Buffalo Sabres vs. Columbus Blue Jackets - Lineups, Injury Updates, And Game Notes

Game 16 - 11/06/26 - 7:00 pm at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, NY

Buffalo – 7-5-3 | - 17 points – 7th place in the Atlantic Division

Columbus – 7-7-0 | - 14 points – 6th place in the Metropolitan Division

Special Teams

Buffalo

Power Play – 16.3% (27th)

Penalty Kill – 69.8% (27th)

Columbus

Power Play – 16.2% (28th)

Penalty Kill - 73.2% (24th)

Top Scorers

Buffalo

Tage Thompson: 15 GP, 10 G, 8 A, 18 PTS

Jack Quinn: 15 GP, 8 G, 6 A, 14 PTS

Zach Benson: 15 GP, 2 G, 12 A, 14 PTS

Columbus

Kent Johnson: 14 GP, 7 G, 7 A, 14 PTS

Charlie Coyle: 14 GP, 3 G, 10 A, 13 PTS

Zach Werenski: 14 GP, 1 G, 12 A, 13 PTS

Starting Goalies

Buffalo –  Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (4-3-3, 3.40 GAA, .874 Sv %)

Columbus  – Jet Greaves (2-5-1, 3.11 GAA, .883 Sv %)

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Sabres Line Combinations and Pairings (estimated)

Forwards

Zach Benson - Peyton Krebs - Tage Thompson  

Josh Doan - Noah Ostlund - Jack Quinn 

Jiri Kulich - Josh Norris - Jason Zucker 

Tyson Kozak- Sam Carrick - Beck Malenstyn 

Ex. Jiri Kulich

Defense

Mattias Samuelsson - Rasmus Dahlin 

Olen Zellweger - Owen Power  

Zach Metsa - Conor Timmins

Ex. Louis Crevier  

Goaltenders

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Colten Ellis

Notes

Buffalo has earned at least one point in four straight home matchups with Columbus (3-0-1).

In his last 10 games, Zach Benson has registered 13 points (2+11). Benson is riding a five-game point streak (2+6) and he would earn the longest point streak of his career with a point in tonight’s game. Benson has recorded at least one assist in three consecutive games and an assist tonight would give him his second four-game assist streak of the season (Oct. 12 to 17; 0+5).

Tage Thompson has registered nine points (5+4) in his last four games. A point tonight would mark his 17th point streak of five or more games in his career, and his first since his 11-game point streak from Jan. 31 to March 8, 2026 (6+9). Thompson is two assists away from 200 assists in his career.

Jack Quinn has recorded 12 points (6+6) in his last 10 games, including three points (2+1) in his last three contests.

Peyton Krebs has tallied four points (1+3) in his last three games. Krebs’ eight points (1+7) are the most he has recorded through the first 15 games of a season in his career.

Rasmus Dahlin has registered five assists in his last five games.

In his last three starts, Colten Ellis has made 80 saves on 88 shots (.909).

Injuries

Alex Lyon (upper body, Oct. 1; injured reserve) – 15 

Jack Rathbone (lower body, Oct. 1; injured reserve) – 15 

Matt Grzelcyk (lower body, Oct. 13; injured reserve) – 9 

Konsta Helenius (upper body, Oct. 29) – 3 

Justin Danforth (undisclosed, Oct. 29; injured reserve) – 3 

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