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New Jersey Devils at Buffalo Sabres

NHLFebruary 2, 2025KeyBank Center

DevilsNew JerseyNJ

Devils 3, Sabres 4

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Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Dawson Mercer
  3. 0:10Brenden Dillon hit Peyton Krebs
  4. 0:11Beck Malenstyn hit Dawson Mercer
  5. 0:38Beck Malenstyn Backhand saved by Jake Allen
  6. 1:25Tage Thompson hit Jonas Siegenthaler
  7. 1:34Giveaway by Ondrej Palat
  8. 1:54Henri Jokiharju Wrist Shot Wide Right
  9. 2:17Owen Power hit Nathan Bastian
  10. 2:18Giveaway by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  11. 2:22Curtis Lazar hit Dennis Gilbert
  12. 2:32Giveaway by Brett Pesce
  13. 2:38Nathan Bastian hit Owen Power
  14. 2:44Kurtis MacDermid Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  15. 2:44Kurtis MacDermid shot blocked by Dennis Gilbert
  16. 3:12Dougie Hamilton Slap Shot Above Crossbar
  17. 3:17Giveaway by Jonas Siegenthaler
  18. 3:59Dougie Hamilton Wrist Shot Short
  19. 4:06Owen Power hit Jack Hughes
  20. 4:26Paul Cotter shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  21. 4:39Johnathan Kovacevic hit Beck Malenstyn
  22. 4:47Giveaway by Jacob Bryson
  23. 4:49Paul Cotter Wrist Shot Wide Left
  24. 4:55Giveaway by Henri Jokiharju
  25. 4:58Henri Jokiharju hit Justin Dowling
  26. 5:03Paul Cotter hit Jacob Bryson
  27. 5:19Kurtis MacDermid hit Jack Quinn
  28. 5:45Alex Tuch hit Nathan Bastian
  29. 6:03JJ Peterka Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  30. 6:13Timo Meier Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  31. 6:15Timo Meier Wrist Shot Failed Bank Attempt
  32. 6:16Bowen Byram hit Timo Meier
  33. 6:20Dougie Hamilton Wrist Shot Wide Right
  34. 6:49Owen Power Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  35. 6:55Takeaway by Jason Zucker
  36. 6:57Dylan Cozens Backhand Wide Right
  37. 6:57Jason Zucker shot blocked by Dougie Hamilton
  38. 7:02Goalie Stopped
  39. 7:02Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Dawson Mercer
  40. 7:03Rasmus Dahlin Slap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  41. 7:05Goalie Stopped
  42. 7:05Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Dawson Mercer
  43. 7:19Timo Meier hit Rasmus Dahlin
  44. 7:33Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Brenden Dillon
  45. 7:55Brenden Dillon hit Ryan McLeod
  46. 8:02Ryan McLeod hit Brett Pesce
  47. 8:08Owen Power Snap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  48. 8:11Tage Thompson Goal (26) Wrist Shot, assists: Owen Power (22), Bowen Byram (20)
  49. 8:11Jiri Kulich faceoff won against Jack Hughes
  50. 8:15Mattias Samuelsson Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  51. 8:45JJ Peterka Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  52. 8:47Goalie Stopped
  53. 8:47Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Curtis Lazar
  54. 8:50Beck Malenstyn Tip-In Wide Left
  55. 8:52Beck Malenstyn shot blocked by Johnathan Kovacevic
  56. 9:09Luke Hughes Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  57. 9:14Curtis Lazar hit Henri Jokiharju
  58. 9:40Off-side
  59. 9:40Justin Dowling faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
  60. 9:50Giveaway by Dennis Gilbert
  61. 9:54Justin Dowling hit Dennis Gilbert
  62. 9:56Takeaway by Justin Dowling
  63. 9:57Jesper Bratt Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  64. 9:58Justin Dowling Wrist Shot Wide Right
  65. 10:12Puck in Benches
  66. 10:12Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Dawson Mercer
  67. 10:24Bowen Byram hit Dawson Mercer
  68. 10:45Brenden Dillon shot blocked by Stefan Noesen
  69. 10:58Rasmus Dahlin Interference against Stefan Noesen
  70. 10:58Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Stefan Noesen
  71. 11:03Stefan Noesen hit Owen Power
  72. 11:05Mattias Samuelsson Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  73. 11:30Jesper Bratt shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  74. 11:40Dougie Hamilton Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  75. 11:44Dougie Hamilton Slap Shot Wide Left
  76. 11:56Stefan Noesen hit Owen Power
  77. 12:19Luke Hughes Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  78. 12:55Luke Hughes Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  79. 13:33Nathan Bastian hit Rasmus Dahlin
  80. 13:45Nathan Bastian hit Dennis Gilbert
  81. 13:58Jiri Kulich Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
  82. 14:04Henri Jokiharju Wrist Shot Wide Right
  83. 14:06Goalie Stopped
  84. 14:06Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Justin Dowling
  85. 14:09Mattias Samuelsson Wrist Shot Wide Right
  86. 14:32Off-side
  87. 14:32Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Curtis Lazar
  88. 14:35Bowen Byram shot blocked by Kurtis MacDermid
  89. 14:51Dennis Gilbert Wrist Shot Wide Left
  90. 15:18Giveaway by Curtis Lazar
  91. 15:20Giveaway by Ryan McLeod
  92. 15:26Dennis Gilbert hit Nathan Bastian
  93. 15:50JJ Peterka Goal (15) Poke, assists: Tage Thompson (21), Dennis Gilbert (2)
  94. 15:50Jiri Kulich faceoff won against Jack Hughes
  95. 16:08Jack Hughes Backhand Above Crossbar
  96. 16:11Giveaway by Jiri Kulich
  97. 16:13Brenden Dillon shot blocked by Tage Thompson
  98. 16:36Stefan Noesen hit Henri Jokiharju
  99. 16:39Jason Zucker hit Dougie Hamilton
  100. 16:53Timo Meier Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  101. 17:04Dylan Cozens shot blocked by Dougie Hamilton
  102. 17:41Giveaway by Owen Power
  103. 17:48Bowen Byram Hooking against Paul Cotter
  104. 17:48Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Jack Hughes
  105. 17:59Jesper Bratt Deflected Wide Right
  106. 18:10Ryan McLeod shot blocked by Dougie Hamilton
  107. 18:26Alex Tuch Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  108. 18:27Puck in Netting
  109. 18:27Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Dawson Mercer
  110. 19:00Luke Hughes shot blocked by Jacob Bryson
  111. 19:04Mattias Samuelsson hit Paul Cotter
  112. 19:16Puck in Netting
  113. 19:16Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Stefan Noesen
  114. 19:31Ryan McLeod Goal (12) Backhand, assists: Alex Tuch (21), Rasmus Dahlin (32)
  115. 19:31Jiri Kulich faceoff won against Curtis Lazar
  116. 19:40Puck in Benches
  117. 19:40Curtis Lazar faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  118. 19:44Luke Hughes shot blocked by Ryan McLeod
  119. 19:58Brett Pesce Backhand Above Crossbar
  120. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Curtis Lazar faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  3. 0:14Giveaway by Kurtis MacDermid
  4. 0:15Alex Tuch shot blocked by Curtis Lazar
  5. 0:18Puck in Netting
  6. 0:18Nathan Bastian faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  7. 0:24Jiri Kulich Tip-In Wide Left
  8. 0:28Giveaway by Curtis Lazar
  9. 0:28Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot Wide Right
  10. 0:29JJ Peterka Wrist Shot Wide Right
  11. 0:33Curtis Lazar hit Rasmus Dahlin
  12. 0:36Kurtis MacDermid hit Bowen Byram
  13. 0:37Tage Thompson Wrist Shot Wide Left
  14. 0:39Puck in Netting
  15. 0:39Justin Dowling faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
  16. 0:47Dougie Hamilton hit Jason Zucker
  17. 0:59Jonas Siegenthaler Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  18. 1:01Goalie Stopped
  19. 1:01Jiri Kulich faceoff won against Jack Hughes
  20. 1:05Jiri Kulich Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  21. 1:20Ondrej Palat Wrist Shot Wide Right
  22. 1:30Jiri Kulich Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
  23. 1:47Dougie Hamilton Wrist Shot Wide Left
  24. 1:57Takeaway by Timo Meier
  25. 2:00Stefan Noesen hit Jack Quinn
  26. 2:05Luke Hughes shot blocked by Dawson Mercer
  27. 2:09Dawson Mercer shot blocked by Jiri Kulich
  28. 2:19On-Ice Official
  29. 2:19Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Jack Hughes
  30. 2:44Henri Jokiharju Wrist Shot Wide Right
  31. 3:20Giveaway by Henri Jokiharju
  32. 3:28Takeaway by Jacob Bryson
  33. 4:16Dennis Gilbert hit Justin Dowling
  34. 4:25Giveaway by Jonas Siegenthaler
  35. 4:28Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin
  36. 4:31Dougie Hamilton shot blocked by Dennis Gilbert
  37. 4:35Paul Cotter Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  38. 4:38Paul Cotter Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Justin Dowling (3), Dougie Hamilton (27)
  39. 4:38Net Dislodged Offensive Skater
  40. 4:38Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Justin Dowling
  41. 5:21Takeaway by Ryan McLeod
  42. 5:23Dawson Mercer Tip-In Wide Left
  43. 5:31Bowen Byram Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  44. 5:37Puck in Crowd
  45. 5:37Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Dawson Mercer
  46. 5:42Jason Zucker Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  47. 5:52Rasmus Dahlin hit Stefan Noesen
  48. 6:36Giveaway by Jason Zucker
  49. 7:01Jack Hughes Wrist Shot Wide Right
  50. 7:10Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  51. 7:18Jack Hughes Wrist Shot Hit Left Post
  52. 7:32Jack Hughes Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  53. 7:35Goalie Stopped
  54. 7:35Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Nathan Bastian
  55. 7:41Kurtis MacDermid hit Peyton Krebs
  56. 7:53Nathan Bastian shot blocked by Curtis Lazar
  57. 8:08Curtis Lazar hit Jacob Bryson
  58. 8:16Beck Malenstyn hit Kurtis MacDermid
  59. 9:02Dylan Cozens hit Dawson Mercer
  60. 9:03Timo Meier shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  61. 9:04Rasmus Dahlin hit Stefan Noesen
  62. 9:16Brett Pesce shot blocked by Rasmus Dahlin
  63. 9:24Alex Tuch hit Brenden Dillon
  64. 9:42Dougie Hamilton shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  65. 9:48Dougie Hamilton Interference - Goalkeeper against Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  66. 9:48Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Curtis Lazar
  67. 10:10Giveaway by Jiri Kulich
  68. 10:40Owen Power Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  69. 10:48Owen Power Snap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  70. 11:04Owen Power shot blocked by Brenden Dillon
  71. 11:11Owen Power Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  72. 11:13Dylan Cozens Backhand Hit Left Post
  73. 11:27Owen Power shot blocked by Johnathan Kovacevic
  74. 11:35Owen Power Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  75. 11:36Zach Benson Tip-In saved by Jake Allen
  76. 11:36Zach Benson Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
  77. 11:45Owen Power Slap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  78. 11:50Jiri Kulich Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  79. 12:03Jesper Bratt shot blocked by Bowen Byram
  80. 12:20Off-side
  81. 12:20Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Stefan Noesen
  82. 12:26Puck in Netting
  83. 12:26Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Dawson Mercer
  84. 12:35Peyton Krebs hit Jonas Siegenthaler
  85. 12:55Stefan Noesen Snap Shot Wide Left
  86. 13:20Alex Tuch Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  87. 13:21Alex Tuch Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  88. 13:37Henri Jokiharju shot blocked by Tomas Tatar
  89. 13:46Jason Zucker Tip-In Wide Right
  90. 13:55Giveaway by Dylan Cozens
  91. 14:35Jason Zucker Interference against Justin Dowling
  92. 14:35TV Timeout
  93. 14:35Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Jack Hughes
  94. 14:55Stefan Noesen Deflected Wide Left
  95. 15:06Stefan Noesen Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  96. 15:13Stefan Noesen Holding against Ryan McLeod
  97. 15:13Dawson Mercer faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
  98. 16:20Jack Hughes Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  99. 16:21Goalie Stopped
  100. 16:21Jack Hughes faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  101. 16:56Takeaway by Johnathan Kovacevic
  102. 16:59Jason Zucker Backhand Above Crossbar
  103. 17:16Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  104. 17:25Jason Zucker Goal (18) Tip-In, assists: Tage Thompson (22), Rasmus Dahlin (33)
  105. 17:25Justin Dowling faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  106. 17:32Peyton Krebs hit Tomas Tatar
  107. 17:47Paul Cotter hit Henri Jokiharju
  108. 18:28Takeaway by Nathan Bastian
  109. 18:29Dougie Hamilton hit Dylan Cozens
  110. 19:03Mattias Samuelsson Wrist Shot Wide Left
  111. 19:10Dawson Mercer Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  112. 19:11Stefan Noesen Deflected saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  113. 19:12Timo Meier Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  114. 19:12Mattias Samuelsson hit Dawson Mercer
  115. 19:16Johnathan Kovacevic shot blocked by Dylan Cozens
  116. 19:34Stefan Noesen Tip-In Wide Left
  117. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Justin Dowling faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  3. 0:05Icing
  4. 0:05Justin Dowling faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  5. 0:18Paul Cotter Goal (12) Wrist Shot, assists: Brett Pesce (9)
  6. 0:18Dawson Mercer faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
  7. 0:40Jason Zucker Wrist Shot saved by Nico Daws
  8. 1:02Jacob Bryson Wrist Shot Wide Left
  9. 1:07Johnathan Kovacevic hit Alex Tuch
  10. 1:58Nathan Bastian hit Beck Malenstyn
  11. 2:12Brenden Dillon hit Peyton Krebs
  12. 2:19JJ Peterka Wrist Shot saved by Nico Daws
  13. 2:39Jack Hughes shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  14. 2:45Dougie Hamilton Wrist Shot Wide Left
  15. 2:50Jesper Bratt Wrist Shot Wide Right
  16. 2:56Jesper Bratt hit JJ Peterka
  17. 3:36Off-side
  18. 3:36Justin Dowling faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  19. 3:51Paul Cotter hit Jack Quinn
  20. 3:53Off-side
  21. 3:53Justin Dowling faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  22. 4:14Giveaway by Henri Jokiharju
  23. 4:53Dougie Hamilton Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  24. 5:11Stefan Noesen Match Penalty against Tage Thompson served by Paul Cotter
  25. 5:11Video Review
  26. 5:11Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Jack Hughes
  27. 5:13Giveaway by Jack Hughes
  28. 5:16Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Brett Pesce
  29. 5:32Jack Hughes Goal (21) Backhand, assists: Jesper Bratt (43)
  30. 5:32Dawson Mercer faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  31. 6:24Curtis Lazar hit Bowen Byram
  32. 6:43Brenden Dillon shot blocked by Alex Tuch
  33. 6:46On-Ice Official
  34. 6:46Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Jack Hughes
  35. 7:12Jesper Bratt hit JJ Peterka
  36. 7:15Giveaway by Jack Quinn
  37. 7:57Owen Power shot blocked by Zach Benson
  38. 8:51Dylan Cozens Slap Shot saved by Nico Daws
  39. 9:53Giveaway by Peyton Krebs
  40. 9:59Jonas Siegenthaler hit Beck Malenstyn
  41. 10:15Owen Power Wrist Shot saved by Nico Daws
  42. 10:40Giveaway by Bowen Byram
  43. 10:46Brenden Dillon Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  44. 10:50Dylan Cozens hit Curtis Lazar
  45. 10:54Timo Meier Wrap-around saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  46. 11:08Dylan Cozens hit Paul Cotter
  47. 11:22Tomas Tatar hit Owen Power
  48. 11:41Tomas Tatar Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  49. 11:43Alex Tuch Interference against Johnathan Kovacevic
  50. 11:43TV Timeout
  51. 11:43Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Jack Hughes
  52. 12:09Dawson Mercer shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  53. 13:31Mattias Samuelsson hit Nathan Bastian
  54. 13:49Alex Tuch Slap Shot saved by Nico Daws
  55. 14:09Giveaway by Kurtis MacDermid
  56. 15:05Peyton Krebs shot blocked by Jack Hughes
  57. 15:12JJ Peterka Wrist Shot saved by Nico Daws
  58. 15:24Jack Hughes shot blocked by Jacob Bryson
  59. 15:25Beck Malenstyn Tripping against Jack Hughes
  60. 15:25TV Timeout
  61. 15:25Jack Hughes faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  62. 16:01Timo Meier shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  63. 16:21Jesper Bratt hit Peyton Krebs
  64. 16:42Timo Meier Interference against Zach Benson
  65. 16:42Justin Dowling faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  66. 17:49Paul Cotter hit Owen Power
  67. 18:16Owen Power Wrist Shot saved by Nico Daws
  68. 18:24Owen Power shot blocked by Dylan Cozens
  69. 18:53Dylan Cozens hit Brenden Dillon
  70. 19:15Icing
  71. 19:15Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Jack Hughes
  72. 19:24Puck in Benches
  73. 19:24Curtis Lazar faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  74. 19:30Dougie Hamilton shot blocked by Rasmus Dahlin
  75. 19:40Ondrej Palat hit Beck Malenstyn
  76. 19:45Timo Meier shot blocked by Alex Tuch
  77. 19:51Ondrej Palat Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  78. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  79. 20:00Game End

1st

  1. 8:11NJ 0, BUF 1Tage Thompson Goal (26) Wrist Shot, assists: Owen Power (22), Bowen Byram (20)
  2. 15:50NJ 0, BUF 2JJ Peterka Goal (15) Poke, assists: Tage Thompson (21), Dennis Gilbert (2)
  3. 19:31NJ 0, BUF 3Ryan McLeod Goal (12) Backhand, assists: Alex Tuch (21), Rasmus Dahlin (32)

2nd

  1. 4:38NJ 1, BUF 3Paul Cotter Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Justin Dowling (3), Dougie Hamilton (27)
  2. 17:25NJ 1, BUF 4Jason Zucker Goal (18) Tip-In, assists: Tage Thompson (22), Rasmus Dahlin (33)

3rd

  1. 0:18NJ 2, BUF 4Paul Cotter Goal (12) Wrist Shot, assists: Brett Pesce (9)
  2. 5:32NJ 3, BUF 4Jack Hughes Goal (21) Backhand, assists: Jesper Bratt (43)

Game leaders

DevilsNew Jersey

SabresBuffalo

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Paul Cotter LW202040014:150.03000010181211:292:200:26
Jack Hughes C10-3001020:1216.731021030232111:115:183:43
Curtis Lazar C000051014:0842.9043200017110:250:173:26
Dawson Mercer C000000019:0130.01730010221312:564:101:55
Jesper Bratt LW01-3030018:190.01000020251610:204:543:05
Justin Dowling C012010011:3880.0028001116211:380:000:00
Kurtis MacDermid LW00003107:590.010020001107:420:170:00
Nathan Bastian RW000040013:2850.001100011538:471:123:29
Ondrej Palat LW00-3010014:430.0100101021119:303:391:34
Stefan Noesen RW00-20401713:020.02300230171810:272:350:00
Timo Meier RW000010218:210.04000111201514:223:570:02
Tomas Tatar LW002011013:020.0100000017510:192:430:00
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Brenden Dillon D000032021:1310000000.024215:280:095:36
Brett Pesce D012001019:3500010100.024116:220:172:56
Dougie Hamilton D01-1023219:5420001600.026814:424:540:18
Johnathan Kovacevic D00-1022015:3900000010.018110:560:004:43
Jonas Siegenthaler D00-1010016:5610020000.021213:360:003:20
Luke Hughes D000000018:4630000000.021414:462:531:07
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Jake Allen G27423.85239:4900156200
Nico Daws G7071.00019:000052000

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