5 Things to Know: Sabres vs. Blue Jackets

• Tonight the Sabres host the Columbus Blue Jackets for the second meeting between the two clubs this season

• The Sabres are 2-6-2 in their last 10 games

• Buffalo is 16-12-6 on home ice in 2016-17

• The Sabres take the ice nine points behind the New York Islanders for the final Wild Card slot in the Eastern Conference

• Sabres’ defenseman, Rasmus Ristolainen scored a goal on two shots and finished the game a plus-1 last night in Columbus

• The 22-year-old backliner has a goal and three assists with 18 shots on goal in his past five games

• With 41 points in 68 games, Ristolainen sits 10th amongst all NHL defenseman in scoring this season

“The two power play goals they get are a big factor in the game. We come back each time in the game with a lot of good things from our guys, and with five minutes to go there we win a faceoff and somehow they get (Jenner) all alone at the net with our goaltender.”

 — Sabres head coach, Dan Bylsma on last night’s 4-3 loss in Columbus

This is the 25th game all-time between Buffalo and Columbus; Buffalo has a 9-12-2 series record.

Rasmus Ristolainen’s third-period wrister from the point finds its way past Sergei Bobrovsky to tie up last night’s game at 3-3