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New Jersey Devils
NJD
42-37-3
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2026-12-26
2026- ET
Buffalo Sabres
BUF
50-23-9

Showing 2025-26 — the upcoming season has no games played yet. These are last season's numbers, with last season's rosters.

2025-26 · regular season

2.80
Goals / gm
3.51
3.10
Goals ag / gm
2.94
2.96
xG for / gm
2.89
2.83
xG ag / gm
2.92
51.1%
xG share
49.7%
49.6%
xG share
5v5
50.5%
51.6%
Shot share
fenwick
49.3%
-43.9
Finishing
goals − xG
+15.8
-4.0
Goaltending
xGA − GA
+26.7

Finishing and goaltending are measured against regulation goals only — expected goals has no model for 3-on-3 or the shootout, so counting those would credit a team for scoring in a format the model never saw.

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Goalies

by games played

NJD
J. Markstrom44gp · 0.883 · 3.07
J. Allen37gp · 0.904 · 2.74
BUF
A. Lyon36gp · 0.907 · 2.77
U. Luukkonen35gp · 0.910 · 2.52

Head to head

2025-26 meetings

DateMatchupScorexG
2025-11-28NJD @ BUF5-02.04-3.76
2025-12-21BUF @ NJD1-33.10-1.40
2026-02-25BUF @ NJD1-24.39-2.93

NJD leaders

points

CJ. Hughes27G 50A77
LJ. Bratt22G 49A71
CN. Hischier28G 38A66
RT. Meier24G 20A44
RC. Brown18G 25A43

BUF leaders

points

CT. Thompson40G 41A81
DR. Dahlin19G 55A74
RA. Tuch33G 33A66
CR. McLeod14G 40A54
RJ. Doan25G 27A52
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