Buffalo Sabres at New Jersey Devils

Sun, Dec 21, 2025 · Prudential Center · 2025–26 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

3 – 1

Final

New Jersey Devils

The Buffalo Sabres beat the New Jersey Devils 3–1 on Sun, Dec 21, 2025 at Prudential Center. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 26 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 25–27.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	2	1	3	25
NJD	1	0	0	1	27

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	08:51	NJD	EV	Jack Hughes (11) · snap	Dawson Mercer (13), Colton White (4)	0–1
2nd	02:26	BUF	EV	Josh Norris (4) · snap	Rasmus Dahlin (24), Owen Power (7)	1–1
2nd	16:05	BUF	EV	Zach Benson (3) · snap	Ryan McLeod (13), Jack Quinn (12)	2–1
3rd	17:59	BUF	SH EN	Peyton Krebs (1) · wrist	Tage Thompson (14), Bowen Byram (8)	3–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	19:48	BUF	Zach Benson	high sticking	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: BUF 2.98 · NJD 3.41 · xG% BUF 46.6

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	4		22:34	23
4	Bowen Byram	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	2		22:18	25
25	Owen Power	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	1		21:43	25
19	Peyton Krebs	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	1		17:54	22
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	41.2	16:48	22
9	Josh Norris	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	1	33.3	15:48	21
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	1	26.7	14:47	22
6	Zach Benson	L	1	0	1	+1	2	1	1	0		13:05	18
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0		11:07	17
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	5	4		26:07	29
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	+1	0	4	2	1		18:47	24
86	Noah Ostlund	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2	100.0	17:08	23
8	Michael Kesselring	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	2		15:41	18
91	Josh Doan	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2		15:03	21
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	100.0	13:23	16
44	Josh Dunne	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	100.0	13:09	16
73	Zach Metsa	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		11:54	15
63	Isak Rosen	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		10:44	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	W	27	26	1	.963	60:00

New Jersey Devils

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
86	Jack Hughes	C	1	0	1	0	2	0	1		20:57	23
91	Dawson Mercer	C	0	1	1	+1	2	1	2	50.0	15:33	21
45	Colton White	D	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0		12:03	16
43	Luke Hughes	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	3		26:36	28
7	Dougie Hamilton	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1		22:48	25
22	Brett Pesce	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2		21:11	23
13	Nico Hischier	C	0	0	0	-2	3	2	1	65.2	19:48	23
63	Jesper Bratt	L	0	0	0	-2	3	1	0		19:29	23
16	Connor Brown	R	0	0	0	-1	4	1	0	100.0	19:03	21
12	Cody Glass	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	57.1	17:55	21
71	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		17:10	24
81	Arseny Gritsyuk	R	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		17:09	21
28	Timo Meier	R	0	0	0	-2	7	1	1	100.0	16:19	23
5	Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1		14:39	19
18	Ondrej Palat	L	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		12:47	15
11	Stefan Noesen	R	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0		11:36	15
47	Paul Cotter	L	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		10:22	13
14	Luke Glendening	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33.3	8:28	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34	Jake Allen	L	24	22	2	.917	56:07