A game Buffalo team composed of largely prospects and AHLer hung in there for a while, but the Blue Jackets used a third-period explosion to pull away. Columbus scored five straight goals, four of them in 4:24 of the final frame and three in just 1:15, to improve to 3-1 in the preseason.

The entire team seems to be picking up Dean Evason's style, and key youngsters look dangerous as the season approaches.

TRANSACTIONS: #CBJ have trimmed their camp roster by five players. The training camp roster now stands at 42 players, including 25 forwards, 13 defensemen and four goaltenders. The Blue Jackets play tonight and tomorrow.

The Columbus Blue Jackets have reduced their training camp roster by six players, club President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Don Waddell announced today. The training camp roster now stands at 36 players, including 23 forwards, 10 defensemen and three goaltenders.

The Sabres will be going with a lineup very similar to that against Ottawa and during the 2024 Prospects Challenge earlier in the month, highlighted by Ostlund, 2023 second-rounde