New Jersey Devils at Buffalo SabresDec 26, 2026

Time TBDSaturday, Dec 26, 2026

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

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Buffalo SabresBUF

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Probable goalies, start odds, schedule edge and each team's lines from its last game.

Schedule Edge

No schedule edge

NJDaway±0.0 pts

3 days rest · 468 km travel

BUFhome±0.0 pts

3 days rest · 286 km travel

No meaningful schedule edge: NJD (3 days rest) at BUF (3 days rest).

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New Jersey Devils

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Jake Allen79%
David Rittich14%
Nico Daws8%
Schedule: Rested · plays again tomorrow
Last game: W 3–2 vs PHI · Oct 1

L1Rodrigues – Gritsyuk – Mercer
10:55
L2Mantha – Bratt – Hughes
10:54
L3Meier – Hischier – Evangelista
8:40
L4Noesen – Glass – Lombardi
4:25
D1Hamilton – Siegenthaler
14:45
D2Pesce – Hughes
14:06
D3Dillon – Chisholm
12:42
PP1Bratt – Hischier – Hughes – Evangelista – Hughes
5:17

Projected NJD lines →·NJD goalies →·Goalie start planner →

Buffalo Sabres

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen75%
Alex Lyon16%
Colten Ellis9%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 3–6 at CBJ · Oct 1

L1Quinn – Ostlund – Benson
11:13
L2Thompson – Norris – Doan
10:19
L3McLeod – Krebs – Helenius
10:05
L4Carrick – Malenstyn – Kulich
6:00
D1Samuelsson – Dahlin
13:10
D2Crevier – Power
10:21
D3Grzelcyk – Metsa
8:13
PP1Thompson – Dahlin – Quinn – Doan – Benson
4:22

Projected BUF lines →·BUF goalies →·Goalie start planner →

Game day: all games on Dec 26.

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.