BUF
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
49-23-8 · W3 · L10: 5-3-2
L
OT
W
L
W
W
W
W
W
L
Final
2—1
2026-02-25 · Prudential Center
NJD
NJD
New Jersey Devils
42-36-3 · W2 · L10: 5-4-1
L
L
L
W
L
L
W
W
W
L
NJD controlled xG 3.8 to 2.5 but BUF won on execution · BUF controlled 59.8% of 5v5 shot attempts

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
012341ST2ND3RD
BUF xG
2.48
ACTUAL
2 — 1
NJD xG
3.77

Scoring Timeline

0.09
MED xG
BUF2P 08:10Even Strength
Tage Thompson
72
Tage Thompson(31)
C · BUF · #72
Peyton Krebs (19), Bowen Byram (19)
BUF 1 - 0 NJD
0.08
MED xG
BUF3P 10:36Even Strength
Peyton Krebs
19
Peyton Krebs(8)
C · BUF · #19
Tage Thompson (30)
BUF 2 - 0 NJD
0.60
HIGH xG
NJD3P 17:30Power Play
Timo Meier
28
Timo Meier(15)
R · NJD · #28
Jack Hughes (25), Jesper Bratt (29)
BUF 2 - 1 NJD

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
1
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
G · BUF · #1
27/28 saves, .964 SV%, +2.9 GSAx
★2
Jake Allen
34
Jake Allen
G · NJD · #34
28/30 saves, .933 SV%, +0.6 GSAx
★3
Tage Thompson
72
Tage Thompson
C · BUF · #72
1G, 1A, 3 SOG, 1 HIT

Team Stats

BUFNJD
30Shots28
2.48xGF3.77
59.8CF%40.2
46.3FO%53.7
0/3PP0/2
21Hits24
10Blocks13
18Giveaways17
4Takeaways4
9PIM11

Period Breakdown

PeriodBUF SOGNJD SOGBUF xGNJD xG
1st9120.620.96
2nd10100.980.86
3rd950.881.94
Total28272.483.76

Penalties

7 TOTAL
1P 12:44
BUF
Teamtoo-many-men-on-the-ice (2 min)
1P 16:35
NJD
Nico Hischiertripping (2 min)
Drawn by Rasmus Dahlin
2P 14:44
NJD
Jonas Siegenthalerfighting (5 min)
Drawn by Jason Zucker
2P 14:44
NJD
Jonas Siegenthalerhigh-sticking (2 min)
Drawn by Jason Zucker
2P 14:44
BUF
Jason Zuckerfighting (5 min)
Drawn by Jonas Siegenthaler
2P 16:53
NJD
Johnathan Kovacevichooking (2 min)
Drawn by Josh Doan
3P 11:27
BUF
Owen Powerholding (2 min)
Drawn by Nick Bjugstad