New Jersey Devils at Buffalo Sabres

Nov 28, 2025 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
New Jersey Devils	5	23
Buffalo Sabres	0	42

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
12:07	NJD	Nico Hischier (9)	Timo Meier (12)	1 - 0
2nd Period
07:45	NJD	Arseny Gritsyuk (5)	Ondrej Palat (2), Dawson Mercer (9)	2 - 0
3rd Period
01:39	NJD	Brenden Dillon (3)	Connor Brown (3), Paul Cotter (4)	3 - 0
05:22	NJD	Paul Cotter (2)	Brenden Dillon (6)	4 - 0
16:49	NJD	Arseny Gritsyuk (6)	Ondrej Palat (3)	5 - 0

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
02:24	NJD	Stefan Noesen	Fighting	5
02:24	BUF	Tage Thompson	Fighting	5
2nd Period
08:01	NJD	Cody Glass	Hooking	2
13:39	BUF	Jack Quinn	Holding	2
15:13	NJD	Arseny Gritsyuk	Interference goalkeeper	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
New Jersey Devils	42	29	23	5	2.3	33.6
Buffalo Sabres	84	64	42	0	3.6	66.4

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while New Jersey Devils had.

Expected goals

New Jersey Devils: 2.3 expected, 5 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.6 expected, 0 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

New Jersey Devils

Buffalo Sabres

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

New Jersey Devils

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Timo Meier · Jesper Bratt · Nico Hischier	12:41	34.8	48.2	1-0
Connor Brown · Cody Glass · Paul Cotter	11:14	40.0	43.5	2-0
Ondrej Palat · Arseny Gritsyuk · Dawson Mercer	9:03	54.5	47.4	2-0
Stefan Noesen · Luke Glendening · Juho Lammikko	5:51	0.0	0.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Dougie Hamilton · Jonas Siegenthaler	19:27	30.8	49.4	1-0
Luke Hughes · Simon Nemec	16:08	30.2	26.9	1-0
Brenden Dillon · Colton White	12:24	42.9	52.7	3-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
81	Arseny Gritsyuk	R	2	0	2	2	2	6	0	14:00	0.46	14-13	0.89-1.00
5	Brenden Dillon	D	1	1	2	3	0	2	2	18:47	0.06	14-19	0.88-0.73
47	Paul Cotter	L	1	1	2	2	0	2	2	16:03	0.32	12-21	0.51-0.83
81	Ondrej Palat	L	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	12:36		13-21	0.85-1.03
13	Nico Hischier	C	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	16:58	0.31	8-16	0.71-0.77
16	Connor Brown	R	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	18:05	0.06	13-28	0.51-0.80
28	Timo Meier	R	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	18:43	0.12	11-19	0.77-0.93
91	Dawson Mercer	C	0	1	1	2	0	3	0	15:55	0.57	15-25	0.85-1.24
7	Dougie Hamilton	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	21:42	0.01	12-27	0.66-0.68
11	Stefan Noesen	R	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	09:18		1-18	0.00-0.45
12	Cody Glass	C	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	13:28	0.08	11-15	0.52-0.67
41	Luke Glendening	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13:07		5-20	0.09-0.47
43	Luke Hughes	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	22:39	0.09	13-32	0.64-1.73
45	Colton White	D	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	12:55		12-17	0.76-0.70
63	Jesper Bratt	L	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	19:19	0.23	12-18	0.77-0.88
71	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	23:50	0.01	14-28	0.78-0.72
71	Simon Nemec	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	19:06	0.02	13-31	0.64-1.74
83	Juho Lammikko	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	09:29		2-17	0.03-0.39

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
34	Jake Allen	W, SO	42	42	0	60:00	3.49	+3.49

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jason Zucker · Ryan McLeod · Jack Quinn	12:32	63.3	60.1	0-3
Tyson Kozak · Noah Ostlund · Zach Benson	9:05	81.0	81.4	0-1
Jordan Greenway · Beck Malenstyn · Peyton Krebs	8:34	66.7	83.0	0-0
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · Josh Doan	8:13	43.8	18.7	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin	14:47	57.1	27.4	0-2
Conor Timmins · Bowen Byram	12:51	63.2	61.7	0-1
Jacob Bryson · Owen Power	11:11	76.0	92.3	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
6	Zach Benson	L	-1	0	1	1	15:52	0.07	29-6	1.20-0.26
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	2	09:46		11-5	0.33-0.07
17	Jason Zucker	L	-3	0	4	0	16:22	0.87	20-12	1.20-0.85
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	2	1	12:52	0.04	13-7	0.38-0.15
21	Conor Timmins	D	-2	0	1	1	17:34	0.04	22-11	1.31-0.96
22	Jack Quinn	R	-3	2	1	1	17:12	0.25	23-14	1.29-0.88
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	-2	0	4	3	17:42	0.04	23-16	0.40-1.12
24	Bowen Byram	D	-2	0	1	0	19:43	0.04	17-9	1.00-0.65
25	Owen Power	D	-1	0	5	0	22:57	0.16	36-12	1.45-0.34
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	-2	0	5	3	26:03	0.29	31-20	0.94-1.04
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	3	3	10:39	0.24	10-5	0.32-0.07
48	Tyson Kozak	C	-1	0	1	3	13:56	0.20	21-10	0.82-0.29
71	Ryan McLeod	C	-3	0	2	0	17:43	0.30	22-13	1.28-0.82
72	Tage Thompson	C	-1	5	3	2	16:54	0.35	16-14	0.60-1.01
78	Jacob Bryson	D	-1	0	1	0	14:07	0.01	25-10	1.22-0.23
86	Noah Ostlund	C	-1	0	0	0	13:46	0.19	27-6	0.75-0.20
89	Alex Tuch	R	-1	0	5	3	17:57	0.35	18-14	0.43-0.97
91	Josh Doan	R	-1	0	3	1	16:55	0.18	21-11	0.85-0.97

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
34	Alex Lyon	L	23	18	5	60:00	2.24	-2.76