New Jersey Devils at Buffalo Sabres

Fri, Oct 4, 2024 · O2 Czech Republic · 2024–25 Regular Season

New Jersey Devils

4 – 1

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The New Jersey Devils beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–1 on Fri, Oct 4, 2024 at O2 Czech Republic. Johnathan Kovacevic led the way with 2 points. Jacob Markstrom made 30 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 23–31.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NJD	2	1	1	4	23
BUF	0	0	1	1	31

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	08:39	NJD	EV	Stefan Noesen (1) · snap	Johnathan Kovacevic (1)	1–0
1st	15:38	NJD	EV	Johnathan Kovacevic (1) · wrist	Jonas Siegenthaler (1), Dawson Mercer (1)	2–0
2nd	03:29	NJD	EV	Nico Hischier (1) · wrist	Nathan Bastian (1), Paul Cotter (1)	3–0
3rd	10:07	BUF	EV	Owen Power (1) · wrist	JJ Peterka (1), Bowen Byram (1)	3–1
3rd	17:28	NJD	SH EN	Paul Cotter (1) · backhand	Nathan Bastian (2)	4–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	01:37	NJD	Erik Haula	slashing	2
1st	10:38	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	interference	2
1st	17:37	BUF	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	slashing	2
2nd	06:15	NJD	Curtis Lazar	holding	2
2nd	15:07	NJD	Simon Nemec	holding	2
3rd	05:43	NJD	Nathan Bastian	holding	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: NJD 3.02 · BUF 3.43 · xG% NJD 46.8

New Jersey Devils

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Johnathan Kovacevic	D	1	1	2	+2	0	1	0	3		20:29	27
47	Paul Cotter	C	1	1	2	+2	0	2	3	2	100.0	10:13	18
14	Nathan Bastian	R	0	2	2	+2	2	1	1	0		10:01	21
71	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	3	3		21:00	30
13	Nico Hischier	C	1	0	1	+2	0	4	0	1	53.6	18:15	27
91	Dawson Mercer	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	100.0	17:17	25
11	Stefan Noesen	R	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	0		13:11	20
5	Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	1		22:59	30
7	Dougie Hamilton	D	0	0	0	+1	0	4	1	0		21:59	28
86	Jack Hughes	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	10.0	18:35	21
28	Timo Meier	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	100.0	18:11	21
63	Jesper Bratt	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1		17:27	23
17	Simon Nemec	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	3		17:13	23
56	Erik Haula	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	50.0	14:16	23
18	Ondrej Palat	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1		13:46	22
24	Seamus Casey	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1		13:14	17
90	Tomas Tatar	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		12:58	19
42	Curtis Lazar	C	0	0	0	+1	2	0	3	0		11:18	20

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
25	Jacob Markstrom	W	31	30	1	.968	59:38

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
4	Bowen Byram	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	3		24:52	26
25	Owen Power	D	1	0	1	-1	0	3	1	2		23:27	27
77	JJ Peterka	R	0	1	1	-2	0	2	1	0		19:22	24
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	1		22:48	31
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	4	1	36.4	22:31	29
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	1	71.4	21:29	27
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	-1	0	7	1	0	68.8	18:57	26
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		18:41	24
9	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		17:23	22
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	2		16:17	25
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	3		15:46	24
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	66.7	13:50	19
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	3	0		13:49	19
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0		13:39	20
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		12:19	15
81	Sam Lafferty	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	20.0	9:05	14
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	1		6:55	10
96	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0		5:45	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	L	22	19	3	.864	59:05