National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 4, New Jersey 3
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, February 2, 2025
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Justin Kea, Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen: Matt MacPherson, James Tobias
Attendance: 15710
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New Jersey 0123
Buffalo 3104
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
8:11 - Sabres Tage Thompson (EV) Assists: Owen Power , Bowen Byram
15:50 - Sabres JJ Peterka (EV) Assists: Tage Thompson , Dennis Gilbert
19:31 - Sabres Ryan McLeod (SH) Assists: Alex Tuch , Rasmus Dahlin
Penalties
10:58 - Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (2) Interference
 17:48 - Sabres Bowen Byram (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
4:38 - Devils Paul Cotter (EV) Assists: Justin Dowling , Dougie Hamilton
17:25 - Sabres Jason Zucker (EV) Assists: Tage Thompson , Rasmus Dahlin
Penalties
9:48 - Devils Dougie Hamilton (2) Goaltender interference
 14:35 - Sabres Jason Zucker (2) Interference
 15:13 - Devils Stefan Noesen (2) Holding
3rd Period
Scoring
0:18 - Devils Paul Cotter (EV) Assists: Brett Pesce
5:32 - Devils Jack Hughes (SH) Assists: Jesper Bratt
Penalties
5:11 - Devils Stefan Noesen (5) Match penalty
 5:11 - Devils Stefan Noesen (10) Game misconduct
 11:43 - Sabres Alex Tuch (2) Interference
 15:25 - Sabres Beck Malenstyn (2) Tripping
 16:42 - Devils Timo Meier (2) Interference
New Jersey Devils
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Jake Allen G 0 0 0 0 0 39:49 32:33 4:38 2:38 0 0 - - - - -
Nico Daws G 0 0 0 0 0 19:00 9:26 3:17 6:17 0 0 - - - - -
Brenden Dillon D 0 0 0 E 0 1 24 21:13 15:28 0:09 5:36 0 0 3 2 - - -
Dougie Hamilton D 0 1 1 -1 2 2 26 19:54 14:42 4:54 0:18 0 0 2 3 - - -
Johnathan Kovacevic D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 18 15:39 10:56 0:00 4:43 0 0 2 2 - - -
Stefan Noesen RW 0 0 0 -2 17 2 17 13:02 10:27 2:35 0:00 0 0 4 - 0 3 0
Nathan Bastian RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 13:28 8:47 1:12 3:29 0 0 4 - 1 1 50
Ondrej Palat LW 0 0 0 -3 0 1 21 14:43 9:30 3:39 1:34 0 0 1 - - - -
Brett Pesce D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 24 19:35 16:22 0:17 2:56 0 0 - 1 - - -
Kurtis MacDermid LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 11 7:59 7:42 0:17 0:00 0 0 3 1 - - -
Timo Meier RW 0 0 0 E 2 4 20 18:21 14:22 3:57 0:02 0 0 1 - - - -
Justin Dowling C 0 1 1 +2 0 16 11:38 11:38 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - 8 2 80
Curtis Lazar C 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 14:08 10:25 0:17 3:26 0 0 5 1 3 4 43
Luke Hughes D 0 0 0 E 0 3 21 18:46 14:46 2:53 1:07 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Cotter C 2 0 2 +2 0 3 18 14:15 11:29 2:20 0:26 0 0 4 - - - -
Jesper Bratt LW 0 1 1 -3 0 1 25 18:19 10:20 4:54 3:05 0 0 3 - - - -
Jonas Siegenthaler D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 21 16:56 13:36 0:00 3:20 0 0 1 - - - -
Jack Hughes C 1 0 1 -3 0 3 23 20:12 11:11 5:18 3:43 0 1 - 1 2 10 17
Tomas Tatar LW 0 0 0 +2 0 1 17 13:02 10:19 2:43 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Dawson Mercer C 0 0 0 E 0 1 22 19:01 12:56 4:10 1:55 0 0 - - 3 7 30
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 43:10 8:55 7:55 0 0 - - - - -
James Reimer G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Bowen Byram D 0 1 1 -1 2 1 27 21:31 15:31 3:43 2:17 0 0 2 1 - - -
Dennis Gilbert D 0 1 1 E 0 0 9 6:36 6:36 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 2 - - -
Zach Benson LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 14 12:09 4:53 4:03 3:13 0 0 - - - - -
Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 12:04 11:59 0:05 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Jason Zucker LW 1 0 1 E 2 3 21 17:10 12:54 4:16 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 E 0 0 20 14:18 10:41 1:23 2:14 0 0 2 - 3 2 60
Jiri Kulich C 0 0 0 E 0 2 20 15:11 11:48 3:14 0:09 0 0 - 1 4 4 50
Jack Quinn RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 12 8:41 5:41 3:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 23 18:05 13:15 0:00 4:50 0 0 3 7 - - -
Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 22 21:08 15:35 5:32 0:01 0 0 4 1 6 4 60
Owen Power D 0 1 1 +2 0 9 26 23:28 14:37 5:44 3:07 0 0 2 - - - -
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 2 2 E 2 1 26 20:33 16:33 3:12 0:48 0 0 2 2 - - -
Beck Malenstyn LW 0 0 0 E 2 1 20 14:24 11:38 0:35 2:11 0 0 2 - - - -
Ryan McLeod C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 22 17:31 12:28 0:29 4:34 0 1 1 1 14 6 70
Tage Thompson C 1 2 3 +1 0 3 20 13:39 12:52 0:38 0:09 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
JJ Peterka RW 1 0 1 E 0 5 23 16:09 11:45 4:24 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 13:38 8:52 0:00 4:46 0 0 - 2 - - -
Alex Tuch RW 0 1 1 +1 2 4 31 23:45 16:07 4:17 3:21 0 0 2 2 - - -
Goaltending
New Jersey
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Jake Allen L (8-10-1) 27 23 4 .852 0 39:49
Nico Daws 7 7 0 1.000 0 19:00
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen W (18-15-4) 24 21 3 .875 0 60:00