New Jersey Devils vs Buffalo Sabres — November 28, 2025 Game Stats

Game Recap

The New Jersey Devils shut out the Buffalo Sabres 5-0 on November 28, 2025. Despite the result, the Buffalo Sabres held the edge in expected goals (11.75 to 6.24) at 5-on-5, indicating the New Jersey Devils received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Buffalo Sabres created 18 high-danger scoring chances compared to 6 from the New Jersey Devils at 5-on-5. Arseny Gritsyuk scored 2 goals. Dawson Mercer was the most dangerous skater with 1.72 individual expected goals on 2 shots at 5-on-5. The Buffalo Sabres outshot the New Jersey Devils 42-23 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as New Jersey Devils vs Buffalo Sabres progressed on Nov 28, 2025
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
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Nov 28, 2025 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
BUF	P1	20	13	60.6	13	11	54.2	10	9	52.6	13	10	56.5	3	1	75.0	1.68	1.92	46.7	0	1	0.0
	P2	34	12	73.9	25	10	71.4	15	8	65.2	24	9	72.7	10	4	71.4	6.26	3.34	65.2	0	1	0.0
	P3	34	13	72.3	26	8	76.5	17	6	73.9	25	9	73.5	8	2	80.0	5.54	1.51	78.6	0	3	0.0
	Total	88	38	69.8	64	29	68.8	42	23	64.6	62	28	68.9	21	7	75.0	13.48	6.77	66.6	0	5	0.0
NJD	P1	13	20	39.4	11	13	45.8	9	10	47.4	10	13	43.5	1	3	25.0	1.92	1.68	53.3	1	0	100.0
	P2	12	34	26.1	10	25	28.6	8	15	34.8	9	24	27.3	4	10	28.6	3.34	6.26	34.8	1	0	100.0
	P3	13	34	27.7	8	26	23.5	6	17	26.1	9	25	26.5	2	8	20.0	1.51	5.54	21.4	3	0	100.0
	Total	38	88	30.2	29	64	31.2	23	42	35.4	28	62	31.1	7	21	25.0	6.77	13.48	33.4	5	0	100.0

Win Probability

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Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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Shot Density Heatmap

NJD Attempts

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Individual Event Map

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Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (BUF) performed against every skater on the away team (NJD) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = BUF players, Columns = NJD players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the BUF player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

BUF ↓ / NJD →	Hischier	Mercer	Glendening	Glass	Bratt	Cotter	Palat	Lammikko	Brown	Meier	Gritsyuk	Noesen	Siegenthaler	Hughes	Hamilton	Nemec	Dillon	White
Thompson	64	47	100	25	58	25	47	100	82	55	11	100	45	79	50	74	50	17
McLeod	55	67	43	29	50	45	80	0	54	55	64	60	40	60	44	62	67	69
Ostlund	60	82	91	64	50	73	80	91	83	50	50	90	82	73	81	71	67	0
Kozak	57	17	91	53	50	63	0	91	63	50	0	89	70	58	71	55	29	0
Krebs	67	63	50	80	71	71	25	75	71	71	25	75	57	67	57	63	71	75
Benson	80	50	94	73	67	80	40	91	87	67	40	90	80	81	82	70	78	0
Zucker	67	75	62	25	44	50	79	0	76	56	58	60	33	76	38	62	76	73
Greenway	—	63	60	80	100	71	25	75	71	100	25	75	50	75	50	67	83	86
Malenstyn	—	63	50	80	100	71	25	67	71	100	25	67	40	75	40	67	83	86
Tuch	47	44	100	0	47	25	53	100	67	43	30	100	56	61	56	65	29	17
Doan	64	38	100	75	58	78	38	100	87	58	38	100	80	75	80	67	60	20
Quinn	67	75	38	17	55	40	80	0	50	64	64	60	33	69	38	62	63	65
Dahlin	77	44	80	50	62	55	36	88	70	69	18	75	61	70	63	61	61	50
Samuelsson	43	54	75	54	29	59	45	100	65	43	25	83	69	42	67	42	57	54
Power	65	65	58	67	68	67	69	64	80	65	36	75	70	74	70	76	50	44
Timmins	42	65	86	0	42	75	71	75	86	46	58	86	50	67	55	71	75	86
Byram	70	56	71	33	64	67	56	67	50	64	64	80	50	73	55	67	70	71
Bryson	0	69	71	57	43	57	67	71	60	43	50	83	62	73	65	69	45	55