Sabres 4-3 Devils (Feb 2, 2025) Box Score

New Jersey Devils

29-19-6, 14-11-2 away

	1	2	3	T
NJ	0	1	2	3
BUF	3	1	0	4

Buffalo Sabres

21-26-5, 12-12-3 home

New Jersey Devils


forwards
Nathan BastianN. Bastian#14
Jesper BrattJ. Bratt#63
Paul CotterP. Cotter#47
Justin DowlingJ. Dowling#37
Jack HughesJ. Hughes#86
Curtis LazarC. Lazar#42
Kurtis MacDermidK. MacDermid#23
Timo MeierT. Meier#28
Dawson MercerD. Mercer#91
Stefan NoesenS. Noesen#11
Ondrej PalatO. Palat#18
Tomas TatarT. Tatar#90
defensemen
Brenden DillonB. Dillon#5
Dougie HamiltonD. Hamilton#7
Luke HughesL. Hughes#43
Johnathan KovacevicJ. Kovacevic#8
Brett PesceB. Pesce#22
Jonas SiegenthalerJ. Siegenthaler#71

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	15	13:28	1:12	3:29	8:47	1	1	50.0
0	1	-3	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	25	18:19	4:54	3:05	10:20	0	0	0.0
2	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	18	14:15	2:20	0:26	11:29	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	16	11:38	0:00	0:00	11:38	8	2	80.0
1	0	-3	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	23	20:12	5:18	3:43	11:11	2	10	16.7
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	2	17	14:08	0:17	3:26	10:25	3	4	42.9
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	11	7:59	0:17	0:00	7:42	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	4	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	20	18:21	3:57	0:02	14:22	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	19:01	4:10	1:55	12:56	3	7	30.0
0	0	-2	2	3	0	2	27	4	0	0	17	13:02	2:35	0:00	10:27	0	3	0.0
0	0	-3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	21	14:43	3:39	1:34	9:30	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	17	13:02	2:43	0:00	10:19	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	24	21:13	0:09	5:36	15:28	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	2	6	3	1	2	2	0	0	26	19:54	4:54	0:18	14:42	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	18:46	2:53	1:07	14:46	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	18	15:39	0:00	4:43	10:56	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	24	19:35	0:17	2:56	16:22	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	21	16:56	0:00	3:20	13:36	0	0	0.0

goalies
Nicolas DawsN. Daws#50
Jake AllenJ. Allen#34

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
7	0	7	1.000	5	2	0	0	0	19:00	0
27	4	23	.852	15	6	2	0	0	39:49	0

Buffalo Sabres


forwards
Zach BensonZ. Benson#9
Dylan CozensD. Cozens#24
Peyton KrebsP. Krebs#19
Jiri KulichJ. Kulich#20
Beck MalenstynB. Malenstyn#29
Ryan McLeodR. McLeod#71
JJ PeterkaJ. Peterka#77
Jack QuinnJ. Quinn#22
Tage ThompsonT. Thompson#72
Alex TuchA. Tuch#89
Jason ZuckerJ. Zucker#17
defensemen
Jacob BrysonJ. Bryson#78
Bowen ByramB. Byram#4
Rasmus DahlinR. Dahlin#26
Dennis GilbertD. Gilbert#8
Henri JokiharjuH. Jokiharju#10
Owen PowerO. Power#25
Mattias SamuelssonM. Samuelsson#23

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	12:09	4:03	3:13	4:53	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	0	4	0	1	22	21:08	5:32	0:01	15:35	6	4	60.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	20	14:18	1:23	2:14	10:41	3	2	60.0
0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	20	15:11	3:14	0:09	11:48	4	4	50.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	20	14:24	0:35	2:11	11:38	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	22	17:31	0:29	4:34	12:28	14	6	70.0
1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	16:09	4:24	0:00	11:45	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	8:41	3:00	0:00	5:41	0	0	0.0
1	2	1	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	20	13:39	0:38	0:09	12:52	0	1	0.0
0	1	1	4	0	2	1	2	2	0	0	31	23:45	4:17	3:21	16:07	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	3	2	0	1	2	1	1	1	21	17:10	4:16	0:00	12:54	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	17	13:38	0:00	4:46	8:52	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	1	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	27	21:31	3:43	2:17	15:31	0	0	0.0
0	2	0	1	1	2	1	2	2	0	1	26	20:33	3:12	0:48	16:33	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	1	9	6:36	0:00	0:00	6:36	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	15	12:04	0:05	0:00	11:59	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	26	23:28	5:44	3:07	14:37	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	2	2	7	0	0	3	0	0	23	18:05	0:00	4:50	13:15	0	0	0.0

goalies
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenU. Luukkonen#1

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
24	3	21	.875	17	4	0	0	0	60:00	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

ESPN+		1	2	3	T
	Devils	0	1	2	3
	Sabres	3	1	0	4

1st Period		BUF
8:11	Tage Thompson (26) Assists: Owen Power (22), Bowen Byram (20)	1
15:50	JJ Peterka (15) Assists: Tage Thompson (21), Dennis Gilbert (2)	2
19:31	Ryan McLeod (12) (Shorthanded) Assists: Alex Tuch (21), Rasmus Dahlin (32)	3

2nd Period			NJ	BUF
4:38		Paul Cotter (11) Assists: Justin Dowling (3), Dougie Hamilton (27)	1	3
17:25		Jason Zucker (18) Assists: Tage Thompson (22), Rasmus Dahlin (33)	1	4

3rd Period			NJ	BUF
0:18		Paul Cotter (12) Assists: Brett Pesce (9)	2	4
5:32		Jack Hughes (21) (Shorthanded) Assists: Jesper Bratt (43)	3	4

0:42

Jack Hughes scores short-handed goal for New Jersey Devils

0:42

Paul Cotter scores goal vs. Sabres

0:44

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen makes big-time save vs. Devils

0:21

Regular Season Series

NJ wins 2-1

Devils
4
Sabres
1

Game 1

10/4

Sabres
1
Devils
3

Game 2

10/5

Devils
3
Sabres
4

Game 3

2/2

KeyBank Center

1:00 PM, February 2, 2025Coverage: ESPN+

Buffalo, NY

Line: NJ -135

Over/Under: 6.5

Attendance: 15,710

Referees:
Kelly Sutherland
Justin Kea

Linesmen:
Matt MacPherson
James Tobias

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Washington	34	11	7	75
Carolina	32	17	4	68
New Jersey	29	19	6	64
Columbus	26	20	7	59
NY Islanders	24	21	7	55
NY Rangers	25	23	4	54
Pittsburgh	22	24	8	52
Philadelphia	23	25	6	52

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Florida	32	19	3	67
Toronto	31	19	2	64
Ottawa	28	20	4	60
Tampa Bay	27	20	4	58
Boston	26	22	6	58
Detroit	26	21	5	57
Montreal	24	23	5	53
Buffalo	21	26	5	47

Carter Verhaeghe has 4th career trick in Panthers' 6-3 victory over the Islanders

— Carter Verhaeghe had his fourth career hat trick, Sam Reinhart scored his 31st goal and the Florida Panthers beat New York 6-3 on Sunday night to end the Islanders' winning streak at seven games.

Blues beat Utah 2-1 on Jordan Kyrou's late goal to snap 4-game losing streak

— Jordan Kyrou broke a tie on a slap shot at 7:13 of the third period, Jordan Binnington made 24 saves and the St. Louis Blues beat the Utah Hockey Club 2-1 on Sunday night to end a four-game losing streak.

Rangers' Quick becomes 1st U.S. goaltender to win 400 games

Jonathan Quick had 13 saves in the first period, 14 in the second and seven in the third, becoming the first U.S.-born goaltender to win 400 NHL games, and the 15th overall, in the New York Rangers' 4-3 win over the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday night.

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New Jersey Devils

Buffalo Sabres

NJ @ BUF Videos

Jack Hughes scores short-handed goal for New Jersey Devils

Regular Season Series

NJ wins 2-1

Game Information

2024-25 Metropolitan Division Standings

2024-25 Atlantic Division Standings

NHL News

Carter Verhaeghe has 4th career trick in Panthers' 6-3 victory over the Islanders

Blues beat Utah 2-1 on Jordan Kyrou's late goal to snap 4-game losing streak

Rangers' Quick becomes 1st U.S. goaltender to win 400 games