New Jersey Devils vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, December 29, 2021 · KeyBank Center
MSG+ 2 · MSG-B
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 on Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at KeyBank Center. The Devils outshot the Sabres 42-22.
Tage Thompson scored twice. Dougie Hamilton, Jesper Bratt, Jack Hughes, Yegor Sharangovich and Ethan Prow also scored.
Mackenzie Blackwood made 19 saves on 22 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 38 of 42.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Dougie Hamilton (7)Jack Hughes (4), Nico Hischier (14)1–004:43 NJD · PPG
Jesper Bratt (9)P.K. Subban (10), Jack Hughes (5)2–011:48 NJD
2nd period
Tage Thompson (11)Alex Tuch (1), Rasmus Dahlin (13)2–100:33 BUF- Tage Thompson (12)Rasmus Dahlin (14)2–203:17 BUF
3rd period
Jack Hughes (6)Yegor Sharangovich (7), Jesper Bratt (17)3–204:28 NJD
Yegor Sharangovich (5)Ty Smith (8), Jesper Bratt (18)4–206:50 NJD
Ethan Prow (1)Victor Olofsson (13), Mark Pysyk (6)4–314:38 BUF
Team stats
NJDBUF
42Shots on goal22
51%Faceoff %49%
1/2Power play0/1
7Penalty minutes19
6Hits17
13Blocked shots15
3Giveaways8
3Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 04:01
Kyle Okposo · high sticking2 min - 1st 14:56Brett Murray · instigator2 min
- 1st 14:56Brett Murray · fighting5 min
- 1st 14:56Brett Murray · misconduct10 min
- 1st 14:56
Jonas Siegenthaler · fighting5 min - 2nd 10:03Damon Severson · tripping2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 63Jesper BrattL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | 16:06 |
| 86Jack HughesC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 6 | 17:52 |
| 17Yegor SharangovichC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | 14:16 |
| 13Nico HischierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 16:40 |
| 7Dougie HamiltonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 20:17 |
| 24Ty SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 16:38 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 5 | 17:59 |
| 11Andreas JohnssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:31 |
| 14Nathan BastianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:29 |
| 18Dawson MercerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:16 |
| 20Michael McLeodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:59 |
| 37Pavel ZachaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 17:03 |
| 59Janne KuokkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:54 |
| 67Marián StudenicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:25 |
| 70Jesper BoqvistC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:26 |
| 28Damon SeversonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 21:37 |
| 33Ryan GravesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:11 |
| 71Jonas SiegenthalerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 22:21 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mackenzie BlackwoodG | W | 22 | 19 | 3 | .864 | 60:00 |
| 40Akira SchmidG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 72Tage ThompsonR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 18:22 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 24:47 |
| 71Victor OlofssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:21 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:27 |
| 6Ethan ProwD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:59 |
| 13Mark PysykD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:29 |
| 15John HaydenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:58 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:03 |
| 20Cody EakinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:14 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 18:40 |
| 25Arttu RuotsalainenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:08 |
| 57Brett MurrayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 11:08 |
| 74Rasmus AsplundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:25 |
| 77JJ PeterkaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:12 |
| 96Anders BjorkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:19 |
| 4Will ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:59 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:03 |
| 45Casey FitzgeraldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:04 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | L | 42 | 38 | 4 | .905 | 58:25 |
| 47Malcolm SubbanG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |