Buffalo Sabres at New Jersey Devils

Fri, Oct 27, 2023 · Prudential Center · 2023–24 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

4 – 5

Final

New Jersey Devils

The New Jersey Devils beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–4 on Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at Prudential Center. Erik Haula scored twice. Vitek Vanecek made 23 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 27–39.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	2	1	1	4	27
NJD	2	1	2	5	39

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	06:11	BUF	EV	JJ Peterka (3) · wrist	Henri Jokiharju (4), Owen Power (4)	1–0
1st	07:41	NJD	EV	Alexander Holtz (2) · wrist	Luke Hughes (2), Michael McLeod (1)	1–1
1st	15:42	BUF	EV	Tage Thompson (4) · wrist	Alex Tuch (3), Jordan Greenway (3)	2–1
1st	16:11	NJD	EV	Jesper Bratt (4) · snap	Unassisted	2–2
2nd	13:47	NJD	SH	Erik Haula (3) · backhand	Unassisted	2–3
2nd	17:32	BUF	EV	Rasmus Dahlin (1) · slap	Mattias Samuelsson (2), Jeff Skinner (2)	3–3
3rd	02:09	NJD	PP	Jack Hughes (5) · tip-in	Luke Hughes (3), Timo Meier (5)	3–4
3rd	12:35	BUF	EV	Dylan Cozens (3) · wrist	Kyle Okposo (3)	4–4
3rd	14:17	NJD	EV	Erik Haula (4) · tip-in	Kevin Bahl (1), John Marino (4)	4–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	08:39	NJD	Brendan Smith	high sticking	2
1st	11:03	BUF	Kyle Okposo	high sticking	2
1st	16:00	NJD	Ondrej Palat	instigator	2
1st	16:00	BUF	Connor Clifton	fighting	5
1st	16:00	NJD	Ondrej Palat	fighting	5
1st	16:00	NJD	Ondrej Palat	instigator misconduct	10
1st	16:00	BUF	Connor Clifton	match penalty	15
2nd	13:10	NJD	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
3rd	00:56	BUF	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd	14:27	BUF	Owen Power	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 2.90 · NJD 3.49 · xG% BUF 45.4

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	5		26:39	31
25	Owen Power	D	0	1	1	+1	2	3	2	0		24:18	34
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	6		23:56	30
72	Tage Thompson	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	0	21.4	22:19	25
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	3		20:15	25
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	1	1	-2	0	5	1	1		18:09	22
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	1		18:06	22
24	Dylan Cozens	C	1	0	1	-1	0	1	1	1	33.3	16:07	20
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	0		15:49	24
77	JJ Peterka	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0		13:45	18
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	50.0	11:57	22
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	47.4	16:32	22
6	Erik Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		16:04	21
17	Tyson Jost	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	60.0	11:53	16
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		11:11	19
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	33.3	10:36	13
71	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		9:49	13
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	-1	20	0	0	0		4:28	5

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Eric Comrie	L	18	16	2	.889	29:46
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	L	21	18	3	.857	28:08

New Jersey Devils

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
43	Luke Hughes	D	0	2	2	0	0	4	0	1		22:33	27
56	Erik Haula	L	2	0	2	+2	0	4	0	1	75.0	16:03	25
86	Jack Hughes	C	1	0	1	-1	0	2	0	1	62.5	22:05	27
63	Jesper Bratt	L	1	0	1	+2	0	2	0	1		21:01	25
6	John Marino	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	2		20:41	26
28	Timo Meier	R	0	1	1	-2	0	5	4	0		17:11	25
88	Kevin Bahl	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1		17:04	24
20	Michael McLeod	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	75.0	13:40	18
10	Alexander Holtz	R	1	0	1	-1	0	4	0	0		10:40	16
7	Dougie Hamilton	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	1		20:15	26
71	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3		18:52	25
91	Dawson Mercer	C	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	0	100.0	18:19	26
73	Tyler Toffoli	C	0	0	0	-2	0	4	0	0		16:22	22
2	Brendan Smith	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0		14:05	21
42	Curtis Lazar	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	50.0	12:50	21
18	Ondrej Palat	L	0	0	0	0	17	2	0	0		12:07	20
13	Nico Hischier	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	40.0	11:11	13
14	Nathan Bastian	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	1		9:01	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Vitek Vanecek	W	27	23	4	.852	60:00