Overview
- Miles Wood returned after five games out with an eye injury, tying the game in the third period before tipping the winner at 2:53 of overtime in a 4-3 victory in Buffalo.
- Jet Greaves stopped 35 shots, including a breakaway early in overtime to preserve the chance for the winner.
- Yegor Chinakhov recorded a goal and an assist, and Zach Werenski netted a late second-period power-play goal to pull Columbus even.
- Buffalo’s Josh Doan and Ryan McLeod scored in the second period, and former Blue Jacket Josh Dunne tallied his first NHL goal in the third.
- Columbus improved to 4-1-0 on the road as the Chinakhov–Lundestrom–Wood line drove the forecheck, with coaches calling for more consistent play before hosting Toronto tonight.