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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Buffalo 5, New Jersey 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, March 29, 2024
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Wes McCauley, Brandon Schrader
Linesmen: Bryan Pancich, Andrew Smith
Attendance: 15721
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New Jersey 2002
Buffalo 0235
Periods:
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1
New Jersey   Buffalo
Nico Hischier wins the faceoff against Tage Thompson. 0:00  
  0:25 Tage Thompson hits Nico Hischier.
Tomas Nosek shoots Saved by Devon Levi. 0:44  
  0:58 Dylan Cozens shoots Saved by Jake Allen.
  1:05 Giveaway by Henri Jokiharju.
  1:11 Henri Jokiharju blocks shot from Dawson Mercer.
  1:26 Jack Quinn hits Tomas Nosek.
Erik Haula wins the faceoff against Peyton Krebs. 1:27  
  1:35 Connor Clifton hits Jack Hughes.
  1:59 Shot by Connor Clifton misses the net
  2:26 Shot by Owen Power misses the net
  2:47 Victor Olofsson hits Luke Hughes.
Max Willman scores. Assisted by Luke Hughes and Chris Tierney. 3:00  
Nico Hischier wins the faceoff against Tage Thompson. 3:00  
Tomas Nosek wins the faceoff against Jack Quinn. 3:31  
Dawson Mercer shoots Saved by Devon Levi. 3:57  
Erik Haula wins the faceoff against Jeff Skinner. 4:00  
Giveaway by Brendan Smith. 4:07  
  4:22 Dylan Cozens wins the faceoff against Erik Haula.
Erik Haula blocks shot from Jack Quinn. 7:23  
Erik Haula blocks shot from Jack Quinn. 7:40  
  7:46 Owen Power shoots Saved by Jake Allen.
Nico Hischier wins the faceoff against Tage Thompson. 7:48  
  7:50 JJ Peterka shoots Saved by Jake Allen.
Nico Hischier wins the faceoff against Alex Tuch. 7:52  
  8:14 Takeaway by Tage Thompson.
  8:31 Peyton Krebs wins the faceoff against Curtis Lazar.
  8:38 Peyton Krebs hits Max Willman.
  8:51 Jeff Skinner shoots Saved by Jake Allen.
  8:52 Dylan Cozens wins the faceoff against Erik Haula.
Brendan Smith blocks shot Jack Quinn shoots 8:53  
  8:58 Shot by Jack Quinn misses the net
  9:54 Tyson Jost wins the faceoff against Dawson Mercer.
Nick DeSimone blocks shot from Tyson Jost. 10:03  
  10:05 Tage Thompson wins the faceoff against Nico Hischier.
Shot by Nico Hischier misses the net 10:20  
Jesper Bratt scores. Assisted by Nico Hischier and Timo Meier. 10:31  
  10:31 Peyton Krebs wins the faceoff against Tomas Nosek.
Shot by Jack Hughes misses the net 11:26  
Nick DeSimone shoots Saved by Devon Levi. 11:29  
Alexander Holtz wins the faceoff against Dylan Cozens. 11:31  
Alexander Holtz blocks shot from Rasmus Dahlin. 11:47  
Curtis Lazar hits Jacob Bryson. 12:21  
  12:25 Connor Clifton blocks shot from Chris Tierney.
  12:35 Connor Clifton blocks shot from Max Willman.
Brendan Smith hits Victor Olofsson. 12:41  
  12:45 Tyson Jost wins the faceoff against Nico Hischier.
  13:02 Shot by Alex Tuch misses the net
  13:29 JJ Peterka hits Jesper Bratt.
  13:32 Alex Tuch shoots Saved by Jake Allen.
Timo Meier hits Bowen Byram. 13:40  
  14:11 Rasmus Dahlin blocks shot from Tomas Nosek.
Nick DeSimone shoots Saved by Devon Levi. 14:16  
Erik Haula wins the faceoff against Dylan Cozens. 14:18  
Erik Haula shoots Saved by Devon Levi. 14:24  
Shot by Luke Hughes misses the net 14:26  
Erik Haula wins the faceoff against Dylan Cozens. 14:29  
Erik Haula shoots Saved by Devon Levi. 14:32  
Shot by Erik Haula misses the net 14:33  
  14:35 Bowen Byram hits Alexander Holtz.
Erik Haula shoots Saved by Devon Levi. 14:37  
  15:04 Bowen Byram penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Luke Hughes.
Nico Hischier wins the faceoff against Alex Tuch. 15:04  
Luke Hughes shoots Saved by Devon Levi. 15:10  
  15:13 Alex Tuch hits Luke Hughes.
Simon Nemec shoots Saved by Devon Levi. 15:49  
Nico Hischier wins the faceoff against Zemgus Girgensons. 15:52  
  15:59 Zemgus Girgensons hits Jesper Bratt.
  16:16 Rasmus Dahlin hits Timo Meier.
  16:38 Alex Tuch penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Dawson Mercer.
Nico Hischier wins the faceoff against Jordan Greenway. 16:38  
  16:56 Takeaway by Connor Clifton.
  17:10 Connor Clifton hits Erik Haula.
  18:04 Shot by Dylan Cozens misses the net
  18:37 Jacob Bryson hits Timo Meier.
  18:57 Tyson Jost wins the faceoff against Tomas Nosek.
  19:05 Zemgus Girgensons hits Kevin Bahl.
  19:15 Zemgus Girgensons shoots Saved by Jake Allen.
  19:18 Zemgus Girgensons shoots Saved by Jake Allen.
  19:19 Victor Olofsson shoots Saved by Jake Allen.
Nico Hischier wins the faceoff against Tage Thompson. 19:23  
2
New Jersey   Buffalo
Nico Hischier wins the faceoff against Tage Thompson. 0:00  
  0:28 Tage Thompson scores.
  0:28 Peyton Krebs wins the faceoff against Tomas Nosek.
  0:57 Takeaway by Jeff Skinner.
  0:59 Shot by Jeff Skinner misses the net
  1:08 Jeff Skinner shoots Saved by Jake Allen.
  1:11 Dylan Cozens wins the faceoff against Erik Haula.
Simon Nemec blocks shot from Henri Jokiharju. 1:19  
Curtis Lazar hits Tyson Jost. 2:32  
  2:36 Zemgus Girgensons hits John Marino.
Nico Hischier wins the faceoff against Tyson Jost. 3:03  
  3:06 Owen Power blocks shot from Timo Meier.
Giveaway by Jesper Bratt. 3:27  
  3:31 JJ Peterka shoots Saved by Jake Allen.
  3:39 Giveaway by JJ Peterka.
Jesper Bratt shoots misses the net 3:43  
Tomas Nosek shoots misses the net 4:09  
Dawson Mercer shoots Saved by Devon Levi. 4:11  
Erik Haula wins the faceoff against Peyton Krebs. 4:13  
Jack Hughes shoots Saved by Devon Levi. 4:15  
Erik Haula wins the faceoff against Dylan Cozens. 4:17  
Luke Hughes shoots Saved by Devon Levi. 4:19  
  4:21 Dylan Cozens wins the faceoff against Alexander Holtz.
  4:27 Zach Benson blocks shot from Luke Hughes.
  4:49 Jordan Greenway hits Alexander Holtz.
Max Willman blocks shot from Connor Clifton. 5:12  
  5:17 Dylan Cozens hits Curtis Lazar.
  5:57 Jack Quinn hits Nico Hischier.
  6:12 Bowen Byram hits Nico Hischier.
  6:36 Henri Jokiharju hits Tomas Nosek.
  7:09 Tage Thompson hits Ondrej Palat.
Tomas Nosek wins the faceoff against Jeff Skinner. 7:16  
Tomas Nosek shoots Saved by Devon Levi. 7:23  
  7:31 Peyton Krebs hits Nick DeSimone.
  7:39 Owen Power blocks shot from Ondrej Palat.
  7:44 Jordan Greenway hits Tomas Nosek.
  7:52 Rasmus Dahlin hits Dawson Mercer.
  8:03 Owen Power hits Brendan Smith.
  8:14 Takeaway by Alex Tuch.
Kevin Bahl hits JJ Peterka. 9:02  
Takeaway by John Marino. 9:27  
Giveaway by Luke Hughes. 9:52  
Curtis Lazar blocks shot from Rasmus Dahlin. 9:58  
Chris Tierney hits Dylan Cozens. 10:05  
  10:20 Owen Power hits Curtis Lazar.
Shot by Brendan Smith misses the net 10:24  
Simon Nemec blocks shot from Tyson Jost. 10:32  
Brendan Smith hits Tyson Jost. 10:57  
  11:12 Bowen Byram shoots Saved by Jake Allen.
Erik Haula shoots misses the net 11:29  
  11:41 Jacob Bryson blocks shot from Jack Hughes.
Kevin Bahl shoots Saved by Devon Levi. 11:56  
Luke Hughes hits Peyton Krebs. 12:09  
  12:14 Rasmus Dahlin hits Tomas Nosek.
  12:21 Connor Clifton shoots Saved by Jake Allen.
  12:33 Connor Clifton hits Dawson Mercer.
Ondrej Palat shoots Saved by Devon Levi. 12:35  
  12:40 Connor Clifton blocks shot from Dawson Mercer.
Takeaway by Nico Hischier. 13:13  
Giveaway by Simon Nemec. 13:28  
  13:32 JJ Peterka shoots Saved by Jake Allen.
Alexander Holtz hits Bowen Byram. 14:04  
  14:07 Dylan Cozens hits Erik Haula.
John Marino blocks shot from Dylan Cozens. 14:29  
Jack Hughes shoots Saved by Devon Levi. 14:37  
  14:41 Dylan Cozens penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jack Hughes.
  14:41 Alex Tuch wins the faceoff against Nico Hischier.
Giveaway by Jack Hughes. 15:27  
  16:08 Rasmus Dahlin hits Timo Meier.
Shot by Nico Hischier misses the net 16:09  
Erik Haula wins the faceoff against Alex Tuch. 16:10  
  16:15 Jordan Greenway wins the faceoff against Dawson Mercer.
Erik Haula shoots Saved by Devon Levi. 16:44  
  16:47 Ondrej Palat shoots misses the net
  16:49 Dylan Cozens hits Alexander Holtz.
Nico Hischier wins the faceoff against Tage Thompson. 16:56  
Timo Meier blocks shot from Jesper Bratt. 17:03  
Shot by Timo Meier misses the net 17:06  
Jesper Bratt shoots Saved by Devon Levi. 17:09  
Jesper Bratt shoots Saved by Devon Levi. 17:10  
Jesper Bratt shoots Saved by Devon Levi. 17:11  
Jesper Bratt shoots Saved by Devon Levi. 17:12  
Giveaway by John Marino. 17:24  
  17:29 Tage Thompson scores. Assisted by Alex Tuch.
  17:29 Peyton Krebs wins the faceoff against Tomas Nosek.
  17:49 Zach Benson hits Nick DeSimone.
  18:19 Giveaway by Jeff Skinner.
  18:22 Takeaway by Jeff Skinner.
  18:37 Jeff Skinner shoots Saved by Jake Allen.
Erik Haula wins the faceoff against Dylan Cozens. 18:40  
  18:56 Jordan Greenway hits Curtis Lazar.
Simon Nemec blocks shot from Dylan Cozens. 19:12  
  19:19 Dylan Cozens shoots Saved by Jake Allen.
  19:27 Owen Power shoots Saved by Jake Allen.
Erik Haula wins the faceoff against Tage Thompson. 19:29  
  19:43 Henri Jokiharju shoots Saved by Jake Allen.
Nico Hischier wins the faceoff against Tage Thompson. 19:45  
3
New Jersey   Buffalo
  0:00 Tage Thompson wins the faceoff against Nico Hischier.
  0:33 Alex Tuch shoots Saved by Jake Allen.
Erik Haula wins the faceoff against Dylan Cozens. 0:35  
Shot by Erik Haula misses the net 0:44  
Giveaway by Jack Hughes. 0:48  
  1:03 Shot by Henri Jokiharju misses the net
Takeaway by Tomas Nosek. 1:32  
Chris Tierney wins the faceoff against Tyson Jost. 1:41  
  1:58 Connor Clifton shoots Saved by Jake Allen.
Max Willman blocks shot from Connor Clifton. 2:03  
  2:11 Victor Olofsson shoots Saved by Jake Allen.
  2:12 Tyson Jost shoots Saved by Jake Allen.
Brendan Smith hits Zemgus Girgensons. 2:29  
  2:53 Tage Thompson hits Dawson Mercer.
  3:41 Zach Benson shoots Saved by Jake Allen.
Nico Hischier wins the faceoff against Dylan Cozens. 3:44  
Jack Hughes shoots Saved by Devon Levi. 4:52  
Curtis Lazar wins the faceoff against Zemgus Girgensons. 4:57  
  5:11 Tage Thompson wins the faceoff against Chris Tierney.
  5:14 Shot by JJ Peterka misses the net
Jesper Bratt hits Henri Jokiharju. 5:48  
  6:02 JJ Peterka shoots Saved by Jake Allen.
  6:32 Jacob Bryson blocks shot from Erik Haula.
Luke Hughes shoots misses the net 6:39  
Tomas Nosek wins the faceoff against Zemgus Girgensons. 6:59  
  7:08 Zemgus Girgensons hits Dawson Mercer.
Dawson Mercer shoots Saved by Devon Levi. 7:49  
  7:52 Jordan Greenway blocks shot from Erik Haula.
Erik Haula hits Rasmus Dahlin. 8:05  
Brendan Smith hits Owen Power. 8:14  
Takeaway by Kevin Bahl. 9:00  
  9:07 Tage Thompson wins the faceoff against Nico Hischier.
  9:21 Tage Thompson shoots Saved by Jake Allen.
  9:23 Alex Tuch wins the faceoff against Nico Hischier.
  10:38 Connor Clifton hits Dawson Mercer.
  10:41 Tyson Jost hits Dawson Mercer.
  10:45 Tyson Jost blocks shot from Nick DeSimone.
  10:50 Zemgus Girgensons blocks shot Jack Hughes shoots
Shot by Dawson Mercer misses the net 10:59  
Jack Hughes shoots Saved by Devon Levi. 11:02  
Erik Haula wins the faceoff against Dylan Cozens. 11:05  
Erik Haula hits Bowen Byram. 11:09  
Alexander Holtz hits Bowen Byram. 11:18  
Luke Hughes shoots Saved by Devon Levi. 11:26  
  12:04 Shot by Alex Tuch misses the net
  12:35 Tage Thompson hits Dawson Mercer.
  12:51 Owen Power shoots Saved by Jake Allen.
  12:56 Rasmus Dahlin shoots Saved by Jake Allen.
Giveaway by Dawson Mercer. 13:30  
  14:34 Shot by Connor Clifton misses the net
  14:39 Shot by Henri Jokiharju misses the net
  14:51 Bowen Byram shoots Saved by Jake Allen.
  14:52 Jordan Greenway shoots Saved by Jake Allen.
  14:53 Henri Jokiharju shoots Saved by Jake Allen.
  14:55 Shot by Jordan Greenway misses the net
Erik Haula wins the faceoff against Tage Thompson. 15:09  
  15:17 Tage Thompson shoots Saved by Jake Allen.
  15:24 Rasmus Dahlin shoots Saved by Jake Allen.
  15:26 Tage Thompson scores. Assisted by Rasmus Dahlin and Alex Tuch.
Nico Hischier wins the faceoff against Alex Tuch. 15:26  
  15:32 Tage Thompson hits Timo Meier.
Takeaway by Dawson Mercer. 16:36  
  16:51 Henri Jokiharju blocks shot from Nick DeSimone.
Ondrej Palat shoots misses the net 16:53  
Erik Haula wins the faceoff against Dylan Cozens. 16:56  
Shot by Jack Hughes misses the net 16:58  
  18:07 JJ Peterka blocks shot from Kevin Bahl.
Shot by Simon Nemec misses the net 18:10  
Nico Hischier shoots Saved by Devon Levi. 18:28  
  19:23 JJ Peterka scores on an empty net. Assisted by Dylan Cozens and Owen Power.
Nico Hischier wins the faceoff against Tage Thompson. 19:23  
Luke Hughes shoots Saved by Devon Levi. 19:43  
Jack Hughes shoots Saved by Devon Levi. 19:44  
  19:54 Tage Thompson scores on an empty net. Assisted by Henri Jokiharju.
Tomas Nosek wins the faceoff against Peyton Krebs. 19:54