Final/Sat Jan 3, 2026/Nationwide Arena, Columbus/2025-26 regular season

01/Line score

Goals by period, from play-by-play
Team1st2nd3rdT
1001
3115

02/Scoring summary

6 goals

1st

4 goals
TimeTeamGoalAssistsBUFCBJ
03:00CBJDenton Mateychuk (8)Boone Jenner, Zach Werenski01
11:26BUFJosh Doan (12)Josh Norris, Owen Power11
14:04CBJNHL 8476867 (2)unassisted12
17:12CBJDmitri Voronkov (14)Ivan Provorov, Damon Severson13

2nd

1 goal
TimeTeamGoalAssistsBUFCBJ
08:04CBJMathieu Olivier (4)Zachary Aston-Reese, Damon Severson14

3rd

1 goal
TimeTeamGoalAssistsBUFCBJ
11:46CBJCole Sillinger (5)Denton Mateychuk, Zach Werenski15

03/Team stats

Counted from the play-by-play
BUF
Away / Home
CBJ
1
Goals
5
33
Shots on goal
35
33
Missed shots
14
15
Blocked shots
13
81
Shot attempts
66
15
Hits
23
31
Faceoffs won of 59
28
52.5%
Faceoff win %
47.5%
21
Giveaways
14
2
Takeaways
5
3
Penalties
7
6
Penalty minutes
14
5
Power plays
1

Shots on goal include goals, the way the league counts them. Shot attempts are shots on goal plus misses plus attempts that were blocked. A club's blocked shots are the blocks it made, credited to the blocker's club: a shot that deflects off one of the shooter's own teammates is credited to neither side, so this can run under the raw count of blocked shots in the game. Penalty minutes are the durations the feed publishes, plus the ten minute misconduct that automatically rides with a match penalty.

Power plays are opportunities, and they are derived rather than stored. The feed carries no strength on a goal and no end time on a penalty, so the penalty record is run forward to find the seconds a club really had a skater more than its opponent: coincidental penalties offset, a double minor counts twice, a misconduct costs no skater, and a call at the final horn counts for nothing. Power play time is not printed, it would rest on the same reconstruction with nothing published to check it against.


04/Buffalo Sabres

Away · 18 skaters, 2 goaltenders
PlayerPosGAP+/-PIMSHBLKFOTOI
Owen PowerD0110001021:41
Josh DoanR101-2010021:30
Josh NorrisC011-222029-817:38
Rasmus DahlinD000-3012125:30
Bowen ByramD000-2031124:33
Tage ThompsonC000-304228-622:42
Mattias SamuelssonD0000041020:59
Alex TuchR000-205212-019:49
Ryan McLeodC000002015-1016:59
Zach BensonL000-1231116:39
Jack QuinnR0000030115:53
Peyton KrebsC000-1010314:28
Noah OstlundC000001000-212:36
Jacob BrysonD000-121119:59
Zach MetsaD000000019:46
NHL 8478413000-100100-18:36
NHL 8482623000-101207-18:15
Beck MalenstynL000-101107:53
Skaters1236331515

Goaltending

PlayerSASVGASV%TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen34304.88258:34
Colten Ellis

A greyed line is a goaltender who dressed and did not play.


05/Columbus Blue Jackets

Home · 18 skaters, 2 goaltenders
PlayerPosGAP+/-PIMSHBLKFOTOI
Denton MateychukD112+2010024:15
Zach WerenskiD022+1051023:12
Damon SeversonD022+2230016:55
Ivan ProvorovD011+3430125:32
Boone JennerC011003003-217:44
NHL 8476867101+301038-616:14
Mathieu OlivierR101+141310-115:08
Zachary Aston-ReeseC011+100410-212:48
Cole SillingerC101+102203-512:12
Dmitri VoronkovL101+103119:11
Dante FabbroD0000201118:03
Adam FantilliC000003406-616:40
Kirill MarchenkoR0000022016:28
Mason MarchmentL000001121-115:45
Charlie CoyleC000+204217-714:49
Jake ChristiansenD0000010111:22
Kent JohnsonC0000211110:51
NHL 8478046000+100100-18:51
Skaters581314342313

Goaltending

PlayerSASVGASV%TOI
Jet Greaves33321.97060:00
Elvis Merzlikins

A greyed line is a goaltender who dressed and did not play.


06/Penalties

10 called
PerTimeTeamPlayerInfractionMinDrawn by
1st04:15CBJDamon SeversonHooking2Noah Ostlund
1st09:08CBJMathieu OlivierRoughing2Josh Norris
1st09:08BUFJosh NorrisRoughing2Mathieu Olivier
1st11:52BUFJacob BrysonTripping2Zachary Aston-Reese
1st13:41CBJKent JohnsonHooking2Mattias Samuelsson
1st18:01CBJMathieu OlivierCross-checking2Rasmus Dahlin
2nd19:40CBJDante FabbroSlashing2Ryan McLeod
3rd10:36CBJIvan ProvorovHolding2Zach Benson
3rd10:36BUFZach BensonEmbellishment2
3rd14:33CBJIvan ProvorovInterference2Rasmus Dahlin

07/Game

Date
Sat Jan 3, 2026
Venue
Nationwide Arena, Columbus
Season
2025-26
Type
Regular season
Decision
Final
NHL game id
2025020646

Goals, assists, shots, hits, blocks and faceoffs are counted from the play-by-play for this game. Shots on goal include goals, the way the league counts them, so a club's skater shot total is the shot total the opposing goaltender faced. The skater line does not include a goaltender's own assists. Time on ice, penalty minutes and plus-minus come from the box score. Save percentage is saves over shots faced and excludes any empty-net goal, which the feed does not credit to a goaltender. 4 players are not in the player index and appear by NHL id rather than under an invented name.