The New Jersey Devils and Buffalo Sabres were tied in a high-scoring game. Jesper Bratt and Alexander Holtz scored for the Devils, while Rasmus Dahlin and Dylan Cozens scored for the Sabres. Erik Haula scored twice for the Devils, including a shorthanded goal. Jack Hughes also scored for the Devils, extending his point streak to seven games. The game ended in a 4-4 tie.
The #Sabres have been outshot 18-2 in the third period.
#NJDevils reclaim the lead!!!!! Haula again!!
Haula x2. #NJDevils up 5-4.
Cozens sneaks one past Vanecek shortside and it's 4-4.
The #Sabres tie it again. Cozens from the right of the need bangs home an Okposo feed with 7:25 to go and it's a 4-4 game.
Sabres tie it up with 7:25 to play. Short-side on Vanecek. Cozens.
Cozens ties it. #NJDevils
Sabres being outshot 11-1 this period.
Jack Hughes scores. Looks like his shot went in off Samuelsson...#Sabres down 4-3 at 2:09 of the third. That's Hughes NHL-leading 18th point in his 7th game. #NJDevils
Jack Hughes point streak extended to seven. 18 points in that span. #NJDevils
Jack Hughes. 4-3, #NJDevils.
Underway in the third period. #NJDevils and Sabres knotted at three.
End of two. #NJDevils and Sabres tied again - this time at 3. 1: 🚨 Holtz (L. Hughes, McLeod) 1: 🚨Bratt (unassisted) 2: 🚨 Haula (unassisted) SHG Shots 24-23, BUF
Dahlin gets one back, slamming it home from the right point off a Samuelsson feed. Looked like it hit Bastian. #Sabres tie it 3-3 with 2:28 left in 2nd.
2:28 left in the period and the Sabres tie it up. Dahlin.
Dahlin blast ties it. #NJDevils
Haula knocked away Cozens pass to power and went in alone for a SH goal, 3-2 N.J.
Haulava finish from Erik Haula on that breakaway. It's 3-2, #NJDevils.
HAULA SHORTHANDED! #NJDevils take the 3-2 lead!
Vanecek again, stopping a Skinner wraparound at the left post and denying Tuch on a rebound. Shots are 19-16 for #Sabres, including 7-1 in the 2nd. There's 10:30 left and score remains 2-2.
End of one. #NJDevils and Sabres tied at two. 🚨 Holtz (L. Hughes, McLeod) 🚨 Bratt (unassisted) Shots 14-9, NJ ➠ NJ will start the second with one minute left on the power play
Bratt scores on a breakaway as Samuelsson fumbled Dahlin's pass at the line #NJDevils tie it at 2-2.
Bratt quickly ties the game as play resumes. 2-2 #NJDevils
Holtz bangs home a rebound for #NJDevils to tie it. It's a play that started several seconds earlier with Tuch turning the puck over in the offensive zone when he had a 2-on-1 with Skinner. It went the other way and #Sabres never got it out. 1-1 at 7:47.
Holtz bangs in the rebound. We're tied. #NJDevils