Blue Jackets vs. Sabres Prediction, Odds & Stats - April 09, 2026

Scoreboard	1	2	3	Odds
Columbus Blue Jackets 40-30-10-2	0	0	0	+6
Buffalo Sabres 50-23-8-1	1	0	4	-110

Date	Result	Competition
05/06/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 2 - 4	Atlantic
05/01/26	Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) Boston Bruins BOS ( 45-27-7-3 ) 4 - 1	Atlantic
04/28/26	Boston Bruins BOS ( 45-27-7-3 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 2 - 1	Atlantic
04/26/26	Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) Boston Bruins BOS ( 45-27-7-3 ) 6 - 1	Atlantic
04/23/26	Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) Boston Bruins BOS ( 45-27-7-3 ) 3 - 1	Atlantic
04/21/26	Boston Bruins BOS ( 45-27-7-3 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 4 - 2	Atlantic
04/14/26	Washington Capitals WAS ( 43-30-3-6 ) Columbus Blue Jackets CLB ( 40-30-10-2 ) 2 - 1	Metropolitan
04/12/26	Boston Bruins BOS ( 45-27-7-3 ) Columbus Blue Jackets CLB ( 40-30-10-2 ) 3 - 2	Atlantic
04/11/26	Columbus Blue Jackets CLB ( 40-30-10-2 ) Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) 5 - 2	Metropolitan
04/07/26	Columbus Blue Jackets CLB ( 40-30-10-2 ) Detroit Red Wings DET ( 41-31-6-4 ) 3 - 3	Metropolitan
04/04/26	Winnipeg Jets WIN ( 35-35-8-4 ) Columbus Blue Jackets CLB ( 40-30-10-2 ) 2 - 1	Central

Team	Puckline	Moneyline	Over / Under
Columbus Blue Jackets CLB	+1.5 0	0	U+60
Buffalo Sabres BUF	-1.5 0	0	O+60

time	fav	line	total
Opening 8 Apr 9:27pm	CLB		O +6 -120
Closing 10 Apr 1:24am	CLB		U +3.5 -200

Tage Thompson Center Columbus	81	Points	81	Zach Werenski Defense Buffalo
Mattias Samuelsson Defense Columbus	41	+ / -	21	Mason Marchment Left Wing Buffalo
Tage Thompson Center Columbus	272	Shots	260	Zach Werenski Defense Buffalo
Mathieu Olivier Right Wing Buffalo	101	Penalty Mins	78	Peyton Krebs Center Columbus
Jet Greaves Goaltender Buffalo	26	Wins	22	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender Columbus
Jet Greaves Goaltender Buffalo	2.6	GAA	2.5	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender Columbus

Tage Thompson Center Columbus	7	Points
Bowen Byram Defense Columbus	7	+ / -
Tage Thompson Center Columbus	26	Shots	Did not qualify
Zach Benson Left Wing Columbus	28	Penalty Mins
Alex Lyon Goaltender Columbus	4	Wins
Alex Lyon Goaltender Columbus	1.3	GAA

team	win	loss	last 10	w/l streak	ats	money	home	away	total
Columbus Blue Jackets Columbus Blue Jackets	39	26	2-7-0-1	2L	33-35	-1030	20-11-6-2	19-15-4	27-31-10
Buffalo Sabres Buffalo Sabres	48	23	6-3-0-1	1L	40-30	785	25-10-4	23-13-4	32-30-8

date	home-away	ats	o/u	BUF:Shots	BUF:Goals	BUF:Assists	CLB:Shots	CLB:Goals	CLB:Assists
04/09/2026	BUF 5 - CLB 0	BUF	Under 6	24	5	7	37	0	0
01/03/2026	CLB 5 - BUF 1	CLB	Under 6	33	1	2	35	5	8
10/28/2025	BUF 3 - CLB 4 (OT)	CLB	Over 6	38	3	6	39	4	6
09/23/2025	BUF 2 - CLB 1	BUF	Under 6	34	2	4	19	1	2
09/22/2025	CLB 0 - BUF 4	BUF	Under 6	35	4	8	22	0	0
04/10/2025	CLB 3 - BUF 2	CLB	Under 6.5	41	2	4	30	3	5
02/04/2025	BUF 3 - CLB 2	BUF	Under 6	29	2	4	21	3	6
10/17/2024	CLB 6 - BUF 4	CLB	Over 6.5	24	4	6	25	6	9
09/28/2024	CLB 6 - BUF 3	CLB	Over 6	31	3	6	43	6	9
09/23/2024	BUF 6 - CLB 1	BUF	Over 6.5	26	1	0	29	6	12
02/23/2024	CLB 1 - BUF 2	BUF	Under 6.5	37	2	4	26	1	2
12/30/2023	BUF 3 - CLB 2	BUF	Under 7	20	2	4	42	3	6
12/19/2023	BUF 4 - CLB 9	CLB	Over 7	34	9	17	29	4	8
10/04/2023	CLB 5 - BUF 3	CLB	Over 6.5	26	3	4	33	5	8
09/30/2023	BUF 4 - CLB 3	BUF	Over 6.5	29	3	6	31	4	8
04/14/2023	CLB 2 - BUF 5	BUF	Under 7	35	5	5	31	2	4
02/28/2023	BUF 3 - CLB 5	CLB	Over 7	36	5	6	41	3	5
12/07/2022	CLB 4 - BUF 9	BUF	Over 6.5	30	9	15	24	4	6
02/20/2022	CLB 7 - BUF 3	CLB	Over 6.5	36	3	5	39	7	13

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
04/14/2026	CLB 1 - WAS 2	L	Under 6.5	21	2	3
04/12/2026	CLB 2 - BOS 3	L	Under 6.5	22	3	6
04/11/2026	MON 2 - CLB 5	W	Over 6	33	5	9
04/09/2026	BUF 5 - CLB 0	L	Under 6	37	0	0
04/07/2026	DET 3 - CLB 3	W	Under 6	35	3	4
04/04/2026	CLB 1 - WIN 2	L	Under 6	26	2	3
04/02/2026	CAR 5 - CLB 1	L	Under 6.5	10	1	2
03/31/2026	CLB 2 - CAR 5	L	Over 6.5	33	5	7
03/29/2026	CLB 3 - BOS 3	L	Under 6	39	3	5
03/28/2026	CLB 2 - SJ 3	L	Under 6.5	36	3	5

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
05/06/2026	BUF 4 - MON 2	W	Under 6	16	4	5
05/01/2026	BOS 1 - BUF 4	W	Under 5.5	26	1	2
04/28/2026	BUF 1 - BOS 2 (OT)	L	Under 6	26	1	2
04/26/2026	BOS 1 - BUF 6	W	Over 6	24	1	2
04/23/2026	BOS 1 - BUF 3	W	Under 6	25	1	1
04/21/2026	BUF 2 - BOS 4	L	Under 6	36	2	4
04/19/2026	BUF 4 - BOS 3	W	Over 6	38	4	5
04/15/2026	BUF 3 - DAL 3	W	Under 6	24	3	5
04/13/2026	CHI 1 - BUF 5	W	Under 6.5	16	1	1
04/09/2026	BUF 5 - CLB 0	W	Under 6	24	5	7

Columbus Blue Jackets CLB Buffalo Sabres BUF

rank	edge in	rank	avg
1	Goals Per Game	5	3.4
1	Goals Against Per Game	2	2.0
1	Shots Per Game	6	29.4
1	Shots Against Per Game	2	25.6
1	Shooting %	4	11.7
1	Opponent Shooting %	3	7.8
1	Shot Differential Per Game	4	3.86
1	Scoring Efficiency Ratio	4	11.7
1	Save %	2	.920
1	Opponent Save %	2	.880
1	Penalty Minutes Per Game	5	13.9
1	Power Play Goals Per Game	8	0.43
1	Power Play Goals Against Per Game	6	0.43
1	Power Play %	13	11.1
1	Penalty Kill %	10	83.3
1	Blocks To Shots On Goal Ratio	6	1.88

offence

Columbus Blue Jackets CLB

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3	19
Shots	29.39	6
Power Play (%)	19	23
Faceoff (%)	51	12
Penalty Mins	653	22

Buffalo Sabres BUF

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.45	5
Shots	28.12	13
Power Play (%)	20	18
Faceoff (%)	46	31
Penalty Mins	797	7

defence

Columbus Blue Jackets CLB

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3	19
Shots	29.39	6
Power Play (%)	19	23
Faceoff (%)	51	12
Penalty Mins	653	22

Buffalo Sabres BUF

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.45	5
Shots	28.12	13
Power Play (%)	20	18
Faceoff (%)	46	31
Penalty Mins	797	7

Columbus Blue Jackets CLB

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Isac Lundestrom (C)	Ques Sat	Undisclosed - 04 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Mason Marchment (LW)	Ques Sat	Undisclosed - 01 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Isac Lundestrom (C)	Ques Thurs	Undisclosed - 01 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Mathieu Olivier (RW)	Out indefinitely	Upper Body - 29 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Dmitri Voronkov (LW)	Out indefinitely	Hand - 28 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Damon Severson (D)	out for season	Upper Body - 26 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Erik Gudbranson (D)	Ques Tues	Upper Body - 16 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Erik Gudbranson (D)	Ques Sat	Upper Body - 14 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Mason Marchment (LW)	Ques Sat	Lower Body - 06 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Charlie Coyle (C)	Ques Mon	Undisclosed - 06 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details

Buffalo Sabres BUF

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Rasmus Dahlin (D)	Ques Fri	Undisclosed - 07 / 05 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Logan Stanley (D)	Ques Wed	Illness - 30 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Noah Ostlund (C)	Out indefinitely	Lower Body - 29 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Jason Zucker (LW)	Prob Tues	Undisclosed - 27 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Tyson Kozak (C)	Prob Tues	Undisclosed - 27 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Josh Norris (C)	Ques Fri	Undisclosed - 23 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Alex Lyon (G)	Out indefinitely	Lower Body - 08 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Sam Carrick (C)	Out Fri	Arm - 01 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Noah Ostlund (C)	Ques Thurs	Upper Body - 27 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Mattias Samuelsson (D)	Ques Wed	Illness - 24 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details

Columbus Blue Jackets CLB

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Buffalo Sabres BUF

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Columbus Blue Jackets CLB

Under is 6-1 in Blue Jackets last 7 Thursday games.

Blue Jackets are 11-5 in their last 16 games as a road favorite of -151 to -200.

Under is 4-1 in Blue Jackets last 5 games as a favorite.

Blue Jackets are 13-41 in their last 54 games as an underdog of +201 or greater.

Blue Jackets are 4-0 in their last 4 games as a road favorite of -201 or greater.

Buffalo Sabres BUF

Sabres are 7-3 in their last 10 after scoring 5 goals or more in their previous game.

Under is 5-0 in Sabres last 5 Thursday games.

Over is 5-1 in Sabres last 6 games as a favorite.

Sabres are 37-112 in their last 149 games as an underdog of +201 or greater.

Under is 10-2-1 in Sabres last 13 games as a home underdog.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Pitchers

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Hitters

POS	Player

Buffalo Sabres

Pitchers

POS	Player

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POS	Player

Game Statistics

Shots

20.8

Shooting %

Penalties

Penalty Minutes

Power Plays

Goals

Team	Last 5 Matches
Columbus Blue Jackets CLB ( 40-30-10-2 )	L L W L W
Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 )	W L W W L

05/08/26

7:00 pm ET

Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 )

Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 )

vs
Matchup

Tage Thompson Center Columbus	81	Points	81	Zach Werenski Defense Buffalo
Mattias Samuelsson Defense Columbus	41	+ / -	21	Mason Marchment Left Wing Buffalo
Tage Thompson Center Columbus	272	Shots	260	Zach Werenski Defense Buffalo
Mathieu Olivier Right Wing Buffalo	101	Penalty Mins	78	Peyton Krebs Center Columbus
Jet Greaves Goaltender Buffalo	26	Wins	22	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender Columbus
Jet Greaves Goaltender Buffalo	2.6	GAA	2.5	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender Columbus

Tage Thompson Center Columbus	7	Points
Bowen Byram Defense Columbus	7	+ / -
Tage Thompson Center Columbus	26	Shots	Did not qualify
Zach Benson Left Wing Columbus	28	Penalty Mins
Alex Lyon Goaltender Columbus	4	Wins
Alex Lyon Goaltender Columbus	1.3	GAA