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Buffalo Sabres at New Jersey Devils

NHLDecember 21, 2025Prudential Center

SabresBuffaloBUFWon17-14-4

Sabres 3, Devils 1

Final
DevilsNew JerseyNJ20-15-1
Score by period
Team123T
BUF0213
NJ1001

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  3. 0:00Tage Thompson faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  4. 0:06Icing
  5. 0:06Tage Thompson faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  6. 0:53Michael Kesselring Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  7. 0:56Puck in Netting
  8. 0:56Cody Glass faceoff won against Josh Norris
  9. 1:10Alex Tuch hit Ondrej Palat
  10. 1:19Ondrej Palat hit Josh Norris
  11. 1:28Puck in Benches
  12. 1:28Dawson Mercer faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  13. 1:30Off-side
  14. 1:30Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Dawson Mercer
  15. 1:37Icing
  16. 1:37Dawson Mercer faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  17. 1:59Jack Quinn Wrist Shot Wide Right
  18. 1:59Brenden Dillon hit Jack Quinn
  19. 2:08Ryan McLeod Snap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  20. 2:28Beck Malenstyn hit Luke Hughes
  21. 2:32Giveaway by Stefan Noesen
  22. 3:08Timo Meier Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  23. 3:11Jesper Bratt shot blocked by Josh Doan
  24. 3:15Mattias Samuelsson hit Timo Meier
  25. 3:26Timo Meier Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  26. 4:09Alex Tuch hit Colton White
  27. 4:32Giveaway by Colton White
  28. 4:33Owen Power Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  29. 4:45Colton White hit Josh Norris
  30. 4:59Takeaway by Dawson Mercer
  31. 5:42Giveaway by Jack Hughes
  32. 5:50Stefan Noesen shot blocked by Rasmus Dahlin
  33. 6:07Giveaway by Jack Hughes
  34. 6:23Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin
  35. 6:42Owen Power hit Luke Glendening
  36. 6:45Paul Cotter Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  37. 7:06Giveaway by Josh Doan
  38. 7:12Timo Meier Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  39. 7:14Goalie Stopped
  40. 7:14Connor Brown faceoff won against Josh Norris
  41. 7:18Connor Brown Tip-In saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  42. 7:27Alex Tuch Wrist Shot Wide Left
  43. 7:39Icing
  44. 7:39Nico Hischier faceoff won against Josh Norris
  45. 7:44Jesper Bratt Wrist Shot Wide Left
  46. 8:15Jesper Bratt shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  47. 8:17Timo Meier Wrist Shot Hit Left Post
  48. 8:34Jack Hughes shot blocked by Owen Power
  49. 8:36Puck in Netting
  50. 8:36Tage Thompson faceoff won against Dawson Mercer
  51. 8:51Jack Hughes Goal (11) Snap Shot, assists: Dawson Mercer (13), Colton White (4)
  52. 8:51Josh Dunne faceoff won against Luke Glendening
  53. 8:52Goalie Stopped
  54. 9:08Isak Rosen shot blocked by Jonas Siegenthaler
  55. 9:13Zach Metsa Slap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  56. 9:14Bowen Byram Backhand Wide Left
  57. 9:51Noah Ostlund shot blocked by Luke Hughes
  58. 10:02Mattias Samuelsson shot blocked by Luke Hughes
  59. 10:04Puck in Netting
  60. 10:04Cody Glass faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  61. 10:51Icing
  62. 10:51Nico Hischier faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  63. 11:03Dougie Hamilton hit Peyton Krebs
  64. 11:08Mattias Samuelsson hit Nico Hischier
  65. 11:15Takeaway by Noah Ostlund
  66. 11:15Giveaway by Noah Ostlund
  67. 11:24Dougie Hamilton hit Josh Norris
  68. 11:36Giveaway by Jack Hughes
  69. 11:47Zach Benson shot blocked by Brenden Dillon
  70. 11:55Arseny Gritsyuk Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  71. 11:57Goalie Stopped
  72. 11:57Luke Glendening faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  73. 11:59Colton White Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  74. 12:00Goalie Stopped
  75. 12:00Luke Glendening faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  76. 12:01Paul Cotter shot blocked by Zach Metsa
  77. 12:03Luke Glendening shot blocked by Bowen Byram
  78. 12:07Puck in Netting
  79. 12:13Giveaway by Bowen Byram
  80. 12:25Puck Frozen - Goalie
  81. 12:25Beck Malenstyn faceoff won against Dawson Mercer
  82. 12:34Giveaway by Beck Malenstyn
  83. 13:32Connor Brown hit Michael Kesselring
  84. 13:55Icing
  85. 13:55Nico Hischier faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  86. 14:13Timo Meier Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  87. 14:29Alex Tuch Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  88. 15:04Mattias Samuelsson shot blocked by Brett Pesce
  89. 15:11Dawson Mercer hit Jack Quinn
  90. 15:50Isak Rosen Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  91. 15:52Josh Dunne Snap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  92. 15:55Giveaway by Dougie Hamilton
  93. 16:08Michael Kesselring Slap Shot Short
  94. 16:22Stefan Noesen Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  95. 16:44Hand Pass
  96. 16:44Tage Thompson faceoff won against Cody Glass
  97. 17:49Alex Tuch Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  98. 18:00Nico Hischier Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  99. 18:03Puck Frozen - Goalie
  100. 18:03Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  101. 19:03Nico Hischier Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  102. 19:45Beck Malenstyn hit Luke Hughes
  103. 19:48Zach Benson High-sticking against Timo Meier
  104. 19:48Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  105. 19:58Alex Tuch Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  106. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Nico Hischier faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  3. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  4. 0:22Mattias Samuelsson hit Stefan Noesen
  5. 1:03Luke Hughes shot blocked by Noah Ostlund
  6. 1:42Timo Meier Tip-In Above Crossbar
  7. 1:46Connor Brown Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  8. 1:47Timo Meier Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  9. 1:48Goalie Stopped
  10. 1:48Cody Glass faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  11. 1:52Ondrej Palat Tip-In Wide Right
  12. 1:59Dougie Hamilton Wrist Shot Wide Right
  13. 2:07Peyton Krebs shot blocked by Dougie Hamilton
  14. 2:12Giveaway by Dougie Hamilton
  15. 2:19Josh Doan Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  16. 2:21Goalie Stopped
  17. 2:21Noah Ostlund faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  18. 2:24Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  19. 2:26Josh Norris Goal (4) Snap Shot, assists: Rasmus Dahlin (24), Owen Power (7)
  20. 2:26Timeout - Home
  21. 2:26Josh Norris faceoff won against Luke Glendening
  22. 2:38Giveaway by Colton White
  23. 2:58Puck in Benches
  24. 3:00Zach Metsa hit Paul Cotter
  25. 3:07Paul Cotter hit Zach Metsa
  26. 3:11Icing
  27. 3:11Dawson Mercer faceoff won against Josh Norris
  28. 3:19Alex Tuch Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  29. 3:25Arseny Gritsyuk Snap Shot Wide Left
  30. 3:35Dougie Hamilton hit Beck Malenstyn
  31. 3:43Puck in Crowd
  32. 3:43Giveaway by Jonas Siegenthaler
  33. 4:06Beck Malenstyn hit Brett Pesce
  34. 4:21Icing
  35. 4:32Mattias Samuelsson hit Ondrej Palat
  36. 4:41Connor Brown Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  37. 4:52Goalie Stopped
  38. 4:56Giveaway by Ondrej Palat
  39. 5:38Tage Thompson Wrist Shot Wide Right
  40. 5:45Tage Thompson Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
  41. 5:53Michael Kesselring Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  42. 6:30Alex Tuch shot blocked by Brett Pesce
  43. 6:32Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Luke Hughes
  44. 7:07Paul Cotter shot blocked by Bowen Byram
  45. 7:40Isak Rosen hit Colton White
  46. 7:41Beck Malenstyn hit Luke Glendening
  47. 7:48Beck Malenstyn hit Brenden Dillon
  48. 8:01Paul Cotter hit Zach Benson
  49. 8:18Giveaway by Zach Metsa
  50. 8:21Jack Quinn hit Dawson Mercer
  51. 8:23Jonas Siegenthaler Slap Shot Above Crossbar
  52. 8:38Mattias Samuelsson hit Jonas Siegenthaler
  53. 8:52Takeaway by Michael Kesselring
  54. 9:11Michael Kesselring Snap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  55. 9:40Jonas Siegenthaler Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  56. 10:03Josh Doan Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  57. 10:32Luke Hughes shot blocked by Rasmus Dahlin
  58. 10:34Puck in Netting
  59. 10:34Nico Hischier faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  60. 11:14Takeaway by Ryan McLeod
  61. 11:51Giveaway by Colton White
  62. 12:17Alex Tuch shot blocked by Dawson Mercer
  63. 12:51Giveaway by Josh Norris
  64. 13:50Beck Malenstyn Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  65. 13:52Goalie Stopped
  66. 13:52Nico Hischier faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  67. 14:05Giveaway by Nico Hischier
  68. 14:10Peyton Krebs Snap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  69. 14:16Josh Doan shot blocked by Nico Hischier
  70. 14:22Josh Doan shot blocked by Timo Meier
  71. 15:04Zach Metsa Slap Shot High and Wide Left
  72. 15:07Giveaway by Dawson Mercer
  73. 15:27Luke Hughes shot blocked by Josh Norris
  74. 15:40Noah Ostlund shot blocked by Jack Hughes
  75. 16:00Brenden Dillon hit Ryan McLeod
  76. 16:05Zach Benson Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Ryan McLeod (13), Jack Quinn (12)
  77. 16:05Josh Dunne faceoff won against Cody Glass
  78. 17:02Paul Cotter shot blocked by Michael Kesselring
  79. 17:07Michael Kesselring hit Paul Cotter
  80. 17:24Jonas Siegenthaler shot blocked by Timo Meier
  81. 17:30Nico Hischier hit Beck Malenstyn
  82. 17:34Hand Pass
  83. 17:34Nico Hischier faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  84. 17:40Jesper Bratt hit Mattias Samuelsson
  85. 17:42Timo Meier Wrist Shot Wide Left
  86. 17:42Goalie Stopped
  87. 17:46Luke Hughes shot blocked by Josh Doan
  88. 17:54Jesper Bratt Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  89. 17:58Timo Meier hit Peyton Krebs
  90. 18:21Nico Hischier Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  91. 18:23Goalie Stopped
  92. 18:23Josh Norris faceoff won against Luke Glendening
  93. 18:30Icing
  94. 18:30Josh Norris faceoff won against Luke Glendening
  95. 19:01Owen Power Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  96. 19:04Goalie Stopped
  97. 19:04Cody Glass faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  98. 19:34Ryan McLeod Backhand saved by Jake Allen
  99. 19:36Goalie Stopped
  100. 19:36Josh Dunne faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  101. 20:00End of 2nd Period
  102. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Nico Hischier faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  3. 0:25Icing
  4. 0:25Tage Thompson faceoff won against Cody Glass
  5. 0:33Icing
  6. 0:33Cody Glass faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  7. 0:37Cody Glass shot blocked by Tage Thompson
  8. 0:38Ondrej Palat Wrist Shot Wide Right
  9. 0:39Cody Glass shot blocked by Rasmus Dahlin
  10. 0:47Tage Thompson hit Connor Brown
  11. 1:01Ondrej Palat Slap Shot Wide Left
  12. 1:14Arseny Gritsyuk shot blocked by Michael Kesselring
  13. 1:32Dawson Mercer Slap Shot Wide Left
  14. 1:37Giveaway by Dougie Hamilton
  15. 1:42Takeaway by Jonas Siegenthaler
  16. 1:52Giveaway by Jack Quinn
  17. 1:59Takeaway by Ryan McLeod
  18. 2:43Stefan Noesen shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  19. 3:15Tage Thompson Wrist Shot Wide Right
  20. 3:31Timo Meier Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  21. 3:33Goalie Stopped
  22. 3:33Nico Hischier faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  23. 4:18Icing
  24. 4:22Giveaway by Bowen Byram
  25. 4:24Takeaway by Alex Tuch
  26. 4:26Giveaway by Alex Tuch
  27. 4:29Puck in Netting
  28. 4:29Cody Glass faceoff won against Josh Norris
  29. 4:58Connor Brown Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  30. 5:01Goalie Stopped
  31. 5:01Tage Thompson faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  32. 5:06Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin
  33. 5:11Giveaway by Nico Hischier
  34. 5:30Brett Pesce hit Peyton Krebs
  35. 6:02Bowen Byram Backhand saved by Jake Allen
  36. 6:43Giveaway by Dougie Hamilton
  37. 6:54Alex Tuch Wrist Shot Wide Left
  38. 7:11Dawson Mercer Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  39. 7:15Goalie Stopped
  40. 7:30Takeaway by Noah Ostlund
  41. 7:31Noah Ostlund Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  42. 8:40Timo Meier Wrist Shot Wide Left
  43. 8:53Nico Hischier Snap Shot Wide Left
  44. 8:56Brett Pesce Snap Shot Wide Left
  45. 8:58Timo Meier Tip-In Wide Right
  46. 9:34Michael Kesselring shot blocked by Dawson Mercer
  47. 9:37Puck in Netting
  48. 9:37Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Cody Glass
  49. 10:06Zach Benson hit Cody Glass
  50. 10:12Giveaway by Ryan McLeod
  51. 11:06Off-side
  52. 11:33Nico Hischier hit Bowen Byram
  53. 11:40Giveaway by Peyton Krebs
  54. 11:54Goalie Stopped
  55. 12:03Jesper Bratt Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  56. 12:06Goalie Stopped
  57. 12:06Nico Hischier faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  58. 12:17Puck in Netting
  59. 12:25Takeaway by Josh Doan
  60. 12:43Off-side
  61. 12:43Timo Meier faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  62. 12:50Giveaway by Timo Meier
  63. 13:02High Stick
  64. 13:02Noah Ostlund faceoff won against Cody Glass
  65. 13:36Brenden Dillon shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  66. 14:22Peyton Krebs Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  67. 14:41Jack Hughes shot blocked by Rasmus Dahlin
  68. 14:52Off-side
  69. 14:52Nico Hischier faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  70. 15:11Nico Hischier shot blocked by Ryan McLeod
  71. 15:20Giveaway by Ryan McLeod
  72. 15:21Timo Meier Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  73. 15:23Goalie Stopped
  74. 15:23Nico Hischier faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  75. 15:24Icing
  76. 15:33Dougie Hamilton shot blocked by Peyton Krebs
  77. 15:33Jesper Bratt Snap Shot Wide Right
  78. 15:39Luke Hughes Snap Shot High and Wide Right
  79. 15:54Peyton Krebs hit Jack Hughes
  80. 16:08Giveaway by Owen Power
  81. 16:42Goalie Stopped
  82. 16:58Brett Pesce shot blocked by Alex Tuch
  83. 17:00Goalie Stopped
  84. 17:01Giveaway by Ondrej Palat
  85. 17:15Icing
  86. 17:15Nico Hischier faceoff won against Josh Norris
  87. 17:19Jesper Bratt Slap Shot Wide Right
  88. 17:40Jesper Bratt Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  89. 17:42Goalie Stopped
  90. 17:42Nico Hischier faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  91. 17:48Jack Hughes Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  92. 17:59Peyton Krebs Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Tage Thompson (14), Bowen Byram (8)
  93. 17:59Josh Norris faceoff won against Cody Glass
  94. 18:17Giveaway by Bowen Byram
  95. 18:28Cody Glass Snap Shot Wide Right
  96. 18:36Bowen Byram Wrist Shot Wide Right
  97. 18:41Icing
  98. 18:41Nico Hischier faceoff won against Josh Norris
  99. 18:44Goalie Stopped
  100. 19:09Puck Frozen - Goalie
  101. 19:09Tage Thompson faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  102. 19:18Timo Meier Batted Above Crossbar
  103. 19:21Off-side
  104. 19:35Icing
  105. 19:35Cody Glass faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  106. 19:38Ondrej Palat Tip-In saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  107. 19:41Dawson Mercer Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  108. 19:44Goalie Stopped
  109. 19:44Cody Glass faceoff won against Josh Norris
  110. 19:48Ondrej Palat shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  111. 19:58Arseny Gritsyuk shot blocked by Noah Ostlund
  112. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  113. 20:00Game End
  114. 20:00End of 3rd Period

1st

  1. 8:51BUF 0, NJ 1Jack Hughes Goal (11) Snap Shot, assists: Dawson Mercer (13), Colton White (4)

2nd

  1. 2:26BUF 1, NJ 1Josh Norris Goal (4) Snap Shot, assists: Rasmus Dahlin (24), Owen Power (7)
  2. 16:05BUF 2, NJ 1Zach Benson Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Ryan McLeod (13), Jack Quinn (12)

3rd

  1. 17:59BUF 3, NJ 1Peyton Krebs Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Tage Thompson (14), Bowen Byram (8)

Game leaders

SabresBuffalo

DevilsNew Jersey

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Josh Norris C101001015:4833.3184100021415:480:000:00
Peyton Krebs C100011017:540.0310100022117:540:000:00
Zach Benson LW101010213:050.0100010018313:050:000:00
Alex Tuch RW001021018:470.04001021241117:210:001:26
Beck Malenstyn LW000050013:23100.0101100016312:480:000:35
Isak Rosen RW000010010:440.0100000015310:440:000:00
Jack Quinn RW011010011:070.0000101017711:070:000:00
Josh Doan RW00-1002015:030.02001001211015:030:000:00
Josh Dunne C000000013:09100.0103000016113:090:000:00
Noah Ostlund C001002017:08100.0102100223516:360:000:32
Ryan McLeod C012001014:4726.72114200222613:190:001:28
Tage Thompson C010011016:4841.201070030221816:480:000:00
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Bowen Byram D011002022:1810030200.025620:510:001:27
Mattias Samuelsson D001054026:0700000000.029524:350:001:32
Michael Kesselring D00-1012015:4130000110.018015:100:000:31
Owen Power D011011021:4320010000.025321:140:000:29
Rasmus Dahlin D012004022:3410020000.023422:340:000:00
Zach Metsa D000011011:5410010100.015011:540:000:00
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G27126.96360:0000242000

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