😈 Away Devils 36-33-4
2–5
Final
⚔️ Home Sabres 35-34-5
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
😈 NJD 2002
⚔️ BUF 0235

Devils at Sabres

Sabres beat Devils 5–2 at KeyBank Center on March 29, 2024.

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2023-24 🔁 Devils lead the season series 2–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Tage Thompson
4 G
6 shots · 16:07 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Alex Tuch
2 A
2 shots · 20:06 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
JJ Peterka
1 G
5 shots · 16:48 TOI

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
😈 Max Willman Go-ahead 1st · 03:00
Assists: Luke Hughes, Chris Tierney · beat Devon Levi
1–0
😈 Jesper Bratt 1st · 10:31
Assists: Nico Hischier, Timo Meier · beat Devon Levi
2–0
2nd period
⚔️ Tage Thompson 2nd · 00:28
Unassisted · beat Jake Allen
2–1
⚔️ Tage Thompson Tying 2nd · 17:29
Assists: Alex Tuch · beat Jake Allen
2–2
3rd period
⚔️ Tage Thompson Go-ahead 3rd · 15:26
Assists: Rasmus Dahlin, Alex Tuch · beat Jake Allen
2–3
⚔️ JJ Peterka Empty net 3rd · 19:22
Assists: Dylan Cozens, Owen Power
2–4
⚔️ Tage Thompson Empty net 3rd · 19:54
Assists: Henri Jokiharju
2–5

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
😈Devils
L1 Haula · Hughes · Meier 22:09
L2 Bratt · Hischier · Holtz 18:13
L3 Palat · Nosek · Mercer 13:32
L4 Lazar · Tierney · Willman 7:48
D1 Nemec · Hughes 22:25
D2 Bahl · Marino 18:08
D3 Smith · DeSimone 16:08
⚔️Sabres
L1 Benson · Cozens · Tuch 19:35
L2 Greenway · Quinn · Peterka 17:06
L3 Thompson · Skinner · Krebs 11:52
L4 Olofsson · Jost · Girgensons 8:04
D1 Power · Dahlin 27:56
D2 Jokiharju · Byram 18:24
D3 Clifton · Bryson 13:51

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
😈NJD BUF⚔️
30 Shots on goal 36
18 Hits 37
12 Blocked shots 17
5 Takeaways 5
8 Giveaways 3
0 Penalty minutes 6
NJD shooting 6.7% (2/30) BUF shooting 13.9% (5/36)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
😈Devils
Jake Allen
31/34
.912 SV% · 3 GA · 58:23 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Devon Levi
28/30
.933 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

7 of 7 goals located
Max Willman · 1st 03:00 · 1–0 Jesper Bratt · 1st 10:31 · 2–0 Tage Thompson · 2nd 00:28 · 2–1 Tage Thompson · 2nd 17:29 · 2–2 Tage Thompson · 3rd 15:26 · 2–3 JJ Peterka · 3rd 19:22 · 2–4 Tage Thompson · 3rd 19:54 · 2–5
NJD BUF
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Devils
Devils — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 7-0 (100% win rate, 7 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 1-10 (9% win rate, 11 games)
After 2nd — 2–2
Devils
Devils — tied after 2nd: 5-5-2 (42% win rate, 12 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 8-4-2 (57% win rate, 14 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Devils lead the season series 2–1
Nov 252023 ⚔️BUF @ 😈NJD 2–7 Oct 272023 ⚔️BUF @ 😈NJD 4–5 Apr 112023 ⚔️BUF @ 😈NJD 2–6 Mar 242023 😈NJD @ ⚔️BUF 4–5 Nov 252022 😈NJD @ ⚔️BUF 3–1
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❓ NJD vs BUF, answered

Who won Devils vs Sabres on March 29, 2024?

Sabres won 5–2. The final score was Devils 2, Sabres 5.

Who scored for Devils?

Jesper Bratt, Max Willman.

Who scored for Sabres?

Tage Thompson (4), JJ Peterka.

How did the Devils goalie play?

Jake Allen made 31 saves on 34 shots (.912 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Devon Levi made 28 saves on 30 shots (.933 save percentage).

Where is Devils vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Devils vs Sabres season series?

Devils lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
😈 Devils
BeforeMar 26 😈NJD @ 🍁TOR 6–3 AfterApr 2 🐧PIT @ 😈NJD 6–3
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeMar 27 🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF 6–2 AfterMar 30 🍁TOR @ ⚔️BUF 3–0
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