Thu, Oct 1 · 7:00 PM ET
Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets
Before the game
Away · BUF
- 2025-26 record
- 50–23–9
- xG-Elo rank
- 13of 32
Home · CBJ
- 2025-26 record
- 40–30–12
- xG-Elo rank
- 11of 32
Pre-game win chance
BUF 45%CBJ 55%
The model’s projection, not a betting recommendation. Its accuracy is modest (held-out AUC 0.590, on a scale where 0.5 is a coin flip and 1.0 is perfect).
The box score appears here after the game.