NHL Preseason Game Preview: Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets with Projected Line Combinations 9/22/2025

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Buffalo Sabres (0-0-0) at Columbus Blue Jackets (1-0-0)

Venue: Nationwide Arena
Date: Monday, September 22
Time: 7:00 pm EST
How To Watch: ESPN+/MSG/FDSNOH

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Buffalo Sabres News & Notes:

The Sabres play their first preseason game tonight.

Columbus Blue Jackets News & Notes:

The Blue Jackets picked up a 4-1 win over the St. Louis Blues yesterday to start the preseason. The Blues got goals from Luca Del Bel Belluz, Brendan Gaunce, Mathieu Olivier, and Dmitri Voronkov. Ivan Fedotov stopped 14 of the 15 shots he faced in two periods, while Evan Gardner stopped all six shots he faced in his lone period.

Buffalo Sabres Projected Lines

Quinn-Kulich-Doan
Malenstyn-Krebs-Danforth
Wahlberg-Ostlund-Helenius
Geertsen-Kozak-Dunne

Byram-Mrtka
Power-Kesselring
Novikov-Komarov

Georgiev
Levi

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Columbus Blue Jackets Projected Lines

Fantilli-Lundestrom-Aston-Reese
Williams-McKown-Pinelli
Mosley-Malatesta-Marchenko
Johnson-McCue-Griffin

Provorov-Severson
Jaros-Richard
Ceulemans-MacDonald

Greaves
Merzlikins

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Players To Watch:

Buffalo Sabres

Josh Doan last season in 51 games for the Utah Hockey Club had 19 points on seven goals and 12 assists. He was a minus-two with three power-play goals and a game-winning goal. Doan also played in 28 games for the Tucson Roadrunners, recording 26 points on 11 goals and 15 assists. He was a plus-two with three power-play goals and a game-winning goal.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Hunter McKown last season played 68 games with the Cleveland Monsters in the AHL, recording 31 points on 13 goals and 18 assists. He was a minus-eight with a power-play goal and two game-winning goals.

Next Up

Buffalo: September 23 vs. Columbus Blue Jackets
Columbus: September 23 vs. Buffalo Sabres

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