New Jersey Devils vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Monday, October 9, 2017 · KeyBank Center
MSG-B · MSG
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-2 on Monday, October 9, 2017 at KeyBank Center. The Devils outshot the Sabres 31-25.
Evander Kane scored twice, Jesper Bratt scored twice and Marcus Johansson scored twice. Stefan Noesen and Brian Gibbons also scored.
Cory Schneider made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Chad Johnson stopped 16 of 22.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Stefan Noesen (1)Brian Gibbons (1)1–006:28 NJD
Brian Gibbons (1)Nico Hischier (1), Marcus Johansson (1)2–018:56 NJD
2nd period
Evander Kane (3)Rasmus Ristolainen (2)2–105:02 BUF · PPG
Jesper Bratt (2)Adam Henrique (1), Mirco Mueller (1)3–105:23 NJD · SHG
Marcus Johansson (1)Taylor Hall (2)4–107:49 NJD- Jesper Bratt (3)Taylor Hall (3), Andy Greene (1)5–112:19 NJD
- Marcus Johansson (2)Jesper Bratt (2)6–118:56 NJD
3rd period
- Evander Kane (4)Jason Pominville (1)6–217:03 BUF
Team stats
NJDBUF
31Shots on goal25
51%Faceoff %49%
0/4Power play1/4
13Penalty minutes13
10Hits24
13Blocked shots10
6Giveaways14
3Takeaways1
Penalties
- 1st 09:26
Kyle Okposo · tripping2 min - 2nd 01:33Zemgus Girgensons · slashing2 min
- 2nd 03:33
Bench · delaying game bench face off violation2 min - 2nd 05:02Steven Santini · slashing2 min
- 2nd 12:07Nathan Beaulieu · fighting5 min
- 2nd 12:07Miles Wood · fighting5 min
- 2nd 14:52Jason Pominville · holding2 min
- 3rd 05:00Ben Lovejoy · hooking2 min
- 3rd 09:02Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3rd 10:39Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 63Jesper BrattL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 2 | 16:54 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 2 | 14:17 |
| 9Taylor HallL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 17:34 |
| 39Brian GibbonsC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 16:16 |
| 13Nico HischierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 14:15 |
| 14Adam HenriqueC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:19 |
| 23Stefan NoesenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:56 |
| 6Andy GreeneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 16:48 |
| 25Mirco MuellerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:54 |
| 10Jimmy HayesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:58 |
| 37Pavel ZachaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:17 |
| 40Blake ColemanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:57 |
| 44Miles WoodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:57 |
| 2John MooreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 20:26 |
| 8Will ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 15:46 |
| 12Ben LovejoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:16 |
| 16Steven SantiniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:02 |
| 28Damon SeversonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | 17:39 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Keith KinkaidG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Cory SchneiderG | W | 25 | 23 | 2 | .920 | 60:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Evander KaneL | 2 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 7 | 17:51 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 14:06 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 | 26:37 |
| 10Jacob JosefsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 11:20 |
| 15Jack EichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 19:58 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:55 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 13:30 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:17 |
| 25Seth GriffithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:45 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 10:16 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:47 |
| 67Benoit PouliotL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:00 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:50 |
| 5Matt TennysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:42 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:19 |
| 19Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:58 |
| 82Nathan BeaulieuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 18:19 |
| 93Victor AntipinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | L | 22 | 16 | 6 | .727 | 40:00 |
| 40Robin LehnerG | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1.000 | 20:00 |