Buffalo Sabres vs Columbus Blue Jackets — Oct 1, 2026

Who is unavailable, in each club’s own words to the league. A day-to-day designation still allows a start, so a name here is not always a scratch; an injured-list stint is.

Buffalo Sabres3 listed

Justin DanforthRW · is listed injured reserve. Back 2026-09-15.

Jiri KulichCatcher · is listed injured reserve. Back 2026-09-15.

Noah OstlundCatcher · is out. Back 2026-09-15.

Columbus Blue Jackets2 listed

Elvis MerzlikinsG · is out. Back 2026-09-21.

Isac LundestromCatcher · is out. Back 2026-11-10.

Each club's active roster, as filed with ESPN. Nobody posts a projected line for this sport, so this is the group available to play, sorted by position.

Buffalo Sabres39 players

Forwards21

10Sam Carrick6' 0"34 yrs7 yr

45Riley Fiddler-Schultz6' 0"24 yrsRookie

94Konsta Helenius5' 11"20 yrsRookie

48Tyson Kozak5' 11"23 yrs2 yr

19Peyton Krebs6' 0"25 yrs5 yr

20Jiri Kulich6' 1"22 yrs2 yrInjured Reserve

61Trevor Kuntar6' 0"25 yrsRookie

71Ryan McLeod6' 3"26 yrs6 yr

9Josh Norris6' 2"27 yrs5 yr

86Noah Ostlund5' 10"22 yrsRookieOut

72Tage Thompson6' 6"28 yrs8 yr

6Zach Benson5' 10"21 yrs3 yr

29Beck Malenstyn6' 3"28 yrs4 yr

70Tanner Pearson6' 1"34 yrs13 yr

Jake Richard6' 1"22 yrsRookie

Conor Sheary5' 8"34 yrs10 yr

17Jason Zucker5' 11"34 yrs14 yr

15Justin Danforth5' 8"33 yrs4 yrInjured Reserve

91Josh Doan6' 2"24 yrs3 yr

Jason Polin6' 1"27 yrsRookie

22Jack Quinn6' 1"24 yrs4 yr

Defensemen15

46Louis Crevier6' 8"25 yrs3 yr

26Rasmus Dahlin6' 3"26 yrs8 yr

Dennis Gilbert6' 2"29 yrs5 yr

33Ryan Johnson6' 1"25 yrs2 yr

76Vsevolod Komarov6' 2"22 yrsRookie

Artem Kriukov6' 4"44 yrsRookie

Gavin McCarthy6' 2"21 yrsRookie

73Zach Metsa5' 9"27 yrsRookie

57Radim Mrtka6' 6"19 yrsRookie

25Owen Power6' 6"23 yrs4 yr

23Mattias Samuelsson6' 4"26 yrs6 yr

64Logan Stanley6' 7"28 yrs6 yr

Maxim Strbak6' 2"21 yrs

21Conor Timmins6' 3"27 yrs5 yr

Olen Zellweger5' 10"22 yrs3 yr

Goaltenders3

92Colten Ellis6' 1"25 yrsRookie

1Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen6' 5"27 yrs4 yr

34Alex Lyon6' 1"33 yrs5 yr

Columbus Blue Jackets28 players

Forwards16

3Charlie Coyle6' 3"34 yrs14 yr

19Adam Fantilli6' 2"21 yrs3 yr

91Kent Johnson6' 0"23 yrs4 yr

21Isac Lundestrom6' 0"26 yrs8 yrOut

23Sean Monahan6' 2"31 yrs13 yr

4Cole Sillinger6' 1"23 yrs5 yr

Owen Sillinger5' 10"28 yrsRookie

43Danton Heinen6' 2"31 yrs9 yr

Ryan Lomberg5' 9"31 yrs6 yr

10Dmitri Voronkov6' 5"25 yrs3 yrOut

11Miles Wood6' 2"30 yrs9 yr

Riley Bezeau6' 0"24 yrsRookie

83Conor Garland5' 10"30 yrs8 yr

86Kirill Marchenko6' 3"26 yrs4 yr

Valeri Nichushkin6' 4"31 yrs10 yrOut

24Mathieu Olivier6' 1"29 yrs6 yr

Defensemen9

2Jake Christiansen6' 0"26 yrs4 yr

15Dante Fabbro6' 0"28 yrs7 yr

44Erik Gudbranson6' 5"34 yrs15 yr

5Denton Mateychuk5' 11"22 yrs2 yr

9Ivan Provorov6' 1"29 yrs10 yr

78Damon Severson6' 2"32 yrs12 yrOut

7Brendan Smith6' 2"37 yrs15 yrInjured Reserve

8Zach Werenski6' 2"29 yrs10 yr

6Egor Zamula6' 3"26 yrs5 yr

Goaltenders3

Pheonix Copley6' 4"34 yrs3 yr

73Jet Greaves6' 0"25 yrs2 yr

90Elvis Merzlikins6' 3"32 yrs7 yrOut