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New Jersey Devils vs Buffalo Sabres Recap - Sabres Win 4-3

It came down to a shootout and Linus Ullmark foiled the opposition in a 4-3 victory for Buffalo over New Jersey Saturday.

The Sabres were a -152 favorite in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 5.5.

Buffalo got goals from Tobias Rieder, Victor Olofsson, and Eric Staal in the victory. Staal opened the scoring at 9:03 of the second period.

Linus Ullmark turned in a 31-save effort for the Sabres.

Janne Kuokkanen, Ty Smith, and Andreas Johnsson scored for the Devils, finding the net behind Linus Ullmark.

New Jersey got a 28-stop effort from Scott Wedgewood in the loss.

On the power play, Buffalo went 1-for-5, while the Devils were 1-for-5 with the man advantage.

Buffalo lost the shots on goal battle to New Jersey by a margin of 34-31.