Columbus Blue Jackets v Buffalo Sabres: head to head | Lineball

Columbus Blue Jackets v Buffalo Sabres

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CBJColumbus Blue Jackets832–1093–33 all time (since 2000)2026-27: 7–8LLWWLMore hitsFewer penalties BSBuffalo Sabres936–1097–44 all time (since 1999)2026-27: 8–8WWWLWMore penalty minutesMore shots total

Lineball analyst7–5

Nothing between them on the numbers

Season record, scoring margin, recent form and recent meetings cancel out. 52 meetings in NHL on record. A read of the stats, not a tip.

Columbus Blue Jackets lead the head to head 30–21 (1 draw) from 52 meetings since 2001.
2026-27: Columbus Blue Jackets 7–8, Buffalo Sabres 8–8. Buffalo Sabres have the better margin, -0.3 a game to -0.5.
Last five: Columbus Blue Jackets 2 wins, Buffalo Sabres 4.
Columbus Blue Jackets average more hits per game: 23 to 19.3.
Columbus Blue Jackets concede fewer penalties per game: 3.5 to 4.1.
Columbus Blue Jackets average more faceoff percent per game: 53.3 to 45.5.
Columbus Blue Jackets’ biggest win in the rivalry: 9–4 in 2023-24, by 5.
Buffalo Sabres’ biggest win in the rivalry: 6–0 in 2003-04, by 6.

Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.

Head to head

3052 games · 1 drawn
since 200121

7 Nov 2026 · KeyBank Center, BuffaloColumbus Blue Jackets 2Buffalo Sabres 5
2 Oct 2026 · Nationwide Arena, ColumbusColumbus Blue Jackets 6Buffalo Sabres 3
10 Apr 2026 · KeyBank Center, BuffaloColumbus Blue Jackets 0Buffalo Sabres 5
4 Jan 2026 · Nationwide Arena, ColumbusColumbus Blue Jackets 5Buffalo Sabres 1
29 Oct 2025 · KeyBank Center, BuffaloColumbus Blue Jackets 4Buffalo Sabres 3
11 Apr 2025 · Nationwide Arena, ColumbusColumbus Blue Jackets 3Buffalo Sabres 2
5 Feb 2025 · KeyBank Center, BuffaloColumbus Blue Jackets 2Buffalo Sabres 3
18 Oct 2024 · Nationwide Arena, ColumbusColumbus Blue Jackets 6Buffalo Sabres 4

2026-27 season

Per game, this season.

2.740 totalScored per gameper game3.149 total
3.147 totalConceded per gameper game · lower is better3.353 total
25.8387 totalShots totalper game28.4455 total
23345 totalHitsper game19.3309 total
14.8222 totalBlocked shotsper game13.1209 total
16,965.4254,481 totalAttendanceper game