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Wednesday, February 25, 2026
7:00 PM ET
Prudential Center (MSG-B)
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
2 – 1
Final
New Jersey Devils
 NJD
38% xGF%
62% xGF%
BUF was expected to score 2.79 goals NJD was expected to score 4.49 goals
P1 P2 P3 0 1 2 3 4 Cumulative xG BUF NJD Dots represent goals
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
xG by State Buffalo Sabres New Jersey Devils
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Power Play 6:04 0.26 0 7:16 2.36 1
Even Strength 46:40 2.53 2 46:40 1.79 0
Penalty Kill 7:16 0.00 0 6:04 0.34 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 6:54 0.17 0 0:00 0.00 0
Up 1 24:56 1.48 1 0:00 0.00 0
Tied 28:10 1.15 1 28:10 1.54 0
Down 1 0:00 0.00 0 24:56 0.99 0
Down 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 6:54 1.97 1
  • ► Tage Thompson scores at 8:10 in the 2nd period 0.14 xG (1-0)
  • ► Peyton Krebs scores at 10:36 in the 3rd period 0.10 xG (2-0)
  • ► Timo Meier scores at 17:30 in the 3rd period 0.48 xG (2-1)
  • ► Watch the full game recap here
BUF BUF xWin%
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Synthesized xGF% & GF% Analysis
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
NJD Timo Meier (R) 1.28 1 0 1 23 19:47 6 +1 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Connor Brown (R) 0.87 0 0 0 23 18:38 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jason Zucker (L) 0.71 0 0 0 16 13:28 3 0 5 0 0 0 0
NJD Jesper Bratt (L) 0.60 0 1 1 22 18:49 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.49 0 0 0 20 14:58 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Dawson Mercer (C) 0.39 0 0 0 24 18:15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Nick Bjugstad (C) 0.38 0 0 0 14 10:35 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.31 1 1 2 19 19:19 3 +2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.31 0 0 0 21 17:34 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Nico Hischier (C) 0.31 0 0 0 24 21:11 2 +1 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.21 0 0 0 18 15:45 3 +1 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Jack Hughes (C) 0.14 0 1 1 21 21:25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Lenni Hameenaho (R) 0.13 0 0 0 18 12:31 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Maxim Tsyplakov (R) 0.13 0 0 0 12 09:20 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.12 1 1 2 17 13:41 1 +2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Josh Norris (C) 0.10 0 0 0 20 14:33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Noah Ostlund (C) 0.10 0 0 0 21 15:28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Arseny Gritsyuk (R) 0.08 0 0 0 20 14:25 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Josh Dunne (C) 0.07 0 0 0 15 11:15 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Alex Tuch (R) 0.06 0 0 0 23 19:50 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Tyson Kozak (C) 0.03 0 0 0 17 12:04 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Paul Cotter (L) 0.02 0 0 0 11 07:45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Cody Glass (C) 0.00 0 0 0 20 11:53 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.00 0 0 0 17 11:49 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.14 0 0 0 25 24:15 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Dougie Hamilton (D) 0.08 0 0 0 27 20:02 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Simon Nemec (D) 0.06 0 0 0 21 22:23 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Zach Metsa (D) 0.04 0 0 0 10 08:16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Jonas Siegenthaler (D) 0.04 0 0 0 20 15:59 0 0 7 0 0 0 0
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.03 0 0 0 26 24:07 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Michael Kesselring (D) 0.03 0 0 0 18 14:43 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Bowen Byram (D) 0.02 0 1 1 26 23:08 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.01 0 0 0 27 21:51 0 +1 2 0 0 0 0
NJD Brett Pesce (D) 0.00 0 0 0 26 18:50 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Johnathan Kovacevic (D) 0.00 0 0 0 22 15:13 0 -2 2 0 0 0 0
NJD Brenden Dillon (D) 0.00 0 0 0 24 20:15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
BUF Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (G) +12.48% 0.964 3.5 1 27 60:00 28 W 0
NJD Jake Allen (G) +2.64% 0.933 0.8 2 28 56:44 30 L 0