The New Jersey Devils were defeated by the Buffalo Sabres, 4 to 3, in overtime on December 29, 2017.
Final
1st period
BUF
NJD
Miles Wood (EV) assisted by Stefan Noesen and Pavel Zacha
0
1
2nd period
BUF
NJD
Jacob Josefson (EV) assisted by Jordan Nolan
1
1
Marcus Johansson (PP) assisted by Nico Hischier and Sami Vatanen
1
2
John Moore (EV) assisted by Brian Gibbons
1
3
Jack Eichel (EV) assisted by Jake McCabe and Zemgus Girgensons
2
3
3rd period
BUF
NJD
Jack Eichel (PP) assisted by Kyle Okposo and Rasmus Ristolainen
3
3
OT
BUF
NJD
Rasmus Ristolainen (EV) assisted by Ryan O'Reilly
4
3
Sabres
Devils
Goals
4
3
Shots
29
38
Penalty Minutes
4
6
Power-Play Goals
1
1
Power-Play Opportunities
3
2
Faceoff Wins
38
24
Hits
36
20
Giveaways
6
7
Takeaways
8
10
Goalies
| NAME | W | L | OTL | SA | SV | SV% | GA | GAA | SHO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R. Lehner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 35 | .921 | 3 | 2.88 | 0 | 63 |
Skaters
| NAME | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW | FO | FOW% | HIT | BKS | TKA | GVA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N. Beaulieu | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:49 | |
Z. Bogosian | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:41 | |
J. Eichel | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 40.0 | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18:04 |
J. Falk | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:30 | ||
Z. Girgensons | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13:20 | ||
J. Josefson | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | 5 | 12 | 41.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:24 |
E. Kane | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19:38 | |
J. Larsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11:42 | |
J. McCabe | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:04 | |
J. Nolan | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:25 | |
R. O'Reilly | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 12 | 19 | 63.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:37 |
K. Okposo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:03 | |
J. Pominville | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13:15 | |
B. Pouliot | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:09 |
S. Reinhart | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:34 |
R. Ristolainen | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25:52 | |
E. Rodrigues | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 9 | 12 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:09 |
M. Scandella | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 23:11 |
Goalies
| NAME | W | L | OTL | SA | SV | SV% | GA | GAA | SHO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. Schneider | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 25 | .862 | 4 | 3.83 | 0 | 63 |
Skaters
| NAME | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW | FO | FOW% | HIT | BKS | TKA | GVA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B. Boyle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 7 | 13 | 53.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:08 |
J. Bratt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16:29 | |
W. Butcher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:56 | ||
B. Coleman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12:25 |
B. Gibbons | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:12 | |
A. Greene | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21:08 | ||
T. Hall | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:52 |
N. Hischier | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 7 | 13 | 53.8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17:29 |
M. Johansson | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:16 |
J. Moore | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:03 | |
S. Noesen | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:01 |
K. Palmieri | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:53 |
S. Santini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21:38 | |
D. Severson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:40 | ||
S. Vatanen | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23:15 | |
M. Wood | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:30 | |
P. Zacha | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 4 | 14 | 28.6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14:16 |
T. Zajac | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 38.5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18:16 |
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Team Rankings
G/GP
2.95
14th
GA/GP
2.52
2nd
PP%
28.0
4th
PK%
82.5
4th
2024-25 Division Standings
| TEAM | W | L | OTL | PTS | DIFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Capitals | 42 | 14 | 8 | 92 | 65 |
 Hurricanes | 38 | 22 | 4 | 80 | 29 |
 Devils | 34 | 25 | 6 | 74 | 28 |
 Blue Jackets | 31 | 24 | 8 | 70 | 6 |
 Rangers | 31 | 27 | 6 | 68 | -2 |
 Islanders | 29 | 27 | 7 | 65 | -15 |
 Flyers | 27 | 30 | 8 | 62 | -33 |
 Penguins | 25 | 31 | 10 | 60 | -55 |
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NHL 2024-25 Division Standings
| Atlantic Division | W | L | OTL | PTS | DIFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Panthers | 40 | 21 | 3 | 83 | 41 |
 Maple Leafs | 38 | 22 | 3 | 79 | 15 |
 Lightning | 37 | 22 | 4 | 78 | 55 |
| Metropolitan Division | W | L | OTL | PTS | DIFF |
| Capitals | 42 | 14 | 8 | 92 | 65 |
| Hurricanes | 38 | 22 | 4 | 80 | 29 |
| Devils | 34 | 25 | 6 | 74 | 28 |
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