BUFFALO SABRES NOTES:
LAST GAME Tuesday, Oct. 24 Buffalo 6 at Ottawa 4 Goals: Skinner (2), Thompson (2), Girgensons, Tuch Goalie: Luukkonen (34 saves/38 shots) PP: 1/2; PK: 4/5; Shots: Ottawa 38 – Buffalo 24
CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 17) Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missed Jack Quinn (Achilles, Oct. 13; injured reserve) – 7 games Devon Levi (lower body, Oct. 21) – 3 games
TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS 10/22: Assigned forward Matt Savoie to Rochester (AHL) on a conditioning loan
UPCOMING GAMES
Sunday, Oct. 29: Buffalo vs. Colorado, 1 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 1: Buffalo at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 3: Buffalo vs. Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 4: Buffalo at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 7: Buffalo at Carolina, 7 p.m.
TONIGHT’S GAME SABRES at DEVILS
This is the first of three meetings between the Sabres and Devils this season.
Next meeting: Saturday, Nov. 25 in New Jersey.
Last meeting: New Jersey defeated Buffalo 6-2 in New Jersey on April 11, 2023.
The Sabres are 3-5-2 in their last 10 games against the Devils; 5-4-1 on the road.
This is the 174th game of all-time between Buffalo and New Jersey; Buffalo has a 84-61-28 series record.
The Sabres are 39-30-16 on the road against the Devils all-time.
NEW JERSEY DEVILS NOTES:
Last Game:
Washington Capitals 6 New Jersey Devils 4 (2-3-1 – 5 PTS) (3-2-1 – 7 PTS)
Three Stars: 1. D. Strome 2. T. Toffoli 3. J. Hughes
Goals: WSH: A. Mantha, D. Strome, S. Milano, D. Strome (PPG), C. McMichael, A. Ovechkin (ENG)
NJD: T. Toffoli, T. Meier, N. Hischier, T. Toffoli
SCORE 1 ST 2 ND 3 RD OT SO FINAL
Washington 3 0 3 – – 6
DEVILS 0 4 0 – – 4
CURRENT INJURIES/ILLNESS
PLAYER INJURY/Illness OUT SINCE GAMES MISSED
Tomas Nosek Lower-body Oct. 13 5
Colin Miller Lower-body Oct. 20 3
Jersey’s team allowed the first goal of the game in all six games this season.
After Wednesday’s 6-5 loss to Washington, New Jersey was outshot 25-22, and the 22 shots on goal marked the fewest amount of shots that the team recorded in a game this season. Prior to tonight’s loss, the team’s fewest shots in a game was 27, which was recorded in a 4-3 win vs Detroit on Oct. 12 (27 SOG).
New Jersey recorded two shots on goal in the first period on Wednesday vs Washington, which marked the fewest amount that the team recorded in a period this season.
The last time that the team recorded two shots on goal in a single period was Jan. 22, 2023, vs Pittsburgh (2nd period) in a 2-1 overtime win at the Rock.
Prior to Wednesday’s game, the fewest shots on goal that the team recorded in a period was 6, which were logged in both the first and third period vs Detroit on Oct. 12 (4-3 win).
Jersey’s team allowed three goals in the first period on Wednesday vs Washington, which also marked the most that the team surrendered in a single period this season. The team also allowed three goals in the third period.
Yet, the Devils bounced back in the second period and recorded four unanswered goals on Wednesday vs Washington, and three were recorded in 2:11.
The three fastest goals in a period for franchise history were recorded on Feb. 16, 1985, in a 6-3 win at Toronto. All three goals were scored in the second period: Tim Higgins (9:22), Uli Hiemer (9:43) & Phil Russell (10:04).
The four goals scored in the second period marked the most that the team scored in a period since Apr. 6, 2023, in an 8-1 win at Columbus (8-1 win). New Jersey also scored four goals in a period vs Philadelphia on Feb. 25, 2023 – both instances were earned in the third period of play.
Wednesday’s contest vs Washington marked the first time this season that the team did not record a power-play goal in a contest.
BACK-TO-BACK GAMES Overall: 2-1-1 First game: 2-0-0 | home: 1-0-0 | road: 1-0-0 Second game: 0-1-1 | home: 0-1-1 | road:
New Jersey logged a 15-8-1 record in back-to-back games last season. The Devils were 6-5-1 in first half games played and 9-3-0 in second half games played for this matter in 2022-23. New Jersey’s next back-to-back set is scheduled for Nov. 2 at MIN/ Nov. 3 at STL
