Game

Sabres at Devils

Sabres 2, Devils 1 · first star Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (0 GA, .964 SV%).

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

Buffalo Sabres 2 at New Jersey Devils 1

Sabres BUF

2 FINAL 1

Devils NJD

Wednesday, February 25, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · Prudential Center, Newark

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Sabres	0	1	1	2	30
Devils	0	0	1	1	28

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Sabres attack left, Devils attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 3 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: BUF 30, NJD 28.

BUF in red NJD in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Sabres 30 shots on goal (2 goals, 16 missed, 13 blocked) attacking left; Devils 28 shots on goal (1 goal, 18 missed, 11 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	BUF SOG	BUF G	BUF ATT	NJD SOG	NJD G	NJD ATT
1st	9	0	16	12	0	18
2nd	11	1	21	10	0	14
3rd	10	1	22	6	1	25
Total	30	2	59	28	1	57

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	BUF SOG	BUF G	NJD SOG	NJD G
Even strength	28	2	21	1
Power play	2	0	6	0
Short-handed	0	0	1	0

Attempt share by period

Sabres took 50.9% of the shot attempts, and 59.8% of the 92 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 Devils and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Sabres hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Sabres at Devils
Period	NJD CF%	NJD FF%
1st	52.9	51.9
2nd	40.0	44.4
3rd	53.2	52.6
Game	49.1	50.0

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

Scoring summary

2nd period

08:10 Tage Thompson (31) Peyton Krebs (19), Bowen Byram (19) · wrist 1–0

3rd period

10:36 Peyton Krebs (8) Tage Thompson (30) · wrist 2–0
17:30 Timo Meier (15) Jack Hughes (25), Jesper Bratt (29) · wrist 2–1

Three stars

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen BUF · G #1 · 0 GA, .964 SV%
Tage Thompson BUF · C #72 · 1 G, 1 A
Jake Allen NJD · G #34 · 0 GA, .933 SV%

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	12:44	BUF	Bench	too many men on the ice	2	—
1st	16:35	NJD	Nico Hischier	tripping	2	Rasmus Dahlin
2nd	14:44	NJD	Jonas Siegenthaler	high sticking	2	Jason Zucker
2nd	14:44	NJD	Jonas Siegenthaler	fighting (major)	5	Jason Zucker
2nd	14:44	BUF	Jason Zucker	fighting (major)	5	Jonas Siegenthaler
2nd	16:53	NJD	Johnathan Kovacevic	hooking	2	Josh Doan
3rd	11:27	BUF	Owen Power	holding	2	Nick Bjugstad

Boxscore

Buffalo Sabres

Sabres skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Peyton Krebs #19	C	1	1	2	+2	1	0	0	0	100.0	13:41
Tage Thompson #72	C	1	1	2	+2	3	1	0	0	30.0	19:19
Bowen Byram #4	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0	0.0	23:08
Josh Dunne #44	C	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0.0	11:15
Josh Norris #9	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	46.2	14:33
Noah Ostlund #86	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	15:28
Ryan McLeod #71	C	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	52.6	17:34
Tyson Kozak #48	C	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	0	71.4	12:04
Beck Malenstyn #29	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	0.0	11:49
Jason Zucker #17	L	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	5	0.0	13:28
Alex Tuch #89	R	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	0	0.0	19:50
Jack Quinn #22	R	0	0	0	+1	3	1	0	0	0.0	15:45
Josh Doan #91	R	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	14:58
Mattias Samuelsson #23	D	0	0	0	0	4	5	1	0	0.0	24:15
Michael Kesselring #8	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0.0	14:43
Owen Power #25	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	2	0.0	21:51
Rasmus Dahlin #26	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0.0	24:07
Zach Metsa #73	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	08:16

Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen #1	W	28	27	1	.964	20/21	6/6	60:00

New Jersey Devils

Devils skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Timo Meier #28	R	1	0	1	+1	6	4	0	0	33.3	19:47
Jack Hughes #86	C	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	37.5	21:25
Jesper Bratt #63	L	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	18:49
Cody Glass #12	C	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	84.6	11:53
Dawson Mercer #91	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0.0	18:15
Nick Bjugstad #72	C	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	40.0	10:35
Nico Hischier #13	C	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	2	45.8	21:11
Paul Cotter #47	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	100.0	07:45
Arseny Gritsyuk #81	R	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0.0	14:25
Connor Brown #16	R	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	18:38
Lenni Hameenaho #29	R	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0.0	12:31
Maxim Tsyplakov #42	R	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0.0	09:20
Brenden Dillon #5	D	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0.0	20:15
Brett Pesce #22	D	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	0.0	18:50
Dougie Hamilton #7	D	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	0	0.0	20:02
Johnathan Kovacevic #8	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	2	0.0	15:13
Jonas Siegenthaler #71	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0.0	15:59
Simon Nemec #17	D	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	0.0	22:23

Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jake Allen #34	L	30	28	2	.933	26/28	2/2	56:44

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.