Wednesday, February 25, 2026 · Prudential Center
Sabres 2 at Devils 1
Final
Three Stars
Scoring
1st Period
No scoring
2nd Period
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8:10
Tage Thompson (31) Peyton Krebs (19), Bowen Byram (19) · Wrist BUF 1 – 0 NJD
3rd Period
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10:36
Peyton Krebs (8) Tage Thompson (30) · Wrist BUF 2 – 0 NJD
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17:30
Timo Meier (15) Jack Hughes (25), Jesper Bratt (29) · Wrist BUF 2 – 1 NJD
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tage Thompson C | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 19:19 | 1.85 |
| Peyton Krebs C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 13:41 | 1.65 |
| Bowen Byram D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 23:08 | 0.88 |
| Jack Quinn R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 15:45 | 0.38 |
| Alex Tuch R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 19:50 | 0.35 |
| Josh Doan R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:58 | 0.32 |
| Ryan McLeod C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:34 | 0.22 |
| Mattias Samuelsson D | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 24:15 | 0.20 |
| Noah Ostlund C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:28 | 0.15 |
| Michael Kesselring D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14:43 | 0.08 |
| Rasmus Dahlin D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 24:07 | 0.08 |
| Zach Metsa D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:16 | 0.08 |
| Josh Norris C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:33 | 0.02 |
| Owen Power D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 21:51 | -0.05 |
| Josh Dunne C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 11:15 | -0.08 |
| Tyson Kozak C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 12:04 | -0.13 |
| Beck Malenstyn L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 11:49 | -0.15 |
| Jason Zucker L | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13:28 | -0.20 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | W | 28 | 27 | 1 | .964 | 60:00 | 1.95 |
New Jersey Devils
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timo Meier R | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | +1 | 19:47 | 1.20 |
| Jesper Bratt L | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18:49 | 0.78 |
| Jack Hughes C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:25 | 0.45 |
| Simon Nemec D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 22:23 | 0.38 |
| Dougie Hamilton D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 20:02 | 0.28 |
| Lenni Hameenaho R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12:31 | 0.22 |
| Nick Bjugstad C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:35 | 0.22 |
| Nico Hischier C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 21:11 | 0.20 |
| Dawson Mercer C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:15 | 0.20 |
| Connor Brown R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:38 | 0.08 |
| Brenden Dillon D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20:15 | 0.05 |
| Paul Cotter L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7:45 | 0.00 |
| Cody Glass C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 11:53 | -0.08 |
| Maxim Tsyplakov R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 9:20 | -0.08 |
| Brett Pesce D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 18:50 | -0.12 |
| Arseny Gritsyuk R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 14:25 | -0.13 |
| Johnathan Kovacevic D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 15:13 | -0.40 |
| Jonas Siegenthaler D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:59 | -0.58 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Allen | L | 30 | 28 | 2 | .933 | 56:44 | 1.30 |