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December 26, 2026, 7:00PM EST

New Jersey Devils

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New Jersey Devils

3-3-0

Last 3 Regular Season Games

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	PPP	PPTOI	TOI	SOG	SOG/G	+/-	PIM	Hits	BKS
JACK HUGHES	C	3	1	5	6	0	3	02:20	20:13	12	4.0000	2	0	0	3
JESPER BRATT	R	3	2	3	5	1	3	02:15	17:55	9	3.0000	1	0	6	1
NICO HISCHIER	C	3	3	1	4	3	4	02:20	17:50	8	2.6667	-5	0	1	1
ARSENY GRITSYUK	L	3	1	1	2	0	1	00:19	15:27	5	1.6667	2	0	3	3
EVAN RODRIGUES	C	3	1	1	2	0	0	00:40	14:42	9	3.0000	2	4	5	1
ANTHONY MANTHA	L	3	1	1	2	0	0	00:14	11:28	4	1.3333	1	7	1	0
STEFAN NOESEN	R	1	0	1	1	0	0	00:00	11:44	1	1.0000	1	0	5	0
JONAS SIEGENTHALER	D	3	0	1	1	0	0	00:00	19:31	0	0.0000	-1	0	1	6
DAWSON MERCER	R	3	0	1	1	0	0	00:00	15:04	7	2.3333	-3	0	0	0
AMADEUS LOMBARDI	L	3	0	1	1	0	0	00:04	12:07	8	2.6667	-2	4	2	0

Name	GP	W	L	OTL	MIN	SO	GA	SA	GAA	SV%	GSAA
JAKE ALLEN	2	2	0	0	121	0	5	48	2.48	0.896	0.33
NICO DAWS	1	0	1	0	58	0	3	19	3.10	0.842	-0.89

Last 3 Years VS BUF

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	PPP	PPTOI	TOI	SOG	SOG/G	+/-	PIM	Hits	BKS
JACK HUGHES	C	8	3	4	7	1	1	03:30	21:11	26	3.2500	-3	0	0	6
JESPER BRATT	R	9	2	5	7	0	0	03:02	18:46	24	2.6667	-2	0	13	2
TIMO MEIER	L	8	2	3	5	0	1	02:59	18:27	32	4.0000	-5	2	18	7
DAWSON MERCER	R	9	1	4	5	0	0	01:35	17:43	15	1.6667	8	0	4	5
NICO HISCHIER	C	8	3	2	5	0	0	02:20	17:48	15	1.8750	0	2	8	4
LUKE HUGHES	D	6	1	4	5	1	2	02:37	22:06	14	2.3333	-2	0	3	6
LUKE EVANGELISTA	R	5	2	1	3	1	1	01:43	15:03	13	2.6000	-1	2	2	0
JESPER BOQVIST	R	7	1	2	3	0	0	00:06	10:36	10	1.4286	1	2	16	5
JOHNATHAN KOVACEVIC	D	7	1	2	3	0	0	00:05	17:46	2	0.2857	0	4	8	13
STEFAN NOESEN	R	8	2	1	3	0	1	01:26	11:39	11	1.3750	-1	26	12	0

Name	GP	W	L	OTL	MIN	SO	GA	SA	GAA	SV%	GSAA
JAKE ALLEN	8	3	5	0	450	1	18	249	2.40	0.928	6.96
DAVID RITTICH	4	0	3	1	218	0	12	88	3.30	0.864	-3.04
NICO DAWS	1	0	0	0	19	0	0	7	0.00	1.000	0.70

Current Season Stats

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	PPP	PPTOI	TOI	SOG	SOG/G	+/-	PIM	Hits	BKS
JACK HUGHES	C	6	2	6	8	0	4	03:58	21:30	25	4.1667	1	0	0	4
JESPER BRATT	R	6	2	5	7	1	4	03:40	18:19	19	3.1667	0	0	9	1
NICO HISCHIER	C	6	3	1	4	3	4	03:49	19:09	13	2.1667	-4	0	3	4
LUKE EVANGELISTA	R	5	2	1	3	1	1	04:22	17:13	12	2.4000	-1	4	1	4
LUKE HUGHES	D	6	1	1	2	0	1	03:42	23:57	17	2.8333	-2	4	0	1
JESPER BOQVIST	R	4	2	0	2	0	0	00:03	10:54	10	2.5000	0	0	4	1
DOUGIE HAMILTON	D	6	1	1	2	0	0	01:42	21:25	20	3.3333	-3	0	8	9
EVAN RODRIGUES	C	6	1	1	2	0	0	01:47	15:34	11	1.8333	-2	4	10	1
ARSENY GRITSYUK	L	6	1	1	2	0	1	01:23	15:22	11	1.8333	-1	0	7	5
ANTHONY MANTHA	L	6	1	1	2	0	0	01:29	13:14	7	1.1667	-1	7	2	0

Name	GP	W	L	OTL	MIN	SO	GA	SA	GAA	SV%	GSAA
JAKE ALLEN	4	3	1	0	241	0	12	104	2.98	0.885	-0.46
NICO DAWS	2	0	2	0	118	0	9	51	4.58	0.824	-3.34

Last Game Lines

Opponent: Detroit Red Wings

Num	Time	%	EV - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	16:35	28.3	JESPER BRATT - JACK HUGHES - ARSENY GRITSYUK	1	0	1	11	8	57.9	29	15	65.9
2	11:57	20.4	TIMO MEIER - NICO HISCHIER - DAWSON MERCER	0	1	-1	8	6	57.1	17	13	56.7
3	9:34	16.3	STEFAN NOESEN - ANTHONY MANTHA - EVAN RODRIGUES	1	0	1	4	3	57.1	4	7	36.4
4	7:45	13.2	CODY GLASS - JESPER BOQVIST - AMADEUS LOMBARDI	0	1	-1	3	2	60.0	7	5	58.3
Num	Time	%	EV - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	21:35	36.9	BRETT PESCE - LUKE HUGHES	0	2	-2	11	8	57.9	30	17	63.8
2	17:15	29.5	DOUGIE HAMILTON - JONAS SIEGENTHALER	2	2	0	19	10	65.5	29	19	60.4
3	14:40	25.0	JOHNATHAN KOVACEVIC - DECLAN CHISHOLM	0	0	0	1	6	14.3	7	14	33.3
Num	Time	%	PP - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	0:46	100.0	EVAN RODRIGUES - NICO HISCHIER - JESPER BRATT - JACK HUGHES	1	0	1	2	0	100.0	2	0	100.0
Num	Time	%	PP - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	0:46	100.0	LUKE HUGHES	1	0	1	2	0	100.0	2	0	100.0
Num	Time	%	SH - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	1:13	60.8	EVAN RODRIGUES - NICO HISCHIER	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	4	0.0
2	0:45	37.5	CODY GLASS - DAWSON MERCER	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0
3	0:01	0.8	EVAN RODRIGUES - DAWSON MERCER	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
Num	Time	%	SH - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	1:13	60.8	DOUGIE HAMILTON - JONAS SIEGENTHALER	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	4	0.0
2	0:46	38.3	BRETT PESCE - LUKE HUGHES	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0
3	0:01	0.8	DOUGIE HAMILTON - JONAS SIEGENTHALER - LUKE HUGHES	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0

Buffalo Sabres

3-3-1

Last 3 Regular Season Games

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	PPP	PPTOI	TOI	SOG	SOG/G	+/-	PIM	Hits	BKS
OLEN ZELLWEGER	D	3	2	1	3	0	0	01:01	21:27	10	3.3333	1	6	1	1
TAGE THOMPSON	C	3	2	1	3	1	2	04:37	20:07	8	2.6667	2	2	2	3
ZACH BENSON	L	3	0	2	2	0	1	04:33	19:43	4	1.3333	0	0	5	3
BECK MALENSTYN	R	3	0	2	2	0	0	00:03	11:21	0	0.0000	1	2	13	5
PEYTON KREBS	L	3	0	2	2	0	0	00:20	13:43	2	0.6667	0	7	4	2
MATTIAS SAMUELSSON	D	3	0	2	2	0	0	00:15	23:55	3	1.0000	1	0	4	2
JACK QUINN	R	3	0	2	2	0	2	04:49	18:59	6	2.0000	0	2	3	0
OWEN POWER	D	3	0	2	2	0	0	03:59	26:40	1	0.3333	1	2	0	2
RASMUS DAHLIN	D	2	1	1	2	1	2	02:58	17:24	8	4.0000	0	0	0	6
DENNIS GILBERT	D	1	0	1	1	0	0	00:00	08:41	0	0.0000	1	0	1	0

Name	GP	W	L	OTL	MIN	SO	GA	SA	GAA	SV%	GSAA
COLTEN ELLIS	2	0	1	0	85	0	6	39	4.19	0.846	-1.67
UKKO-PEKKA LUUKKONEN	2	1	0	1	98	0	4	52	2.43	0.923	1.77

Last 3 Years VS N.J

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS	PPP	PPTOI	TOI	SOG	SOG/G	+/-	PIM	Hits	BKS
TAGE THOMPSON	C	8	8	4	12	0	01:48	18:13	23	2.8750	4	7	13	5
OWEN POWER	D	9	1	5	6	1	01:53	24:22	27	3.0000	2	4	10	7
RASMUS DAHLIN	D	9	1	4	5	0	02:06	24:32	14	1.5556	-2	6	18	18
RYAN MCLEOD	C	8	3	1	4	0	00:32	15:48	11	1.3750	2	0	3	5
CONOR TIMMINS	D	8	0	4	4	0	00:11	16:36	8	1.0000	1	4	7	9
MATT GRZELCYK	D	8	0	3	3	2	01:28	21:10	8	1.0000	1	2	4	10
LOUIS CREVIER	D	3	0	3	3	0	00:00	16:55	2	0.6667	0	0	4	6
JUSTIN DANFORTH	L	6	1	2	3	0	00:55	15:28	14	2.3333	1	0	11	6
PEYTON KREBS	L	8	2	1	3	0	00:36	13:53	8	1.0000	3	0	8	3
CONOR SHEARY	R	7	2	0	2	0	00:25	11:59	7	1.0000	0	0	1	3

Name	GP	W	L	OTL	MIN	SO	GA	SA	GAA	SV%	GSAA
UKKO-PEKKA LUUKKONEN	5	3	2	0	267	0	11	122	2.47	0.910	1.36
ALEX LYON	3	2	1	0	179	1	7	69	2.34	0.899	-0.06

Current Season Stats

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	PPP	PPTOI	TOI	SOG	SOG/G	+/-	PIM	Hits	BKS
TAGE THOMPSON	C	7	4	3	7	1	2	03:46	19:54	31	4.4286	5	4	5	5
OWEN POWER	D	7	1	6	7	0	0	02:42	26:26	6	0.8571	3	2	1	3
PEYTON KREBS	L	7	0	4	4	0	0	00:09	14:29	5	0.7143	0	9	10	2
MATTIAS SAMUELSSON	D	7	1	3	4	0	0	00:06	22:05	8	1.1429	-2	4	7	5
JACK QUINN	R	7	2	2	4	0	2	03:57	19:31	18	2.5714	-1	4	9	2
NOAH OSTLUND	C	7	2	2	4	1	1	03:20	18:22	18	2.5714	1	0	1	1
RASMUS DAHLIN	D	6	2	2	4	1	2	03:17	23:38	19	3.1667	0	2	8	14
ZACH BENSON	L	7	0	3	3	0	1	03:47	19:28	12	1.7143	0	4	12	4
OLEN ZELLWEGER	D	6	2	1	3	0	0	00:38	18:45	11	1.8333	0	6	2	2
RYAN MCLEOD	C	7	1	1	2	0	0	01:34	15:07	5	0.7143	-5	2	1	2

Name	GP	W	L	OTL	MIN	SO	GA	SA	GAA	SV%	GSAA
UKKO-PEKKA LUUKKONEN	5	2	2	1	277	0	16	107	3.46	0.850	-4.12
COLTEN ELLIS	3	1	1	0	150	0	8	59	3.19	0.864	-1.45

Last Game Lines

Opponent: Montreal Canadiens

Num	Time	%	EV - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	9:20	17.9	JACK QUINN - NOAH OSTLUND - ZACH BENSON	0	0	0	3	1	75.0	6	2	75.0
2	7:09	13.7	RYAN MCLEOD - JIRI KULICH - KONSTA HELENIUS	0	1	-1	1	7	12.5	1	8	11.1
3	6:56	13.3	TAGE THOMPSON - PEYTON KREBS - JOSH DOAN	0	0	0	1	1	50.0	4	7	36.4
4	6:26	12.3	BECK MALENSTYN - JOSH NORRIS - JUSTIN DANFORTH	2	0	2	3	3	50.0	5	6	45.5
Num	Time	%	EV - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	14:38	28.1	MATTIAS SAMUELSSON - OLEN ZELLWEGER	2	0	2	5	3	62.5	13	11	54.2
2	11:07	21.3	OWEN POWER - ZACH METSA	0	0	0	1	5	16.7	8	8	50.0
3	6:02	11.6	DENNIS GILBERT - LOUIS CREVIER	1	0	1	3	5	37.5	6	5	54.5
Num	Time	%	PP - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	4:53	59.2	TAGE THOMPSON - JACK QUINN - NOAH OSTLUND - ZACH BENSON	0	0	0	3	2	60.0	5	2	71.4
2	1:32	18.6	JOSH NORRIS - JOSH DOAN - JIRI KULICH - KONSTA HELENIUS	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
3	0:37	7.5	RYAN MCLEOD - JOSH NORRIS - JOSH DOAN - JIRI KULICH	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
4	0:18	3.6	TAGE THOMPSON - RYAN MCLEOD - JACK QUINN - ZACH BENSON	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	2	1	66.7
Num	Time	%	PP - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	5:28	71.0	OWEN POWER	0	0	0	3	2	60.0	5	2	71.4
2	1:40	21.6	OLEN ZELLWEGER	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
3	0:22	4.8	OLEN ZELLWEGER - OWEN POWER	0	0	0	1	0	100.0	1	0	100.0
Num	Time	%	SH - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	0:56	20.1	BECK MALENSTYN - RYAN MCLEOD	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0
2	0:55	19.7	BECK MALENSTYN - JUSTIN DANFORTH	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	4	0.0
3	0:49	17.6	BECK MALENSTYN	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	2	0.0
Num	Time	%	SH - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	1:51	39.8	MATTIAS SAMUELSSON - LOUIS CREVIER	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	5	0.0
2	1:16	27.2	MATTIAS SAMUELSSON - OWEN POWER	0	1	-1	0	3	0.0	0	3	0.0
3	0:45	16.1	OWEN POWER - ZACH METSA	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0

December 26, 2026, 7:00PM EST

New Jersey Devils

Buffalo Sabres

New Jersey Devils

3-3-0

Last 3 Regular Season Games

Last 3 Years VS BUF

Current Season Stats

Last Game Lines

Opponent: Detroit Red Wings

Buffalo Sabres

3-3-1

Last 3 Regular Season Games

Last 3 Years VS N.J

Current Season Stats

Last Game Lines

Opponent: Montreal Canadiens

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