New Jersey Devils at Buffalo Sabres

Wed, Dec 29, 2021 · KeyBank Center · 2021–22 Regular Season

New Jersey Devils

4 – 3

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The New Jersey Devils beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–3 on Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at KeyBank Center. Tage Thompson scored twice. Mackenzie Blackwood made 19 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 42–22.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NJD	2	0	2	4	42
BUF	0	2	1	3	22

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	04:43	NJD	PP	Dougie Hamilton (7) · slap	Jack Hughes (4), Nico Hischier (14)	1–0
1st	11:48	NJD	EV	Jesper Bratt (9) · wrist	P.K. Subban (10), Jack Hughes (5)	2–0
2nd	00:33	BUF	EV	Tage Thompson (11) · deflected	Alex Tuch (1), Rasmus Dahlin (13)	2–1
2nd	03:17	BUF	EV	Tage Thompson (12) · wrist	Rasmus Dahlin (14)	2–2
3rd	04:28	NJD	EV	Jack Hughes (6) · backhand	Yegor Sharangovich (7), Jesper Bratt (17)	3–2
3rd	06:50	NJD	EV	Yegor Sharangovich (5) · wrist	Ty Smith (8), Jesper Bratt (18)	4–2
3rd	14:38	BUF	EV	Ethan Prow (1) · wrist	Victor Olofsson (13), Mark Pysyk (6)	4–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	04:01	BUF	Kyle Okposo	high sticking	2
1st	14:56	BUF	Brett Murray	instigator	2
1st	14:56	BUF	Brett Murray	fighting	5
1st	14:56	BUF	Brett Murray	misconduct	10
1st	14:56	NJD	Jonas Siegenthaler	fighting	5
2nd	10:03	NJD	Damon Severson	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: NJD 2.75 · BUF 1.54 · xG% NJD 64.1

New Jersey Devils

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
86	Jack Hughes	C	1	2	3	+3	0	6	0	0	25.0	17:52	21
63	Jesper Bratt	L	1	2	3	+3	0	1	0	0		16:06	21
17	Yegor Sharangovich	C	1	1	2	+3	0	4	0	0		14:16	22
7	Dougie Hamilton	D	1	0	1	-1	0	4	0	1		20:17	22
76	P.K. Subban	D	0	1	1	+3	0	5	0	0		17:59	20
13	Nico Hischier	C	0	1	1	-2	0	2	0	0	66.7	16:40	24
24	Ty Smith	D	0	1	1	+3	0	1	0	1		16:38	18
71	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	0	0	0	-2	5	3	2	2		22:21	23
28	Damon Severson	D	0	0	0	-2	2	4	1	1		21:37	26
33	Ryan Graves	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	5		19:11	25
37	Pavel Zacha	C	0	0	0	-2	0	5	0	0		17:03	21
20	Michael McLeod	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50.0	14:59	19
59	Janne Kuokkanen	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		14:54	19
14	Nathan Bastian	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	100.0	14:29	18
70	Jesper Boqvist	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0		14:26	20
11	Andreas Johnsson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		13:31	16
18	Dawson Mercer	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	42.9	13:16	15
67	Marián Studenic	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		12:25	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Mackenzie Blackwood	W	22	19	3	.864	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	2	2	-1	0	2	0	1		24:47	31
72	Tage Thompson	C	2	0	2	+1	0	3	1	0	40.0	18:22	22
13	Mark Pysyk	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	3		19:29	28
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	4	0		18:27	24
71	Victor Olofsson	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	1		17:21	19
6	Ethan Prow	D	1	0	1	+1	0	1	2	2		15:59	24
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		22:03	30
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	-2	2	3	2	0	60.0	18:40	22
45	Casey Fitzgerald	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		18:04	24
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	42.9	17:03	21
74	Rasmus Asplund	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0		16:25	17
77	JJ Peterka	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	1		16:12	21
4	Will Butcher	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2		15:59	23
20	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	1	54.5	14:14	17
25	Arttu Ruotsalainen	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	60.0	12:08	14
96	Anders Bjork	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		11:19	14
57	Brett Murray	L	0	0	0	-2	17	1	0	0		11:08	14
15	John Hayden	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		10:58	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	L	42	38	4	.905	58:25