Sabres 2 - 1 Devils — Recap

Wed, Feb 25, 2026

12:00 AM

FinalRegular season

Prudential Center

BUF

2–1

NJD

W L W OL L

W W L W OL L

L W W W W W L W OL L

L L L OW L

L L L OW L L

L L L OW L L W W OW L

Retroactive prediction

Correct winner predicted

BUF 56%44% NJD

Probable score

3 - 3

Regulation win (home)

33%

OT / shootout probability

16%

Elo home / away

1469 / 1520

Likely goal scorers

2/6 correct

0.38 goal · 31%1

0.27 goal · 23%0

0.26 goal · 23%0

0.25 goal · 22%0

0.20 goal · 18%0

0.19 goal · 17%1

Likely goal scorers

2/6 correct

0.38 goal · 31%1

0.27 goal · 23%0

0.26 goal · 23%0

0.25 goal · 22%0

0.20 goal · 18%0

0.19 goal · 17%1

Likely assists

3/6 correct

0.32 assist · 27%1

0.30 assist · 26%0

0.27 assist · 23%0

0.20 assist · 18%1

0.20 assist · 18%0

0.19 assist · 17%1

Likely point getters

2/6 correct

0.57 point · 43%1

0.56 point · 43%2

0.49 point · 39%0

0.43 point · 35%0

0.41 point · 33%0

0.39 point · 32%0

Tonight's matchup

Tage Thompson

BUF · C · 81 GP

Jack Hughes

NJD · C · 61 GP

BUF	Stat	NJD
40	G	27
41	A	50
81	PTS	77
14.7%	S%	11.8%
19.2	TOI	21.3

BUF 3 – 5 NJD · goal diff (home) 1.25

Dec 21BUF3–1NJD2025-26 Nov 28NJD5–0BUF2025-26 Feb 2NJD3–4BUF2024-25 Oct 5BUF1–3NJD2024-25 Oct 4NJD4–1BUF2024-25 Mar 29NJD2–5BUF2023-24 Nov 25BUF2–7NJD2023-24 Oct 27BUF4–5NJD2023-24

Result

Three stars

U. Luukkonen

G · BUF

0G · 0A · 0P

T. Thompson

C · BUF

1G · 1A · 2P

J. Allen

G · NJD

0G · 0A · 0P

Scoring summary

2nd period

08:10
BUFT. Thompson(31)
P. Krebs (19), B. Byram (19)
BUF 1–0 NJD

3rd period

10:36
BUFP. Krebs(8)
T. Thompson (30)
BUF 2–0 NJD
17:30
NJDT. Meier(15)
J. Hughes (25), J. Bratt (29)
BUF 2–1 NJD

Team comparison

BUF	Stat	NJD
30	Shots	28
21	Hits	24
10	Blocked shots	13
7	PIM	11

Actual result

Retroactive prediction

Likely goal scorers

Likely goal scorers

Likely assists

Likely point getters

Tonight's matchup

Result

Three stars

Scoring summary

Team comparison

Actual result

Goal scorers(3)

Goal scorers(3)

Assists(5)

Points(6)