BUF 2 @ NJD 1 · Feb 25, 2026

Wed, Feb 25, 2026·Prudential Center, Newark

Away

Buffalo Sabres

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New Jersey Devils

Three stars

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 61% of the time.

53%

31%

NJD winsBUF wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

NJD forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against BUF's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.

	Tuch–Thompson–Krebs	Zucker–McLeod–Quinn	Norris–Doan–Ostlund	Malenstyn–Dunne–Kozak	Samuelsson–Dahlin	Byram–Power	Kesselring–Metsa	Samuelsson–Kesselring	Samuelsson–Byram	Dahlin–Metsa	Samuelsson–Power	Dahlin–Power	Kesselring–Byram
Meier–Hischier–Mercer	4:090.17–0.07	1:340.11–0.06	1:550.00–0.17	3:150.00–0.06	6:210.14–0.18	2:420.15–0.00			0:510.00–0.18	0:390.00–0.00		0:310.01–0.00
Brown–Bratt–Hughes	1:200.00–0.11	1:490.05–0.17	2:140.13–0.11	2:270.08–0.03	3:020.00–0.14	4:000.18–0.28		0:490.11–0.00	0:590.00–0.00
Glass–Gritsyuk–Hameenaho	2:390.14–0.00	1:460.03–0.00	2:010.01–0.08		0:360.03–0.00	2:350.00–0.01	2:290.14–0.00					0:430.00–0.00
Bjugstad–Cotter–Tsyplakov		4:070.32–0.60	0:560.00–0.24		1:300.05–0.27	1:100.10–0.00	2:070.19–0.19			0:410.15–0.08			0:560.02–0.30
Hughes–Gritsyuk–Hameenaho	1:220.00–0.22							0:470.00–0.20			0:350.00–0.02
Hamilton–Siegenthaler	1:510.01–0.04	2:580.17–0.30	2:110.01–0.11	3:500.08–0.12	5:200.17–0.43	1:460.00–0.01	1:350.16–0.00	0:550.11–0.00	1:080.00–0.01	0:590.00–0.08	1:280.01–0.04
Dillon–Nemec	4:180.13–0.20	3:210.05–0.36	2:240.13–0.08	1:260.00–0.00	3:290.03–0.06	3:350.50–0.00	2:370.17–0.00	1:150.00–0.28				0:480.00–0.00	1:080.02–0.30
Pesce–Kovacevic	4:100.17–0.16	3:090.15–0.17	2:380.01–0.35	0:360.00–0.00	2:340.00–0.05	5:480.24–0.28	1:260.00–0.19		0:420.00–0.17			0:360.01–0.00
Pesce–Nemec
Dillon–Pesce				0:360.00–0.00				0:360.00–0.00

Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

NJDBUFFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals


Mattias SamuelssonBUF	25	24:15	0:58	2:01	0	8
Rasmus DahlinBUF	26	24:07	0:56	2:15	3	7
Bowen ByramBUF	26	23:08	0:53	1:52	3	5
Simon NemecNJD	21	22:23	1:04	2:15	1	3
Owen PowerBUF	27	21:51	0:49	1:41	5	3
Jack HughesNJD	21	21:25	1:01	2:15	4	0
Nico HischierNJD	24	21:11	0:53	1:37	5	4
Brenden DillonNJD	24	20:15	0:51	1:35	3	5
Dougie HamiltonNJD	27	20:02	0:45	1:28	4	2
Alex TuchBUF	23	19:50	0:52	1:22	4	4
Timo MeierNJD	23	19:47	0:52	1:37	4	2
Tage ThompsonBUF	19	19:19	1:01	2:16	4	2
Brett PesceNJD	26	18:50	0:43	1:35	1	6
Jesper BrattNJD	22	18:49	0:51	1:48	4	0
Connor BrownNJD	23	18:38	0:49	1:39	4	1
Dawson MercerNJD	24	18:15	0:46	1:27	4	4
Ryan McLeodBUF	21	17:34	0:50	1:20	3	5
Jonas SiegenthalerNJD	20	15:59	0:48	1:14	3	0
Jack QuinnBUF	18	15:45	0:53	1:55	4	4
Noah OstlundBUF	21	15:28	0:44	1:20	5	1
Johnathan KovacevicNJD	22	15:13	0:42	1:34	1	4
Josh DoanBUF	20	14:58	0:45	1:16	3	1
Michael KesselringBUF	18	14:43	0:49	1:50	1	0
Josh NorrisBUF	20	14:33	0:44	1:34	6	1
Arseny GritsyukNJD	20	14:25	0:43	1:02	0	4
Peyton KrebsBUF	17	13:41	0:48	1:20	2	1
Jason ZuckerBUF	16	13:28	0:51	1:38	3	2
Lenni HameenahoNJD	18	12:31	0:42	1:03	0	4
Tyson KozakBUF	17	12:04	0:43	1:35	0	2
Cody GlassNJD	20	11:53	0:36	0:59	0	5
Beck MalenstynBUF	17	11:49	0:42	1:34	0	2
Josh DunneBUF	15	11:15	0:45	1:30	0	2
Nick BjugstadNJD	14	10:35	0:45	1:11	0	0
Maxim TsyplakovNJD	12	9:20	0:47	1:39	0	0
Zach MetsaBUF	10	8:16	0:50	1:38	1	1
Paul CotterNJD	11	7:45	0:42	1:15	0	0

Buffalo Sabres 2, New Jersey Devils 1

Who was on the ice

Shift totals