Saturday, January 3, 2026 · Nationwide Arena
Sabres 1 at Blue Jackets 5
Final
Three Stars
Scoring
1st Period
-
3:00
Denton Mateychuk
(8)
Boone Jenner (12), Zach Werenski (27)
· Wrist
BUF 0 – 1 CBJ
-
11:26
Josh Doan
(12)
Josh Norris (8), Owen Power (9)
· Snap
BUF 1 – 1 CBJ
-
14:04
Brendan Gaunce
(2)
SHG
Unassisted
· Snap
BUF 1 – 2 CBJ
-
17:12
Dmitri Voronkov
(14)
Ivan Provorov (10), Damon Severson (13)
· Tip-in
BUF 1 – 3 CBJ
2nd Period
-
8:04
Mathieu Olivier
(4)
Zachary Aston-Reese (4), Damon Severson (14)
· Backhand
BUF 1 – 4 CBJ
3rd Period
-
11:46
Cole Sillinger
(5)
EN
Denton Mateychuk (11), Zach Werenski (28)
· Snap
BUF 1 – 5 CBJ
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owen Power D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:41 | 0.53 |
| Josh Doan R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 21:30 | 0.48 |
| Josh Norris C | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 17:38 | 0.42 |
| Mattias Samuelsson D | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:59 | 0.20 |
| Jack Quinn R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:53 | 0.12 |
| Ryan McLeod C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:59 | 0.10 |
| Noah Ostlund C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:36 | 0.08 |
| Alex Tuch R | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 19:49 | 0.08 |
| Peyton Krebs C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 14:28 | 0.03 |
| Zach Metsa D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9:46 | 0.00 |
| Zach Benson L | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 16:39 | -0.03 |
| Tage Thompson C | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 22:42 | -0.05 |
| Beck Malenstyn L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 7:53 | -0.08 |
| Josh Dunne C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 8:15 | -0.08 |
| Jordan Greenway L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 8:36 | -0.20 |
| Jacob Bryson D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 9:59 | -0.22 |
| Bowen Byram D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 24:33 | -0.23 |
| Rasmus Dahlin D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 25:30 | -0.27 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | L | 34 | 30 | 4 | .882 | 58:34 | 0.00 |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Werenski D | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 23:12 | 1.73 |
| Denton Mateychuk D | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 24:15 | 1.70 |
| Damon Severson D | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 16:55 | 1.58 |
| Brendan Gaunce C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 16:14 | 1.53 |
| Dmitri Voronkov L | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 9:11 | 1.13 |
| Cole Sillinger C | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 12:12 | 1.05 |
| Ivan Provorov D | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 25:32 | 1.00 |
| Boone Jenner C | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:44 | 0.85 |
| Zachary Aston-Reese L | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +1 | 12:48 | 0.83 |
| Mathieu Olivier R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +1 | 15:08 | 0.68 |
| Charlie Coyle C | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | +2 | 14:49 | 0.65 |
| Adam Fantilli C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16:40 | 0.18 |
| Danton Heinen L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 8:51 | 0.15 |
| Mason Marchment L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15:45 | 0.13 |
| Jake Christiansen D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11:22 | 0.13 |
| Kirill Marchenko R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:28 | 0.05 |
| Kent Johnson C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10:51 | -0.02 |
| Dante Fabbro D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18:03 | -0.15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jet Greaves | W | 33 | 32 | 1 | .970 | 60:00 | 2.45 |