National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New Jersey 4, Buffalo 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 29, 2021
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Steve Kozari, Brian Pochmara
Linesmen: Michel Cormier, James Tobias
Attendance: 11511
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New Jersey 2024
Buffalo 0213
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
4:43 - Devils Dougie Hamilton (PP) Assists: Jack Hughes , Nico Hischier
11:48 - Devils Jesper Bratt (EV) Assists: P.K. Subban , Jack Hughes
Penalties
4:01 - Sabres Kyle Okposo (2) High sticking
 14:56 - Sabres Brett Murray (2) Instigating
 14:56 - Sabres Brett Murray (5) Fighting
 14:56 - Devils Jonas Siegenthaler (5) Fighting
 14:56 - Sabres Brett Murray (10) Misconduct
2nd Period
Scoring
0:33 - Sabres Tage Thompson (EV) Assists: Alex Tuch , Rasmus Dahlin
3:17 - Sabres Tage Thompson (EV) Assists: Rasmus Dahlin
Penalties
10:03 - Devils Damon Severson (2) Tripping
3rd Period
Scoring
4:28 - Devils Jack Hughes (EV) Assists: Yegor Sharangovich , Jesper Bratt
6:50 - Devils Yegor Sharangovich (EV) Assists: Ty Smith , Jesper Bratt
14:38 - Sabres Ethan Prow (EV) Assists: Victor Olofsson , Mark Pysyk
Penalties
None.
New Jersey Devils
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Mackenzie Blackwood G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 55:18 2:42 2:00 0 0 - - - - -
Akira Schmid G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Dougie Hamilton D 1 0 1 -1 0 4 22 20:17 17:50 2:08 0:19 1 0 - 1 - - -
Andreas Johnsson LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 16 13:31 12:57 0:34 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Nico Hischier C 0 1 1 -2 0 2 24 16:40 13:44 2:08 0:48 0 0 - - 10 5 67
Nathan Bastian RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 18 14:29 12:21 2:08 0:00 0 0 2 - 1 0 100
Yegor Sharangovich C 1 1 2 +3 0 4 22 14:16 13:40 0:00 0:36 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Dawson Mercer C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 15 13:16 12:42 0:34 0:00 0 0 - 2 3 4 43
Michael McLeod C 0 0 0 E 0 0 19 14:59 13:52 0:00 1:07 0 0 - - 5 5 50
Ty Smith D 0 1 1 +3 0 1 18 16:38 16:04 0:34 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Damon Severson D 0 0 0 -2 2 4 26 21:37 21:03 0:34 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Ryan Graves D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 25 19:11 17:30 0:00 1:41 0 0 - 5 - - -
Pavel Zacha C 0 0 0 -2 0 5 21 17:03 16:29 0:34 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Janne Kuokkanen LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 19 14:54 14:18 0:00 0:36 0 0 1 - - - -
Jesper Bratt LW 1 2 3 +3 0 1 21 16:06 13:58 2:08 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Marian Studenic RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 15 12:25 11:32 0:00 0:53 0 0 - 1 - - -
Jesper Boqvist LW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 20 14:26 14:26 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jonas Siegenthaler D 0 0 0 -2 5 3 23 22:21 21:14 0:00 1:07 0 0 2 2 - - -
P.K. Subban D 0 1 1 +3 0 5 20 17:59 17:06 0:00 0:53 0 0 - - - - -
Jack Hughes C 1 2 3 +3 0 6 21 17:52 15:44 2:08 0:00 0 0 - - 1 3 25
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 58:25 53:43 2:00 2:42 0 0 - - - - -
Malcolm Subban G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Will Butcher D 0 0 0 E 0 4 23 15:59 14:57 1:02 0:00 0 0 - 2 - - -
Ethan Prow D 1 0 1 +1 0 1 24 15:59 15:22 0:00 0:37 0 0 2 2 - - -
Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 30 22:03 19:58 0:00 2:05 0 0 1 - - - -
Mark Pysyk D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 28 19:29 17:24 0:00 2:05 0 0 - 3 - - -
John Hayden LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 13 10:58 9:39 0:00 1:19 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 21 17:03 16:01 1:02 0:00 0 0 1 - 3 4 43
Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 17 14:14 13:32 0:00 0:42 0 0 1 1 6 5 55
Kyle Okposo RW 0 0 0 -2 2 3 22 18:40 17:38 1:02 0:00 0 0 2 - 3 2 60
Arttu Ruotsalainen C 0 0 0 E 0 1 14 12:08 11:06 1:02 0:00 0 0 1 2 3 2 60
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 2 2 -1 0 2 31 24:47 23:12 0:58 0:37 0 0 - 1 - - -
Casey Fitzgerald D 0 0 0 E 0 1 24 18:04 18:04 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Brett Murray LW 0 0 0 -2 17 1 14 11:08 11:08 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Victor Olofsson LW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 19 17:21 16:19 1:02 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Tage Thompson RW 2 0 2 +1 0 3 22 18:22 16:01 0:58 1:23 0 0 1 - 4 6 40
Rasmus Asplund C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 17 16:25 14:50 0:58 0:37 0 0 1 - - - -
John-Jason Peterka RW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 21 16:12 15:14 0:58 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Alex Tuch RW 0 1 1 +1 0 0 24 18:27 16:06 0:58 1:23 0 0 4 - - - -
Anders Bjork LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 14 11:19 11:19 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
New Jersey
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood W (9-10-4) 22 19 3 .864 0 60:00
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen L (2-5-2) 42 38 4 .905 0 58:25