New Jersey Devils vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, March 24, 2023 · KeyBank Center
MSG-B · MSG
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New Jersey Devils 5–4 on Friday, March 24, 2023 at KeyBank Center. The Devils outshot the Sabres 31–26.
Alex Tuch scored twice and Jack Hughes scored twice. Dylan Cozens, Tage Thompson, Yegor Sharangovich, Jack Quinn and Kevin Bahl also scored.
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 27 saves on 31 shots for the win; Vitek Vanecek stopped 17 of 19.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Dylan Cozens (28)Jack Quinn (20), JJ Peterka (19)0–106:29 BUF
Tage Thompson (44)Alex Tuch (36)0–207:08 BUF
Yegor Sharangovich (13)Michael McLeod (20), Damon Severson (22)1–209:07 NJD
Jack Quinn (14)Dylan Cozens (32), JJ Peterka (20)1–310:55 BUF
Kevin Bahl (2)Jack Hughes (45), Damon Severson (23)2–318:46 NJD
2nd period
Alex Tuch (31)Jeff Skinner (39), Peyton Krebs (15)2–404:50 BUF- Alex Tuch (32)Rasmus Dahlin (51), Victor Olofsson (11)2–516:38 BUF ·
3rd period
Jack Hughes (38)Jesper Bratt (35), Kevin Bahl (5)3–505:20 NJD- Jack Hughes (39)Nico Hischier (38), Dougie Hamilton (49)4–509:33 NJD ·
Team stats
NJDBUF
3126
47%53%
1/31/4
86
185
418
510
77
Penalties
- 13:24 into the first period
Nico Hischier · roughing2 min - 6:51 into the second period
Henri Jokiharju · cross checking2 min - 8:55 into the second periodRasmus Dahlin · cross checking2 min
- 10:36 into the second periodDougie Hamilton · holding2 min
- 15:17 into the second periodMichael McLeod · holding2 min
- 8:23 into the third periodDylan Cozens · slashing2 min
- 16:31 into the third periodDamon Severson · tripping2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 86Jack HughesC | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 4 | 20:08 |
| 28Damon SeversonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 19:49 |
| 88Kevin BahlD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 16:07 |
| 13Nico HischierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 19:57 |
| 17Yegor SharangovichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:44 |
| 20Michael McLeodC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:08 |
| 63Jesper BrattL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17:01 |
| 7Dougie HamiltonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:59 |
| 18Ondrej PalatL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:44 |
| 25Nolan FooteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 07:05 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 17:23 |
| 70Jesper BoqvistC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:53 |
| 90Tomas TatarL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:17 |
| 91Dawson MercerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 20:10 |
| 96Timo MeierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 18:28 |
| 6John MarinoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 16:33 |
| 33Ryan GravesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 21:47 |
| 71Jonas SiegenthalerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 18:50 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Akira SchmidG | 7 | 3 | .571 | |
| 41Vitek VanecekG | L | 19 | 2 | .895 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 89Alex TuchR | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 20:09 |
| 22Jack QuinnR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16:10 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15:25 |
| 77JJ PeterkaR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13:15 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:16 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 16:28 |
| 71Victor OlofssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:48 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 13:14 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 25:55 |
| 17Tyson JostC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:53 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:03 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:42 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:38 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 22:53 |
| 25Owen PowerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 23:51 |
| 38Kale ClagueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 09:00 |
| 46Ilya LyubushkinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 20:32 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 11:47 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | W | 31 | 4 | .871 |
| 31Eric ComrieG | 0 | 0 | – |