BUF @ NJD 3–1 · 2025-12-21

Team	1	2	3	SOG
BUF	0	2	1	25
NJD	1	0	0	27

Story

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Result BUF 3–1Call No lean · NJD 63%xG 2.65–2.93 · deserved NJD 54%Swing Benson +28 2nd 16:05Method

Goals and penalties with NJD win probability
Time	Event	NJD win before	NJD win after
1st 8:51	Goal NJD · J. Hughes	62%	80%
1st 19:48	BUF penalty · Z. Benson · high sticking · 2 min
2nd 2:26	Goal BUF · J. Norris	81%	61%
2nd 16:05	Goal BUF · Z. Benson	59%	31%
3rd 17:59	Goal BUF · P. Krebs (EN)	5%	0%

On ice · final horn

BUF5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
9J. NorrisC	0:16	15:48	21	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	4-8
86N. OstlundC	0:16	17:08	23	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	2-0
89A. TuchR	0:16	18:47	24	0	0	0	4	8	0	2	1	–
23M. SamuelssonD	1:10	26:07	29	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	4	–
26R. DahlinD	1:10	22:34	23	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	4	–
1U. LuukkonenG		60:00	SA27GA1SV%.963xGA2.93GSAx+1.93

NJD6 skaters · net empty

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	A	P	SOG	Att	Hit	Blk	FO
12C. GlassC	0:25	17:55	21	0	0	0	3	0	0	8-6
91D. MercerC	0:25	15:33	21	1	1	2	3	1	2	3-3
18O. PalatL	0:25	12:47	15	0	0	1	5	1	0	–
16C. BrownR	0:25	19:03	21	0	0	4	4	1	0	1-0
81A. GritsyukR	0:25	17:09	21	0	0	1	4	0	0	–
7D. HamiltonD	0:25	22:48	25	0	0	0	2	3	1	–

Goals

1st
Jack Hughes(1)
D. Mercer (1), C. White (1)
xG 0.08snapClip(opens nhl.com)
0–1 NJD1st 08:51+17.080%
2nd
Josh Norris(1)
R. Dahlin (1), O. Power (1)
xG 0.24snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–1 Tied2nd 02:26+19.839%
Zach Benson(1)
R. McLeod (1), J. Quinn (1)
xG 0.11snapClip(opens nhl.com)
2–1 BUF2nd 16:05+28.569%
3rd
Peyton Krebs(1)EN
T. Thompson (1), B. Byram (1)
xG 0.46wristClip(opens nhl.com)
3–1 BUF3rd 17:59+4.2100%

Shots

BUF2.65 xG35 unblocked · 13 blocked35 unblocked · 13 blocked

NJD2.93 xG47 unblocked · 24 blocked47 unblocked · 24 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

BUFNJD3Goals12.65xG2.9325Shots2735Unblocked4748Attempts714High danger20/0Power play0/121Faceoffs3020Hits1624Blocks137Takeaways216Giveaways182PIM0

Skaters

Player

Player
23M. SamuelssonMattias SamuelssonD	26:07	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	0.00	5	4	0	0	—	0	+1
26R. DahlinRasmus DahlinD	22:34	0	1	1	1	2	0.22	−0.22	0	4	0	2	—	0	+2
4B. ByramBowen ByramD	22:18	0	1	1	1	3	0.63	−0.63	0	2	0	3	—	0	+1
25O. PowerOwen PowerD	21:43	0	1	1	2	2	0.05	−0.05	1	1	0	1	—	0	+1
89A. TuchAlex TuchR	18:47	0	0	0	4	8	0.20	−0.20	2	1	1	1	—	0	+1
19P. KrebsPeyton KrebsC	17:54	1	0	1	3	4	0.64	+0.36	1	1	0	1	0%	0	0
86N. OstlundNoah OstlundC	17:08	0	0	0	1	3	0.01	−0.01	0	2	2	1	100%	0	+1
72T. ThompsonTage ThompsonC	16:48	0	1	1	0	3	0.10	−0.10	1	1	0	0	41%	0	0
9J. NorrisJosh NorrisC	15:48	1	0	1	1	1	0.24	+0.76	0	1	0	1	33%	0	+1
8M. KesselringMichael KesselringD	15:41	0	0	0	3	5	0.07	−0.07	1	2	1	0	—	0	-1
91J. DoanJosh DoanR	15:03	0	0	0	2	4	0.11	−0.11	0	2	1	1	—	0	-1
71R. McLeodRyan McLeodC	14:47	0	1	1	2	2	0.15	−0.15	0	1	2	2	27%	0	+2
29B. MalenstynBeck MalenstynL	13:23	0	0	0	1	1	0.02	−0.02	5	0	0	1	100%	0	0
44J. DunneJosh DunneC	13:09	0	0	0	1	1	0.01	−0.01	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0
6Z. BensonZach BensonL	13:05	1	0	1	1	2	0.11	+0.89	1	0	0	0	—	2	+1
73Z. MetsaZach MetsaD	11:54	0	0	0	1	2	0.03	−0.03	1	1	0	1	—	0	0
22J. QuinnJack QuinnR	11:07	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	−0.01	1	0	0	1	—	0	+1
63I. RosenIsak RosenR	10:44	0	0	0	1	2	0.05	−0.05	1	0	0	0	—	0	0
BUF total		3	6	9	25	48	2.65	+0.35	20	23	7	16	41%	2

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

Norris+0.43

McLeod+0.28

Thompson+0.25

Benson+0.21

Ostlund−0.13

Quinn−0.16

Doan−0.25

Rosen−0.27

Malenstyn−0.27

Dunne−0.29

Tuch−0.33

Krebs−0.44

Defence

Dahlin+0.68

Power+0.06

Byram−0.03

Metsa−0.04

Kesselring−0.10

Samuelsson−0.13

Goalie

Luukkonen+1.95

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Krebs·Thompson·Doan	13:02	21	9	17	34.6%	4	7	0	1	0.36	0.62	36.7%	−0.26	2	4	33%
Norris·Ostlund·Tuch	12:13	20	12	11	52.2%	6	5	1	0	0.57	0.50	53.2%	+0.07	2	2	50%
Benson·McLeod·Quinn	9:25	17	7	11	38.9%	3	4	1	0	0.26	0.39	40.1%	−0.13	1	3	25%
Malenstyn·Dunne·Rosen	8:29	14	8	6	57.1%	5	0	0	0	0.22	0.26	45.9%	−0.04	1	1	50%
Occasional · 5 groups
Malenstyn·Krebs·Dunne	1:05	5	0	2	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Norris·Krebs·Doan	0:42	4	1	1	50.0%	1	1	0	0	0.01	0.01	49.6%	−0.00	0	0	—
Dunne·Rosen·Tuch	0:38	2	0	2	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Dunne·Ostlund·Tuch	0:34	4	1	1	50.0%	1	0	0	0	0.11	0.00	100.0%	+0.11	0	0	—
Norris·Krebs·Tuch	0:31	4	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.05	0.0%	−0.05	0	0	—
BUF 5v5	54:00		44	57	43.6%	22	20	2	1	1.62	2.16	42.9%	−0.54

Goalies

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

BUF · 60:00

Saves: 26/27
SV%: .963
xGA: 2.93
GSAx: +1.93

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	24/25	.960	2.71	+1.71
Power play	2/2	1.000	0.21	+0.21
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	1/1	1.000	0.31	+0.31

Jake Allen

NJD · 56:07

Saves: 22/24
SV%: .917
xGA: 1.67
GSAx: −0.33

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	21/23	.913	1.65	−0.35
Power play	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
Shorthanded	1/1	1.000	0.02	+0.02
High danger	1/2	.500	0.46	−0.54

Lines

His goal Primary assist Goal for Goal against Time together ES PP PK minutes

Buffalo Sabres

Minutes

26:07Samuelsson
22:34Dahlin
22:18Byram
21:43Power
15:41Kesselring
11:54Metsa

18:47Tuch
17:54Krebs
17:08Ostlund
16:48Thompson
15:48Norris
15:03Doan
14:47McLeod
13:23Malenstyn
13:09Dunne
13:05Benson
11:07Quinn
10:44Rosen

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareBUFNJD

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

MetsaD1 O0
KesselringD2 O0
ByramD3 O1
SamuelssonD5 O1
DahlinD4 O0
PowerD7 O0
TuchD2 O2
MalenstynD1 O1
NorrisD2 O2
DunneD1 O1
RosenD1 O1
OstlundD3 O2
DoanD4 O2
ThompsonD5 O2
QuinnD3 O0
BensonD4 O1
KrebsD6 O2
McLeodD5 O0

Shift starts · darker = later period