Sabres vs. Blue Jackets (Jan 3, 2026)

Odds

BUF

CBJ

-110

Open

-110

Open

-110

ML

-110

ML

o6.5

-110

u6.5

-110

+1.5

-275

-1.5

+220

Forward Matchup

T. Thompson

BUF C #72

K. Marchenko

CBJ RW #86

20

Goals

14

37

Points

31

139

Shots on Goal

109

Defenseman Matchup

R. Dahlin

BUF D #26

Z. Werenski

CBJ D #8

28

Points

40

41

Blocks

52

28

Hits

17

Goalie Matchup

A. Lyon

BUF G #34

J. Greaves

CBJ G #73

10

Wins

11

.906

Save Pct

.909

2.82

Goals Against Avg

2.62

BUF

Team Stats

CBJ

3.1

Goals per Game

2.92

3.1

Goals Against per Game

3.33

28.62

Shots per Game

30.18

29.18

Shots Against per Game

30.67

18.8

Power Play Pct

18.6

85.0

Penalty Kill Pct

75.0

.894

Save Pct

.891

BUF

Injuries

CBJ

Tyson Kozak

C

Day to day (Upper Body)

D

Zach Werenski

Day to day (Lower-Body)

Michael Kesselring

D

Day to day (Lower Body)

C

Sean Monahan

Day to day (Undisclosed)

Alex Lyon

G

Day to day (Lower-Body)

C

Isac Lundestrom

Out (Undisclosed)

Jiri Kulich

C

Out (Ear)

LW

Miles Wood

Out (Leg)

Justin Danforth

RW

Out (Lower Body)

D

Brendan Smith

Out (Leg)

Conor Timmins

D

Out (Leg)

D

Erik Gudbranson

Out (Hip)

Jason Zucker

LW

Out (Lower-Body)

2025-26 Atlantic Division

BUFCBJ

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Red Wings	24	14	4	52	-4
Lightning	24	13	3	51	28
Canadiens	22	12	6	50	1
Sabres	21	14	4	46	3
Panthers	21	16	3	45	-2
Maple Leafs	19	15	6	44	0
Bruins	21	18	2	44	-4
Senators	19	15	5	43	2

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	24	13	3	51	13
Islanders	22	15	4	48	-1
Flyers	20	12	7	47	5
Capitals	21	15	5	47	15
Penguins	18	12	9	45	0
Rangers	20	18	5	45	-3
Devils	21	17	2	44	-11
Blue Jackets	17	16	6	40	-13

BUF

Last 5

CBJ

Wed, Dec 31

Wed, Dec 31

Mon, Dec 29

Mon, Dec 29

Sat, Dec 27

Sun, Dec 28

Tue, Dec 23

Mon, Dec 22

Sun, Dec 21

Sat, Dec 20

Game Info

January 3, 2026

ESPN+

Nationwide Arena

Columbus, Ohio

Team Leaders

G

20

T. Thompson

A

24

R. Dahlin

GWG

4

B. Byram

SV%

.906

A. Lyon

Season

Career vs CBJ

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Alex Lyon A. Lyon	21	19	10	6	3	577	523	.906	54	2.82	1	1147
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen	13	12	7	5	1	321	290	.903	31	2.46	0	757
Colten Ellis C. Ellis	8	8	4	3	0	228	204	.895	24	3.25	0	443

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen	4	3	3	1	0	86	74	.860	12	3.37	0	213
	Alex Lyon A. Lyon	3	2	1	0	1	78	74	.949	4	1.52	1	158

Team Leaders

G

14

Z. Werenski

A

26

Z. Werenski

GWG

3

K. Marchenko

SV%

.909

J. Greaves

Season

Career vs BUF

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	17	4	14	18	+3	8	0	7	0	38	10.5	0	0	0	19	20	5	8	22:39
Tage Thompson T. Thompson	14	11	6	17	-4	2	4	1	1	58	19.0	58	120	48.3	7	8	5	9	16:46
Alex Tuch A. Tuch	16	5	9	14	-2	6	0	1	2	38	13.2	9	23	39.1	15	10	7	10	17:17
Jason Zucker J. Zucker	21	4	4	8	-6	6	1	1	0	46	8.7	7	14	50.0	27	14	7	12	16:54
Bowen Byram B. Byram	7	3	3	6	0	2	0	0	0	10	30.0	0	0	0	4	11	1	5	21:22
Jordan Greenway J. Greenway	12	1	3	4	+1	6	0	0	0	21	4.8	0	0	0	20	8	3	2	14:28
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	12	2	2	4	-3	6	0	1	0	14	14.3	51	107	47.7	18	1	6	7	13:34
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	8	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	17	11.8	3	6	50.0	9	0	3	4	16:14
Josh Doan J. Doan	4	3	1	4	+1	0	0	0	1	12	25.0	0	0	0	2	1	3	3	14:11
Owen Power O. Power	9	1	3	4	-4	2	0	1	0	15	6.7	0	0	0	1	13	1	10	21:55
Zach Benson Z. Benson	7	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	12	0.0	0	0	0	4	5	4	5	16:31
Jacob Bryson J. Bryson	6	0	3	3	-1	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	0	2	4	0	2	17:52
Michael Kesselring M. Kesselring	5	0	3	3	+3	11	0	0	0	10	0.0	0	0	0	6	4	1	3	15:42
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	9	2	1	3	+3	0	0	0	0	10	20.0	40	96	41.7	3	4	1	8	15:12
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	9	0	3	3	-3	0	0	0	0	13	0.0	0	0	0	11	11	0	2	19:30
Josh Norris J. Norris	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	13	0.0	33	65	50.8	8	4	1	3	19:00
Conor Timmins C. Timmins	6	0	2	2	-2	0	0	1	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	4	9	1	4	18:19
Jiri Kulich J. Kulich	4	1	1	2	-1	0	0	0	0	10	10.0	26	51	51.0	1	3	0	1	17:12
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	8	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	12	0.0	1	5	20.0	29	5	1	1	12:17
Josh Dunne J. Dunne	1	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	3	33.3	0	1	0.0	1	1	0	0	12:45
Noah Ostlund N. Ostlund	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	3	6	50.0	1	1	1	1	11:25

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Charlie Coyle C. Coyle	36	10	14	24	+10	6	3	2	0	1	4	1	78	12.8	188	357	52.7	26	15	19	14	16:48
Sean Monahan S. Monahan	25	9	15	24	+4	4	0	6	0	0	1	1	49	18.4	213	390	54.6	10	4	15	12	17:21
Ivan Provorov I. Provorov	32	6	14	20	+11	8	1	3	0	0	1	1	67	9.0	0	0	0	39	52	11	26	24:09
Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	20	2	15	17	+10	4	1	4	0	0	1	0	43	4.7	0	0	0	1	25	9	11	23:28
Damon Severson D. Severson	34	3	13	16	+6	28	0	2	0	0	0	0	61	4.9	0	0	0	29	28	7	13	20:20
Miles Wood M. Wood	22	12	4	16	+8	21	2	0	0	0	3	1	61	19.7	1	4	25.0	19	10	6	10	14:22
Boone Jenner B. Jenner	25	7	7	14	+6	21	1	0	0	0	4	0	65	10.8	129	241	53.5	33	19	13	6	16:54
Mason Marchment M. Marchment	9	1	7	8	+1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	13	7.7	1	1	100.0	9	2	3	5	14:39
Kirill Marchenko K. Marchenko	9	4	4	8	-1	2	1	3	0	0	1	0	24	16.7	0	3	0.0	4	3	4	5	16:07
Brendan Smith B. Smith	34	2	5	7	+8	37	0	1	0	0	0	0	44	4.5	0	0	0	43	21	10	18	16:50
Brendan Gaunce B. Gaunce	6	2	4	6	+6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	18.2	14	28	50.0	10	1	0	0	9:54
Danton Heinen D. Heinen	22	1	5	6	-1	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	26	3.8	1	2	50.0	12	6	8	9	13:04
Kent Johnson K. Johnson	10	3	3	6	+3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	19	15.8	2	2	100.0	1	0	2	4	15:05
Erik Gudbranson E. Gudbranson	31	2	3	5	+5	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	5.3	0	0	0	64	43	5	13	17:57
Zach Aston-Reese Z. Aston-Reese	19	3	1	4	+2	19	0	0	1	0	1	0	32	9.4	0	3	0.0	45	12	7	8	12:56
Isac Lundestrom I. Lundestrom	10	1	3	4	+3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	8	12.5	50	99	50.5	7	4	1	2	15:23
Cole Sillinger C. Sillinger	12	1	3	4	-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	6.3	42	99	42.4	14	7	6	4	15:20
Adam Fantilli A. Fantilli	6	3	1	4	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	25.0	34	64	53.1	13	3	0	3	17:14
Dante Fabbro D. Fabbro	10	0	2	2	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0.0	0	0	0	8	17	5	4	17:52
Mathieu Olivier M. Olivier	7	1	1	2	-1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	12.5	0	2	0.0	23	1	4	5	12:23
Jake Christiansen J. Christiansen	5	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	6	7	0	2	13:50
Dmitri Voronkov D. Voronkov	6	1	1	2	-3	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	9.1	19	42	45.2	8	6	2	3	15:24
Dysin Mayo D. Mayo	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	7:32
Denton Mateychuk D. Mateychuk	3	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	3	9	1	3	20:45

Sabres BUF

Blue Jackets CBJ

Odds

Forward Matchup

Defenseman Matchup

Goalie Matchup

Team Stats

Injuries

2025-26 Atlantic Division

Last 5

Game Info

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Jet Greaves J. Greaves	26	25	11	10	5	747	679	.909	68	2.62	0	1560
	Elvis Merzlikins E. Merzlikins	14	14	6	6	1	440	386	.877	54	4.04	0	803

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Elvis Merzlikins E. Merzlikins	4	3	2	2	0	110	95	.864	15	4.28	0	210
	Jet Greaves J. Greaves	2	2	2	0	0	79	74	.937	5	2.44	0	123