Buffalo Sabres 2, New Jersey Devils 1: final score and stats
Buffalo Sabres beat New Jersey Devils, Buffalo Sabres 2 to New Jersey Devils 1, on Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at Prudential Center, Newark, NJ. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for New Jersey Devils vs Buffalo Sabres.
NHLWednesday, February 25, 2026
DateFeb 25, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenuePrudential Center, Newark, NJ
TVESPN+
Attendance16,514
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| New Jersey Devils | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Buffalo SabresNew Jersey Devils
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
33-19-6Record28-28-2
6th in Atlantic DivisionStanding2nd in Metropolitan Division
4-4Road record / home record8-2
LLWLWLast 5LWWWW
L2StreakL1
Team stats
Buffalo SabresNew Jersey Devils
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Buffalo Sabres
Alex Lyon G · Shoulder
Injured ReserveKonsta Helenius C · Upper Body
OutJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveNew Jersey Devils
Anthony Mantha RW · Neck
Injured ReserveSeamus Casey D · Knee
Injured ReserveJohnathan Kovacevic D · Undisclosed
Day-To-DayBox score
Buffalo Sabres Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Doan | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14:58 | 2:21 | 0:00 | 12:37 | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Dunne | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 11:15 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Kozak | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 12:04 | 0:07 | 1:41 | 10:16 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 71.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:41 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:41 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 11:49 | 0:06 | 1:39 | 10:04 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:34 | 2:11 | 2:19 | 13:04 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 52.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Norris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:33 | 3:43 | 0:01 | 10:49 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 46.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Ostlund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:28 | 2:41 | 0:01 | 12:46 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:45 | 3:39 | 0:00 | 12:06 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:19 | 3:39 | 0:00 | 15:40 | 19 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 30.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19:50 | 2:05 | 2:19 | 15:26 | 23 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Zucker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:28 | 1:38 | 0:00 | 11:50 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Buffalo Sabres Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowen Byram | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23:08 | 2:03 | 2:14 | 18:51 | 26 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24:07 | 3:51 | 1:11 | 19:05 | 26 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Kesselring | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:43 | 0:00 | 1:17 | 13:26 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Metsa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:16 | 0:00 | 0:02 | 8:14 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:51 | 1:46 | 1:00 | 19:05 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 24:15 | 0:10 | 2:16 | 21:49 | 25 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 27 | .964 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
New Jersey Devils Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Bjugstad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:35 | 0:00 | 1:42 | 8:53 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesper Bratt | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18:49 | 2:27 | 2:02 | 14:20 | 22 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Brown | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:38 | 2:33 | 2:52 | 13:13 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Cotter | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7:45 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:45 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cody Glass | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 11:53 | 0:00 | 2:18 | 9:35 | 20 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 84.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arseny Gritsyuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 14:25 | 1:15 | 0:00 | 13:10 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lenni Hameenaho | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12:31 | 1:12 | 0:00 | 11:19 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nico Hischier | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:11 | 2:45 | 1:11 | 17:15 | 24 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 45.8 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jack Hughes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:25 | 2:47 | 0:00 | 18:38 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 37.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Timo Meier | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19:47 | 1:33 | 0:00 | 18:14 | 23 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dawson Mercer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:15 | 1:27 | 1:54 | 14:54 | 24 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Maxim Tsyplakov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 9:20 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:20 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
New Jersey Devils Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brenden Dillon | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20:15 | 0:00 | 3:52 | 16:23 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dougie Hamilton | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20:02 | 2:24 | 1:21 | 16:17 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnathan Kovacevic | 2 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 15:13 | 0:00 | 1:34 | 13:39 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Simon Nemec | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 22:23 | 1:36 | 0:56 | 19:51 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Pesce | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 18:50 | 0:01 | 3:31 | 15:18 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonas Siegenthaler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:59 | 0:00 | 0:47 | 15:12 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
New Jersey Devils Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Allen | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 28 | .933 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 56:44 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
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Dec 21, 2025BUF 3, NJ 1
Nov 28, 2025NJ 5, BUF 0
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Buffalo Sabres vs New Jersey Devils?
Buffalo Sabres won, 2-1, on Wednesday, February 25, 2026.
What was the final score of Buffalo Sabres vs New Jersey Devils?
Buffalo Sabres 2, New Jersey Devils 1.
Who were the top performers?
Buffalo Sabres: Tage Thompson (1 goals). New Jersey Devils: Timo Meier (1 goals).
Where is Buffalo Sabres vs New Jersey Devils played?
Prudential Center, Newark, NJ.
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