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Buffalo Sabres vs. New Jersey Devils: game summary

Final · December 21, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.

Buffalo Sabres3
New Jersey Devils1

Shots on goal : BUF 25 — NJD 27 · Prudential Center

Three stars

BUF

Game stats

NJD
25Shots on goal27
41 %Faceoff win %59 %
0/0Power play0/1
2Penalty minutes0
20Hits16
23Blocked shots13
16Giveaways18
7Takeaways2

Shots by period

P1P2P3Total
BUF912425
NJD126927

Season series BUF 2 – 1 NJD

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot
← BUF 3 / 25 / 351 / 27 / 47 NJD →
Missed shot — Jack Quinn (BUF), P1 01:59 · wristMissed shot — Alex Tuch (BUF), P1 07:27 · wristMissed shot — Jesper Bratt (NJD), P1 07:44 · wristMissed shot — Timo Meier (NJD), P1 08:17 · wristMissed shot — Bowen Byram (BUF), P1 09:14 · backhandMissed shot — Michael Kesselring (BUF), P1 16:08 · slapMissed shot — Timo Meier (NJD), P2 01:42 · tip-inMissed shot — Ondrej Palat (NJD), P2 01:52 · tip-inMissed shot — Dougie Hamilton (NJD), P2 01:59 · wristMissed shot — Arseny Gritsyuk (NJD), P2 03:25 · snapMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 05:38 · wristMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 05:45 · wristMissed shot — Jonas Siegenthaler (NJD), P2 08:23 · slapMissed shot — Zach Metsa (BUF), P2 15:04 · slapMissed shot — Timo Meier (NJD), P2 17:42 · wristMissed shot — Ondrej Palat (NJD), P3 00:38 · wristMissed shot — Ondrej Palat (NJD), P3 01:01 · slapMissed shot — Dawson Mercer (NJD), P3 01:32 · slapMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 03:15 · wristMissed shot — Alex Tuch (BUF), P3 06:54 · wristMissed shot — Timo Meier (NJD), P3 08:40 · wristMissed shot — Nico Hischier (NJD), P3 08:53 · snapMissed shot — Brett Pesce (NJD), P3 08:56 · snapMissed shot — Timo Meier (NJD), P3 08:58 · tip-inMissed shot — Jesper Bratt (NJD), P3 15:33 · snapMissed shot — Luke Hughes (NJD), P3 15:39 · snapMissed shot — Jesper Bratt (NJD), P3 17:19 · slapMissed shot — Cody Glass (NJD), P3 18:28 · snapMissed shot — Bowen Byram (BUF), P3 18:36 · wristMissed shot — Timo Meier (NJD), P3 19:18 · batShot on goal — Michael Kesselring (BUF), P1 00:53 · wristShot on goal — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P1 02:08 · snapShot on goal — Timo Meier (NJD), P1 03:08 · backhandShot on goal — Timo Meier (NJD), P1 03:26 · snapShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P1 04:33 · wristShot on goal — Paul Cotter (NJD), P1 06:45 · snapShot on goal — Timo Meier (NJD), P1 07:12 · wristShot on goal — Connor Brown (NJD), P1 07:18 · tip-inShot on goal — Zach Metsa (BUF), P1 09:13 · slapShot on goal — Arseny Gritsyuk (NJD), P1 11:55 · wristShot on goal — Colton White (NJD), P1 11:59 · wristShot on goal — Timo Meier (NJD), P1 14:13 · wristShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P1 14:29 · wristShot on goal — Isak Rosen (BUF), P1 15:50 · wristShot on goal — Josh Dunne (BUF), P1 15:52 · snapShot on goal — Stefan Noesen (NJD), P1 16:22 · snapShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P1 17:49 · wristShot on goal — Nico Hischier (NJD), P1 18:00 · wristShot on goal — Nico Hischier (NJD), P1 19:03 · snapShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P1 19:58 · wristShot on goal — Connor Brown (NJD), P2 01:46 · wristShot on goal — Timo Meier (NJD), P2 01:47 · backhandShot on goal — Josh Doan (BUF), P2 02:19 · wristShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P2 02:24 · wristShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 03:19 · wristShot on goal — Connor Brown (NJD), P2 04:41 · snapShot on goal — Michael Kesselring (BUF), P2 05:53 · wristShot on goal — Michael Kesselring (BUF), P2 09:11 · snapShot on goal — Jonas Siegenthaler (NJD), P2 09:40 · snapShot on goal — Josh Doan (BUF), P2 10:03 · wristShot on goal — Beck Malenstyn (BUF), P2 13:50 · wristShot on goal — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P2 14:10 · snapShot on goal — Jesper Bratt (NJD), P2 17:54 · wristShot on goal — Nico Hischier (NJD), P2 18:21 · snapShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P2 19:01 · wristShot on goal — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P2 19:34 · backhandShot on goal — Timo Meier (NJD), P3 03:31 · snapShot on goal — Connor Brown (NJD), P3 04:58 · wristShot on goal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P3 06:02 · backhandShot on goal — Dawson Mercer (NJD), P3 07:11 · snapShot on goal — Noah Ostlund (BUF), P3 07:31 · wristShot on goal — Jesper Bratt (NJD), P3 12:03 · snapShot on goal — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P3 14:22 · wristShot on goal — Timo Meier (NJD), P3 15:21 · wristShot on goal — Jesper Bratt (NJD), P3 17:40 · wristShot on goal — Jack Hughes (NJD), P3 17:48 · wristShot on goal — Ondrej Palat (NJD), P3 19:38 · tip-inShot on goal — Dawson Mercer (NJD), P3 19:41 · snapGoal — Jack Hughes (NJD), P1 08:51 · snapGoal — Josh Norris (BUF), P2 02:26 · snapGoal — Zach Benson (BUF), P2 16:05 · snapGoal — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P3 17:59 · wrist

Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.

Goals

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Penalties

1st period

  • 19:48BUFZach Benson — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Timo Meier

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
Z. BensonL1011113:05
J. NorrisC1011015:48
P. KrebsC1003117:54
J. QuinnR0110111:07
B. MalenstynL0001513:23
J. DunneC0001013:09
I. RosenR0001110:44
R. McLeodC0122014:47
T. ThompsonC0100116:48
N. OstlundC0011017:08
A. TuchR0014218:47
J. DoanR00-12015:03
B. ByramD0111022:18
M. KesselringD00-13115:41
M. SamuelssonD0010526:07
O. PowerD0112121:43
R. DahlinD0121022:34
Z. MetsaD0001111:54
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
U. Luukkonen(W)26/2796.3 %60:00
A. Lyon0/0—00:00

New Jersey Devils

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
S. NoesenR00-11011:36
C. GlassC00-10017:55
N. HischierC00-23219:48
L. GlendeningC0000008:28
C. BrownR00-14119:03
O. PalatL0001112:47
T. MeierR00-27116:19
P. CotterL0001210:22
J. BrattL00-23119:29
A. GritsyukR0001017:09
J. HughesC1002020:57
D. MercerC0112115:33
B. DillonD0000214:39
D. HamiltonD0000322:48
B. PesceD00-20121:11
L. HughesD00-20026:36
C. WhiteD0111112:03
J. SiegenthalerD0001017:10
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
J. Markstrom0/0—00:00
J. Allen(L)22/2491.7 %56:07

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