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Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets

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Buffalo Sabres
35-37-6
Final
2 - 3
Columbus Blue Jackets
36-33-9

Jenner caps Blue Jackets' 3-2 comeback victory as Sabres' winning streak is stopped at 5

Buffalo Sabres vs. Columbus Blue Jackets: Game Highlights

Zachary Aston-Reese and James van Riemsdyk also scored for the Blue Jackets, who trailed 2-0 and ended the surging Sabres' five-game winning streak.

With the game tied at 2, Jenner put a wrist shot past James Reimer to put Columbus up for the first time off assists from Sean Monahan and Kirill Marchenko.

Jet Greaves stopped 39 shots for Columbus.

Rasmus Dahlin and John-Jason Peterka each had goals for the Sabres. Reimer finished with 27 saves.

Takeaways Sabres: Buffalo, which will miss the playoffs for the 14th straight year, has lost only twice in its last 10 games.

Blue Jackets: Columbus staved off elimination from the playoff hunt and moved within six points of Montreal for the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.

Key moment Columbus went on the power play for the first — and only — time in the game when Buffalo's Sam Lafferty was called for slashing Zach Werenski at 14:37 of the third period. Jenner took advantage with the go-ahead score.

Key stat While Columbus went 1 for 1 on the power play, Buffalo went 0 for 1.

Up next Sabres: Play at Florida on Saturday night.

Blue Jackets: Host Washington on Saturday.

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Regular Season Series

CBJ win series 2-1

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 11:54 JJ Peterka Goal (25) Wrist Shot, assists: Ryan McLeod (31), Rasmus Dahlin (48)
Goal 1st Period 14:39 Rasmus Dahlin Goal (16) Wrist Shot, assists: Zach Benson (18), Jiri Kulich (9)
Goal 1st Period 19:51 James van Riemsdyk Goal (15) Backhand, assists: Kent Johnson (31), Zach Werenski (56)
Goal 3rd Period 4:00 Zach Aston-Reese Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Erik Gudbranson (3)
Goal 3rd Period 6:42 Boone Jenner Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: Kirill Marchenko (40), Sean Monahan (33)

Statistics

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13 Blocked Shots 17
15 Hits 25
3 Takeaways 9
41 Shots 30
0 Power Play Goals 1
1 Power Play Opportunities 1
0.0 Power Play Percentage 100.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
29 Faceoffs Won 29
50.0 Faceoff Win Percent 50.0
16 Giveaways 11
1 Total Penalties 1
2 Penalty Minutes 2
Columbus Blue Jackets Columbus Blue Jackets Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Kirill Marchenko, RW Day-To-Day Feb 5
Buffalo Sabres Buffalo Sabres Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Jordan Greenway, LW Day-To-Day Feb 6
Zach Benson, LW Day-To-Day Feb 6
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, G Injured Reserve Feb 3
Josh Norris, C Injured Reserve Feb 2
Justin Danforth, RW Injured Reserve Jan 26

Game Information

Nationwide Arena

Location: Columbus, OH
Attendance: 16,406 | Capacity:

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Tampa Bay 37 14 78 4
Montreal 32 17 72 8
Detroit 33 19 72 6
Buffalo 32 19 70 6
Boston 32 20 69 5
Ottawa 28 22 63 7
Toronto 27 21 63 9
Florida 29 25 61 3

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Carolina 36 15 78 6
Pittsburgh 29 15 70 12
NY Islanders 32 21 69 5
Columbus 29 20 65 7
Washington 29 23 65 7
Philadelphia 25 20 61 11
New Jersey 28 27 58 2
NY Rangers 22 29 50 6
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