By Joe Coopersmith

Dean Evason CBJ head coach On CBJ’s 3-2 win over Buffalo 4 10 2025

BLUE JACKETS TEAM NOTES

• Columbus (2-1-0) and Buffalo (1-2-0) finished the season series following tonight’s Jackets regulation win with the clubs winning their respective home contests in 2024-25.
• The Jackets improved to 7-4-1 in the past 12 overall matchups against the Sabres and have recorded points in 18 of the past 25 meetings since Apr. 8, 2016 (15-7-3).
• CBJ scored on the power play tonight for the third-straight home game against Buffalo (3-of-7, 42.8 pct.) and for the fifth time in the past eight games played at Nationwide Arena (5-of-13, 38.5 pct.).
• Columbus killed off the lone Buffalo penalty tonight and has killed off all eight of the Sabres power plays in the past four home contests.
• The Jackets completed their ninth third period comeback of the season tonight after trailing 2-1 entering the third frame.  It’s tied for the second-most victories when trailing in the third period in the NHL (Montreal, 10).
• The club also recorded its sixth multi-goal comeback of the campaign (trailed 2-0), which is tied for the fourth-most in NHL in 2024-25.
• CBJ improved to 12-5-2 in the last 19 home games in 2024-25.  The team has recorded points in 20 of the past 26 home contests (16-6-4) as well as in 25 of the last 32 played at home (20-7-5).
• Columbus’ 53 points are the second-most points through the first 39 home games of a campaign, trailing only the 57 points recorded in 2016-17.
• The club has recorded 247 goals (not including SO goals) in 2024-25, the most through 78 games in a single season in franchise history, surpassing the 244 scored in 2021-22.
• CBJ have scored in 151-of-the-232 periods played in regulation this season with 67 multi-goal frames after scoring in the first and twice in the third period tonight.
• Tonight’s attendance was a crowd of 16,406.

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