New Jersey Devils @ Buffalo Sabres

16-7-1, 7-7-0 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Devils NJ	1	1	3	5
Sabres BUF	0	0	0	0

Buffalo SabresSabresBUF

9-11-4, 8-5-2 Home

New Jersey Devils


forwards
Jesper BrattJ. Bratt#63
Connor BrownC. Brown#16
Paul CotterP. Cotter#47
Cody GlassC. Glass#12
Luke GlendeningL. Glendening#14
Arseny GritsyukA. Gritsyuk#81
Nico HischierN. Hischier#13
Juho LammikkoJ. Lammikko#83
Timo MeierT. Meier#28
Dawson MercerD. Mercer#91
Stefan NoesenS. Noesen#11
Ondrej PalatO. Palat#18
defensemen
Brenden DillonB. Dillon#5
Dougie HamiltonD. Hamilton#7
Luke HughesL. Hughes#43
Simon NemecS. Nemec#17
Jonas SiegenthalerJ. Siegenthaler#71
Colton WhiteC. White#45

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	25	19:19	1:08	1:21	16:50	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	20	18:05	0:00	2:00	16:05	0	0	0.0
1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	22	16:03	0:00	0:09	15:54	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	20	13:28	0:00	0:00	13:28	8	5	61.5
0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	18	13:07	0:00	1:30	11:37	6	4	60.0
2	0	2	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	21	14:00	0:26	0:00	13:34	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	23	16:58	1:08	1:05	14:45	10	5	66.7
0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	14	9:29	0:00	0:00	9:29	0	1	0.0
0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	4	1	2	24	18:43	1:08	0:38	16:57	1	1	50.0
0	1	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	15:55	1:08	0:09	14:38	7	8	46.7
0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	17	9:18	0:26	0:00	8:52	0	1	0.0
0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	20	12:36	0:26	0:13	11:57	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	1	3	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	20	18:47	0:00	2:20	16:27	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	27	21:42	0:26	1:10	20:06	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	25	22:39	1:08	2:24	19:07	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	26	19:06	0:26	0:09	18:31	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	1	2	28	23:50	0:00	1:08	22:42	0	0	0.0
0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	18	12:55	0:00	0:00	12:55	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jake AllenJ. Allen#34

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
42	0	42	1.000	38	4	0	0	0	60:00	0

Buffalo Sabres


forwards
Zach BensonZ. Benson#6
Josh DoanJ. Doan#91
Jordan GreenwayJ. Greenway#12
Tyson KozakT. Kozak#48
Peyton KrebsP. Krebs#19
Beck MalenstynB. Malenstyn#29
Ryan McLeodR. McLeod#71
Noah OstlundN. Ostlund#86
Jack QuinnJ. Quinn#22
Tage ThompsonT. Thompson#72
Alex TuchA. Tuch#89
Jason ZuckerJ. Zucker#17
defensemen
Jacob BrysonJ. Bryson#78
Bowen ByramB. Byram#4
Rasmus DahlinR. Dahlin#26
Owen PowerO. Power#25
Mattias SamuelssonM. Samuelsson#23
Conor TimminsC. Timmins#21

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	19	15:52	2:00	0:00	13:52	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	22	16:55	2:02	0:00	14:53	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	19	9:46	0:00	0:20	9:26	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	2	0	0	3	1	0	19	13:56	0:00	0:06	13:50	7	3	70.0
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	18	12:52	0:00	0:00	12:52	4	7	36.4
0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	18	10:39	0:00	0:26	10:13	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	23	17:43	1:26	1:08	15:09	7	7	50.0
0	0	-1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	13:46	0:09	0:00	13:37	2	5	28.6
0	0	-3	1	2	1	1	2	1	0	1	23	17:12	1:09	0:00	16:03	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	0	0	1	5	2	0	0	21	16:54	2:34	0:00	14:20	2	8	20.0
0	0	-1	5	3	1	0	0	3	0	1	22	17:57	1:25	1:08	15:24	1	1	50.0
0	0	-3	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	22	16:22	1:59	0:00	14:23	2	1	66.7
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	14:07	0:00	0:00	14:07	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	23	19:43	1:23	0:26	17:54	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	5	3	0	0	0	3	2	2	28	26:03	2:07	0:00	23:56	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	22:57	1:27	1:08	20:22	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	4	2	1	0	0	3	0	2	22	17:42	0:09	0:26	17:07	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	22	17:34	0:00	1:08	16:26	0	0	0.0

goalies
Alex LyonA. Lyon#34

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
23	5	18	.783	17	1	0	0	0	60:00	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

ESPN+		1	2	3	T
	Devils	1	1	3	5
	Sabres	0	0	0	0

1st Period			NJ	BUF
12:07		Nico Hischier (9) Assists: Timo Meier (12)	1	0

2nd Period			NJ	BUF
7:45		Arseny Gritsyuk (5) Assists: Ondrej Palat (2), Dawson Mercer (9)	2	0

3rd Period		NJ
1:39	Brenden Dillon (3) Assists: Connor Brown (3), Paul Cotter (4)	3
5:22	Paul Cotter (2) Assists: Brenden Dillon (6)	4
16:49	Arseny Gritsyuk (6) Assists: Ondrej Palat (3)	5

Regular Season Series

NJ leads 1-0

Devils
5
Sabres
0

Game 1

11/28

Sabres
Devils

Game 2

12/21

ESPN+

Sabres
Devils

Game 3

2/25

KeyBank Center

4:00 PM, November 28, 2025Coverage: ESPN+

Buffalo, NY

Attendance: 19,070

Referees:
Peter MacDougall
Mitch Dunning

Linesmen:
Brad Kovachik
Mark Shewchyk

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Washington	17	9	2	36
Carolina	16	8	2	34
Pittsburgh	14	7	5	33
Philadelphia	15	8	3	33
New Jersey	16	10	1	33
NY Islanders	15	10	3	33
NY Rangers	15	12	2	32
Columbus	13	9	5	31

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	16	9	2	34
Boston	16	13	0	32
Montreal	14	9	3	31
Detroit	14	11	3	31
Ottawa	13	10	4	30
Toronto	13	11	3	29
Florida	12	12	2	26
Buffalo	11	12	4	26

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New Jersey Devils @ Buffalo Sabres

Regular Season Series

NJ leads 1-0

Game Information

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

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