Wednesday, February 25, 2026
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Scoring Summary

Period Time Team Goal Strength Score
2 08:10 BUF Tage Thompson (31) — Peyton Krebs (19) , Bowen Byram (19) EV 1-0
3 10:36 BUF Peyton Krebs (8) — Tage Thompson (30) EV 2-0
3 17:30 NJD Timo Meier (15) — Jack Hughes (25) , Jesper Bratt (29) EV 2-1

Penalty Summary

Period Per Time Team Player Penalty Min M
1 12:44 BUF — Too Many Men On The Ice 2
1 16:35 NJD Nico Hischier Tripping 2
2 14:44 NJD Jonas Siegenthaler High Sticking 2
2 14:44 NJD Jonas Siegenthaler Fighting 5
2 14:44 BUF Jason Zucker Fighting 5
2 16:53 NJD Johnathan Kovacevic Hooking 2
3 11:27 BUF Owen Power Holding 2

Team Statistics

Statistic Buffalo Sabres New Jersey Devils
Shots 30 28
Faceoff % 46.3% 53.7%
Hits 21 24
Blocked Shots 10 13
Giveaways 18 17
Takeaways 4 4

Skaters

Buffalo Sabres

# Player Pos G A PTS +/- PIM S HIT BLK GV TK SHFT TOI
9 Josh Norris C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 20 14:33
17 Jason Zucker L 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 1 2 0 16 13:28
19 Peyton Krebs C 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 17 13:41
22 Jack Quinn R 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 18 15:45
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 0 0 0 17 11:49
44 Josh Dunne C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 1 1 15 11:15
48 Tyson Kozak C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 0 1 0 17 12:04
71 Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 21 17:34
72 Tage Thompson C 1 1 2 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 19 19:19
86 Noah Ostlund C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 21 15:28
89 Alex Tuch R 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 23 19:50
91 Josh Doan R 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 20 14:58
4 Bowen Byram D 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 26 23:08
8 Michael Kesselring D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 18 14:43
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 1 3 0 25 24:15
25 Owen Power D 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 27 21:51
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 26 24:07
73 Zach Metsa D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 08:16

New Jersey Devils

# Player Pos G A PTS +/- PIM S HIT BLK GV TK SHFT TOI
12 Cody Glass C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 0 20 11:53
13 Nico Hischier C 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 24 21:11
16 Connor Brown R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 23 18:38
28 Timo Meier R 1 0 1 1 0 6 4 0 3 0 23 19:47
29 Lenni Hameenaho R 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 18 12:31
42 Maxim Tsyplakov R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 09:20
47 Paul Cotter L 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 11 07:45
63 Jesper Bratt L 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 22 18:49
72 Nick Bjugstad C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 14 10:35
81 Arseny Gritsyuk R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 2 0 20 14:25
86 Jack Hughes C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 21 21:25
91 Dawson Mercer C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 24 18:15
5 Brenden Dillon D 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 24 20:15
7 Dougie Hamilton D 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 2 0 27 20:02
8 Johnathan Kovacevic D 0 0 0 -2 2 0 1 2 1 0 22 15:13
17 Simon Nemec D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 21 22:23
22 Brett Pesce D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 1 0 1 26 18:50
71 Jonas Siegenthaler D 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 2 0 20 15:59

Goalies

Buffalo Sabres

# Goalie SA SV GA SV% EV PP SH TOI
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen 28 27 1 .964 20/21 6/6 1/1 60:00
34 Alex Lyon 0 0 0 — 0/0 0/0 0/0 00:00

New Jersey Devils

# Goalie SA SV GA SV% EV PP SH TOI
25 Jacob Markstrom 0 0 0 — 0/0 0/0 0/0 00:00
34 Jake Allen 30 28 2 .933 26/28 2/2 0/0 56:44