 19 16:35 16:35 0:00 0:00 0 0 6 - - - -
Josh Dunne C 0 0 0 +1 5 4 16 11:17 11:17 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 - 0 1 0
Tyson Kozak C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 16 10:35 10:35 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 1 5 3 62
Mason Geertsen LW 0 0 0 +1 0 2 15 10:42 10:42 0:00 0:00 0 0 4 - - - -
Radim Mrtka D 0 1 1 +2 0 1 23 20:25 19:00 1:25 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Nikita Novikov D 0 0 0 +1 0 22 17:33 17:33 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Vsevolod Komarov D 0 1 1 +1 0 23 19:16 19:16 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 3 - - -
Noah Ostlund C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 20 16:25 14:55 1:30 0:00 0 0 1 - 3 7 30
Josh Doan RW 0 1 1 +1 0 0 21 17:29 15:08 2:21 0:00 0 0 3 - 0 2 0
Anton Wahlberg C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 19 14:48 14:48 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - 1 0 100
Konsta Helenius C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 20 16:05 14:39 1:26 0:00 0 0 7 - 0 2 0
Columbus Blue Jackets
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Jet Greaves G 0 0 0 0 0 29:21 27:21 0:00 2:00 0 0 - - - - -
Elvis Merzlikins G 0 0 0 0 0 29:59 27:59 0:00 2:00 0 0 - - - - -
Ivan Provorov D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 26 23:06 21:08 0:00 1:58 0 0 1 - - - -
Adam Fantilli C 0 0 0 -3 0 1 20 16:41 15:06 0:00 1:35 0 0 2 - 5 10 33
Isac Lundestrom C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 18 14:17 13:33 0:00 0:44 0 0 1 - 12 4 75
Zachary Aston-Reese C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 18 15:06 14:00 0:00 1:06 0 0 7 1 - - -
Jack Williams RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 19 14:42 13:07 0:00 1:35 0 0 3 - 1 0 100
Hunter McKown C 0 0 0 E 2 0 19 16:20 16:20 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 2 9 2 82
Christian Jaros D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 22 15:07 13:56 0:00 1:11 0 0 1 - - - -
Luca Pinelli C 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 14:50 14:50 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Ryland Mosley LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 14 12:37 12:37 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
James Malatesta LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 13:51 13:51 0:00 0:00 0 0 4 - 1 1 50
Corson Ceulemans D 0 0 0 E 0 2 24 19:49 19:49 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Damon Severson D 0 0 0 E 0 2 25 23:09 20:33 0:00 2:36 0 0 1 - - - -
Guillaume Richard D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 23 20:36 20:36 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 2 - - -
Kirill Marchenko RW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 19 16:44 15:41 0:00 1:03 0 0 - - - - -
Kent Johnson C 0 0 0 -3 0 2 21 15:48 14:51 0:00 0:57 0 0 - - - - -
Max McCue C 0 0 0 -1 5 3 15 14:16 13:54 0:00 0:22 0 0 4 - 1 2 33
Caleb MacDonald D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 22 17:30 15:16 0:00 2:14 0 0 - - - - -
Owen Griffin C 0 0 0 -1 0 15 12:11 11:32 0:00 0:39 0 0 1 - 0 7 0
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Devon Levi 6 6 0 1.000 0 20:00
Alexandar Georgiev W (0-0-0) 16 16 0 1.000 0 40:00
Columbus
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Jet Greaves 24 23 1 .958 0 29:21
Elvis Merzlikins L (0-0-0) 10 8 2 .800 0 29:59