Final · All games
CBJ 1 – 5 BUF
Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres. Final. The model's pre-game price is kept below as recorded.
- Model
- BUF 59%
- Expected score
- 2.8 – 3.3
- Market
- —
- Venue
- KeyBank Center
Pre-game price
What the model says
Lineups not yet published: each club's usual lineup assumed. Starting goalie not confirmed: goaltending held at league average.
Source: CapOrCup game model (derived from club ratings, rest and starters)
Starters · depth chart 2026-09-28
In goal
The league names no starter before puck drop. First on each club's depth chart, from the licensed feed, is the expected starter.
Jet Greaves
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Projected lineups · Sportradar NHL API v7, team depth charts · as of 2026-09-28
Expected lines
What each club intends per the feed's depth chart, with each forward's shooter rating (Elo, against the goalies faced last season). A listing is the club's statement, not a game sheet.
Columbus Blue Jackets
L1 Kent Johnson (bottom tenth of the league) · Adam Fantilli (below the league middle) · Kirill Marchenko (above the league middle)
L2 Valeri Nichushkin (bottom tenth of the league) · Sean Monahan (below the league middle) · Conor Garland (below the league middle)
L3 Mathieu Olivier (above the league middle) · Charlie Coyle (below the league middle) · Cole Sillinger (bottom tenth of the league)
D1 Zach Werenski (top tenth of the league) · Damon Severson (above the league middle)
D2 Ivan Provorov (above the league middle) · Denton Mateychuk (top tenth of the league)
PP1 Charlie Coyle (below the league middle) · Adam Fantilli (below the league middle) · Kent Johnson (bottom tenth of the league) · Kirill Marchenko (above the league middle) · Zach Werenski (top tenth of the league)
Buffalo Sabres
L1 Peyton Krebs (below the league middle) · Tage Thompson (top tenth of the league) · Josh Doan (above the league middle)
L2 Konsta Helenius · Josh Norris (above the league middle) · Ryan McLeod (above the league middle)
L3 Zach Benson (below the league middle) · Noah Ostlund (above the league middle) · Jack Quinn (below the league middle)
D1 Rasmus Dahlin (above the league middle) · Louis Crevier (above the league middle)
D2 Owen Power (above the league middle) · Conor Timmins (below the league middle)
PP1 Jack Quinn (below the league middle) · Zach Benson (below the league middle) · Josh Doan (above the league middle) · Tage Thompson (top tenth of the league) · Rasmus Dahlin (above the league middle)
Injury listings · as of 2026-09-29
Who the clubs list as out
Club-announced listings relayed by the licensed feed. No cause is inferred; Day To Day players are shown but not counted as out.
Columbus Blue Jackets
Dante Fabbro (D): Out (upper-body), listed since 2026-09-25, expected back 2026-10-09
Isac Lundestrom (C): Out (achilles), listed since 2026-09-25, expected back 2026-11-10
Mikael Pyyhtia (LW): Out (lower body), listed since 2026-09-25, expected back 2026-10-03
Buffalo Sabres
Conor Timmins (D): Out (lower-body), listed since 2026-09-28, expected back 2026-10-08
Justin Danforth (RW): Out For Season (kneecap), listed since 2025-10-15, expected back 2026-09-15
Goals · the league's own clips
6 goals
Each goal links to the league's clip on its own site. Nothing is rehosted.
BUF · P2 10:12 · J. Norris (O. Power, K. Helenius) · clip
BUF · P2 11:54 · N. Ostlund (Z. Benson, O. Power) · clip
BUF · P2 12:22 · N. Ostlund (Z. Benson) · clip
BUF · P3 03:53 · C. Timmins (T. Thompson, J. Quinn) · clip
BUF · P3 14:32 · T. Thompson (J. Doan, O. Power) · clip
CBJ · P3 16:19 · C. Ceulemans (D. Voronkov, B. Buckberger) · clip
Replay review once the condensed game has been read · Ledger