Buffalo Sabres at New Jersey Devils

Wed, Feb 25, 2026 · Prudential Center · 2025–26 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

2 – 1

Final

New Jersey Devils

The Buffalo Sabres beat the New Jersey Devils 2–1 on Wed, Feb 25, 2026 at Prudential Center. Tage Thompson led the way with 2 points. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 27 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 30–28.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	1	1	2	30
NJD	0	0	1	1	28

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	08:10	BUF	EV	Tage Thompson (31) · wrist	Peyton Krebs (19), Bowen Byram (19)	1–0
3rd	10:36	BUF	EV	Peyton Krebs (8) · wrist	Tage Thompson (30)	2–0
3rd	17:30	NJD	PP	Timo Meier (15) · wrist	Jack Hughes (25), Jesper Bratt (29)	2–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	12:44	BUF	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
1st	16:35	NJD	Nico Hischier	tripping	2
2nd	14:44	NJD	Jonas Siegenthaler	high sticking	2
2nd	14:44	NJD	Jonas Siegenthaler	fighting	5
2nd	14:44	BUF	Jason Zucker	fighting	5
2nd	16:53	NJD	Johnathan Kovacevic	hooking	2
3rd	11:27	BUF	Owen Power	holding	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: BUF 2.90 · NJD 3.90 · xG% BUF 42.7

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
72	Tage Thompson	C	1	1	2	+2	0	3	1	0	30.0	19:19	19
19	Peyton Krebs	C	1	1	2	+2	0	1	0	0	100.0	13:41	17
4	Bowen Byram	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2		23:08	26
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	1		24:15	25
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2		24:07	26
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	1		21:51	27
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	1		19:50	23
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	52.6	17:34	21
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	0		15:45	18
86	Noah Ostlund	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		15:28	21
91	Josh Doan	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		14:58	20
8	Michael Kesselring	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		14:43	18
9	Josh Norris	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	46.2	14:33	20
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	0	5	3	1	1		13:28	16
48	Tyson Kozak	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0	71.4	12:04	17
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0		11:49	17
44	Josh Dunne	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		11:15	15
73	Zach Metsa	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		8:16	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	W	28	27	1	.964	60:00

New Jersey Devils

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
86	Jack Hughes	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	37.5	21:25	21
28	Timo Meier	R	1	0	1	+1	0	6	4	0	33.3	19:47	23
63	Jesper Bratt	L	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0		18:49	22
17	Simon Nemec	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	1		22:23	21
13	Nico Hischier	C	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	1	45.8	21:11	24
5	Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1		20:15	24
7	Dougie Hamilton	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3		20:02	27
22	Brett Pesce	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	1		18:50	26
16	Connor Brown	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		18:38	23
91	Dawson Mercer	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		18:15	24
71	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1		15:59	20
8	Johnathan Kovacevic	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	2		15:13	22
81	Arseny Gritsyuk	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		14:25	20
29	Lenni Hameenaho	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1		12:31	18
12	Cody Glass	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	84.6	11:53	20
72	Nick Bjugstad	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	40.0	10:35	14
42	Maxim Tsyplakov	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		9:20	12
47	Paul Cotter	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	100.0	7:45	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34	Jake Allen	L	30	28	2	.933	56:44