National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 5, New Jersey 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, March 29, 2024
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Wes McCauley, Brandon Schrader
Linesmen: Bryan Pancich, Andrew Smith
Attendance: 15721
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New Jersey 2002
Buffalo 0235
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
3:00 - Devils Max Willman (EV) Assists: Luke Hughes , Chris Tierney
10:31 - Devils Jesper Bratt (EV) Assists: Nico Hischier , Timo Meier
Penalties
15:04 - Sabres Bowen Byram (2) Slashing
 16:38 - Sabres Alex Tuch (2) Tripping
2nd Period
Scoring
0:28 - Sabres Tage Thompson (EV) Unassisted
17:29 - Sabres Tage Thompson (EV) Assists: Alex Tuch
Penalties
14:41 - Sabres Dylan Cozens (2) Slashing
3rd Period
Scoring
15:26 - Sabres Tage Thompson (EV) Assists: Rasmus Dahlin , Alex Tuch
19:22 - Sabres JJ Peterka (EV) (EN) Assists: Dylan Cozens , Owen Power
19:54 - Sabres Tage Thompson (EV) (EN) Assists: Henri Jokiharju
Penalties
None.
New Jersey Devils
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Kaapo Kahkonen G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jake Allen G 0 0 0 0 0 58:23 52:49 5:34 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brendan Smith D 0 0 0 E 0 0 16 17:30 17:30 0:00 0:00 0 0 5 1 - - -
John Marino D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 23 17:35 17:35 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Alexander Holtz RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 18 17:46 16:19 1:27 0:00 0 0 2 1 1 1 50
Chris Tierney C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 11 7:48 7:48 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - 1 1 50
Nico Hischier C 0 1 1 -3 0 1 23 19:24 15:17 4:07 0:00 0 0 - - 15 6 71
Simon Nemec D 0 0 0 E 0 1 22 23:17 21:08 2:09 0:00 0 0 - 3 - - -
Ondrej Palat LW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 20 13:32 12:09 1:23 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Timo Meier RW 0 1 1 -3 0 0 22 19:43 15:37 4:06 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Curtis Lazar C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 12 9:15 9:15 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 1 1 1 50
Luke Hughes D 0 1 1 -2 0 4 22 21:33 18:08 3:25 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Max Willman C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 10 6:27 6:27 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 2 - - -
Erik Haula LW 0 0 0 -1 0 4 22 22:09 20:36 1:33 0:00 0 0 2 2 13 3 81
Nick DeSimone D 0 0 0 E 0 2 20 14:45 14:45 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Jesper Bratt LW 1 0 1 -2 0 5 22 18:13 14:21 3:52 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Jack Hughes C 0 0 0 -3 0 5 18 25:31 21:22 4:09 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Kevin Bahl D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 24 18:41 18:41 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Dawson Mercer C 0 0 0 E 0 3 19 15:10 13:31 1:39 0:00 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Tomas Nosek LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 22 13:18 13:18 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 4 4 50
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Devon Levi G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 54:26 0:00 5:34 0 0 - - - - -
Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 +2 2 2 25 18:21 17:58 0:00 0:23 0 0 2 - - - -
Zach Benson LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 20 18:44 16:42 0:00 2:02 0 0 1 1 - - -
Henri Jokiharju D 0 1 1 +2 0 2 26 18:28 16:18 0:00 2:10 0 0 1 2 - - -
Jordan Greenway LW 0 0 0 +2 0 1 22 18:19 14:48 0:00 3:31 0 0 3 2 1 1 50
Tyson Jost C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 9 8:49 8:49 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 3 2 60
Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 E 0 0 16 11:00 11:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - 4 3 57
Jack Quinn RW 0 0 0 E 0 17 17:06 15:45 0:00 1:21 0 0 2 - 0 1 0
Dylan Cozens C 0 1 1 +1 2 2 21 19:35 18:28 0:00 1:07 0 0 3 - 4 9 31
Owen Power D 0 1 1 +1 0 3 28 28:51 25:45 0:00 3:06 0 0 1 2 - - -
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 27 27:01 24:54 0:00 2:07 0 0 5 1 - - -
Zemgus Girgensons LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 11 7:07 6:51 0:00 0:16 0 0 4 1 0 3 0
Jeff Skinner LW 0 0 0 E 0 3 16 11:52 11:52 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Victor Olofsson LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 9 8:04 8:04 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Tage Thompson C 4 0 4 +3 0 6 22 16:07 16:07 0:00 0:00 0 0 5 1 4 10 29
Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 E 0 2 20 15:50 12:40 0:00 3:10 0 0 3 3 - - -
JJ Peterka RW 1 0 1 +3 0 5 21 16:48 16:48 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 0 - - -
Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 E 0 0 18 11:52 11:34 0:00 0:18 0 0 1 2 - - -
Alex Tuch RW 0 2 2 +2 2 2 25 20:06 17:47 0:00 2:19 0 0 1 1 2 4 33
Goaltending
New Jersey
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Jake Allen L (10-15-3) 34 31 3 .912 0 58:23
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Devon Levi W (10-8-2) 30 28 2 .933 0 60:00