Game

Devils at Sabres

Devils 5, Sabres 0 · first star Jake Allen (0 GA, .000 SV%).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

New Jersey Devils 5 at Buffalo Sabres 0

Devils NJD

5 FINAL 0

Sabres BUF

Friday, November 28, 2025 · 4:00 PM ET · KeyBank Center, Buffalo

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Devils	1	1	3	5	23
Sabres	0	0	0	0	42

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Devils attack left, Sabres attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 1 mark in a team's own end is an attempt logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: NJD 23, BUF 42.

NJD in red BUF in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Devils 23 shots on goal (5 goals, 6 missed, 9 blocked) attacking left; Sabres 42 shots on goal (0 goals, 22 missed, 24 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	NJD SOG	NJD G	NJD ATT	BUF SOG	BUF ATT
1st	9	1	13	10	20
2nd	8	1	12	15	34
3rd	6	3	13	17	34
Total	23	5	38	42	88

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	NJD SOG	NJD G	BUF SOG
Even strength	22	5	38
Power play	1	0	4
Short-handed	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Sabres took 69.8% of the shot attempts, and 69.0% of the 116 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Sabres and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Devils hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Devils at Sabres
Period	BUF CF%	BUF FF%
1st	60.6	54.2
2nd	73.9	71.4
3rd	72.3	76.5
Game	69.8	68.8

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

12:07 Nico Hischier (9) Timo Meier (12) · snap 1–0

2nd period

07:45 Arseny Gritsyuk (5) Ondrej Palat (2), Dawson Mercer (9) · wrist 2–0

3rd period

01:39 Brenden Dillon (3) Connor Brown (3), Paul Cotter (4) · slap 3–0
05:22 Paul Cotter (2) Brenden Dillon (6) · backhand 4–0
16:49 Arseny Gritsyuk (6) Ondrej Palat (3) · wrist 5–0

Three stars

Jake Allen NJD · G #34 · 0 GA, .000 SV%
Arseny Gritsyuk NJD · R #81 · 2 G, 0 A
Paul Cotter NJD · L #47 · 1 G, 1 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	02:24	NJD	Stefan Noesen	fighting (major)	5	Tage Thompson
1st	02:24	BUF	Tage Thompson	fighting (major)	5	Stefan Noesen
2nd	08:01	NJD	Cody Glass	hooking	2	Noah Ostlund
2nd	13:39	BUF	Jack Quinn	holding	2	Jesper Bratt
2nd	15:13	NJD	Arseny Gritsyuk	interference goalkeeper	2	Alex Lyon

Boxscore

New Jersey Devils

Devils skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Arseny Gritsyuk #81	R	2	0	2	+2	6	0	0	2	0.0	14:00
Paul Cotter #47	L	1	1	2	+2	2	2	0	0	0.0	16:03
Brenden Dillon #5	D	1	1	2	+3	2	2	1	0	0.0	18:47
Ondrej Palat #18	L	0	2	2	+2	0	1	2	0	0.0	12:36
Nico Hischier #13	C	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	66.7	16:58
Dawson Mercer #91	C	0	1	1	+2	3	0	1	0	46.7	15:55
Connor Brown #16	R	0	1	1	+2	1	0	3	0	0.0	18:05
Timo Meier #28	R	0	1	1	+1	0	4	2	0	50.0	18:43
Cody Glass #12	C	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	2	61.5	13:28
Juho Lammikko #83	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0.0	09:29
Luke Glendening #14	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	60.0	13:07
Jesper Bratt #63	L	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0.0	19:19
Stefan Noesen #11	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	09:18
Colton White #45	D	0	0	0	+3	0	0	2	0	0.0	12:55
Dougie Hamilton #7	D	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	0	0.0	21:42
Jonas Siegenthaler #71	D	0	0	0	+1	0	7	0	0	0.0	23:50
Luke Hughes #43	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	0.0	22:39
Simon Nemec #17	D	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	0.0	19:06

Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jake Allen #34	W	42	42	0	1.000	38/38	4/4	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

Sabres skaters · by points
Player	Pos	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Noah Ostlund #86	C	-1	0	0	0	0	28.6	13:46
Peyton Krebs #19	C	0	2	1	0	0	36.4	12:52
Ryan McLeod #71	C	-3	2	0	1	0	50.0	17:43
Tage Thompson #72	C	-1	3	2	0	5	20.0	16:54
Tyson Kozak #48	C	-1	1	3	2	0	70.0	13:56
Beck Malenstyn #29	L	0	3	3	1	0	0.0	10:39
Jason Zucker #17	L	-3	4	0	1	0	66.7	16:22
Jordan Greenway #12	L	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	09:46
Zach Benson #6	L	-1	1	1	0	0	0.0	15:52
Alex Tuch #89	R	-1	5	3	1	0	50.0	17:57
Jack Quinn #22	R	-3	1	1	1	2	0.0	17:12
Josh Doan #91	R	-1	3	1	0	0	0.0	16:55
Bowen Byram #4	D	-2	1	0	0	0	0.0	19:43
Conor Timmins #21	D	-2	1	1	1	0	0.0	17:34
Jacob Bryson #78	D	-1	1	0	0	0	0.0	14:07
Mattias Samuelsson #23	D	-2	4	3	1	0	0.0	17:42
Owen Power #25	D	-1	5	0	0	0	0.0	22:57
Rasmus Dahlin #26	D	-2	5	3	0	0	0.0	26:03

Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Alex Lyon #34	L	23	18	5	.783	17/22	1/1	60:00

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.