New Jersey Devils vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Friday, November 28, 2025 · KeyBank Center

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5–0

Final

SOG 23–42

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MSG-B · MSG

Game summary

The New Jersey Devils beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-0 on Friday, November 28, 2025 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Devils 42-23.

Arseny Gritsyuk scored twice. Nico Hischier, Brenden Dillon and Paul Cotter also scored.

Jake Allen made 42 saves on 42 shots for the win; Alex Lyon stopped 18 of 23.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NJD	1	1	3	5	23
BUF	0	0	0	0	42

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Nico Hischier (9)Timo Meier (12)1–012:07 NJD

2nd period

Arseny Gritsyuk (5)Ondrej Palat (2), Dawson Mercer (9)2–007:45 NJD

3rd period

Brenden Dillon (3)Connor Brown (3), Paul Cotter (4)3–001:39 NJD
Paul Cotter (2)Brenden Dillon (6)4–005:22 NJD
Arseny Gritsyuk (6)Ondrej Palat (3)Timmins 1:00 into shift5–016:49 NJD

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:00

5–0 · 3rd 16:49 · Gritsyuk. Timmins was 1:00 into his shift when it went in.

GoalNJD on iceBUF on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 NJD

1st 12:07 · Hischier

Tuch 0:49

NormalTuch 0:49

2–0 NJD

2nd 7:45 · Gritsyuk

Zucker 0:19

Fresh legsZucker 0:19

3–0 NJD

3rd 1:39 · Dillon

Byram 0:59

NormalByram 0:59

4–0 NJD

3rd 5:22 · Cotter

Zucker 0:35

Fresh legsZucker 0:35

5–0 NJD

3rd 16:49 · Gritsyuk

Long shift: Timmins 1:00

Long shiftTimmins 1:00

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

NJDBUF

23Shots on goal42

56%Faceoff %44%

0/1Power play0/2

9Penalty minutes7

20Hits24

20Blocked shots9

19Giveaways19

8Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 02:24Stefan Noesen · fighting5 min
1st 02:24Tage Thompson · fighting5 min
2nd 08:01Cody Glass · hooking2 min
2nd 13:39Jack Quinn · holding2 min
2nd 15:13Arseny Gritsyuk · interference goalkeeper2 min

Season series

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

18Ondrej PalatL	0	2	2	+2	0	1	2	0	–	12:36
47Paul CotterL	1	1	2	+2	2	2	0	0	–	16:03
81Arseny GritsyukR	2	0	2	+2	6	0	0	2	–	14:00
5Brenden DillonD	1	1	2	+3	2	2	1	0	–	18:47
13Nico HischierC	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	67	16:58
16Connor BrownR	0	1	1	+2	1	0	3	0	–	18:05
28Timo MeierR	0	1	1	+1	0	4	2	0	50	18:43
91Dawson MercerC	0	1	1	+2	3	0	1	0	47	15:55
11Stefan NoesenR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	09:18
12Cody GlassC	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	2	62	13:28
14Luke GlendeningC	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	60	13:07
63Jesper BrattL	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	19:19
83Juho LammikkoC	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	09:29
7Dougie HamiltonD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	0	–	21:42
17Simon NemecD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	–	19:06
43Luke HughesD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	–	22:39
45Colton WhiteD	0	0	0	+3	0	0	2	0	–	12:55
71Jonas SiegenthalerD	0	0	0	+1	0	7	0	0	–	23:50

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
25Jacob MarkstromG		0	0	0	–	00:00
34Jake AllenG	W	42	42	0	1.000	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

6Zach BensonL	-1	1	1	0	0	–	15:52
12Jordan GreenwayL	0	0	2	0	0	–	09:46
17Jason ZuckerL	-3	4	0	1	0	67	16:22
19Peyton KrebsC	0	2	1	0	0	36	12:52
22Jack QuinnR	-3	1	1	1	2	–	17:12
29Beck MalenstynL	0	3	3	1	0	–	10:39
48Tyson KozakC	-1	1	3	2	0	70	13:56
71Ryan McLeodC	-3	2	0	1	0	50	17:43
72Tage ThompsonC	-1	3	2	0	5	20	16:54
86Noah OstlundC	-1	0	0	0	0	29	13:46
89Alex TuchR	-1	5	3	1	0	50	17:57
91Josh DoanR	-1	3	1	0	0	–	16:55
4Bowen ByramD	-2	1	0	0	0	–	19:43
21Conor TimminsD	-2	1	1	1	0	–	17:34
23Mattias SamuelssonD	-2	4	3	1	0	–	17:42
25Owen PowerD	-1	5	0	0	0	–	22:57
26Rasmus DahlinD	-2	5	3	0	0	–	26:03
78Jacob BrysonD	-1	1	0	0	0	–	14:07

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG		0	0	0	–	00:00
34Alex LyonG	L	23	18	5	.783	60:00