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NJD
New Jersey Devils
@
Buffalo Sabres
 BUF
60% Win Probability
40% Win Probability
NJD is expected to score 3.30 goals BUF is expected to score 3.10 goals

Data shown on this page was last updated on November 2, 2026 at 3:13 AM.
The rosters and injuries below reflect current state, not anticipated state on the date/time of this game.

New Jersey Devils Buffalo Sabres
Record 9-5-0 7-4-3
L10 Record 7-3-0 5-2-3
Pts% 64.29% 60.71%
Division Rank 2 (Metropolitan) 7 (Atlantic)
Conference Rank 6 (Eastern) 9 (Eastern)
Projected Points 100.27 89.37
xGF/G 3.33+0.12 ● 3.21
xGA/G 2.41+0.82 ● 3.23
xGF% 58.04%+8.15 ● 49.89%
L10 xGF 33.28+1.71 ● 31.57
L10 xGA 22.31+12.88 ● 35.19
L10 xGF% 59.87%+12.58 ● 47.29%
Forwards
Team Player xGF/G G A Pts GP Avg TOI xGF G-xGF SOG S% xGF/S S%-xS% FO FOW FO% FO xGF FO xGA FO xG
NJD Jack Hughes (C) 0.46 6 10 16 14 20:08 6.5 -2.5 54 11.1 0.121 -0.9 127 45 35.4 0.02 -0.05 -0.02
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.45 10 7 17 14 19:25 6.3 3.7 63 15.9 0.100 5.8 163 72 44.2 0.91 -0.23 0.68
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.40 8 6 14 14 19:16 5.7 2.3 40 20.0 0.142 5.8 3 2 66.7 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.40 2 11 13 14 19:57 5.7 -4.7 33 6.1 0.172 -11.1 13 4 30.8 0.00 0.00 0.00
NJD Nico Hischier (C) 0.38 7 2 9 14 18:03 5.3 1.7 33 21.2 0.161 5.1 263 157 59.7 0.63 -0.14 0.49
BUF Jason Zucker (L) 0.38 1 0 1 5 11:36 1.9 -0.9 10 10.0 0.189 -8.9 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
NJD Luke Evangelista (R) 0.34 3 5 8 11 17:24 3.7 -0.7 28 10.7 0.132 -2.4 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Noah Ostlund (C) 0.33 4 5 9 14 18:53 4.7 -0.7 33 12.1 0.141 -2.0 128 46 35.9 0.03 -0.17 -0.14
NJD Timo Meier (R) 0.32 1 4 5 14 16:14 4.5 -3.5 49 2.0 0.093 -7.2 17 5 29.4 0.00 -0.04 -0.04
NJD Arseny Gritsyuk (R) 0.26 8 4 12 14 15:27 3.7 3.3 35 22.9 0.105 12.3 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
NJD Jesper Bratt (L) 0.24 2 10 12 14 17:08 3.4 -1.4 28 7.1 0.122 -5.1 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
NJD Amadeus Lombardi (C) 0.24 0 4 4 12 11:14 2.8 -2.8 22 0.0 0.129 -12.9 4 1 25.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.20 2 1 3 14 15:24 2.8 -0.8 23 8.7 0.123 -3.6 5 2 40.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Josh Norris (C) 0.19 2 1 3 14 14:29 2.6 -0.6 15 13.3 0.173 -4.0 134 69 51.5 0.13 -0.47 -0.34
BUF Jiri Kulich (C)+ 0.18 1 2 3 8 13:09 1.4 -0.4 9 11.1 0.159 -4.8 55 28 50.9 0.00 -0.14 -0.14
NJD Cody Glass (C) 0.17 1 1 2 14 12:19 2.4 -1.4 20 5.0 0.119 -6.9 191 104 54.5 0.19 -0.42 -0.23
NJD Anthony Mantha (R)+ 0.16 3 3 6 14 13:28 2.3 0.7 17 17.6 0.135 4.2 3 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
NJD Jesper Boqvist (C) 0.15 4 2 6 12 12:03 1.8 1.2 18 22.2 0.098 12.4 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
NJD Evan Rodrigues (C) 0.13 2 3 5 14 15:36 1.9 0.1 18 11.1 0.104 0.7 178 82 46.1 0.12 -0.25 -0.13
BUF Konsta Helenius (C)+ 0.12 1 2 3 11 12:59 1.3 -0.3 12 8.3 0.112 -2.9 8 1 12.5 0.00 -0.01 -0.01
NJD Connor Brown (R) 0.11 2 1 3 6 13:12 0.7 1.3 6 33.3 0.115 21.9 1 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
NJD Stefan Noesen (R) 0.11 1 2 3 5 9:30 0.6 0.4 6 16.7 0.092 7.5 1 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.11 1 2 3 14 15:03 1.5 -0.5 13 7.7 0.116 -4.0 154 80 51.9 0.23 -0.23 0.00
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.09 0 7 7 14 13:41 1.3 -1.3 7 0.0 0.179 -17.9 50 24 48.0 0.17 0.00 0.17
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.07 0 2 2 14 11:00 1.0 -1.0 7 0.0 0.145 -14.5 7 4 57.1 0.00 -0.11 -0.11
BUF Sam Carrick (C) 0.05 0 1 1 6 7:39 0.3 -0.3 5 0.0 0.058 -5.8 20 11 55.0 0.00 -0.01 -0.01
BUF Justin Danforth (R)+ 0.04 0 0 0 6 9:09 0.3 -0.3 1 0.0 0.251 -25.1 40 20 50.0 0.00 -0.05 -0.05
BUF Tyson Kozak (C) 0.03 1 0 1 6 11:05 0.2 0.8 2 50.0 0.090 41.0 36 14 38.9 0.00 -0.10 -0.10
Defensemen
Team Player xGF/G G A Pts GP Avg TOI xGF G-xGF SOG S% xGF/S S%-xS% FO FOW FO% FO xGF FO xGA FO xG
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.21 2 7 9 11 24:39 2.3 -0.3 33 6.1 0.070 -0.9 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
NJD Luke Hughes (D) 0.14 5 2 7 14 23:56 2.0 3.0 36 13.9 0.056 8.3 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Olen Zellweger (D) 0.14 3 3 6 13 19:46 1.8 1.2 27 11.1 0.067 4.4 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
NJD Dougie Hamilton (D) 0.12 1 5 6 14 20:27 1.6 -0.6 35 2.9 0.046 -1.8 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.11 2 9 11 14 26:38 1.6 0.4 18 11.1 0.087 2.4 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.10 2 7 9 14 23:50 1.4 0.6 21 9.5 0.067 2.8 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Louis Crevier (D) 0.03 0 1 1 14 13:12 0.5 -0.5 12 0.0 0.038 -3.8 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
NJD Brett Pesce (D) 0.03 1 4 5 14 20:57 0.4 0.6 13 7.7 0.034 4.3 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
NJD Johnathan Kovacevic (D) 0.03 0 1 1 8 16:00 0.2 -0.2 8 0.0 0.031 -3.1 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Zach Metsa (D) 0.03 0 2 2 12 12:20 0.4 -0.4 7 0.0 0.051 -5.1 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
NJD Jonas Siegenthaler (D) 0.02 0 3 3 14 19:41 0.3 -0.3 4 0.0 0.063 -6.3 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
NJD Brenden Dillon (D) 0.01 0 0 0 8 14:54 0.1 -0.1 1 0.0 0.118 -11.8 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
NJD Declan Chisholm (D) 0.01 1 1 2 12 15:02 0.1 0.9 4 25.0 0.033 21.7 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Matt Grzelcyk (D)+ 0.00 0 0 0 1 14:27 0.0 - 0 - - - 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax GSAx GAA SV% W GP L W% SO GA SA SV xGA
NJD Connor Hellebuyck (G) +2.11% 0.8 1.50 0.923 2 2 0 100.0 0 3 39 36 3.8
BUF Colten Ellis (G) +0.11% 0.1 3.11 0.880 3 5 1 60.0 1 14 117 103 14.1
BUF Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (G) -0.75% -2.0 3.40 0.873 4 10 3 40.0 0 33 260 227 31.0
NJD Jake Allen (G) -1.83% -4.0 3.11 0.886 5 8 3 62.5 0 25 220 195 21.0