nhl Game Recap
New Jersey Skates Past Buffalo 3-2 - Recap
The Sabres came up short Tuesday against the Devils, falling 3-2.
New Jersey won as a -170 favorite, while Over-Under bettors who played UNDER the total of 5.5 were rewarded at the payout window.
Miles Wood, Sami Vatanen, and Yegor Sharangovich each scored for the Devils in the victory. Sharangovich opened the scoring for New Jersey.
MacKenzie Blackwood turned in a 33-save effort for the Devils.
Buffalo got goals from Tobias Rieder, and Jeff Skinner in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Buffalo got a 24-stop effort from Jonas Johansson in the loss.
New Jersey scored 1 times on 3 chances on the power play, while Buffalo went 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
New Jersey lost the shots on goal battle to Buffalo by a margin of 35-27.
Next game, New Jersey takes its act home to face Pittsburgh looking for another win. For Buffalo, they head home to face Boston.