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BUF· Fri Nov 6Game preview →2026-27 season
- GP
- 14
- G
- 2
- A
- 4
- PTS
- 6
- +/-
- -1
- PPP
- 1
- SOG
- 19
- TOI/G
- 18:09
Game log
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | PTS | +/- | SOG | TOI | HIT | BLK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5 | vs DAL | W 2-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:18 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 3 | vs COL | W 7-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:48 | 3 | 0 |
| Oct 31 | @DAL | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:30 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | @CAR | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:06 | 4 | 0 |
| Oct 27 | @PHI | W 4-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:18 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 24 | vs VGK | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:06 | 2 | 1 |
| Oct 20 | vs TOR | L 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:36 | 2 | 0 |
| Oct 18 | @MIN | L 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:54 | 2 | 0 |
| Oct 17 | vs NYR | W 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:12 | 4 | 0 |
| Oct 13 | vs FLA | L 3-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:06 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 10 | @STL | L 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:42 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 9 | vs PIT | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:36 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 3 | vs UTA | L 1-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:42 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 1 | vs BUF | W 6-3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16:06 | 0 | 0 |
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| Apr 15 | @OTT | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:36 | 1 | 1 |
| Apr 13 | vs DAL | L 5-6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19:30 | 3 | 0 |
| Apr 11 | vs FLA | L 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 1 | 16:30 | 1 | 2 |
| Apr 9 | @NYI | L 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:54 | 0 | 1 |
| Apr 8 | vs WSH | L 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:54 | 1 | 1 |
| Apr 4 | @LAK | L 6-7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 2 | 19:42 | 3 | 0 |
| Apr 2 | @SJS | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:36 | 2 | 0 |
| Mar 30 | @ANA | W 5-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 19:12 | 4 | 0 |
| Mar 28 | @STL | L 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 15:24 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 25 | vs NYR | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:24 | 1 | 1 |
| Mar 24 | @BOS | W 4-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 18:24 | 2 | 0 |
| Mar 21 | @OTT | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 24:30 | 2 | 0 |
| Mar 20 | vs CAR | L 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:00 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 17 | vs NYI | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:00 | 2 | 0 |
| Mar 15 | @MIN | W 4-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:48 | 1 | 1 |
| Mar 14 | @BUF | L 2-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:06 | 3 | 0 |
| Mar 12 | vs ANA | W 6-4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 22:30 | 3 | 1 |
| Mar 10 | @MTL | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:06 | 1 | 0 |
| Mar 7 | vs TBL | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 20:00 | 1 | 1 |
| Mar 5 | @NYR | L 2-6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:36 | 1 | 0 |
| Mar 4 | @NJD | L 3-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:48 | 1 | 2 |
| Mar 2 | vs PHI | L 2-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:18 | 5 | 0 |
| Feb 28 | vs OTT | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:06 | 1 | 1 |
| Feb 26 | @FLA | L 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 4 | 17:18 | 1 | 0 |
| Feb 25 | @TBL | L 2-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17:48 | 1 | 0 |
| Feb 3 | @EDM | W 5-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 15:30 | 1 | 0 |
| Feb 2 | @CGY | W 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:48 | 1 | 0 |
| Jan 31 | @VAN | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:36 | 0 | 1 |
| Jan 29 | @SEA | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 3 | 16:06 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 27 | vs BUF | L 4-7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 17:42 | 3 | 0 |
| Jan 25 | vs COL | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:54 | 2 | 1 |
| Jan 23 | vs VGK | L 3-6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 20:06 | 3 | 0 |
| Jan 21 | vs DET | L 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:30 | 1 | 0 |
| Jan 19 | vs MIN | L 3-6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 19:12 | 1 | 1 |
| Jan 17 | @WPG | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 19:00 | 1 | 2 |
| Jan 15 | @VGK | L 5-6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20:06 | 1 | 1 |
| Jan 13 | @UTA | L 1-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:48 | 1 | 1 |
| Jan 12 | @COL | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:24 | 1 | 3 |
| Jan 10 | vs VAN | W 5-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:42 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 8 | @PHI | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:42 | 2 | 0 |
| Jan 6 | vs FLA | W 4-1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 16:00 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 3 | @NYI | L 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 19:06 | 1 | 1 |
| Jan 1 | vs WPG | W 6-5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 17:00 | 2 | 0 |
| Dec 30 | vs NJD | W 4-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:00 | 3 | 1 |
| Dec 28 | @DET | L 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:30 | 1 | 1 |
| Dec 27 | vs OTT | W 7-5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 16:36 | 3 | 1 |
| Dec 23 | vs PIT | W 6-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:06 | 2 | 1 |
| Dec 21 | @DAL | L 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:54 | 3 | 1 |
| Dec 20 | @NSH | L 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 18:30 | 0 | 2 |
| Dec 18 | @WSH | L 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:36 | 1 | 0 |
| Dec 16 | vs CHI | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20:54 | 4 | 2 |
| Dec 13 | vs EDM | L 3-6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 18:24 | 4 | 1 |
| Dec 11 | vs SJS | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:24 | 3 | 0 |
| Dec 8 | vs TBL | W 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:18 | 3 | 0 |
| Dec 6 | vs MTL | L 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:12 | 2 | 1 |
| Dec 4 | @CAR | W 5-1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 18:06 | 1 | 0 |
| Dec 2 | @FLA | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:24 | 2 | 0 |
| Nov 29 | @PIT | W 7-2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20:18 | 1 | 1 |
| Nov 28 | @WSH | L 2-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 17:42 | 4 | 1 |
| Nov 26 | @CBJ | W 2-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 21:24 | 3 | 1 |
| Nov 15 | @CHI | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:12 | 4 | 0 |
| Nov 13 | vs LAK | L 3-4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 23:48 | 3 | 1 |
| Nov 11 | @BOS | L 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 22:12 | 3 | 1 |
| Nov 9 | vs CAR | L 4-5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 1 | 21:06 | 2 | 1 |
| Nov 8 | vs BOS | L 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:48 | 5 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | vs UTA | W 5-3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 20:12 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 3 | vs PIT | W 4-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 18:54 | 4 | 0 |
| Nov 1 | @PHI | W 5-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 20:06 | 2 | 1 |
| Oct 29 | @CBJ | L 3-6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 | 15:18 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | vs CGY | W 4-3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 21:00 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 25 | vs BUF | W 4-3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 22:24 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 24 | @BUF | L 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 19:06 | 4 | 2 |
| Oct 21 | vs NJD | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 19:54 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 18 | vs SEA | L 3-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 22:00 | 4 | 2 |
| Oct 16 | vs NYR | W 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20:12 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 14 | vs NSH | W 7-4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 18:54 | 2 | 3 |
| Oct 13 | vs DET | L 2-3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 22:30 | 2 | 1 |
| Oct 11 | @DET | L 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:18 | 2 | 1 |
| Oct 8 | vs MTL | W 5-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:30 | 8 | 0 |
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| Apr 17 | vs DET | W 4-3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 14:18 | 1 | 2 |
| Apr 15 | @BUF | W 4-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:24 | 1 | 0 |
| Apr 13 | @CAR | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:06 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 12 | vs MTL | W 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:48 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 9 | @TBL | W 4-3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 6 | 17:42 | 1 | 0 |
| Apr 8 | @FLA | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 21:00 | 1 | 2 |
| Apr 5 | vs CBJ | W 5-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 16:24 | 4 | 0 |
Latest news
- Fantasy hockey: The struggling players to drop and those you should hold on to
There are some slow starters you should move on from, and other with which to be patient or even trade for.
ESPN · Oct 23
Knies scored two goals, one on the power play and the other the game-winner, and added an even-strength assist in Thursday's 6-3 win over the Sabres.
Acquired from Toronto just before the start of the season in the Kirill Marchenko trade, Knies couldn't have asked for a better debut in his new home rink, and he became the first Blue Jacket in history to find the back of the net twice in his first game for the team. The 23-year-old winger also tied Artemi Panarin for the most points in a Columbus debut. Knies topped 20 goals each of the last two seasons and delivered a career-high 66 points in 79 regular-season games for the Leafs in 2025-26, and he should be able to match that level of production while skating on the top line for the Jackets with Adam Fantilli and working a power play with reigning Norris Trophy winner Zach Werenski.
RotoWire via ESPN · Oct 2
Knies, alongside Emil Andrae, Steven Lorentz and a second-round pick, was traded to the Blue Jackets from the Maple Leafs in exchange for Kirill Marchenko, Elvis Merzlikins and Miles Wood, per Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet.
Knies was the centerpiece of the package Columbus received in Monday's deal. The 23-year-old forward has a high ceiling as a developing two-way winger, which made him the ideal player to get in return if the Jackets were to trade away Kirill Marchenko. Across 79 regular-season outings in the 2025-26 campaign, Knies posted the best offensive numbers of his career, compiling 23 goals, 66 points, 140 shots on net, 152 hits and 32 blocked shots. While he'll no longer be skating on a line with Auston Matthews, Knies will have the opportunity to develop a connection with rising center Adam Fantilli, who will likely be the new focal point in the forward room with Marchenko's departure. Regardless, Knies still holds a high ceiling in fantasy leagues that value all-around play.
RotoWire via ESPN · Sep 28
Knies put up two assists Monday in a 6-5 loss to Dallas.
Knies had gone three games without a point, and aside from a four-point outburst a week ago, he had just five points (three goals, two assists) in his previous 12 games dating back to March 17. Knies is a franchise cornerstone, but he doesn't have the ability to lift the team into success. Overall, he has 66 points (23 goals, 43 assists) and 139 shots in 78 games this year.
RotoWire via ESPN · Apr 14
Knies had two goals and two assists in a 7-6 overtime loss to the Kings on Saturday.
Knies' second goal tied the game 6-6 and forced overtime. The assists were his first in nine games and came on the power play. Knies has five goals, two assists and 12 hits in his last six games. Overall, he has 64 points, including 23 snipes, and 146 hits in 74 games this season.
RotoWire via ESPN · Apr 5
Knies scored a power-play goal, had two PIM and dished out four hits in Monday's 5-4 overtime win over the Ducks.
Knies sparked the Maple Leafs' offense in the third period, tallying the first of three goals the team would score to force overtime. With the power-play twine finder, he is up to 21 goals, 60 points, 132 shots on net, 141 hits and 30 blocked shots across 72 games this season. The 23-year-old winger recently passed his former career high in points and has been steady offensively as of late, with five goals and nine points over his last 10 games. He should continue to provide strong fantasy value in category-based leagues from a middle-six wing role for the Leafs.
RotoWire via ESPN · Mar 31