New Jersey Devils at Buffalo Sabres

Mon, Oct 9, 2017 · KeyBank Center · 2017–18 Regular Season

New Jersey Devils

6 – 2

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The New Jersey Devils beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–2 on Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at KeyBank Center. Evander Kane scored twice; Jesper Bratt scored twice; Marcus Johansson scored twice. Cory Schneider made 23 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 31–25.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NJD	2	4	0	6	31
BUF	0	1	1	2	25

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	06:28	NJD	EV	Stefan Noesen (1) · tip-in	Brian Gibbons (1)	1–0
1st	18:56	NJD	EV	Brian Gibbons (1) · snap	Nico Hischier (1), Marcus Johansson (1)	2–0
2nd	05:02	BUF	PP	Evander Kane (3) · wrist	Rasmus Ristolainen (2)	2–1
2nd	05:23	NJD	SH	Jesper Bratt (2) · backhand	Adam Henrique (1), Mirco Mueller (1)	3–1
2nd	07:49	NJD	EV	Marcus Johansson (1) · backhand	Taylor Hall (2)	4–1
2nd	12:19	NJD	EV	Jesper Bratt (3) · tip-in	Taylor Hall (3), Andy Greene (1)	5–1
2nd	18:56	NJD	EV	Marcus Johansson (2) · wrist	Jesper Bratt (2)	6–1
3rd	17:03	BUF	EV	Evander Kane (4) · wrist	Jason Pominville (1)	6–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	09:26	BUF	Kyle Okposo	tripping	2
2nd	01:33	BUF	Zemgus Girgensons	slashing	2
2nd	03:33	NJD	Bench	delaying game bench face off violation	2
2nd	05:02	NJD	Steven Santini	slashing	2
2nd	12:07	BUF	Nathan Beaulieu	fighting	5
2nd	12:07	NJD	Miles Wood	fighting	5
2nd	14:52	BUF	Jason Pominville	holding	2
3rd	05:00	NJD	Ben Lovejoy	hooking	2
3rd	09:02	BUF	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
3rd	10:39	NJD	Bench	too many men on the ice	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: NJD 3.42 · BUF 1.81 · xG% NJD 65.3

New Jersey Devils

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
63	Jesper Bratt	L	2	1	3	+3	0	2	0	1		16:54	23
90	Marcus Johansson	L	2	1	3	+3	0	2	0	1	100.0	14:17	19
9	Taylor Hall	L	0	2	2	+2	0	3	0	0		17:34	21
39	Brian Gibbons	C	1	1	2	+2	0	5	0	2		16:16	25
14	Adam Henrique	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	55.6	18:19	24
25	Mirco Mueller	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	4		17:54	23
23	Stefan Noesen	R	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0		16:56	23
6	Andy Greene	D	0	1	1	+3	0	1	1	1		16:48	21
13	Nico Hischier	C	0	1	1	+3	0	1	0	0	37.5	14:15	19
2	John Moore	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	2	1		20:26	26
10	Jimmy Hayes	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	50.0	18:58	21
28	Damon Severson	D	0	0	0	+3	0	2	0	0		17:39	23
16	Steven Santini	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	0		17:02	23
8	Will Butcher	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	1		15:46	21
37	Pavel Zacha	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	33.3	15:17	19
40	Blake Coleman	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	55.6	14:57	19
12	Ben Lovejoy	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0		12:16	22
44	Miles Wood	L	0	0	0	-1	5	1	2	0		10:57	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Cory Schneider	W	25	23	2	.920	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
9	Evander Kane	L	2	0	2	-3	0	7	6	1	42.9	17:51	25
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	1	1	-3	0	1	3	1		26:37	30
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	1	1	-2	2	0	0	1	100.0	14:06	23
15	Jack Eichel	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	61.5	19:58	25
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	60.0	18:50	27
5	Matt Tennyson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		18:42	24
82	Nathan Beaulieu	D	0	0	0	-2	5	3	1	0		18:19	24
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	1		18:19	27
19	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	0		17:58	24
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	0		15:55	23
93	Victor Antipin	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	3		15:30	18
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		15:17	17
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0		13:47	21
25	Seth Griffith	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		13:45	18
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	0	33.3	13:30	17
67	Benoit Pouliot	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1		12:00	19
10	Jacob Josefson	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	33.3	11:20	17
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	0	0	-3	0	2	0	0		10:16	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Chad Johnson	L	22	16	6	.727	40:00
40	Robin Lehner		9	9	0	1.000	20:00