COLUMBUS — Kirill Marchenko and Mathieu Olivier each had a goal and an assist for the Columbus Blue Jackets in a 6-4 win against the Buffalo Sabres at Nationwide Arena on Thursday.

Yegor Chinakhov and Adam Fantilli also scored, and Zach Werenski and Jake Christiansen each had two assists for the Blue Jackets (2-2-0). Daniil Tarasov made 20 saves.

Owen Power and JJ Peterka scored, and Jiri Kulich scored his first NHL goal for the Sabres (1-4-1), who lost 6-5 in overtime at the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday. Devon Levi made 19 saves.

Chinakhov gave Columbus a 1-0 lead at 5:12 of the first period with a power-play goal.

Marchenko made it 2-0 at 19:28, scoring unassisted with a snap shot from the left face-off dot.

Ryan McLeod cut it to 2-1 at 9:34 of the second period.

Fantilli extended it to 3-1 at 12:18 with a shot from low in the right circle that went off Levi.

Kulich made it 3-2 at 17:29, tipping a shot by Dylan Cozens. Kulich, 20, was the No. 28 pick in the 2022 NHL Draft by the Sabres.

Olivier made it 4-2 at 17:58 before Power cut it to 4-3 at 19:35.

Zach Aston-Reese scored just 15 seconds into the third period to make it 5-3. He tipped a shot from the left point by Christiansen.

Damon Severson pushed it to 6-3 at 8:10, coming down the slot to take a feed from Marchenko.

With Levi pulled for the extra skater, Peterka made it 6-4 at 17:51 on a rebound from the left circle.

Blue Jackets forward Kent Johnson left with an upper-body injury after a collision with teammate James van Riemsdyk.