Devils vs Sabres

Final · Fri Nov 28 · 4:00 PM ET · KeyBank Center

New Jersey DevilsDevils16-7-1

FinalNov 28, 2025

Buffalo SabresSabres9-11-4

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Closing line

US sportsbook at puck drop

Moneyline

NJ−108

BUF−112

Puck line

NJ +1.5−270

BUF −1.5+220

Puck line: Devils +1.5 covered.

Recap

The New Jersey Devils shut out the Buffalo Sabres 5-0 at KeyBank Center in Buffalo on Nov 28, 2025 to move to 16-7-1.

The Devils have won 3 straight. The Devils won despite being outshot 42-23. They scored 3 unanswered goals in the third period.

Score by period

New Jersey Devils and Buffalo Sabres, score by period
Team	1	2	3	T
NJ	1	1	3	5
BUF	0	0	0	0

W: Allen · L: Lyon

Scoring plays

First Period

NJGoal · 12:07Nico Hischier Goal (9) Snap Shot, assists: Timo Meier (12)1-0

Second Period

NJGoal · 7:45Arseny Gritsyuk Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Ondrej Palat (2), Dawson Mercer (9)2-0

Third Period

NJGoal · 1:39Brenden Dillon Goal (3) Slap Shot, assists: Connor Brown (3), Paul Cotter (4)3-0
NJGoal · 5:22Paul Cotter Goal (2) Backhand, assists: Brenden Dillon (6)4-0
NJGoal · 16:49Arseny Gritsyuk Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Ondrej Palat (3)5-0

Team stats

NJBUF

Shots: 23; 42
Power Play Goals: 0; 0
Faceoff Win Percent: 56.1; 43.9
Hits: 20; 24
Blocked Shots: 20; 9
Penalty Minutes: 9; 7

Top performers

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Goals

Arseny Gritsyuk2

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Assists

Brenden Dillon1

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Points

Arseny Gritsyuk2

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Player stats

Devils · Forwards

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	G	A	S	FO%	PIM
Jesper Bratt LW	0	0	1	1	19:19	0	0	2	0.0	0
Connor Brown RW	3	0	0	2	18:05	0	1	1	0.0	0
Paul Cotter LW	0	2	0	2	16:03	1	1	2	0.0	0
Cody Glass C	0	0	0	2	13:28	0	0	2	61.5	2
Luke Glendening C	2	0	0	0	13:07	0	0	0	60.0	0
Arseny Gritsyuk RW	0	0	0	2	14:00	2	0	6	0.0	2
Nico Hischier C	0	1	2	1	16:58	1	0	2	66.7	0
Juho Lammikko C	2	1	1	0	9:29	0	0	0	0.0	0
Timo Meier RW	2	4	1	1	18:43	0	1	0	50.0	0
Dawson Mercer C	1	0	0	2	15:55	0	1	3	46.7	0
Stefan Noesen RW	0	0	0	0	9:18	0	0	0	0.0	5
Ondrej Palat LW	2	1	1	2	12:36	0	2	0	0.0	0

Devils · Defense

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	G	A	S
Brenden Dillon D	1	2	0	3	18:47	1	1	2
Dougie Hamilton D	1	2	0	1	21:42	0	0	2
Luke Hughes D	2	0	0	1	22:39	0	0	0
Simon Nemec D	2	0	1	1	19:06	0	0	1
Jonas Siegenthaler D	0	7	1	1	23:50	0	0	0
Colton White D	2	0	0	3	12:55	0	0	0

Devils · Goalies

Player	GA	SA	SV	SV%	TOI	PIM
Jake Allen G	0	42	42	1.000	60:00	0

Sabres · Forwards

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	S	FO%	PIM
Zach Benson LW	0	1	1	-1	15:52	1	0.0	0
Josh Doan RW	0	1	0	-1	16:55	3	0.0	0
Jordan Greenway LW	0	2	0	0	9:46	0	0.0	0
Tyson Kozak C	2	3	1	-1	13:56	1	70.0	0
Peyton Krebs C	0	1	1	0	12:52	2	36.4	0
Beck Malenstyn LW	1	3	0	0	10:39	3	0.0	0
Ryan McLeod C	1	0	0	-3	17:43	2	50.0	0
Noah Ostlund C	0	0	0	-1	13:46	0	28.6	0
Jack Quinn RW	1	1	0	-3	17:12	1	0.0	2
Tage Thompson C	0	2	0	-1	16:54	3	20.0	5
Alex Tuch RW	1	3	0	-1	17:57	5	50.0	0
Jason Zucker LW	1	0	0	-3	16:22	4	66.7	0

Sabres · Defense

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	S
Jacob Bryson D	0	0	0	-1	14:07	1
Bowen Byram D	0	0	0	-2	19:43	1
Rasmus Dahlin D	0	3	2	-2	26:03	5
Owen Power D	0	0	0	-1	22:57	5
Mattias Samuelsson D	1	3	0	-2	17:42	4
Conor Timmins D	1	1	1	-2	17:34	1

Sabres · Goalies

Player	GA	SA	SV	SV%	TOI	PIM
Alex Lyon G	5	23	18	.783	60:00	0

Three stars

Jake Allen (NJ)
Arseny Gritsyuk (NJ)
Paul Cotter (NJ)

Game info

VenueKeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY

Attendance19,070

OfficialsLinesman: Brad Kovachik · Linesman: Mark Shewchyk · Referee: Peter MacDougall · Referee: Mitch Dunning

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