LIVE UPDATES: Devils 5 vs. Sabres 4

The Devils met the Sabres tonight at Prudential Center. Read the archive below for updates, highlights and more!

You can also watch the game on MSGSN or listen on the Devils Hockey Network.

POST-GAME

Haula, Vanecek, Bratt, McLeod and Ruff:

GOALS & HIGHLIGHTS

FIRST PERIOD

GOAL!
6:11 | 1 BUF, 0 NJD
BUF Goal: Peterka (Jost, Power)

GOAL!
7:41 | 1 BUF, 1 NJD
NJD Goal: Holtz (L.Hughes, McLeod)

GOAL!
15:42 | 2 BUF, 1 NJD
BUF Goal: Thompson (Tuch, Greenway)

• Clifton from Buffalo has a high hit on Nico Hischier and Ondrej Palat comes to the aid of his captain to fight Clifton
• Clifton is assessed a five-minute match penalty. Palat gets two for instigating, which gives the Devils a two-minute power play after two minutes of four-on-four

GOAL!
16:11 | 2 BUF, 2 NJD
NJD Goal: Bratt

END-OF-PERIOD STATS:

SHOTS: 9 BUF, 14 NJD
POWER PLAY: 0/1 BUF, 0/2 NJD
HITS: 3 BUF, 4 NJD
GIVEAWAYS: 1 BUF, 5 NJD
TAKEAWAYS: 0 BUF, 1 NJD
BLOCKED SHOTS: 4 BUF, 6 NJD

SECOND PERIOD

• Nico Hischier returned to the Devils bench and took a shift several minutes into period two. 

• Sabres netminder Eric Comrie gets injured and he's replaced in goal by Ukko-Pekka Lukkonen. 

GOAL!
13:47 | 2 BUF, 3 NJD
NJD SH Goal: Haula

GOAL!
17:32 | 3 BUF, 3 NJD
BUF Goal: Dahlin (Samuelsson)

• Vanecek was outstanding in the period, making a bunch of five-bell saves

END-OF-PERIOD STATS:

SHOTS: 23 BUF, 23 NJD
POWER PLAY: 0/2 BUF, 0/2 NJD
HITS: 6 BUF, 7 NJD
GIVEAWAYS: 3 BUF, 8 NJD
TAKEAWAYS: 1 BUF, 4 NJD
BLOCKED SHOTS: 18 BUF, 10 NJD

THIRD PERIOD

GOAL!
2:09 | 3 BUF, 4 NJD
NJD PP Goal: J.Hughes (L.Hughes)

GOAL!
12:35 | 4 BUF, 4 NJD
BUF Goal: Cozens (Okposo)

GOAL!
14:17 | 4 BUF, 5 NJD
NJD Goal: Haula (Bahl, Marino)

END-OF-GAME STATS:

SHOTS: 27 BUF, 40 NJD
POWER PLAY: 0/2 BUF, 1/4 NJD
HITS: 11 BUF, 10 NJD
GIVEAWAYS: 4 BUF, 9 NJD
TAKEAWAYS: 1 BUF, 4 NJD
BLOCKED SHOTS: 20 BUF, 12 NJD

DEVILS LINEUP

Toffoli - Hughes - Meier
Palat - Hischier - Bratt
Haula - Mercer - Lazar
Holtz - McLeod - Bastian

Siegenthaler - Hamilton
Bahl - Marino
Smith - Hughes

Vanecek
Schmid

SABRES LINEUP

Greenway - Thompson - Cozens
Skinner - Mittelstadt - Tuch
Olofsson - Girgensons - Okposo
Krebs - Jost - Peterka

Dahlin - Samuelsson
Power - Jokiharju
Clifton - Johnson

Comrie
Luukkonen

DEVILS MINUTE