New Jersey Devils 3, Buffalo Sabres 4: final score and stats
Buffalo Sabres beat New Jersey Devils, New Jersey Devils 3 to Buffalo Sabres 4, on Sunday, February 2, 2025 at KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Buffalo Sabres vs New Jersey Devils.
NHLSunday, February 2, 2025
DateFeb 2, 2025
Start time1:00 PM ET
VenueKeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY
TVESPN+
Attendance15,710
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey Devils | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Top performers
Team comparison
New Jersey DevilsBuffalo Sabres
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
29-19-6Record21-26-5
2nd in Metropolitan DivisionStanding6th in Atlantic Division
5-4Road record / home record4-6
WLWWWLast 5LLLWL
W1StreakL3
Team stats
New Jersey DevilsBuffalo Sabres
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
New Jersey Devils
Vladislav Kolyachonok D · Illness
OutBrett Pesce D · Illness - Not Specified
OutSeamus Casey D · Knee
Injured ReserveJohnathan Kovacevic D · Ankle - Not Specified
Injured ReserveAnthony Mantha RW · Neck
Injured ReserveBuffalo Sabres
Konsta Helenius C · Upper Body
Injured ReserveJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBox score
New Jersey Devils Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Bastian | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13:28 | 1:12 | 3:29 | 8:47 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesper Bratt | 0 | 3 | 0 | -3 | 18:19 | 4:54 | 3:05 | 10:20 | 25 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Cotter | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14:15 | 2:20 | 0:26 | 11:29 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Dowling | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11:38 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:38 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 80.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 20:12 | 5:18 | 3:43 | 11:11 | 23 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 16.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Curtis Lazar | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14:08 | 0:17 | 3:26 | 10:25 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 42.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kurtis MacDermid | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7:59 | 0:17 | 0:00 | 7:42 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Timo Meier | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18:21 | 3:57 | 0:02 | 14:22 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dawson Mercer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:01 | 4:10 | 1:55 | 12:56 | 22 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stefan Noesen | 0 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 13:02 | 2:35 | 0:00 | 10:27 | 17 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| Ondrej Palat | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 14:43 | 3:39 | 1:34 | 9:30 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tomas Tatar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:02 | 2:43 | 0:00 | 10:19 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
New Jersey Devils Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brenden Dillon | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21:13 | 0:09 | 5:36 | 15:28 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dougie Hamilton | 3 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 19:54 | 4:54 | 0:18 | 14:42 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Luke Hughes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:46 | 2:53 | 1:07 | 14:46 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnathan Kovacevic | 2 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 15:39 | 0:00 | 4:43 | 10:56 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Pesce | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:35 | 0:17 | 2:56 | 16:22 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonas Siegenthaler | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 16:56 | 0:00 | 3:20 | 13:36 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
New Jersey Devils Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nico Daws | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19:00 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Allen | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 23 | .852 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 39:49 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Benson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:09 | 4:03 | 3:13 | 4:53 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Cozens | 1 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 21:08 | 5:32 | 0:01 | 15:35 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 60.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:18 | 1:23 | 2:14 | 10:41 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jiri Kulich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:11 | 3:14 | 0:09 | 11:48 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:24 | 0:35 | 2:11 | 11:38 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ryan McLeod | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17:31 | 0:29 | 4:34 | 12:28 | 22 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 70.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Peterka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:09 | 4:24 | 0:00 | 11:45 | 23 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:41 | 3:00 | 0:00 | 5:41 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:39 | 0:38 | 0:09 | 12:52 | 20 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23:45 | 4:17 | 3:21 | 16:07 | 31 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jason Zucker | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:10 | 4:16 | 0:00 | 12:54 | 21 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Buffalo Sabres Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Bryson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13:38 | 0:00 | 4:46 | 8:52 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bowen Byram | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 21:31 | 3:43 | 2:17 | 15:31 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20:33 | 3:12 | 0:48 | 16:33 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Dennis Gilbert | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6:36 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:36 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Henri Jokiharju | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:04 | 0:05 | 0:00 | 11:59 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 23:28 | 5:44 | 3:07 | 14:37 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18:05 | 0:00 | 4:50 | 13:15 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .875 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
NJ wins series 2-1
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Frequently asked questions
Who won New Jersey Devils vs Buffalo Sabres?
Buffalo Sabres won, 4-3, on Sunday, February 2, 2025.
What was the final score of New Jersey Devils vs Buffalo Sabres?
New Jersey Devils 3, Buffalo Sabres 4.
Who were the top performers?
New Jersey Devils: Paul Cotter (2 goals). Buffalo Sabres: Tage Thompson (1 goals).
Where is New Jersey Devils vs Buffalo Sabres played?
KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY.
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