• Not only did the Devils kill off the five-minute major, but scored a shorthanded goal by Jack Hughes. Jesper Bratt sprung him in on goal all alone. Hughes deked and slid the puck five-hole for the score to make it a 4-3 game.

The New Jersey Devils gave themselves a chance in the third period of Sunday afternoon's game against the Buffalo Sabres. The club clawed its way back from a 3-0 first-period deficit, but it ultimately didn't matter as the Sabres handed the Devils a 4-3 regulation loss.

Buffalo Sabres head coach, Lindy Ruff, must’ve felt a lot like New Jersey Devils head coach Sheldon Keefe when he faces the Toronto Maple Leafs. That last two times the Devils and Sabres met, they were in Czechia,

The Sabres' Tage Thompson left Sunday's game after taking an elbow to the face from the Devils' Stefan Noesen, who received a game misconduct penalty.

Tage Thompson, JJ Peterka and Ryan McLeod scored unanswered goals in the first period Sunday afternoon for the host Buffalo Sabres, who fended off a third-period comeback by the New Jersey Devils to earn a 4-3 win.

The Sabres didn't instigate anything following Stefan Noesen's high hit to Tage Thompson's head but ultimately defeated the Devils 4-3.