New Jersey Devils @ Buffalo Sabres

0-0-0, 0-0-0 Away

0-0-0, 0-0-0 Home

Devils

NAME	WINS	OTL	GAA	SV%
N. Daws	1	1	2.90	.868
J. Allen	0	0	0.00	1.000
D. Rittich	1	0	1.00	.958

Sabres

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	GAA	SV%
C. Ellis	0	0	1	2.23	.921
A. Lyon	0	1	0	4.14	.852
U. Luukkonen	1	0	0	0.00	1.000

KeyBank Center

7:00 PM, December 26, 2026

Buffalo, NY

BUF

Points

Timo MeierRW #28

2PTS

Noah OstlundC #86

3PTS

Goals

Ethan EdwardsD #73

0PPG

Noah OstlundC #86

0PPG

Assists

Ben SteevesLW #37

0PPA

2+/-

Owen PowerD #25

0PPA

4+/-

New Jersey Devils

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Seamus Casey D	OUT	Oct 1
Johnathan Kovacevic D	OUT	Oct 1
Nick Bjugstad C	OUT	Jan 19

Buffalo Sabres

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Jiri Kulich C	Day-To-Day	Sep 26
Alex Lyon G	OUT	Oct 1
Olen Zellweger D	OUT	Oct 1
Mattias Samuelsson D	OUT	Oct 8
Jason Zucker LW	OUT	Oct 15

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
NJ	2.67	2.00	25.3	21.7	20	1	16.7	1	85.7	0	0
BUF	2.67	2.67	26.0	26.3	44	1	10.0	3	70.0	0	0

Devils Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
9/24/26	@NYR	L4-3 SO
9/21/26	vsNYR	W3-2
9/20/26	vsNYI	W2-1
4/14/26	@BOS	L4-0
4/12/26	vsOTT	W4-3 OT

Sabres Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
9/24/26	@DET	L3-2 OT
9/22/26	vsCBJ	W5-1
9/21/26	@PIT	L4-1
5/18/26	vsMTL	L3-2 OT
5/16/26	@MTL	W8-3

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Regular Season Series

Series starts 12/26

Devils
Sabres

Game 1

12/26

Devils
Sabres

Game 2

1/12

Sabres
Devils

Game 3

2/20

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
New Jersey	2	0	1	5
Columbus	2	1	0	4
Carolina	2	1	0	4
Washington	1	0	1	3
NY Islanders	1	1	0	2
Pittsburgh	1	2	0	2
Philadelphia	1	2	0	2
NY Rangers	1	2	0	2

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Montreal	3	0	0	6
Florida	2	0	1	5
Detroit	2	0	1	5
Toronto	2	1	1	5
Boston	2	1	0	4
Buffalo	1	1	1	3
Tampa Bay	1	1	1	3
Ottawa	0	2	1	1

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New Jersey Devils @ Buffalo Sabres

Scoring Leaders

Timo MeierRW #28

Noah OstlundC #86

Ethan EdwardsD #73

Noah OstlundC #86

Ben SteevesLW #37

Owen PowerD #25

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