VISITOR
3
BUFFALO SABRES
Game 1 Away Game 1
Club Playing Roster
Thursday, October 1, 2026
Attendance 18,207 at Nationwide Arena
Start 7:14 EDT; End 9:51 EDT
Game 0011
Final
HOME
6
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS
Game 1 Home Game 1
BUFFALO SABRES
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS
#
Pos
Name
6
L
ZACH BENSON
9
C
JOSH NORRIS
10
C
SAM CARRICK
19
C
PEYTON KREBS
20
C
JIRI KULICH
22
R
JACK QUINN
23
D
MATTIAS SAMUELSSON (A)
24
D
MATTHEW GRZELCYK
25
D
OWEN POWER
26
D
RASMUS DAHLIN (C)
29
L
BECK MALENSTYN
46
D
LOUIS CREVIER
71
C
RYAN MCLEOD
72
C
TAGE THOMPSON (A)
73
D
ZACH METSA
86
C
NOAH OSTLUND
91
R
JOSH DOAN
94
C
KONSTA HELENIUS
1
G
UKKO-PEKKA LUUKKONEN
92
G
COLTEN ELLIS
#
Pos
Name
2
D
JAKE CHRISTIANSEN
3
C
CHARLIE COYLE (A)
4
C
COLE SILLINGER
5
D
DENTON MATEYCHUK
7
D
CARSON SOUCY
8
D
ZACH WERENSKI (A)
10
L
DMITRI VORONKOV
19
C
ADAM FANTILLI
23
C
SEAN MONAHAN
24
R
MATHIEU OLIVIER (A)
36
D
EMIL ANDRAE
43
R
VALERI NICHUSHKIN
44
D
ERIK GUDBRANSON
58
L
DANTON HEINEN
83
R
CONOR GARLAND
89
L
MATTHEW KNIES
91
C
KENT JOHNSON
94
L
RYAN LOMBERG
33
G
CAM TALBOT
73
G
JET GREAVES
Scratches
#
Pos
Name
15
R
JUSTIN DANFORTH
44
D
DENNIS GILBERT
48
C
TYSON KOZAK
#
Pos
Name
93
C
LUCA DEL BEL BELLUZ
Head Coaches
Lindy Ruff
Rick Bowness
Officials
Referee
Linesperson
#2 Jon McIsaac
#6 Francis Charron
#86 Jesse Marquis
#60 Libor Suchanek
Standby
Standby
* Starting Lineup in Bold
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