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09/30 03:11 CDT Blue Jackets and Sabres meet for 2026 season opener Blue Jackets and Sabres meet for 2026 season opener By The Associated Press Buffalo Sabres vs. Columbus Blue Jackets Columbus, Ohio; Thursday, 7 p.m. EDT LINE: Blue Jackets -116, Sabres -107; over/under is 6.5 BOTTOM LINE: The Columbus Blue Jackets host the Buffalo Sabres for the season opener. Columbus had a 40-30-12 record overall and a 20-13-8 record in home games last season. The Blue Jackets scored 38 power-play goals last season on 200 total chances (2.4 chances per game). Buffalo had a 50-23-9 record overall and a 29-14-4 record in road games last season. The Sabres had a 19.5% power play success rate last season, scoring 48 goals on 246 chances. INJURIES: Blue Jackets: Dante Fabbro: out (upper-body), Mikael Pyyhtia: out (lower body), Isac Lundestrom: out (achilles). Sabres: Mattias Samuelsson: out (lower-body), Conor Timmins: out (lower-body), Jason Zucker: out (abdomen), Justin Danforth: out for season (kneecap), Topias Leinonen: out (lower-body), Olen Zellweger: day to day (concussion). ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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