Buffalo Sabres vs New Jersey Devils

Regular season · Saturday, November 25, 2023 · Prudential Center

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2–7

Final

SOG 12–37

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Game summary

The New Jersey Devils beat the Buffalo Sabres 7-2 on Saturday, November 25, 2023 at Prudential Center. The Devils outshot the Sabres 37-12.

Tyler Toffoli scored twice. Alexander Holtz, Nico Hischier, Ondrej Palat, Jeff Skinner, Dawson Mercer, Kyle Okposo and Luke Hughes also scored.

Vitek Vanecek made 10 saves on 12 shots for the win; Eric Comrie stopped 13 of 17.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	1	1	2	12
NJD	4	1	2	7	37

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Alexander Holtz (6)Erik Haula (6), Dougie Hamilton (10)0–101:31 NJD
Tyler Toffoli (10)Brendan Smith (1), Dawson Mercer (2)0–211:09 NJD
Nico Hischier (3)Ondrej Palat (8), Jesper Bratt (16)0–315:20 NJD
Ondrej Palat (2)Jesper Bratt (17), Nico Hischier (1)0–418:27 NJD

2nd period

Jeff Skinner (10)Alex Tuch (8), Casey Mittelstadt (14)1–401:53 BUF · PPG
Tyler Toffoli (11)Alexander Holtz (3), Luke Hughes (10)1–502:44 NJD

3rd period

Dawson Mercer (4)Dougie Hamilton (11), Jack Hughes (17)1–600:50 NJD
Kyle Okposo (2)Owen Power (9), JJ Peterka (8)2–603:55 BUF · PPG
Luke Hughes (2)Unassisted2–705:38 NJD · PPG

Team stats

BUFNJD

12Shots on goal37

43%Faceoff %57%

2/2Power play1/1

4Penalty minutes6

16Hits42

19Blocked shots9

0Giveaways12

4Takeaways13

Penalties

1st 18:35Brendan Smith · roughing2 min
1st 18:35Connor Clifton · roughing2 min
2nd 00:42Dougie Hamilton · tripping2 min
3rd 03:35Brendan Smith · hooking2 min
3rd 05:24Rasmus Dahlin · slashing2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

21Kyle OkposoR	1	0	1	-1	2	1	1	0	60	14:29
37Casey MittelstadtC	0	1	1	-2	2	0	0	0	47	16:56
53Jeff SkinnerL	1	0	1	-2	3	1	1	0	–	16:15
77JJ PeterkaR	0	1	1	-1	2	0	2	0	–	16:10
89Alex TuchR	0	1	1	-2	0	4	2	0	–	17:00
25Owen PowerD	0	1	1	-3	0	2	1	0	–	27:59
9Zach BensonL	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	0	100	15:03
17Tyson JostC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	43	11:19
19Peyton KrebsC	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	29	16:32
20Jiri KulichC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	14:53
24Dylan CozensC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	45	14:26
63Isak RosenR	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	–	13:00
71Victor OlofssonL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	13:13
6Erik JohnsonD	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	0	–	16:03
23Mattias SamuelssonD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	–	06:27
26Rasmus DahlinD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	2	–	26:08
33Ryan JohnsonD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	25:01
75Connor CliftonD	0	0	0	-4	0	1	1	2	–	17:07

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
27Devon LeviG		20	17	3	.850	39:45
31Eric ComrieG	L	17	13	4	.765	20:00

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

10Alexander HoltzR	1	1	2	+2	6	1	0	0	–	13:09
13Nico HischierC	1	1	2	+2	2	3	0	0	64	14:55
18Ondrej PalatL	1	1	2	+2	3	0	0	0	–	13:13
63Jesper BrattL	0	2	2	+2	2	2	0	0	–	17:00
73Tyler ToffoliR	2	0	2	+3	4	1	0	0	50	17:44
91Dawson MercerC	1	1	2	+2	2	3	1	0	25	19:25
7Dougie HamiltonD	0	2	2	+2	1	3	0	2	–	20:15
43Luke HughesD	1	1	2	+1	3	2	0	0	–	20:27
56Erik HaulaL	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	50	09:30
86Jack HughesC	0	1	1	+3	5	0	2	0	33	20:09
2Brendan SmithD	0	1	1	+1	2	5	0	4	–	16:30
11Chris TierneyC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	50	10:47
14Nathan BastianR	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	100	11:35
20Michael McLeodC	0	0	0	+1	1	7	0	0	86	14:06
6John MarinoD	0	0	0	+3	1	3	1	0	–	20:40
24Colin MillerD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	18:18
71Jonas SiegenthalerD	0	0	0	+3	0	0	1	0	–	20:19
88Kevin BahlD	0	0	0	+3	0	7	1	0	–	19:03

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40Akira SchmidG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Vitek VanecekG	W	12	10	2	.833	59:24