Buffalo Sabres vs New Jersey Devils

Regular season · Sunday, December 21, 2025 · Prudential Center

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3–1

Final

SOG 25–27

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the New Jersey Devils 3-1 on Sunday, December 21, 2025 at Prudential Center. The Devils outshot the Sabres 27-25.

Goals came from Jack Hughes, Josh Norris, Zach Benson and Peyton Krebs.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Jake Allen stopped 22 of 24.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	2	1	3	25
NJD	1	0	0	1	27

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Jack Hughes (11)Dawson Mercer (13), Colton White (4)Rutta 1:22 into shift0–108:51 NJD

2nd period

Josh Norris (4)Rasmus Dahlin (24), Owen Power (7)1–102:26 BUF
Zach Benson (3)Ryan McLeod (13), Jack Quinn (12)Pesce 1:31 into shift2–116:05 BUF

3rd period

Peyton Krebs (1)Tage Thompson (14), Bowen Byram (8)3–117:59 BUF · EN

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:31

2–1 · 2nd 16:05 · Benson. Pesce was 1:31 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBUF on iceNJD on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 NJD

1st 8:51 · Hughes

Long shift: Rutta 1:22

Long shiftRutta 1:22

1–1 BUF

2nd 2:26 · Norris

Pesce 0:05

Fresh legsPesce 0:05

2–1 BUF

2nd 16:05 · Benson

Stuck out there: Pesce 1:31

Stuck out therePesce 1:31

3–1 BUF

3rd 17:59 · EN · Krebs

Noesen 0:44

Empty netNoesen 0:44

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

BUFNJD

25Shots on goal27

41%Faceoff %59%

0/0Power play0/1

2Penalty minutes0

20Hits16

23Blocked shots13

16Giveaways18

7Takeaways2

Penalties

1st 19:48Zach Benson · high sticking2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

6Zach BensonL	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	2	–	13:05
9Josh NorrisC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	1	0	33	15:48
19Peyton KrebsC	1	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	–	17:54
22Jack QuinnR	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	–	11:07
71Ryan McLeodC	0	1	1	+2	2	0	1	0	27	14:47
72Tage ThompsonC	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	41	16:48
4Bowen ByramD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	2	0	–	22:18
25Owen PowerD	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	0	–	21:43
26Rasmus DahlinD	0	1	1	+2	1	0	4	0	–	22:34
29Beck MalenstynL	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	100	13:23
44Josh DunneC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100	13:09
63Isak RosenR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	10:44
86Noah OstlundC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	100	17:08
89Alex TuchR	0	0	0	+1	4	2	1	0	–	18:47
91Josh DoanR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	–	15:03
8Michael KesselringD	0	0	0	-1	3	1	2	0	–	15:41
23Mattias SamuelssonD	0	0	0	+1	0	5	4	0	–	26:07
73Zach MetsaD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	11:54

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG	W	27	26	1	.963	60:00
34Alex LyonG		0	0	0	–	00:00

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

86Jack HughesC	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	–	20:57
91Dawson MercerC	0	1	1	+1	2	1	2	50	15:33
45Colton WhiteD	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	–	12:03
11Stefan NoesenR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	–	11:36
12Cody GlassC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	57	17:55
13Nico HischierC	0	0	0	-2	3	2	1	65	19:48
14Luke GlendeningC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	08:28
16Connor BrownR	0	0	0	-1	4	1	0	100	19:03
18Ondrej PalatL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	12:47
28Timo MeierR	0	0	0	-2	7	1	1	100	16:19
47Paul CotterL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	10:22
63Jesper BrattL	0	0	0	-2	3	1	0	–	19:29
81Arseny GritsyukR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	17:09
5Brenden DillonD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	–	14:39
7Dougie HamiltonD	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	–	22:48
22Brett PesceD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	–	21:11
43Luke HughesD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	3	–	26:36
71Jonas SiegenthalerD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	–	17:10

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
25Jacob MarkstromG		0	0	0	–	00:00
34Jake AllenG	L	24	22	2	.917	56:07