National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New Jersey 5, Buffalo 4
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, October 27, 2023
Where: Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey
Referees: Beau Halkidis, Chris Rooney
Linesmen: Caleb Apperson, Devin Berg
Attendance: 16514
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 2114
New Jersey 2125
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
6:11 - Sabres JJ Peterka (EV) Assists: Henri Jokiharju , Owen Power
7:41 - Devils Alexander Holtz (EV) Assists: Luke Hughes , Michael McLeod
15:42 - Sabres Tage Thompson (EV) Assists: Alex Tuch , Jordan Greenway
16:11 - Devils Jesper Bratt (EV) Unassisted
Penalties
8:39 - Devils Brendan Smith (2) High sticking
 11:03 - Sabres Kyle Okposo (2) High sticking
 16:00 - Devils Ondrej Palat (2) Instigating
 16:00 - Devils Ondrej Palat (5) Fighting
 16:00 - Sabres Connor Clifton (5) Match penalty
 16:00 - Sabres Connor Clifton (5) Fighting
 16:00 - Devils Ondrej Palat (10) Instigator - Misconduct
2nd Period
Scoring
13:47 - Devils Erik Haula (SH) Unassisted
17:32 - Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (EV) Assists: Mattias Samuelsson , Jeff Skinner
Penalties
13:10 - Devils Bench (2) Too many men on ice
3rd Period
Scoring
2:09 - Devils Jack Hughes (PP) Assists: Luke Hughes , Timo Meier
12:35 - Sabres Dylan Cozens (EV) Assists: Kyle Okposo
14:17 - Devils Erik Haula (EV) Assists: Kevin Bahl , John Marino
Penalties
0:56 - Sabres Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (2) Delay of game
 14:27 - Sabres Owen Power (2) Tripping
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 2 0 28:08 22:55 2:00 3:13 0 0 - - - - -
Eric Comrie G 0 0 0 0 0 29:46 22:46 2:00 5:00 0 0 - - - - -
Erik Johnson D 0 0 0 E 0 0 21 16:04 10:31 0:00 5:33 0 0 - - - - -
Henri Jokiharju D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 25 20:15 18:41 0:13 1:21 0 0 1 3 - - -
Jordan Greenway LW 0 1 1 +1 0 4 24 15:49 11:23 0:00 4:26 0 0 - - - - -
Tyson Jost C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 16 11:53 10:30 0:17 1:06 0 0 1 - 3 2 60
Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 13 10:36 9:14 1:22 0:00 0 0 1 - 1 2 33
Kyle Okposo RW 0 1 1 E 2 0 22 11:57 10:09 0:01 1:47 0 0 - 2 3 3 50
Mattias Samuelsson D 0 1 1 E 0 1 30 23:56 18:05 0:00 5:51 0 0 3 6 - - -
Dylan Cozens C 1 0 1 -1 0 1 20 16:07 14:21 1:46 0:00 0 0 1 1 3 6 33
Owen Power D 0 1 1 +1 2 3 34 24:18 21:08 1:18 1:52 0 0 2 - - - -
Rasmus Dahlin D 1 0 1 E 0 1 31 26:39 23:10 2:51 0:38 0 0 2 5 - - -
Zemgus Girgensons LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 19 11:11 8:48 0:00 2:23 0 0 1 - - - -
Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 22 16:32 15:11 1:04 0:17 0 0 - 1 9 10 47
Jeff Skinner LW 0 1 1 -2 0 5 22 18:09 15:34 2:35 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Victor Olofsson LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 13 9:49 7:52 1:57 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Tage Thompson C 1 0 1 E 0 2 25 22:19 15:16 2:36 4:27 0 0 3 - 3 11 21
Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 -1 10 0 5 4:28 3:17 0:00 1:11 0 0 - - - - -
JJ Peterka RW 1 0 1 +1 0 1 18 13:45 12:01 1:44 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Tuch RW 0 1 1 E 0 3 22 18:06 13:50 2:16 2:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
New Jersey Devils
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Akira Schmid G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Vitek Vanecek G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 47:47 8:13 4:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brendan Smith D 0 0 0 E 2 0 21 14:05 12:48 0:00 1:17 0 0 1 - - - -
John Marino D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 26 20:41 17:38 0:42 2:21 0 0 - 2 - - -
Dougie Hamilton D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 26 20:15 17:51 2:01 0:23 0 0 - 1 - - -
Alexander Holtz RW 1 0 1 -1 0 4 16 10:40 9:48 0:52 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Nico Hischier C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 13 11:11 8:28 1:45 0:58 0 0 - - 4 6 40
Nathan Bastian RW 0 0 0 -2 0 2 15 9:01 7:41 0:32 0:48 0 0 2 1 0 1 0
Ondrej Palat LW 0 0 0 E 17 2 20 12:07 11:01 0:54 0:12 0 0 - - - - -
Michael McLeod C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 18 13:40 12:30 0:00 1:10 0 0 - - 6 2 75
Timo Meier RW 0 1 1 -2 0 5 25 17:11 12:03 5:08 0:00 0 0 4 - - - -
Curtis Lazar C 0 0 0 E 0 1 21 12:50 12:23 0:15 0:12 0 0 4 - 3 3 50
Luke Hughes D 0 2 2 E 0 4 27 22:33 16:02 6:31 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Erik Haula LW 2 0 2 +2 0 4 25 16:03 12:32 1:31 2:00 0 1 - 1 9 3 75
Jesper Bratt LW 1 0 1 +2 0 2 25 21:01 14:07 6:11 0:43 0 0 - 1 - - -
Jonas Siegenthaler D 0 0 0 E 0 0 25 18:52 16:16 0:13 2:23 0 0 2 3 - - -
Tyler Toffoli RW 0 0 0 -2 0 4 22 16:22 10:01 6:21 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jack Hughes C 1 0 1 -1 0 2 27 22:05 15:52 6:13 0:00 1 0 - 1 10 6 62
Kevin Bahl D 0 1 1 E 0 2 24 17:04 15:27 0:00 1:37 0 0 1 1 - - -
Dawson Mercer C 0 0 0 +2 0 1 26 18:19 14:27 1:56 1:56 0 0 - - 2 0 100
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Eric Comrie 18 16 2 .889 0 29:46
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen L (13-13-2) 21 18 3 .857 2 28:08
New Jersey
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Vitek Vanecek W (17-9-3) 27 23 4 .852 0 60:00