3 New Jersey 3rd Metropolitan42-33-5-2

4 Buffalo 7th Atlantic36-39-5-2

FINAL 3 FINAL 4 1:00PM ET · Feb 02, 2025

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Devils vs Sabres Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Livescore Details
	1	2	3	Total	In Goal
NJ New Jersey	0	1	2	3	Jake Allen
BUF Buffalo	3	1	0	4	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Location KeyBank Center

Referees Justin Kea , Kelly Sutherland

Linesmen Matt MacPherson, James Tobias

Attendance 15,710 attendance

Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary
Scoring - Period 1
8:11		T. Thompson Assisted by: O. Power , B. Byram
15:50		J. Peterka Assisted by: T. Thompson , D. Gilbert
19:31		R. McLeod (SH) Assisted by: A. Tuch , R. Dahlin
Scoring - Period 2
4:38		P. Cotter Assisted by: J. Dowling , D. Hamilton
17:25		J. Zucker Assisted by: T. Thompson , R. Dahlin
Scoring - Period 3
0:18		P. Cotter Assisted by: B. Pesce ,
5:32		J. Hughes (SH) Assisted by: J. Bratt ,

Penalty Summary

Penalties - Period 1
10:58		R. Dahlin (2:00) Interference
17:48		B. Byram (2:00) Hooking
Penalties - Period 2
9:48		D. Hamilton (2:00) Interference
14:35		J. Zucker (2:00) Interference
15:13		S. Noesen (2:00) Holding
Penalties - Period 3
5:11		P. Cotter (5:00) Match Penalty
11:43		A. Tuch (2:00) Interference
15:25		B. Malenstyn (2:00) Tripping
16:42		T. Meier (2:00) Interference

Shots On Goal

Shots On Goal
	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
New Jersey	8	9	7	24
Buffalo	12	15	7	34

Team Statistics

Team Statistics
	G	SOG	S%	PP%	PK%	FW	PEN	PIM
New Jersey	3	24	12.50	0.00	100.00	17	4	11
Buffalo	4	34	11.76	0.00	100.00	27	5	10

Goaltending

New Jersey

New Jersey Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
J. Allen	27	23	4	.852	0	39:49
N. Daws	7	7	0	1.000	0	19:00

Buffalo

Buffalo Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
U. Luukkonen	24	21	3	.875	0	60:00

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	SHG	FW	FL	F%
0	LW	T. Tatar	0	0	0	2	0	1	17	13:02	10:19	2:43	0:00	0	-	-	-
0	F	J. Dowling	0	1	1	2	0	0	16	11:38	11:38	0:00	0:00	0	8	2	80
5	D	B. Dillon	0	0	0	E	0	1	24	21:13	15:28	0:09	5:36	0	-	-	-
7	D	D. Hamilton	0	1	1	-1	2	2	26	19:54	14:42	4:54	0:18	0	-	-	-
8	D	J. Kovacevic	0	0	0	-1	0	0	18	15:39	10:56	0:00	4:43	0	-	-	-
11	RW	S. Noesen	0	0	0	-2	7	2	17	13:02	10:27	2:35	0:00	0	-	3	0
11	RW	N. Bastian	0	0	0	E	0	0	15	13:28	8:47	1:12	3:29	0	1	1	50
18	LW	O. Palat	0	0	0	-3	0	1	21	14:43	9:30	3:39	1:34	0	-	-	-
20	C	C. Lazar	0	0	0	E	0	0	17	14:08	10:25	0:17	3:26	0	3	4	43
22	D	B. Pesce	0	1	1	2	0	0	24	19:35	16:22	0:17	2:56	0	-	-	-
23	LW	K. MacDermid	0	0	0	E	0	1	11	7:59	7:42	0:17	0:00	0	-	-	-
28	RW	T. Meier	0	0	0	E	2	4	20	18:21	14:22	3:57	0:02	0	-	-	-
43	D	L. Hughes	0	0	0	E	0	3	21	18:46	14:46	2:53	1:07	0	-	-	-
47	C	P. Cotter	2	0	2	2	0	3	18	14:15	11:29	2:20	0:26	0	-	-	-
63	LW	J. Bratt	0	1	1	-3	0	1	25	18:19	10:20	4:54	3:05	0	-	-	-
71	D	J. Siegenthaler	0	0	0	-1	0	1	21	16:56	13:36	0:00	3:20	0	-	-	-
86	C	J. Hughes	1	0	1	-3	0	3	23	20:12	11:11	5:18	3:43	1	2	10	17
91	C	D. Mercer	0	0	0	E	0	1	22	19:01	12:56	4:10	1:55	0	3	7	30
0	G	J. Allen	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	39:49	32:33	4:38	2:38	0	-	-	-
50	G	N. Daws	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	19:00	9:26	3:17	6:17	0	-	-	-

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	SHG	FW	FL	F%
4	D	B. Byram	0	1	1	-1	2	1	27	21:31	15:31	3:43	2:17	0	-	-	-
9	LW	Z. Benson	0	0	0	E	0	1	14	12:09	4:53	4:03	3:13	0	-	-	-
17	LW	J. Zucker	1	0	1	E	2	3	21	17:10	12:54	4:16	0:00	0	-	-	-
19	C	P. Krebs	0	0	0	E	0	0	20	14:18	10:41	1:23	2:14	0	3	2	60
20	D	H. Jokiharju	0	0	0	E	0	0	15	12:04	11:59	0:05	0:00	0	-	-	-
20	C	J. Kulich	0	0	0	E	0	2	20	15:11	11:48	3:14	0:09	0	4	4	50
22	RW	J. Quinn	0	0	0	E	0	0	12	8:41	5:41	3:00	0:00	0	-	-	-
23	D	M. Samuelsson	0	0	0	1	0	2	23	18:05	13:15	0:00	4:50	0	-	-	-
24	C	D. Cozens	0	0	0	-1	0	1	22	21:08	15:35	5:32	0:01	0	6	4	60
25	D	O. Power	0	1	1	2	0	9	26	23:28	14:37	5:44	3:07	0	-	-	-
26	D	R. Dahlin	0	2	2	E	2	1	26	20:33	16:33	3:12	0:48	0	-	-	-
29	LW	B. Malenstyn	0	0	0	E	2	1	20	14:24	11:38	0:35	2:11	0	-	-	-
48	D	D. Gilbert	0	1	1	E	0	0	9	6:36	6:36	0:00	0:00	0	-	-	-
71	C	R. McLeod	1	0	1	1	0	1	22	17:31	12:28	0:29	4:34	1	14	6	70
72	C	T. Thompson	1	2	3	1	0	3	20	13:39	12:52	0:38	0:09	0	-	1	0
77	RW	J. Peterka	1	0	1	E	0	5	23	16:09	11:45	4:24	0:00	0	-	-	-
78	D	J. Bryson	0	0	0	E	0	0	17	13:38	8:52	0:00	4:46	0	-	-	-
89	RW	A. Tuch	0	1	1	1	2	4	31	23:45	16:07	4:17	3:21	0	-	-	-
1	G	U. Luukkonen	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	60:00	43:10	8:55	7:55	0	-	-	-

NJ vs BUFRecords

Team Table
Team	Record	ATS	O/U	Away	Home
NJ	29-18-6	22-31-0	18-34-1	14-10-2	15-8-4
BUF	20-26-5	26-25-0	28-16-7	9-14-2	11-12-3

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Win / Loss

7-3

Over / Under

7-3-0

Head-To-Head
Date	Home	Result	ML	O/U	HSOG	ASOG	HPP	APP
Oct 05, '24	NJ	3 - 1	NJ -142	u6.5	37	18	1-4	0-2
Oct 04, '24	BUF	4 - 1	NJ -150	u6.5	31	23	0-4	0-2
Mar 29, '24	BUF	5 - 2	BUF +120	o6.5	36	30	0-0	0-3
Nov 25, '23	NJ	7 - 2	NJ -195	o7.0	37	12	1-1	2-2
Oct 27, '23	NJ	5 - 4	NJ -183	o7.0	39	27	1-4	0-2
Apr 11, '23	NJ	6 - 2	NJ -198	o7.0	30	38	0-2	0-2
Mar 24, '23	BUF	5 - 4	BUF +160	o7.0	26	31	1-4	1-3
Nov 25, '22	BUF	3 - 1	NJ -172	u6.5	34	44	0-1	0-1
Apr 21, '22	NJ	5 - 2	BUF +122	o6.5	31	28	0-4	0-1
Dec 29, '21	BUF	4 - 3	NJ -130	o6.0	22	42	0-1	1-2

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

4-3-2-1

Over / Under

4-6-0

-$362

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Jan 29, '25	PHI	W 5 - 0	W -179	u5.5	26	24	2-3	0-4
Jan 27, '25	@ PHI	L 2 - 4	L -142	o5.5	33	25	0-3	1-2
Jan 25, '25	@ MON	W 4 - 3 (OT)	W -165	o6.0	44	32	0-1	0-1
Jan 22, '25	BOS	W 5 - 1	W -214	o5.5	34	23	3-7	0-3
Jan 19, '25	OTT	L 1 - 2	L -183	u5.5	26	20	0-1	0-3
Jan 18, '25	PHI	L 1 - 3	L -179	u6.0	13	17	0-2	1-2
Jan 16, '25	@ TOR	L 3 - 4 (OT)	L -121	o5.5	24	41	2-3	1-2
Jan 14, '25	FLA	L 1 - 2 (SO)	L -153	u5.5	27	28	0-2	0-1
Jan 11, '25	TB	W 3 - 2 (OT)	W -135	u6.0	26	25	1-2	0-3
Jan 09, '25	@ NYR	L 2 - 3 (OT)	L -147	u6.0	23	32	0-4	2-3

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Feb 04, '25	@ PIT	L 1-4	L -108	u6.5
Feb 06, '25	VEG	W 2-1 (SO)	W +146	u5.5
Feb 08, '25	@ MON	W 4-3 (OT)	W -146	o5.5

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

5-5-0-0

Over / Under

6-3-1

$131

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Jan 31, '25	NAS	W 4 - 3	W +105	o6.5	27	31	0-2	0-4
Jan 28, '25	BOS	W 7 - 2	W -115	o6.0	33	27	1-3	1-2
Jan 25, '25	@ EDM	L 2 - 3	L +220	u6.5	41	34	0-3	0-1
Jan 23, '25	@ CAL	L 2 - 5	L +120	o5.5	34	24	0-6	0-2
Jan 21, '25	@ VAN	W 3 - 2	W +162	u5.5	26	34	0-2	0-1
Jan 20, '25	@ SEA	L 4 - 6	L +111	o6.0	29	33	1-3	1-2
Jan 17, '25	PIT	L 2 - 5	L -105	o6.0	42	18	1-5	3-4
Jan 15, '25	CAR	W 4 - 2	W +153	p6.0	24	37	0-1	0-3
Jan 11, '25	SEA	L 2 - 6	L -134	o6.0	35	28	1-5	1-4
Jan 09, '25	@ OTT	W 4 - 0	W +125	u6.0	21	35	0-4	0-4

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Feb 04, '25	CLB	L 1-5	L -110	p6.0
Feb 08, '25	@ NAS	W 5-3	W +114	o6.5
Feb 22, '25	NYR	W 5-2	W -126	o6.0

NJ vs BUF Preview

New Jersey at

Buffalo

Last Meeting ( Oct 5, 2024 ) Buffalo 1, New Jersey 3

The New Jersey Devils and Buffalo Sabres will see each other Sunday afternoon for the first time in almost four months -- and receive reminders their initial clashes this season were a sign of things to come for both teams.

The Devils will try to build off one of their most convincing wins of the season while the Sabres will attempt to play spoiler Sunday afternoon, when New Jersey visits Buffalo in the final meeting of the season between the squads.

The Devils have been off since Wednesday, when they rolled to 5-0 win over the visiting Philadelphia Flyers. The Sabres won the second game of a four-game homestand Friday night by edging the Nashville Predators, 4-3.

The Devils were outshot 10-7 in a scoreless first period Wednesday before Ondrej Palat, Luke Hughes, Nathan Bastian and Dawson Mercer scored within a 13-minute span in the second period for New Jersey, which bounced back from a 4-2 loss to the Flyers on Monday night.

The victory Wednesday was the most lopsided for the Devils since a 5-0 win over the New York Rangers on Dec. 23. New Jersey has won three of four (3-1-0) following a stretch in which it lost nine of 11 (2-6-3) from Dec. 28 through Jan. 19.

"This is more like the team that we know we can be and how we're going to win a lot more games," Devils right winger Timo Meier said. "We can build upon this game, especially those last two periods."

The Devils, who have made the playoffs just twice in the previous 12 seasons, have been over .500 since opening the 2024-25 campaign with back-to-back wins over the Sabres in the Czech Republic on Oct. 4 and 5.

New Jersey entered Saturday five points ahead of the Columbus Blue Jackets in the race for third place in the Metropolitan Division and seven points clear of the Tampa Bay Lightning, who hold the second and final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.

The consecutive season-opening losses sparked a 1-4-1 start for the Sabres, who went 10-5-0 from Oct. 19 through Nov. 23 before postseason hopes evaporated during a 13-game losing streak (0-10-3) from Nov. 27 through Dec. 21.

The Sabres remain mired in last place in the Eastern Conference with 45 points, though they've gone 9-7-1 since Dec. 23. Six of those wins have come against teams that entered Saturday within four points of a playoff spot.

Buffalo has overcome a deficit in each of its last three wins. The Sabres raced out to a 2-0 first-period lead Friday before the Predators scored three times in a span of just under 12 minutes bridging the first two periods.

Jason Zucker tied the score with 7:34 left in the second before Jiri Kulich collected his second goal of the game to give the Sabres the lead with 2:04 remaining in the third.

"We've got to continue to build on this," said Sabres defenseman Rasmus Dahlin, who finished with two assists. "It wasn't pretty for 60 (minutes), but we found a way, and that's what it takes in this league."

--Field Level Media

NJ vs BUFInjury report

New Jersey's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
J. Kovacevic	D	Out - Knee( Sep 17, '25)	Sep 17, '25
The Devils said on Thurssday (Sept. 18) that Kovacevic was deemed out indefinitely.
J. Hughes	C	Out - Shoulder( Mar 04, '25)	Mar 04, '25
The New Jersey Devils placed F Jack Hughes on Long-term Injured Reserve on Wednesday (Mar. 5). He's expected to be ready for training camp.

New Jersey Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
LW	0	Tomas Tatar
RW	11	Stefan Noesen
RW	11	Nathan Bastian
C	13	Nico Hischier
C	20	Curtis Lazar
LW	23	Kurtis MacDermid
LW	25	Nolan Foote
RW	28	Timo Meier
C	37	Justin Dowling
RW	37	Nathan Legare
RW	39	Mike Hardman
C	47	Paul Cotter
LW	48	Brian Halonen
LW	56	Erik Haula
LW	63	Jesper Bratt
LW	81	Ondrej Palat
C	91	Dawson Mercer

Defense
POS	#	Player
D	5	Brenden Dillon
D	7	Dougie Hamilton
D	8	Johnathan Kovacevic
D	17	Simon Nemec
D	24	Seamus Casey
G	25	Jacob Markstrom
G	30	Isaac Poulter
G	34	Jake Allen
D	38	Topias Vilen
D	45	Colton White
G	50	Nico Daws
D	71	Jonas Siegenthaler

Buffalo's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date	Note
No injuries to report.

Buffalo Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
LW	6	Zach Benson
LW	12	Jordan Greenway
LW	17	Jason Zucker
C	19	Peyton Krebs
C	20	Jiri Kulich
RW	22	Jack Quinn
C	24	Sam Lafferty
LW	29	Beck Malenstyn
RW	63	Isak Rosen
C	71	Ryan McLeod
C	72	Tage Thompson
RW	77	JJ Peterka
C	86	Noah Ostlund
RW	89	Alex Tuch

Defense
POS	#	Player
G	1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
D	4	Bowen Byram
D	23	Mattias Samuelsson
D	25	Owen Power
D	75	Connor Clifton
D	78	Jacob Bryson

GoaltendersLast 5

New Jersey
Buffalo

W/L

3-2-0-0

GAA

1.50

Save %

.924

New Jersey Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
J.Allen	Jan 29, 2025	NJ 5 - PHI 0	W	0	24	1.00	-	W -179	u5.5
J.Allen	Jan 27, 2025	PHI 4 - NJ 2	L	3	25	.880	-	L -142	o5.5
J.Allen	Jan 25, 2025	MON 3 - NJ 4 (OT)	W	3	32	.906	-	W -165	o6.0
J.Markstrom	Jan 22, 2025	NJ 5 - BOS 1	-	1	7	.857	-	W -214	o5.5
J.Allen	Jan 22, 2025	NJ 5 - BOS 1	W	0	16	1.00	-	W -214	o5.5
J.Markstrom	Jan 19, 2025	NJ 1 - OTT 2	L	2	20	.900	-	L -183	u5.5

W/L

3-2-0-0

GAA

2.60

Save %

.911

Buffalo Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
U.Luukkonen	Jan 31, 2025	BUF 4 - NAS 3	W	3	31	.903	-	W +105	o6.5
U.Luukkonen	Jan 28, 2025	BUF 7 - BOS 2	W	2	27	.926	-	W -115	o6.0
J.Reimer	Jan 25, 2025	EDM 3 - BUF 2	L	3	34	.912	-	L +220	u6.5
U.Luukkonen	Jan 23, 2025	CAL 5 - BUF 2	L	3	24	.875	-	L +120	o5.5
U.Luukkonen	Jan 21, 2025	VAN 2 - BUF 3	W	2	34	.941	-	W +162	u5.5

NJ vs BUFStats

Offense vs Defense

NJNew Jersey Offense
BUFBuffalo Offense

Goals

Goals
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
3.09	Total	3.41
0.66	1st Period	0.76
1.26	2nd Period	1.25
1.11	3rd Period	1.29
0.06	OT	0.08

Shots

Shots
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
29.66	Total	29.39
9.47	1st Period	9.02
10.57	2nd Period	10.86
9.25	3rd Period	9.29
0.38	OT	0.22

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct
SHOOTING	Stat	SAVE PCT.
0.10	Total	0.88
0.07	1st Period	0.92
0.12	2nd Period	0.88
0.12	3rd Period	0.86
0.15	OT	0.64

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Power Play vs Penalty Kill
POWERPLAY	Stat	PENALTY KILL
43 - 149	G/Att vs. GA/Att	34 - 153
28.86	PP % vs. PK %	77.78

Goaltenders

Goaltenders table
New Jersey Goaltenders
Name	S	SV	SV%	WL
Jake Allen	466	422	0.906	8-9-1
Tyler Brennan	0	0	0.000	0-0-0
Jeremy Brodeur	0	0	0.000	0-0-0
Nico Daws	0	0	0.000	0-0-0
Jacob Markstrom	886	808	0.912	21-9-5
Isaac Poulter	0	0	0.000	0-0-0

Devils vs Sabres Results, Match Player Stats & Records

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Shots On Goal

Team Statistics

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NJ vs BUFRecords

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Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

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New Jersey's Injuries

New Jersey Starters Last Game

Buffalo's Injuries

Buffalo Starters Last Game

GoaltendersLast 5

NJ vs BUFStats

Offense vs Defense

Goals

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Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Goaltenders

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