Buffalo Sabres vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Friday, October 27, 2023 · Prudential Center
SN1 · MSG-B · MSGSN
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-4 on Friday, October 27, 2023 at Prudential Center. The Devils outshot the Sabres 39-27.
Erik Haula scored twice. JJ Peterka, Alexander Holtz, Tage Thompson, Jesper Bratt, Rasmus Dahlin, Jack Hughes and Dylan Cozens also scored.
Vitek Vanecek made 23 saves on 27 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 18 of 21.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
JJ Peterka (3)Henri Jokiharju (4), Owen Power (4)1–006:11 BUF
Alexander Holtz (2)Luke Hughes (2), Michael McLeod (1)1–107:41 NJD
Tage Thompson (4)Alex Tuch (3), Jordan Greenway (3)2–115:42 BUF
Jesper Bratt (4)Unassisted2–216:11 NJD
2nd period
Erik Haula (3)Unassisted2–313:47 NJD · SHG
Rasmus Dahlin (1)Mattias Samuelsson (2), Jeff Skinner (2)3–317:32 BUF
3rd period
Jack Hughes (5)Luke Hughes (3), Timo Meier (5)3–402:09 NJD · PPG
Dylan Cozens (3)Kyle Okposo (3)4–412:35 BUF- Erik Haula (4)Kevin Bahl (1), John Marino (4)4–514:17 NJD
Team stats
BUFNJD
27Shots on goal39
39%Faceoff %61%
0/2Power play1/4
26Penalty minutes21
16Hits14
21Blocked shots12
4Giveaways9
1Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 08:39
Brendan Smith · high sticking2 min - 1st 11:03
Kyle Okposo · high sticking2 min - 1st 16:00Ondrej Palat · instigator2 min
- 1st 16:00Connor Clifton · fighting5 min
- 1st 16:00Ondrej Palat · fighting5 min
- 1st 16:00Ondrej Palat · instigator misconduct10 min
- 1st 16:00Connor Clifton · match penalty5 min
- 2nd 13:10Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3rd 00:56Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 14:27Owen Power · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 12Jordan GreenwayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 15:49 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:57 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 16:07 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 5 | 18:09 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:19 |
| 77JJ PeterkaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:45 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:06 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:15 |
| 23Mattias SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:56 |
| 25Owen PowerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 24:18 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26:39 |
| 17Tyson JostC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:53 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:36 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:11 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:32 |
| 71Victor OlofssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:49 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:04 |
| 75Connor CliftonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 04:28 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | L | 21 | 18 | 3 | .857 | 28:08 |
| 31Eric ComrieG | 18 | 16 | 2 | .889 | 29:46 |
New Jersey Devils
| 56Erik HaulaL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 16:03 |
| 43Luke HughesD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 22:33 |
| 10Alexander HoltzR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 10:40 |
| 20Michael McLeodC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:40 |
| 28Timo MeierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 5 | 17:11 |
| 63Jesper BrattL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 21:01 |
| 86Jack HughesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 22:05 |
| 6John MarinoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:41 |
| 88Kevin BahlD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:04 |
| 13Nico HischierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:11 |
| 14Nathan BastianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 09:01 |
| 18Ondrej PalatL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:07 |
| 42Curtis LazarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:50 |
| 73Tyler ToffoliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 16:22 |
| 91Dawson MercerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 18:19 |
| 2Brendan SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:05 |
| 7Dougie HamiltonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 20:15 |
| 71Jonas SiegenthalerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:52 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Akira SchmidG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Vitek VanecekG | W | 27 | 23 | 4 | .852 | 60:00 |