Sabres vs Devils

Final · Wed Feb 25 · 7:00 PM ET · Prudential Center

Buffalo SabresSabres33-19-6

FinalFeb 25, 2026

New Jersey DevilsDevils28-28-2

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Closing line

US sportsbook at puck drop

Moneyline

BUF−108

NJ−112

Puck line

BUF +1.5−270

NJ −1.5+220

Total O/U

Over 6.5+110

Under 6.5−130

Puck line: Sabres +1.5 covered.
Total O/U: under 6.5 (3 goals).

Recap

The Buffalo Sabres edged the New Jersey Devils 2-1 at Prudential Center in Newark on Feb 25, 2026 to move to 33-19-6.

The game was played before 16,514.

Score by period

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

W: Luukkonen · L: Allen

Scoring plays

Second Period

BUFGoal · 8:10Tage Thompson Goal (31) Wrist Shot, assists: Peyton Krebs (19), Bowen Byram (19)1-0

Third Period

BUFGoal · 10:36Peyton Krebs Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Tage Thompson (30)2-0
NJGoal · 17:30Timo Meier Goal (15) Wrist Shot, assists: Jack Hughes (25), Jesper Bratt (29)2-1

Team stats

BUFNJ

Shots: 30; 28
Power Play Goals: 0; 0
Faceoff Win Percent: 46.3; 53.7
Hits: 21; 24
Blocked Shots: 10; 13
Penalty Minutes: 9; 11

Top performers

Buffalo SabresNew Jersey Devils

Goals

Tage Thompson1

Timo Meier1

Assists

Tage Thompson1

Jesper Bratt1

Points

Tage Thompson2

Timo Meier1

Player stats

Sabres · Forwards

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	G	A	S	FO%	PIM
Josh Doan RW	0	1	2	0	14:58	0	0	3	0.0	0
Josh Dunne C	0	0	1	-1	11:15	0	0	1	0.0	0
Tyson Kozak C	0	3	0	-1	12:04	0	0	1	71.4	0
Peyton Krebs C	0	0	0	2	13:41	1	1	1	100.0	0
Beck Malenstyn LW	0	3	0	-1	11:49	0	0	0	0.0	0
Ryan McLeod C	1	0	0	0	17:34	0	0	3	52.6	0
Josh Norris C	0	0	0	0	14:33	0	0	1	46.2	0
Noah Ostlund C	0	0	0	0	15:28	0	0	2	0.0	0
Jack Quinn RW	0	1	0	1	15:45	0	0	3	0.0	0
Tage Thompson C	0	1	0	2	19:19	1	1	3	30.0	0
Alex Tuch RW	1	2	0	1	19:50	0	0	2	0.0	0
Jason Zucker LW	1	1	0	0	13:28	0	0	3	0.0	5

Sabres · Defense

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	A	S	PIM
Bowen Byram D	2	0	1	1	23:08	1	0	0
Rasmus Dahlin D	2	2	0	0	24:07	0	1	0
Michael Kesselring D	1	1	0	0	14:43	0	1	0
Zach Metsa D	0	0	0	0	8:16	0	1	0
Owen Power D	1	1	0	1	21:51	0	0	2
Mattias Samuelsson D	1	5	0	0	24:15	0	4	0

Sabres · Goalies

Player	GA	SA	SV	SV%	TOI	PIM
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G	1	28	27	.964	60:00	0

Devils · Forwards

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	G	A	S	FO%	PIM
Nick Bjugstad C	0	0	0	0	10:35	0	0	3	40.0	0
Jesper Bratt LW	0	2	0	0	18:49	0	1	2	0.0	0
Connor Brown RW	0	1	0	0	18:38	0	0	1	0.0	0
Paul Cotter LW	0	3	0	0	7:45	0	0	0	100.0	0
Cody Glass C	0	1	0	-1	11:53	0	0	1	84.6	0
Arseny Gritsyuk RW	1	0	0	-1	14:25	0	0	1	0.0	0
Lenni Hameenaho RW	1	2	0	0	12:31	0	0	3	0.0	0
Nico Hischier C	1	1	0	1	21:11	0	0	2	45.8	2
Jack Hughes C	0	0	0	0	21:25	0	1	1	37.5	0
Timo Meier RW	0	4	0	1	19:47	1	0	6	33.3	0
Dawson Mercer C	1	0	1	0	18:15	0	0	2	0.0	0
Maxim Tsyplakov RW	0	0	0	-1	9:20	0	0	1	0.0	0

Devils · Defense

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	S	PIM
Brenden Dillon D	1	6	0	0	20:15	0	0
Dougie Hamilton D	3	2	0	0	20:02	3	0
Johnathan Kovacevic D	2	1	0	-2	15:13	0	2
Simon Nemec D	1	1	2	1	22:23	1	0
Brett Pesce D	1	0	1	-2	18:50	1	0
Jonas Siegenthaler D	1	0	0	0	15:59	0	7

Devils · Goalies

Player	GA	SA	SV	SV%	TOI	PIM
Jake Allen G	2	30	28	.933	56:44	0

Three stars

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (BUF)
Tage Thompson (BUF)
Jake Allen (NJ)

Game info

VenuePrudential Center, Newark, NJ

Attendance16,514

OfficialsReferee: Kelly Sutherland · Referee: Jordan Samuels-Thomas · Linesman: Andrew Smith · Linesman: Shawn Oliver

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