3 Buffalo 1st Atlantic50-23-8-1

1 New Jersey 7th Metropolitan42-37-2-1

FINAL 3 FINAL 1 7:00PM ET · Dec 21, 2025

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Sabres vs Devils Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Livescore Details
Team	1	2	3	Total	In Goal
BUF Buffalo	0	2	1	3	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
NJ New Jersey	1	0	0	1	Jake Allen

Player Stats


Team	ML	O/U (Margin)	ATS
BUF Buffalo	+146	6.5o	+1.5 (3.5)
NJ New Jersey	-178	6.5u (2.5)	-1.5

Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary
Scoring - Period 1
8:51		J. Hughes Assisted by: C. White , D. Mercer
Scoring - Period 2
2:26		J. Norris Assisted by: O. Power , R. Dahlin
16:05		Z. Benson Assisted by: R. McLeod , J. Quinn
Scoring - Period 3
17:59		P. Krebs (EN) Assisted by: T. Thompson , B. Byram

Penalty Summary

Penalties - Period 1
19:48		Z. Benson (2:00) High Sticking
Penalties - Period 2
No Penalties
Penalties - Period 3
No Penalties

Shots On Goal

Shots On Goal
	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
Buffalo	9	12	4	25
New Jersey	12	6	9	27

Team Statistics

Team Statistics
	G	SOG	S%	PP%	PK%	FW	PEN	PIM
Buffalo	3	25	12.00	-	100.00	21	1	2
New Jersey	1	27	3.70	0.00	-	30	0	0

Goaltending

Buffalo

Buffalo Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
U. Luukkonen	27	26	1	.963	0	60:00

New Jersey

New Jersey Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
J. Allen	24	22	2	.917	0	56:07

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	FW	FL	F%
4	D	B. Byram	0	1	1	1	0	1	25	22:18	20:51	0:00	1:27	-	-	-
6	LW	Z. Benson	1	0	1	1	2	1	18	13:05	13:05	0:00	0:00	-	-	-
8	D	M. Kesselring	0	0	0	-1	0	3	18	15:41	15:10	0:00	0:31	-	-	-
9	C	J. Norris	1	0	1	1	0	1	21	15:48	15:48	0:00	0:00	4	8	33
19	C	P. Krebs	1	0	1	E	0	3	22	17:54	17:54	0:00	0:00	-	1	0
22	RW	J. Quinn	0	1	1	1	0	0	17	11:07	11:07	0:00	0:00	-	-	-
23	D	M. Samuelsson	0	0	0	1	0	0	29	26:07	24:35	0:00	1:32	-	-	-
25	D	O. Power	0	1	1	1	0	2	25	21:43	21:14	0:00	0:29	-	-	-
26	D	R. Dahlin	0	1	1	2	0	1	23	22:34	22:34	0:00	0:00	-	-	-
29	LW	B. Malenstyn	0	0	0	E	0	1	16	13:23	12:48	0:00	0:35	1	-	100
44	C	J. Dunne	0	0	0	E	0	1	16	13:09	13:09	0:00	0:00	3	-	100
63	RW	I. Rosen	0	0	0	E	0	1	15	10:44	10:44	0:00	0:00	-	-	-
71	C	R. McLeod	0	1	1	2	0	2	22	14:47	13:19	0:00	1:28	4	11	27
72	C	T. Thompson	0	1	1	E	0	0	22	16:48	16:48	0:00	0:00	7	10	41
73	D	Z. Metsa	0	0	0	E	0	1	15	11:54	11:54	0:00	0:00	-	-	-
86	C	N. Ostlund	0	0	0	1	0	1	23	17:08	16:36	0:00	0:32	2	-	100
89	RW	A. Tuch	0	0	0	1	0	4	24	18:47	17:21	0:00	1:26	-	-	-
91	RW	J. Doan	0	0	0	-1	0	2	21	15:03	15:03	0:00	0:00	-	-	-
1	G	U. Luukkonen	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	60:00	58:00	0:00	2:00	-	-	-

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	FW	FL	F%
5	D	B. Dillon	0	0	0	E	0	19	14:39	14:39	0:00	0:00	-	-	-
7	D	D. Hamilton	0	0	0	E	0	25	22:48	22:12	0:36	0:00	-	-	-
11	RW	S. Noesen	0	0	0	-1	1	15	11:36	10:10	1:26	0:00	-	-	-
12	C	C. Glass	0	0	0	-1	0	21	17:55	17:55	0:00	0:00	8	6	57
13	C	N. Hischier	0	0	0	-2	3	23	19:48	18:22	1:26	0:00	15	8	65
14	C	L. Glendening	0	0	0	E	0	11	8:28	8:28	0:00	0:00	2	4	33
16	RW	C. Brown	0	0	0	-1	4	21	19:03	18:33	0:30	0:00	1	-	100
18	LW	O. Palat	0	0	0	E	1	15	12:47	12:47	0:00	0:00	-	-	-
22	D	B. Pesce	0	0	0	-2	0	23	21:11	21:11	0:00	0:00	-	-	-
28	RW	T. Meier	0	0	0	-2	7	23	16:19	15:45	0:34	0:00	1	-	100
43	D	L. Hughes	0	0	0	-2	0	28	26:36	25:11	1:25	0:00	-	-	-
45	D	C. White	0	1	1	1	1	16	12:03	12:03	0:00	0:00	-	-	-
47	C	P. Cotter	0	0	0	E	1	13	10:22	10:22	0:00	0:00	-	-	-
63	LW	J. Bratt	0	0	0	-2	3	23	19:29	18:05	1:24	0:00	-	-	-
71	D	J. Siegenthaler	0	0	0	E	1	24	17:10	17:10	0:00	0:00	-	-	-
81	RW	A. Gritsyuk	0	0	0	E	1	21	17:09	16:35	0:34	0:00	-	-	-
86	C	J. Hughes	1	0	1	E	2	23	20:57	19:27	1:30	0:00	-	-	-
91	C	D. Mercer	0	1	1	1	2	21	15:33	14:58	0:35	0:00	3	3	50
34	G	J. Allen	0	0	0	-	0	-	56:07	54:07	2:00	0:00	-	-	-

Game Info

Location Prudential Center

Referees Brandon Blandina , Wes McCauley

Linesmen Shandor Alphonso, Jonathan Deschamps

Attendance 16,886 attendance

BUF vs NJRecords

Team Table
Team	Record	ATS	O/U	Away	Home
BUF	16-14-4	15-19-0	16-17-1	5-9-2	11-5-2
NJ	20-14-1	15-20-0	16-19-0	10-8-0	10-6-1

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Win / Loss

7-3

Over / Under

6-4-0

Head-To-Head
Date	Home	Result	ML	O/U	HSOG	ASOG	HPP	APP
Nov 28, '25	BUF	5 - 0	NJ -110	u6.5	42	23	0-2	0-1
Feb 02, '25	BUF	4 - 3	BUF +114	o6.0	34	24	0-4	0-5
Oct 05, '24	NJ	3 - 1	NJ -140	u6.5	37	18	1-4	0-2
Oct 04, '24	BUF	4 - 1	NJ -144	u6.5	31	23	0-4	0-2
Mar 29, '24	BUF	5 - 2	BUF +120	o6.5	36	30	0-0	0-3
Nov 25, '23	NJ	7 - 2	NJ -195	o7.0	37	12	1-1	2-2
Oct 27, '23	NJ	5 - 4	NJ -183	o7.0	39	27	1-4	0-2
Apr 11, '23	NJ	6 - 2	NJ -198	o7.0	30	38	0-2	0-2
Mar 24, '23	BUF	5 - 4	BUF +160	o7.0	26	31	1-4	1-3
Nov 25, '22	BUF	3 - 1	NJ -172	u6.5	34	44	0-1	0-1

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

7-3-0-0

Over / Under

4-5-1

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Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Dec 20, '25	NYI	W 3 - 2 (SO)	W -196	u5.5	32	34	1-4	1-3
Dec 18, '25	PHI	W 5 - 3	W -150	o6.0	28	27	1-5	0-3
Dec 14, '25	@ SEA	W 3 - 1	W -132	u5.5	23	24	0-2	1-3
Dec 11, '25	@ VAN	W 3 - 2	W -115	u5.5	15	32	1-2	1-3
Dec 09, '25	@ EDM	W 4 - 3 (OT)	W +164	o6.5	28	30	2-6	0-4
Dec 08, '25	@ CAL	L 4 - 7	L -110	o6.0	29	26	2-6	2-5
Dec 05, '25	@ WIN	L 1 - 4	L +100	u6.5	35	22	1-2	0-1
Dec 03, '25	@ PHI	L 2 - 5	L -134	o6.0	29	35	1-6	2-5
Dec 01, '25	WIN	W 5 - 1	W -108	p6.0	31	24	1-3	0-2
Nov 29, '25	@ MIN	W 3 - 2 (SO)	W +122	u6.5	33	24	0-3	0-3

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Dec 23, '25	@ OTT	W 3-2 (OT)	W +140	u6.0
Dec 27, '25	BOS	W 4-1	W -128	u6.5
Dec 29, '25	@ STL	W 4-2	W -113	p6.0

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

4-6-0-0

Over / Under

3-7-0

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Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Dec 19, '25	@ UTAH	W 2 - 1	W +118	u6.0	22	33	1-5	1-4
Dec 17, '25	@ VEG	W 2 - 1 (SO)	W +146	u5.5	33	37	0-2	1-4
Dec 14, '25	VAN	L 1 - 2	L -120	u5.5	26	15	0-3	2-3
Dec 13, '25	ANA	W 4 - 1	W -110	u6.5	22	31	0-2	0-3
Dec 11, '25	TB	L 4 - 8	L +116	o6.0	37	35	1-3	2-3
Dec 09, '25	@ OTT	W 4 - 3	W +122	o5.5	32	38	0-3	3-3
Dec 06, '25	@ BOS	L 1 - 4	L -130	u5.5	30	21	0-1	0-1
Dec 05, '25	VEG	L 0 - 3	L +114	u5.5	24	25	0-2	2-2
Dec 03, '25	DAL	L 0 - 3	L -113	u6.0	30	28	0-2	0-1
Dec 01, '25	CLB	L 3 - 5	L -144	o6.0	33	25	2-5	1-3

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Dec 23, '25	@ NYI	L 0-9	L -115	o5.5
Dec 27, '25	WAS	L 3-4 (OT)	L -120	o5.5
Dec 30, '25	@ TOR	L 0-4	L -146	u5.5

BUF vs NJ Preview

Buffalo at

New Jersey

Last Meeting ( Nov 28, 2025 ) New Jersey 5, Buffalo 0

The Buffalo Sabres are in a groove and will look to keep it going when they visit the New Jersey Devils on Sunday in Newark, N.J.

Buffalo enters the contest riding a five-game winning streak after recovering for a 3-2 shootout victory against the New York Islanders on Saturday. The Sabres held a 2-1 lead heading into the third period before the Islanders scored on the power play to tie it with 29 seconds remaining.

"The puck management has been better," Buffalo coach Lindy Ruff said of what's helped his team find success. "I look at some of the decision-making as we enter the zone has been a big deal. We're not fueling the other team's offense by making high-risk plays. ... We've played a lot of tight games, and I think we're getting rewarded for playing the right way."

The Sabres have led after two periods in each of their five wins. It's been a one-goal advantage heading into the third in each of their past four games.

Tage Thompson has played a big part in the Sabres' success, and on Saturday extended his goal streak to six games, tying his career high. The tally, which gave Buffalo a 2-0 lead, also pushed his point streak to six games, with nine points (six goals, three assists) during that stretch.

The center has 18 goals on the season and is on pace to score at least 40 for the third time in his career, all in the past four years.

A strong power play has also helped fuel the team's winning streak, going 5-for-19 in the five games, a 26.3 percent success rate. They've been clicking with the man advantage since the start of December, connecting at a 27.8 clip with 10 goals on 36 opportunities.

"Throughout the whole lineup everybody's doing their job and working really hard for each other," Buffalo captain Rasmus Dahlin said. "We play a mature game, and we play to win."

The Devils head into the matchup having swept a two-game road trip to give them four wins in their past six games. On Friday, New Jersey skated away with a 2-1 victory against the Utah Mammoth; two days earlier, they had the same result in a shootout triumph versus the Vegas Golden Knights.

"Great road win," defenseman Brett Pesce said. "Didn't have our best, myself included, felt like I hadn't played in two months. You know what, we got a win, we grinded it out, good teams find ways to get to two points."

Their power play has struggled this month and was 1-for-26 since early December before Stefan Noesen connected for the go-ahead goal in the third period against Utah.

"It felt good, obviously, we needed that one," captain Nico Hischier said.

New Jersey started the season 7-0-0 at home but has struggled since their first defeats as the host. They were handed their first loss in overtime to the Islanders on Nov. 10. They won their next two home games before suffering their first loss in regulation on Nov. 29 to the Philadelphia Flyers (5-3).

The Devils have now dropped six of their past seven home games.

-Field Level Media

BUF vs NJInjury report

Buffalo's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
L. Stanley	D	Day To Day - Illness( May 01, '26)	May 01, '26
Stanley did not play on Friday's (May. 1) game 6 against the Bruins.
N. Ostlund	C	Out - Lower Body( Apr 28, '26)	Apr 28, '26
The Sabres said that Ostlund is expected to miss some time after being hurt in Tuesday's (Apr. 28) Game 5 against the Bruins, per Paul Hamilton of WGR Sports Radio 550.
S. Carrick	C	Out - Arm( Apr 15, '26)	Apr 15, '26
The Sabres said on Thursday (Apr. 16) that Carrick will not return for the team's first-round series versus Boston, per Paul Hamilton of WGR Sports Radio 550.
J. Kulich	C	Out For Season - Ear( Mar 05, '26)	Mar 05, '26
The Sabres said that Kulich is expected to miss the remainder of the 2025-26 season.
J. Danforth	RW	Out For Season - Kneecap( Jan 25, '26)	Jan 25, '26
The Buffalo Sabres said on Monday (Jan. 26) that Danforth is trending toward a post-Olympic return to action, per Bill Hoppe of the Olean Times Herald.

Buffalo Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
LW	6	Zach Benson
C	9	Josh Norris
C	10	Sam Carrick
LW	12	Jordan Greenway
LW	17	Jason Zucker
C	19	Peyton Krebs
RW	22	Jack Quinn
LW	29	Beck Malenstyn
C	44	Josh Dunne
C	45	Riley Fiddler-Schultz
C	48	Tyson Kozak
LW	70	Tanner Pearson
C	71	Ryan McLeod
C	72	Tage Thompson
C	86	Noah Ostlund
RW	89	Alex Tuch
RW	91	Josh Doan
C	92	Anton Wahlberg
C	94	Konsta Helenius

Defense
POS	#	Player
G	1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
D	4	Bowen Byram
D	5	Luke Schenn
D	8	Michael Kesselring
D	21	Conor Timmins
D	23	Mattias Samuelsson
D	25	Owen Power
D	26	Rasmus Dahlin
G	27	Devon Levi
D	33	Ryan Johnson
G	34	Alex Lyon
D	57	Radim Mrtka
D	64	Logan Stanley
D	73	Zach Metsa
D	76	Vsevolod Komarov
G	92	Colten Ellis

New Jersey's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
A. Gritsyuk	RW	Out For Season - Upper-Body( Apr 01, '26)	Apr 01, '26
The Devils said on Thursday (Apr. 2) that Gritsyuk will have surgery to address an upper-body injury and will miss the rest of the season.
Z. MacEwen	RW	Out For Season - ACL( Jan 09, '26)	Jan 09, '26
The New Jersey Devils said on Saturday (Jan. 10) that MacEwen is out for the rest of the season after having ACL surgery.

New Jersey Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
C	12	Cody Glass
C	13	Nico Hischier
RW	16	Connor Brown
RW	28	Timo Meier
LW	33	Evgenii Dadonov
RW	42	Maxim Tsyplakov
LW	47	Paul Cotter
LW	63	Jesper Bratt
C	72	Nick Bjugstad
RW	81	Arseny Gritsyuk
C	86	Jack Hughes
C	91	Dawson Mercer

Defense
POS	#	Player
D	5	Brenden Dillon
D	7	Dougie Hamilton
D	8	Johnathan Kovacevic
D	17	Simon Nemec
G	25	Jacob Markstrom
G	34	Jake Allen
D	43	Luke Hughes
D	44	Dennis Cholowski
D	71	Jonas Siegenthaler

GoaltendersLast 5

Buffalo
New Jersey

W/L

5-0-1-0

GAA

1.83

Save %

.933

Buffalo Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
A.Lyon	Dec 20, 2025	BUF 3 - NYI 2 (SO)	W	2	34	.941	-	W -196	u5.5
A.Lyon	Dec 18, 2025	BUF 5 - PHI 3	W	3	27	.889	-	W -150	o6.0
A.Lyon	Dec 14, 2025	SEA 1 - BUF 3	W	1	24	.958	-	W -132	u5.5
A.Lyon	Dec 11, 2025	VAN 2 - BUF 3	W	2	32	.938	-	W -115	u5.5
C.Ellis	Dec 9, 2025	EDM 3 - BUF 4 (OT)	-	0	6	1.00	-	W +164	o6.5
A.Lyon	Dec 9, 2025	EDM 3 - BUF 4 (OT)	W	3	24	.875	-	W +164	o6.5

W/L

3-2-0-0

GAA

2.17

Save %

.862

New Jersey Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
J.Markstrom	Dec 19, 2025	UTAH 1 - NJ 2	W	1	33	.970	-	W +118	u6.0
J.Allen	Dec 17, 2025	VEG 1 - NJ 2 (SO)	W	1	37	.973	-	W +146	u5.5
J.Markstrom	Dec 14, 2025	NJ 1 - VAN 2	L	2	15	.867	-	L -120	u5.5
J.Allen	Dec 13, 2025	NJ 4 - ANA 1	W	1	31	.968	-	W -110	u6.5
J.Markstrom	Dec 11, 2025	NJ 4 - TB 8	-	3	7	.571	-	L +116	o6.0
J.Allen	Dec 11, 2025	NJ 4 - TB 8	L	5	28	.821	-	L +116	o6.0

BUF vs NJStats

Offense vs Defense

BUFBuffalo Offense
NJNew Jersey Offense

Goals

Goals
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
3.12	Total	3.00
0.88	1st Period	1.11
1.18	2nd Period	0.80
0.91	3rd Period	1.06
0.06	OT	0.03

Shots

Shots
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
28.44	Total	28.71
8.47	1st Period	8.94
10.68	2nd Period	10.49
8.97	3rd Period	9.00
0.32	OT	0.29

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct
SHOOTING	Stat	SAVE PCT.
0.11	Total	0.90
0.10	1st Period	0.88
0.11	2nd Period	0.92
0.10	3rd Period	0.88
0.18	OT	0.90

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Power Play vs Penalty Kill
POWERPLAY	Stat	PENALTY KILL
22 - 108	G/Att vs. GA/Att	24 - 99
20.37	PP % vs. PK %	75.76

Goaltenders

Goaltenders table
Buffalo Goaltenders
Name	S	SV	SV%	WL
Colten Ellis	228	204	0.895	4-3-0
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	242	214	0.884	4-5-1
Alex Lyon	533	483	0.906	8-6-3

Sabres vs Devils Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Scoring Summary

Penalty Summary

Shots On Goal

Team Statistics

Goaltending

Player Stats

Game Info

BUF vs NJRecords

BUF vs NJRecords

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

BUF vs NJ Preview

BUF vs NJInjury report

Buffalo's Injuries

Buffalo Starters Last Game

New Jersey's Injuries

New Jersey Starters Last Game

GoaltendersLast 5

BUF vs NJStats

Offense vs Defense

Goals

Shots

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Goaltenders

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Betting Terminology

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