National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 4, New Jersey 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, December 29, 2017
Where: Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey
Referees: Tom Kowal, Kyle Rehman
Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Tim Nowak
Attendance: 16514
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final OT123OTT
Buffalo 02114
New Jersey 12003
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
13:35 - Devils Miles Wood (EV) Assists: Stefan Noesen , Pavel Zacha
Penalties
4:23 - Devils Stefan Noesen (2) Holding the stick
 14:44 - Sabres Jake McCabe (2) Delay of game
 15:12 - Devils Brian Boyle (2) High sticking
2nd Period
Scoring
5:27 - Sabres Jacob Josefson (EV) Assists: Jordan Nolan
8:34 - Devils Marcus Johansson (PP) Assists: Sami Vatanen , Nico Hischier
14:55 - Devils John Moore (EV) Assists: Brian Gibbons
18:05 - Sabres Jack Eichel (EV) Assists: Jake McCabe , Zemgus Girgensons
Penalties
8:05 - Sabres Zemgus Girgensons (2) Holding
3rd Period
Scoring
11:04 - Sabres Jack Eichel (PP) Assists: Kyle Okposo , Rasmus Ristolainen
Penalties
9:40 - Devils Sami Vatanen (2) Slashing
Overtime
Scoring
2:37 - Sabres Rasmus Ristolainen (EV) Assists: Ryan O'Reilly
Penalties
None.
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Chad Johnson G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Robin Lehner G 0 0 0 0 0 62:32 57:43 3:52 0:57 0 0 - - - - -
Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 E 0 2 31 23:11 21:46 0:28 0:57 0 0 1 3 - - -
Evander Kane LW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 24 19:38 19:10 0:28 0:00 0 0 5 - 1 1 50
Jacob Josefson C 1 0 1 +1 0 3 20 12:24 12:19 0:00 0:05 0 0 2 - 5 7 42
Jack Eichel C 2 0 2 +1 0 5 22 18:04 15:27 2:37 0:00 1 0 1 1 6 5 55
Jordan Nolan LW 0 1 1 +1 0 1 15 10:25 10:25 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jake McCabe D 0 1 1 +1 2 3 26 22:04 21:38 0:26 0:00 0 0 6 1 - - -
Kyle Okposo RW 0 1 1 E 0 3 23 20:03 16:46 3:17 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Johan Larsson C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 17 11:42 11:13 0:00 0:29 0 0 2 1 4 0 100
Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 23 18:34 15:17 3:17 0:00 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
Zemgus Girgensons C 0 1 1 +1 2 0 19 13:20 12:52 0:00 0:28 0 0 2 - - - -
Jason Pominville RW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 20 13:15 12:40 0:35 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Justin Falk D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 17 12:30 12:30 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 - - - -
Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 27 21:41 21:15 0:26 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Rasmus Ristolainen D 1 1 2 +1 0 3 32 25:52 21:57 2:58 0:57 0 0 6 - - - -
Benoit Pouliot LW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 17 12:09 11:45 0:00 0:24 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Evan Rodrigues LW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 20 13:09 12:34 0:35 0:00 0 0 - - 9 3 75
Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 21 14:49 13:53 0:56 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Ryan O'Reilly C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 26 22:37 18:52 3:17 0:28 0 0 3 - 12 7 63
New Jersey Devils
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Keith Kinkaid G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Cory Schneider G 0 0 0 0 0 62:37 57:48 0:57 3:52 0 0 - - - - -
John Moore D 1 0 1 E 0 2 31 23:03 22:09 0:00 0:54 0 0 3 - - - -
Andy Greene D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 31 21:08 18:10 0:00 2:58 0 0 2 2 - - -
Will Butcher D 0 0 0 E 0 0 19 14:56 14:28 0:28 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Taylor Hall LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 25 18:52 18:12 0:28 0:12 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Brian Boyle C 0 0 0 E 2 1 17 11:08 10:40 0:28 0:00 0 0 1 - 7 6 54
Nico Hischier C 0 1 1 E 0 3 25 17:29 16:35 0:29 0:25 0 0 - - 7 6 54
Steven Santini D 0 0 0 E 0 3 27 21:38 19:05 0:00 2:33 0 0 4 2 - - -
Travis Zajac C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 26 18:16 15:53 0:28 1:55 0 0 2 2 5 8 38
Kyle Palmieri RW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 25 15:53 15:25 0:28 0:00 0 0 1 1 0 2 0
Stefan Noesen RW 0 1 1 +1 2 1 18 13:01 13:01 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - 0 1 0
Damon Severson D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 20 17:40 17:18 0:00 0:22 0 0 1 - - - -
Pavel Zacha C 0 1 1 +1 0 5 18 14:16 14:16 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - 4 10 29
Brian Gibbons LW 0 1 1 E 0 1 20 14:12 11:51 0:00 2:21 0 0 - - - - -
Blake Coleman C 0 0 0 E 0 2 19 12:25 10:28 0:00 1:57 0 0 3 1 0 2 0
Miles Wood LW 1 0 1 +1 0 5 18 12:30 12:01 0:29 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sami Vatanen D 0 1 1 +1 2 8 31 23:15 21:49 0:29 0:57 0 0 - 1 - - -
Jesper Bratt LW 0 0 0 E 0 3 24 16:29 15:06 0:29 0:54 0 0 - - - - -
Marcus Johansson LW 1 0 1 -1 0 2 24 16:16 15:47 0:29 0:00 1 0 - - 1 1 50
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Robin Lehner W (12-22-8) 38 35 3 .921 0 62:32
New Jersey
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Cory Schneider L (17-11-6) 29 25 4 .862 0 62:37