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Buffalo Sabres at New Jersey Devils

NHLFebruary 25, 2026Prudential Center

SabresBuffaloBUFWon33-19-6

Sabres 2, Devils 1

Final
DevilsNew JerseyNJ28-28-2
Score by period
Team123T
BUF0112
NJ0011

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  3. 0:10Giveaway by Dawson Mercer
  4. 0:15Timo Meier hit Mattias Samuelsson
  5. 0:17Giveaway by Josh Dunne
  6. 0:18Giveaway by Dougie Hamilton
  7. 0:34Giveaway by Tyson Kozak
  8. 1:17Giveaway by Jack Hughes
  9. 1:27Ryan McLeod Backhand saved by Jake Allen
  10. 1:32Takeaway by Bowen Byram
  11. 1:50Cody Glass hit Peyton Krebs
  12. 2:01Lenni Hameenaho Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  13. 2:15Tage Thompson hit Lenni Hameenaho
  14. 2:24Noah Ostlund Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  15. 2:48Takeaway by Josh Doan
  16. 2:51Giveaway by Mattias Samuelsson
  17. 2:51Paul Cotter hit Mattias Samuelsson
  18. 3:01Maksim Tsyplakov shot blocked by Rasmus Dahlin
  19. 3:05Paul Cotter hit Rasmus Dahlin
  20. 3:13Jason Zucker Batted saved by Jake Allen
  21. 3:21Ryan McLeod Wrist Shot Wide Left
  22. 3:38Giveaway by Ryan McLeod
  23. 3:44Nico Hischier Slap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  24. 3:51Puck Frozen - Goalie
  25. 3:51Jack Hughes faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  26. 3:53Alex Tuch hit Brenden Dillon
  27. 4:46Beck Malenstyn shot blocked by Dougie Hamilton
  28. 4:48Puck in Netting
  29. 4:48Cody Glass faceoff won against Josh Norris
  30. 5:04Off-side
  31. 5:04Cody Glass faceoff won against Josh Doan
  32. 5:13Dougie Hamilton Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  33. 5:40Puck in Crowd
  34. 5:40Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Nick Bjugstad
  35. 5:42Nick Bjugstad Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  36. 5:45Goalie Stopped
  37. 5:45Nick Bjugstad faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  38. 5:46Paul Cotter shot blocked by Jason Zucker
  39. 6:16Giveaway by Johnathan Kovacevic
  40. 6:25Johnathan Kovacevic hit Jason Zucker
  41. 6:41Dawson Mercer Snap Shot Wide Left
  42. 6:42Dawson Mercer Deflected saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  43. 6:45Goalie Stopped
  44. 6:45Nico Hischier faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  45. 7:10Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  46. 7:16Giveaway by Peyton Krebs
  47. 7:44Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Simon Nemec
  48. 8:10Beck Malenstyn hit Jack Hughes
  49. 8:22Giveaway by Mattias Samuelsson
  50. 8:34Jesper Bratt hit Tyson Kozak
  51. 9:14Lenni Hameenaho Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  52. 9:16Goalie Stopped
  53. 9:16Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Timo Meier
  54. 10:21Off-side
  55. 10:21Nico Hischier faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  56. 10:30Nico Hischier Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  57. 10:41Giveaway by Timo Meier
  58. 11:15Alex Tuch hit Dawson Mercer
  59. 11:33Mattias Samuelsson Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  60. 11:39Icing
  61. 11:39Josh Norris faceoff won against Jack Hughes
  62. 11:47Mattias Samuelsson Slap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  63. 11:49Goalie Stopped
  64. 11:49Cody Glass faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  65. 12:04Lenni Hameenaho Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  66. 12:08Takeaway by Simon Nemec
  67. 12:11Mattias Samuelsson hit Lenni Hameenaho
  68. 12:44Too many men/ice served by Jack Quinn
  69. 12:44Nico Hischier faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  70. 12:50Jesper Bratt Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  71. 12:54Puck in Crowd
  72. 12:54Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  73. 13:05Dougie Hamilton Slap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  74. 13:45Alex Tuch shot blocked by Nico Hischier
  75. 14:12Timo Meier Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  76. 14:14Goalie Stopped
  77. 14:14Timo Meier faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  78. 14:24Dawson Mercer shot blocked by Rasmus Dahlin
  79. 14:29Simon Nemec Slap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  80. 15:05Josh Doan Wrist Shot Wide Right
  81. 15:10Zach Metsa Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  82. 15:12Goalie Stopped
  83. 15:12Cody Glass faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  84. 15:23Off-side
  85. 15:23Josh Norris faceoff won against Cody Glass
  86. 16:35Nico Hischier Tripping against Rasmus Dahlin
  87. 16:35Cody Glass faceoff won against Josh Norris
  88. 16:44Jason Zucker Snap Shot Wide Right
  89. 17:11Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin
  90. 18:01Takeaway by Dawson Mercer
  91. 18:05Jesper Bratt Backhand Above Crossbar
  92. 18:26Takeaway by Brett Pesce
  93. 18:45Josh Doan hit Nick Bjugstad
  94. 18:59Dougie Hamilton shot blocked by Ryan McLeod
  95. 19:17Mattias Samuelsson Slap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  96. 19:28Tyson Kozak hit Timo Meier
  97. 19:50Noah Ostlund Slap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  98. 19:51Mattias Samuelsson Slap Shot Wide Left
  99. 19:53Goalie Stopped
  100. 19:53Cody Glass faceoff won against Josh Norris
  101. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  3. 0:06Josh Dunne Snap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  4. 0:08Dougie Hamilton hit Josh Dunne
  5. 0:26Giveaway by Timo Meier
  6. 0:58Giveaway by Jack Hughes
  7. 1:02Off-side
  8. 1:02Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Jack Hughes
  9. 1:08Off-side
  10. 1:08Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Jack Hughes
  11. 1:24Jason Zucker Tip-In Wide Right
  12. 1:29Giveaway by Bowen Byram
  13. 1:34Jack Hughes Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  14. 1:54Brett Pesce Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  15. 2:19Arseny Gritsyuk Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  16. 2:57Nick Bjugstad Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  17. 3:02Nick Bjugstad shot blocked by Michael Kesselring
  18. 3:15Takeaway by Simon Nemec
  19. 3:32Giveaway by Jonas Siegenthaler
  20. 3:48Puck Frozen - Goalie
  21. 3:48Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  22. 4:23Puck in Benches
  23. 4:23Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Jack Hughes
  24. 4:30Off-side
  25. 4:30Cody Glass faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  26. 4:43Puck in Benches
  27. 4:43Jack Hughes faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  28. 5:02Tage Thompson shot blocked by Brett Pesce
  29. 5:04Puck in Netting
  30. 5:04Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  31. 5:07Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Dawson Mercer
  32. 5:16Rasmus Dahlin Slap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  33. 5:27Mattias Samuelsson Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  34. 5:39Tage Thompson shot blocked by Johnathan Kovacevic
  35. 5:40Alex Tuch shot blocked by Johnathan Kovacevic
  36. 5:50Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin
  37. 5:55Mattias Samuelsson hit Dawson Mercer
  38. 6:06Brenden Dillon hit Tage Thompson
  39. 6:18Connor Brown hit Bowen Byram
  40. 6:40Giveaway by Jack Hughes
  41. 6:52Jesper Bratt Batted saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  42. 6:55Goalie Stopped
  43. 6:55Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  44. 7:03Icing
  45. 7:03Nico Hischier faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  46. 7:05Dougie Hamilton shot blocked by Nico Hischier
  47. 7:07Timo Meier Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  48. 7:10Goalie Stopped
  49. 7:10Josh Norris faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  50. 7:29Noah Ostlund shot blocked by Jonas Siegenthaler
  51. 7:30Puck in Netting
  52. 7:30Cody Glass faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  53. 7:37Giveaway by Arseny Gritsyuk
  54. 8:10Tage Thompson Goal (31) Wrist Shot, assists: Peyton Krebs (19), Bowen Byram (19)
  55. 8:10Nick Bjugstad faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  56. 8:13Brenden Dillon hit Jack Quinn
  57. 8:28Simon Nemec Wrist Shot Wide Left
  58. 8:50Giveaway by Jason Zucker
  59. 9:09Josh Doan Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  60. 9:12Josh Doan Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  61. 9:25Brenden Dillon hit Josh Doan
  62. 9:50Tyson Kozak Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  63. 9:53Goalie Stopped
  64. 9:53Tage Thompson faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  65. 10:29Dawson Mercer Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  66. 10:37Timo Meier hit Owen Power
  67. 10:52Lenni Hameenaho hit Bowen Byram
  68. 11:13Giveaway by Arseny Gritsyuk
  69. 11:51Off-side
  70. 11:51Nico Hischier faceoff won against Josh Norris
  71. 12:00Brenden Dillon hit Josh Doan
  72. 12:17Puck in Crowd
  73. 12:17Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Jack Hughes
  74. 12:20Owen Power Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
  75. 12:36Tyson Kozak hit Brenden Dillon
  76. 12:56Puck in Netting
  77. 12:56Tage Thompson faceoff won against Cody Glass
  78. 13:58Nick Bjugstad Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  79. 14:00Puck in Netting
  80. 14:00Paul Cotter faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  81. 14:03Maksim Tsyplakov Tip-In saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  82. 14:11Jack Quinn shot blocked by Dougie Hamilton
  83. 14:13Jason Zucker Deflected saved by Jake Allen
  84. 14:15Jack Quinn Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  85. 14:23Rasmus Dahlin Slap Shot Wide Right
  86. 14:40Giveaway by Dougie Hamilton
  87. 14:44Jonas Siegenthaler High-sticking against Jason Zucker served by Paul Cotter
  88. 14:44Jonas Siegenthaler Fighting against Jason Zucker
  89. 14:44Jason Zucker Fighting against Jonas Siegenthaler
  90. 14:44TV Timeout
  91. 14:44Josh Norris faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  92. 15:29Cody Glass Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  93. 15:50Giveaway by Tage Thompson
  94. 16:36Ryan McLeod Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  95. 16:38Goalie Stopped
  96. 16:38Nico Hischier faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  97. 16:50Josh Doan Backhand High and Wide Left
  98. 16:53Johnathan Kovacevic Hooking against Josh Doan
  99. 16:53Nico Hischier faceoff won against Josh Norris
  100. 17:21Nico Hischier Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
  101. 17:45Josh Norris Slap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  102. 17:48Goalie Stopped
  103. 17:48Cody Glass faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  104. 18:59Brenden Dillon hit Beck Malenstyn
  105. 19:11Giveaway by Michael Kesselring
  106. 19:21Beck Malenstyn hit Brenden Dillon
  107. 19:36Takeaway by Josh Dunne
  108. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Nico Hischier faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  3. 0:44Timo Meier Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  4. 0:47Rasmus Dahlin hit Timo Meier
  5. 0:48Giveaway by Timo Meier
  6. 1:11Giveaway by Owen Power
  7. 1:15Takeaway by Josh Doan
  8. 1:20Icing
  9. 1:20Jack Hughes faceoff won against Josh Norris
  10. 1:23Simon Nemec Snap Shot Wide Right
  11. 2:13Brenden Dillon hit Peyton Krebs
  12. 2:17Alex Tuch Wrist Shot Failed Bank Attempt
  13. 2:22Tage Thompson Wrap-around Wide Right
  14. 2:25Michael Kesselring shot blocked by Arseny Gritsyuk
  15. 2:27Michael Kesselring Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  16. 2:29Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  17. 2:35Peyton Krebs Wrist Shot Wide Left
  18. 2:42Michael Kesselring Wrist Shot Wide Left
  19. 3:15Icing
  20. 3:15Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Nick Bjugstad
  21. 3:24Jason Zucker Wrist Shot Wide Left
  22. 3:26Dougie Hamilton hit Jason Zucker
  23. 3:29Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Dougie Hamilton
  24. 3:38Paul Cotter hit Rasmus Dahlin
  25. 3:41Nick Bjugstad Snap Shot Wide Left
  26. 3:43Puck in Netting
  27. 3:43Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  28. 3:51Nico Hischier hit Beck Malenstyn
  29. 5:36Alex Tuch Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  30. 5:47Owen Power hit Jonas Siegenthaler
  31. 5:54Dougie Hamilton shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  32. 5:58Giveaway by Mattias Samuelsson
  33. 5:58Dougie Hamilton Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  34. 6:01Jonas Siegenthaler Wrist Shot Hit Left Post
  35. 6:16Paul Cotter Wrist Shot Wide Left
  36. 6:19Michael Kesselring hit Paul Cotter
  37. 6:27Jason Zucker Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  38. 6:34Jack Quinn Backhand saved by Jake Allen
  39. 6:37Jason Zucker hit Simon Nemec
  40. 6:53Ryan McLeod Slap Shot Wide Left
  41. 7:06Giveaway by Jason Zucker
  42. 7:53Nico Hischier Wrist Shot Wide Right
  43. 7:55Goalie Stopped
  44. 7:55Tage Thompson faceoff won against Timo Meier
  45. 8:04Giveaway by Jonas Siegenthaler
  46. 8:15Alex Tuch Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  47. 8:17Goalie Stopped
  48. 8:17Josh Norris faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  49. 8:20Bowen Byram Wrist Shot Wide Right
  50. 8:22Goalie Stopped
  51. 8:22Nico Hischier faceoff won against Josh Doan
  52. 8:45Josh Doan Snap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  53. 8:46Goalie Stopped
  54. 8:46Cody Glass faceoff won against Jason Zucker
  55. 8:53Giveaway by Lenni Hameenaho
  56. 9:05Jack Quinn hit Arseny Gritsyuk
  57. 9:39Tyson Kozak hit Jack Hughes
  58. 9:41Beck Malenstyn hit Dougie Hamilton
  59. 9:56Jonas Siegenthaler Wrist Shot Wide Right
  60. 10:07Jack Hughes Wrist Shot Wide Right
  61. 10:23Dougie Hamilton Wrist Shot Wide Right
  62. 10:31Giveaway by Jack Hughes
  63. 10:36Peyton Krebs Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Tage Thompson (30)
  64. 10:36Nico Hischier faceoff won against Josh Norris
  65. 10:52Josh Doan shot blocked by Brenden Dillon
  66. 10:57Giveaway by Josh Norris
  67. 11:07Timo Meier hit Owen Power
  68. 11:27Owen Power Holding against Nick Bjugstad
  69. 11:27TV Timeout
  70. 11:27Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  71. 11:46Connor Brown Tip-In saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  72. 11:48Goalie Stopped
  73. 11:48Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  74. 12:04Mattias Samuelsson hit Connor Brown
  75. 13:18Mattias Samuelsson hit Timo Meier
  76. 13:23Timo Meier Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  77. 13:24Mattias Samuelsson hit Timo Meier
  78. 13:30Timo Meier Wrist Shot Wide Left
  79. 13:33Timo Meier hit Bowen Byram
  80. 13:40Ryan McLeod Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  81. 14:08Rasmus Dahlin hit Maksim Tsyplakov
  82. 14:21Icing
  83. 14:21Josh Norris faceoff won against Nick Bjugstad
  84. 14:41Noah Ostlund shot blocked by Lenni Hameenaho
  85. 14:44Owen Power Snap Shot High and Wide Right
  86. 15:04Arseny Gritsyuk shot blocked by Bowen Byram
  87. 15:32Jack Quinn Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  88. 16:03Simon Nemec hit Tyson Kozak
  89. 16:16Giveaway by Jack Hughes
  90. 16:45Jack Hughes shot blocked by Owen Power
  91. 16:59Jesper Bratt Wrist Shot Wide Right
  92. 17:06Jesper Bratt Wrist Shot Wide Right
  93. 17:16Timo Meier Tip-In Wide Right
  94. 17:19Giveaway by Owen Power
  95. 17:27Timo Meier Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  96. 17:30Timo Meier Goal (15) Wrist Shot, assists: Jack Hughes (25), Jesper Bratt (29)
  97. 17:30Cody Glass faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  98. 17:41Giveaway by Peyton Krebs
  99. 17:45Off-side
  100. 17:45Nico Hischier faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  101. 18:09Jack Hughes shot blocked by Alex Tuch
  102. 18:21Connor Brown Tip-In Above Crossbar
  103. 18:34Jesper Bratt hit Tage Thompson
  104. 19:32Jack Hughes shot blocked by Bowen Byram
  105. 19:35Lenni Hameenaho hit Josh Norris
  106. 19:56Dawson Mercer Wrist Shot Wide Right
  107. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  108. 20:00Game End

2nd

  1. 8:10BUF 1, NJ 0Tage Thompson Goal (31) Wrist Shot, assists: Peyton Krebs (19), Bowen Byram (19)

3rd

  1. 10:36BUF 2, NJ 0Peyton Krebs Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Tage Thompson (30)
  2. 17:30BUF 2, NJ 1Timo Meier Goal (15) Wrist Shot, assists: Jack Hughes (25), Jesper Bratt (29)

Game leaders

SabresBuffalo

DevilsNew Jersey

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Peyton Krebs C112000013:41100.0101201017813:410:000:00
Tage Thompson C112010019:1930.03731010193115:403:390:00
Alex Tuch RW001021019:500.02000010232215:262:052:19
Beck Malenstyn LW00-1030011:490.0000000017410:040:061:39
Jack Quinn RW001010015:450.03000000181212:063:390:00
Jason Zucker LW000011513:280.03102130161511:501:380:00
Josh Doan RW000010014:580.03200022201812:372:210:00
Josh Dunne C00-1000011:150.0100100115111:150:000:00
Josh Norris C000000014:3346.2176100020610:493:430:01
Noah Ostlund C000000015:280.02100000211012:462:410:01
Ryan McLeod C000001017:3452.639101020211113:042:112:19
Tyson Kozak C00-1030012:0471.4125100017210:160:071:41
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Bowen Byram D011002023:0800010110.0261018:512:032:14
Mattias Samuelsson D000051024:1540030100.0251121:490:102:16
Michael Kesselring D000011014:4310010100.018013:260:001:17
Owen Power D001011221:5100021200.027419:051:461:00
Rasmus Dahlin D000022024:0710020100.0261119:053:511:11
Zach Metsa D00000008:1610000000.01018:140:000:02
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G28127.96460:0000206100

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