Sabres 1 - 5 Blue Jackets — Recap

Sat, Jan 3, 2026

08:00 PM

FinalRegular season

Nationwide Arena

BUF

1–5

CBJ

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Retroactive prediction

Wrong winner predicted

BUF 52%48% CBJ

Probable score

3 - 3

Regulation win (home)

38%

OT / shootout probability

16%

Elo home / away

1469 / 1500

Likely goal scorers

0/6 correct

Tage Thompson0.26 goal · 23%0

Kirill Marchenko0.23 goal · 21%0

Zach Werenski0.22 goal · 20%0

Mason Marchment0.18 goal · 16%0

Alex Tuch0.17 goal · 16%0

Boone Jenner0.15 goal · 14%0

Likely goal scorers

0/6 correct

Tage Thompson0.26 goal · 23%0

Kirill Marchenko0.23 goal · 21%0

Zach Werenski0.22 goal · 20%0

Mason Marchment0.18 goal · 16%0

Alex Tuch0.17 goal · 16%0

Boone Jenner0.15 goal · 14%0

Likely assists

2/6 correct

Zach Werenski0.31 assist · 27%2

Rasmus Dahlin0.17 assist · 16%0

Cole Sillinger0.14 assist · 13%0

Alex Tuch0.14 assist · 13%0

Tage Thompson0.13 assist · 12%0

Boone Jenner0.13 assist · 12%1

Likely point getters

1/6 correct

Zach Werenski0.53 point · 41%2

Tage Thompson0.40 point · 33%0

Kirill Marchenko0.36 point · 30%0

Alex Tuch0.31 point · 27%0

Rasmus Dahlin0.29 point · 25%0

Mason Marchment0.28 point · 25%0

Tonight's matchup

Tage Thompson

BUF · C · 81 GP

vs

Zach Werenski

CBJ · D · 75 GP

BUF	Stat	CBJ
40	G	22
41	A	59
81	PTS	81
14.7%	S%	8.5%
19.2	TOI	26.6

BUF 3 – 4 CBJ · goal diff (home) 0.86

Oct 28CBJ4–3BUFOT2025-26 Apr 10BUF2–3CBJ2024-25 Feb 4CBJ2–3BUF2024-25 Oct 17BUF4–6CBJ2024-25 Feb 23BUF2–1CBJ2023-24 Dec 30CBJ2–3BUFOT2023-24 Dec 19CBJ9–4BUF2023-24

Result

Three stars

1

J. Greaves

G · CBJ

0G · 0A · 0P

2

D. Mateychuk

D · CBJ

1G · 1A · 2P

3

B. Gaunce

C · CBJ

1G · 0A · 1P

Scoring summary

1st period

03:00
CBJD. Mateychuk(8)
B. Jenner (12), Z. Werenski (27)
BUF 0–1 CBJ
11:26
BUFJ. Doan(12)TYING
J. Norris (8), O. Power (9)
BUF 1–1 CBJ
14:04
CBJB. Gaunce(2)SH
BUF 1–2 CBJ
17:12
CBJD. Voronkov(14)
I. Provorov (10), D. Severson (13)
BUF 1–3 CBJ

2nd period

08:04
CBJM. Olivier(4)
Z. Aston-Reese (4), D. Severson (14)
BUF 1–4 CBJ

3rd period

11:46
CBJC. Sillinger(5)EN
D. Mateychuk (11), Z. Werenski (28)
BUF 1–5 CBJ

Team comparison

BUF	Stat	CBJ
33	Shots	35
15	Hits	23
15	Blocked shots	13
6	PIM	14

Actual result

Goal scorers(6)

Retroactive prediction

Likely goal scorers

Likely goal scorers

Likely assists

Likely point getters

Tonight's matchup

Result

Three stars

Scoring summary

Team comparison

Actual result

Goal scorers(6)

Goal scorers(6)

Assists(8)

Points(13)