New Jersey Devils 4 — 3 Buffalo Sabres
2021-12-29 · KeyBank Center
Shots on goal by period
| Period | NJD | BUF |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 3 |
| 2 | 18 | 10 |
| 3 | 13 | 9 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen start | BUF | L | 38 | 42 | 4 | 37/40 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 58:25 |
| Mackenzie Blackwood start | NJD | W | 19 | 22 | 3 | 19/22 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 60:00 |
NJD skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Hughes | C | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:52 |
| Jesper Bratt | L | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:06 |
| Yegor Sharangovich | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:16 |
| P.K. Subban | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:59 |
| Dougie Hamilton | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:17 |
| Nico Hischier | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:40 |
| Ty Smith | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:38 |
| Pavel Zacha | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:03 |
| Damon Severson | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21:37 |
| Jonas Siegenthaler | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22:21 |
| Janne Kuokkanen | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:54 |
| Marián Studenic | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:25 |
| Jesper Boqvist | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:26 |
| Andreas Johnsson | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:31 |
| Ryan Graves | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 19:11 |
| Nathan Bastian | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:29 |
| Michael McLeod | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:59 |
| Dawson Mercer | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13:16 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tage Thompson | C | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:22 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24:47 |
| Victor Olofsson | L | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:21 |
| Ethan Prow | D | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15:59 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:27 |
| Mark Pysyk | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 19:29 |
| Will Butcher | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15:59 |
| Kyle Okposo | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:40 |
| Cody Eakin | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14:14 |
| Casey Fitzgerald | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18:04 |
| Brett Murray | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:08 |
| Arttu Ruotsalainen | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12:08 |
| Rasmus Asplund | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:25 |
| JJ Peterka | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16:12 |
| Anders Bjork | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:19 |
| John Hayden | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10:58 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:03 |
| Henri Jokiharju | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:03 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-25 | 2025-26 | BUF | 2 | NJD | 1 | |
| 2025-12-21 | 2025-26 | BUF | 3 | NJD | 1 | |
| 2025-11-28 | 2025-26 | NJD | 5 | BUF | 0 | |
| 2025-02-02 | 2024-25 | NJD | 3 | BUF | 4 | |
| 2024-10-05 | 2024-25 | BUF | 1 | NJD | 3 | |
| 2024-10-04 | 2024-25 | NJD | 4 | BUF | 1 | |
| 2024-03-29 | 2023-24 | NJD | 2 | BUF | 5 | |
| 2023-11-25 | 2023-24 | BUF | 2 | NJD | 7 | |
| 2023-10-27 | 2023-24 | BUF | 4 | NJD | 5 | |
| 2023-04-11 | 2022-23 | BUF | 2 | NJD | 6 |