BUF @ NJD 2–1 · 2026-02-25

Team	1	2	3	SOG
BUF	0	1	1	30
NJD	0	0	1	28

Story

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Result BUF 2–1Call No lean · NJD 52%xG 3.59–3.27 · deserved BUF 55%Swing Thompson +22 2nd 8:10Method

Goals and penalties with NJD win probability
Time	Event	NJD win before	NJD win after
1st 12:44	BUF penalty · J. Quinn · too many men on the ice · 2 min
1st 16:35	NJD penalty · N. Hischier · tripping · 2 min
2nd 8:10	Goal BUF · T. Thompson	52%	30%
2nd 14:44	NJD penalty · J. Siegenthaler · high sticking · 2 min
2nd 14:44	NJD penalty · J. Siegenthaler · fighting · 5 min
2nd 14:44	BUF penalty · J. Zucker · fighting · 5 min
2nd 16:53	NJD penalty · J. Kovacevic · hooking · 2 min
3rd 10:36	Goal BUF · P. Krebs	16%	3%
3rd 11:27	BUF penalty · O. Power · holding · 2 min
3rd 17:30	Goal NJD · T. Meier	0%	6%

On ice · final horn

BUF5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
9J. NorrisC	1:13	14:33	20	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6-7
86N. OstlundC	1:14	15:28	21	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0-1
91J. DoanR	1:16	14:58	20	0	0	0	3	6	0	1	0	0-2
4B. ByramD	0:56	23:08	26	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	–
26R. DahlinD	1:27	24:07	26	0	0	0	1	5	0	2	2	–
1U. LuukkonenG		60:00	SA28GA1SV%.964xGA3.27GSAx+2.27

NJD6 skaters · net empty

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	A	P	SOG	Att	Hit	Blk	FO
12C. GlassC	0:51	11:53	20	0	0	1	1	1	0	11-2
86J. HughesC	2:15	21:25	21	1	1	1	5	0	0	3-5
91D. MercerC	0:53	18:15	24	0	0	2	5	0	1	–
29L. HameenahoR	0:48	12:31	18	0	0	3	3	2	1	–
81A. GritsyukR	0:54	14:25	20	0	0	1	2	0	1	–
17S. NemecD	2:15	22:23	21	0	0	1	3	1	1	–

Goals

2nd
Tage Thompson(1)
P. Krebs (1), B. Byram (1)
xG 0.18wristClip(opens nhl.com)
1–0 BUF2nd 08:10+21.970%
3rd
Peyton Krebs(1)
T. Thompson (1)
xG 0.14wristClip(opens nhl.com)
2–0 BUF3rd 10:36+12.997%
Timo Meier(1)6v5
J. Hughes (1), J. Bratt (1)
xG 0.35wristClip(opens nhl.com)
2–1 BUF3rd 17:30+5.26%

Shots

BUF3.59 xG46 unblocked · 13 blocked46 unblocked · 13 blocked

NJD3.27 xG46 unblocked · 11 blocked46 unblocked · 11 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

BUFNJD2Goals13.59xG3.2730Shots2846Unblocked4659Attempts576High danger50/3Power play0/225Faceoffs2921Hits2411Blocks134Takeaways418Giveaways179PIM11

Skaters

Player

Player
23M. SamuelssonMattias SamuelssonD	24:15	0	0	0	4	5	0.15	−0.15	5	1	0	3	—	0	0
26R. DahlinRasmus DahlinD	24:07	0	0	0	1	5	0.04	−0.04	2	2	0	2	—	0	0
4B. ByramBowen ByramD	23:08	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	−0.04	0	2	1	1	—	0	+1
25O. PowerOwen PowerD	21:51	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	−0.06	1	1	0	2	—	2	+1
89A. TuchAlex TuchR	19:50	0	0	0	2	5	0.07	−0.07	2	1	0	0	—	0	+1
72T. ThompsonTage ThompsonC	19:19	1	1	2	3	6	0.45	+0.55	1	0	0	1	30%	0	+2
71R. McLeodRyan McLeodC	17:34	0	0	0	3	5	0.39	−0.39	0	1	0	1	53%	0	0
22J. QuinnJack QuinnR	15:45	0	0	0	3	4	0.32	−0.32	1	0	0	0	—	0	+1
86N. OstlundNoah OstlundC	15:28	0	0	0	2	4	0.14	−0.14	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0
91J. DoanJosh DoanR	14:58	0	0	0	3	6	0.64	−0.64	1	0	2	0	0%	0	0
8M. KesselringMichael KesselringD	14:43	0	0	0	1	3	0.05	−0.05	1	1	0	1	—	0	0
9J. NorrisJosh NorrisC	14:33	0	0	0	1	1	0.11	−0.11	0	0	0	1	46%	0	0
19P. KrebsPeyton KrebsC	13:41	1	1	2	1	2	0.20	+0.80	0	0	0	2	100%	0	+2
17J. ZuckerJason ZuckerL	13:28	0	0	0	3	6	0.80	−0.80	1	1	0	2	0%	5	0
48T. KozakTyson KozakC	12:04	0	0	0	1	1	0.03	−0.03	3	0	0	1	71%	0	-1
29B. MalenstynBeck MalenstynL	11:49	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	3	0	0	0	—	0	-1
44J. DunneJosh DunneC	11:15	0	0	0	1	1	0.07	−0.07	0	0	1	1	—	0	-1
73Z. MetsaZach MetsaD	8:16	0	0	0	1	1	0.04	−0.04	0	0	0	0	—	0	0
BUF total		2	3	5	30	59	3.59	−1.59	21	10	4	18	46%	7

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

Krebs+1.03

Thompson+0.89

Zucker+0.08

Doan+0.06

Norris−0.17

Dunne−0.20

Ostlund−0.21

Kozak−0.22

Malenstyn−0.22

McLeod−0.29

Quinn−0.38

Tuch−0.43

Defence

Dahlin+0.27

Kesselring+0.08

Byram+0.06

Samuelsson+0.04

Metsa−0.18

Power−0.32

Goalie

Luukkonen+2.29

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Krebs·Thompson·Tuch	11:04	16	18	7	72.0%	8	5	1	0	0.64	0.37	63.0%	+0.26	2	3	40%
Zucker·McLeod·Quinn	10:23	15	14	11	56.0%	7	6	0	0	1.24	0.66	65.4%	+0.58	2	4	33%
Norris·Ostlund·Doan	8:18	15	13	4	76.5%	8	3	0	0	0.88	0.07	92.8%	+0.81	2	1	67%
Malenstyn·Dunne·Kozak	7:51	15	5	2	71.4%	3	0	0	0	0.14	0.06	71.9%	+0.09	0	2	0%
Occasional · 6 groups
Thompson·Ostlund·Tuch	0:59	5	0	2	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.04	0.0%	−0.04	0	0	—
Norris·Ostlund·Tuch	0:46	4	2	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.04	0.00	100.0%	+0.04	1	0	100%
Krebs·Thompson·Doan	0:40	2	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Thompson·Ostlund·Doan	0:39	4	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Dunne·McLeod·Quinn	0:32	2	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Dunne·Kozak·Doan	0:32	2	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.01	0.0%	−0.01	0	0	—
BUF 5v5	46:40		55	37	59.8%	28	19	2	0	3.34	1.72	65.9%	+1.61

Goalies

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

BUF · 60:00

Saves: 27/28
SV%: .964
xGA: 3.27
GSAx: +2.27

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	20/21	.952	2.44	+1.44
Power play	6/6	1.000	0.51	+0.51
Shorthanded	1/1	1.000	0.31	+0.31
High danger	1/2	.500	1.09	+0.09

Jake Allen

NJD · 56:44

Saves: 28/30
SV%: .933
xGA: 3.59
GSAx: +1.59

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	26/28	.929	3.34	+1.34
Power play	2/2	1.000	0.26	+0.26
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	5/6	.833	1.25	+0.25

Lines

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

Buffalo Sabres

Minutes

24:15Samuelsson
24:07Dahlin
23:08Byram
21:51Power
14:43Kesselring
8:16Metsa

19:50Tuch
19:19Thompson
17:34McLeod
15:45Quinn
15:28Ostlund
14:58Doan
14:33Norris
13:41Krebs
13:28Zucker
12:04Kozak
11:49Malenstyn
11:15Dunne

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareBUFNJD

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

PowerD3 O5
KesselringD0 O1
MetsaD1 O1
ByramD5 O3
DahlinD7 O3
SamuelssonD8 O0
NorrisD1 O6
OstlundD1 O5
ThompsonD2 O4
DoanD1 O3
ZuckerD2 O3
KrebsD1 O2
TuchD4 O4
QuinnD4 O4
MalenstynD2 O0
McLeodD5 O3
DunneD2 O0
KozakD2 O0

Shift starts · darker = later period