National Hockey League
BOXSCORE
Buffalo 2, Columbus 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Brandon Blandina, Beau Halkidis
Linesmen: Tyson Baker, Brad Kovachik
Attendance: N/A
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Columbus 0101
Buffalo 0112
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
7:18 - Sabres Conor Timmins (2) Interference
 10:08 - Blue Jackets Daemon Hunt (2) Hooking
 19:02 - Blue Jackets Caleb MacDonald (2) Holding
2nd Period
Scoring
8:37 - Blue Jackets Miles Wood (PP) Assists: Daemon Hunt , Hudson Fasching
17:54 - Sabres Tage Thompson (EV) Assists: Zach Benson , Josh Norris
Penalties
4:42 - Blue Jackets Zachary Aston-Reese (2) Tripping
 8:11 - Sabres Jacob Bryson (2) Tripping
 19:52 - Sabres Jason Zucker (2) High sticking
3rd Period
Scoring
11:57 - Sabres Jason Zucker (EV) Assists: Konsta Helenius , Ryan McLeod
Penalties
7:23 - Blue Jackets Caleb MacDonald (2) Holding
 15:20 - Sabres Konsta Helenius (2) Hooking
Columbus Blue Jackets
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ivan Fedotov G 0 0 0 0 0 40:00 31:26 2:34 6:00 0 0 - - - - -
Zach Sawchenko G 0 0 0 0 0 17:57 12:05 3:52 2:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jake Christiansen D 0 0 0 E 0 3 24 22:14 15:05 1:53 5:16 0 0 2 1 - - -
Miles Wood LW 1 0 1 -1 0 5 20 21:16 13:55 4:41 2:40 1 0 1 - - - -
Daemon Hunt D 0 1 1 -1 2 25 25:45 18:57 4:42 2:06 0 0 1 2 - - -
Brendan Gaunce C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 19 14:38 9:49 1:47 3:02 0 0 1 1 4 6 40
Hudson Fasching RW 0 1 1 E 0 0 19 15:30 10:08 4:33 0:49 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Isac Lundestrom C 0 0 0 E 0 0 20 18:17 12:49 1:56 3:32 0 0 - - 5 13 28
Zachary Aston-Reese C 0 0 0 E 2 0 22 16:41 12:33 1:48 2:20 0 0 2 - 0 1 0
Dysin Mayo D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 19 14:48 12:52 0:00 1:56 0 0 1 - - - -
Charlie Elick D 0 0 0 E 0 0 20 19:57 14:53 0:00 5:04 0 0 - 1 - - -
Riley Bezeau RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 13 11:33 11:32 0:01 0:00 0 0 4 - - - -
Ryland Mosley LW 0 0 0 -1 0 4 13 12:29 12:27 0:02 0:00 0 0 4 1 - - -
Luca Del Bel Belluz C 0 0 0 E 0 1 19 19:34 13:14 4:37 1:43 0 0 1 1 6 8 43
Stanislav Svozil D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 17 13:37 11:57 1:39 0:01 0 0 1 - - - -
Mikael Pyyhtia LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 16 12:32 11:19 0:00 1:13 0 0 1 - - - -
Oiva Keskinen C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 18 15:33 10:24 4:31 0:38 0 0 - 1 - - -
Roman Ahcan LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 12 8:48 8:48 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 1 - - -
Max McCue C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 14 12:52 12:50 0:00 0:02 0 0 4 1 2 6 25
Caleb MacDonald D 0 0 0 -1 4 1 22 17:59 16:21 0:00 1:38 0 0 - - - - -
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 19:27 13:35 2:00 3:52 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Lyon G 0 0 0 0 0 39:47 31:13 6:00 2:34 0 0 - - - - -
Zach Benson LW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 17 15:02 10:21 2:15 2:26 0 0 3 - - - -
Josh Norris C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 22 20:18 11:30 5:46 3:02 0 0 - - 11 3 79
Jake Leschyshyn C 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 13:37 10:17 2:38 0:42 0 0 3 - 9 4 69
Jason Zucker LW 1 0 1 +1 2 3 19 21:16 15:28 5:48 0:00 0 0 4 0 - - -
Conor Timmins D 0 0 0 E 2 2 26 20:02 17:12 0:12 2:38 0 0 - 5 - - -
Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 +1 0 24 21:42 17:50 0:07 3:45 0 0 1 1 - - -
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 +1 0 6 23 25:37 16:40 6:08 2:49 0 0 2 - - - -
Zac Jones D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 16 15:42 13:47 1:39 0:16 0 0 - - - - -
Ryan Johnson D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 15 12:14 11:28 0:01 0:45 0 0 1 1 - - -
Tyler Kopff C 0 0 0 E 0 1 12 10:15 10:15 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Tyson Kozak C 0 0 0 E 0 2 15 12:33 10:51 0:00 1:42 0 0 3 - 4 1 80
Mason Geertsen LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 12 9:10 9:10 0:00 0:00 0 0 5 - - - -
Isak Rosen RW 0 0 0 E 0 4 15 12:20 10:11 2:09 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Ryan McLeod C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 22 22:37 14:44 5:14 2:39 0 0 - - 7 5 58
Tage Thompson C 1 0 1 +1 0 6 20 19:57 12:05 5:36 2:16 0 0 2 1 4 4 50
Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 E 2 0 23 16:30 13:44 0:06 2:40 0 0 - 1 - - -
Viktor Neuchev LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 12 9:27 9:27 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Konsta Helenius C 0 1 1 +1 2 2 19 16:01 13:36 2:21 0:04 0 0 4 - - - -
Goaltending
Columbus
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Zach Sawchenko L (0-0-0) 9 8 1 .889 0 17:57
Ivan Fedotov 25 24 1 .960 0 40:00
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Alex Lyon 14 13 1 .929 0 39:47
Devon Levi W (0-0-0) 5 5 0 1.000 0 19:27