BUF
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
49-23-8 · W3 · L10: 5-3-2
W
L
L
SO
L
W
W
W
W
W
Final
4—0
2025-09-22 · Nationwide Arena
CBJ
CBJ
Columbus Blue Jackets
40-29-12 · L1 · L10: 2-7-1
W
W
W
W
W
W
L
L
L
W
BUF dominated expected goals 1.6 to 0.8

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
011ST2ND3RD
BUF xG
1.60
ACTUAL
4 — 0
CBJ xG
0.77

Scoring Timeline

0.01
LOW xG
BUF2P 4:51Even Strength
Bowen Byram
4
Bowen Byram(1)
D · BUF · #4
Radim Mrtka (1), Tyson Kozak (1)
BUF 1 - 0 CBJ
0.06
MED xG
BUF2P 8:25Even Strength
Beck Malenstyn
29
Beck Malenstyn(1)
L · BUF · #29
Owen Power (1), Michael Kesselring (1)
BUF 2 - 0 CBJ
0.03
LOW xG
BUF3P 15:01Power Play
Jack Quinn
22
Jack Quinn(1)
R · BUF · #22
Jiri Kulich (1), Josh Doan (1)
BUF 3 - 0 CBJ
0.05
MED xG
BUF3P 19:11Even Strength
Konsta Helenius
94
Konsta Helenius(1)
C · BUF · #94
Anton Wahlberg (1), Vsevolod Komarov (1)
BUF 4 - 0 CBJ

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Alexandar Georgiev
40
Alexandar Georgiev
G · BUF · #40
16/16 saves, .1000 SV%
★2
Beck Malenstyn
29
Beck Malenstyn
L · BUF · #29
1G, 3 SOG, 6 HIT
★3
Konsta Helenius
94
Konsta Helenius
C · BUF · #94
1G, 2 SOG, 7 HIT

Team Stats

BUFCBJ
35Shots22
2.30xGF0.76
50.5CF%49.5
47.3FO%52.7
0/2PP0/0
38Hits30
12Blocks6
10Giveaways6
0Takeaways0
5PIM9

Period Breakdown

PeriodBUF SOGCBJ SOGBUF xGCBJ xG
1st480.140.43
2nd1480.740.20
3rd1360.710.15
Total31221.590.78

Penalties

4 TOTAL
1P 15:18
CBJ
Hunter McKownhooking (2 min)
Drawn by Michael Kesselring
1P 17:27
CBJ
Max McCuefighting (5 min)
Drawn by Josh Dunne
1P 17:27
BUF
Josh Dunnefighting (5 min)
Drawn by Max McCue
3P 3:00
CBJ
Teamtoo-many-men-on-the-ice (2 min)