The Blue Jackets' record now stands at 18-16-6 with 42 points. They are 8th in the Metro and 5 points out of a Wild Card spot.
Denton Mateychuk(8), Brendan Gaunce(2-SHG), Dmitri Voronkov(14), Mathieu OIivier(4), and Cole Sillinger(5-ENG) scored for the Blue Jackets, and Jet Greaves made 32 saves to beat the scorching hot Sabres on Saturday Afternoon.
Final Stats
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- Denton Mateychuk scored his 8th goal and 11th assist of the season. He has totaled 2-5-7 with points in five of the last six games.
- Brendan Gaunce scored his 2nd goal.
- Dmitri Voronkov scored his 14th goal of the season. It was his first since Dec. 20 at Anaheim.
- Mathieu Olivier scored his 4th goal of the year and had 4 PIMs.
- Cole Sillinger scored his 5th goal.
- Zach Werenski had 2 assists on the night and led the team with 5 shots. He tallied a multi-point performance (0-2-2) for his fourth-straight game played and in his first game back from injury (missed four games since Dec. 20). He has 5-7-12 and five multi-point efforts while recording points in each of his last six games played. He now sits one assist shy of 300 for his career with 127-299-426 in 603 career games played. Werenski improved to 2-17-19 in 21 career games against the Sabres. He has 1-3-4 during 2025-26 and points in his last four (1-5-6) as well as 2-11-13 in eight of his last 10 games and 1-6-7 in his last six at Nationwide Arena (1-8-9 in 11 GP in career).
- Boone Jenner picked up his 12st assist. He collected an assist and has points in three-straight games (1-2-3) and in four of his past five overall (1-3-4). His assist moves him within one of tying Cam Atkinson (402) for the third-most points in franchise history as well as four helpers from 200 for his career (205-196-401, 767 GP). Jenner’s assist gives him 7-8-15 in 26 career matchups against Buffalo, including points in eight of last 10 contests overall (4-7-11) and 4-3-7 in 13 career games at Nationwide Arena with points in four of his last five home contests (2-3-5).
- Damon Severson tallied two assists. He now has 8 points in his last 6 games.
- Ivan Provorov got his 10th assist.
- Zach Aston-Reese recorded an assist.
- Jet Greaves made 32 saves on 33 Sabres shots. He recorded his fourth win in his last five games for the Blue Jackets today and has turned aside 136-of-144 shots on goal (.944 SV% and 1.40 GAA) since Dec. 22. He remained unbeaten in his career against Buffalo with a 3-0-0 record alongside a .946 save percentage and 2.00 GAA (106-of-112 saves).
Team Stats
- The Jackets' power play went 0/1.
- The Columbus PK stopped all 5 Sabre man advantages.
- Columbus won 47.5% of the faceoffs - 28/59
- The Blue Jackets had 23 hits.
Team Notes Per CBJ PR
- Columbus has won four of its last five games and five of the past eight since Dec. 16 with today’s victory.
- The Blue Jackets have won the first two games against Buffalo in 2025-26 (4-3 OTW at BUF on Oct. 28) and have already won the season series for the second-straight campaign (2-1-0 in 2024-25). The Jackets will look to complete the season sweep on Apr. 9 at Buffalo.
- The Jackets snapped a franchise-high (tied) 10-game win streak for the Sabres. It’s the third time in CBJ franchise history the club has ended an opponent’s double-digit win streak according to NHL Stats (Dec. 31, 2016 vs. Minnesota, 12-game streak; Feb. 25, 2024 vs. NY Rangers, 10-game streak).
- The club has scored four goals or more in three of its past four contests. The five goals by Columbus this afternoon, including three in the opening period, snapped a Buffalo streak of six games where the team allowed two tallies or fewer.
- CBJ scored the first goal of the game for the 23rd time this season (14-5-4). It also marked the fifth-straight game as well as for the 13th time at Nationwide Arena (8-4-1).
- The Jackets denied the Sabres on all five power play attempts and have allowed one power play goal over the past six contests since Dec. 20 (19-of-20; 95.0 pct.).
- Columbus skated in front of its fifth and largest sold-out crowd of the season today and is 3-1-1 when playing in a sold-out Nationwide Arena this season.
Up Next: The Blue Jackets are back home on Sunday to play the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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