Buffalo Sabres at New Jersey Devils

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Buffalo Sabres

33-19-6

Final
2 - 1

New Jersey Devils

28-28-2

U.S. Olympian Tage Thompson has goal and assist in Sabres' 2-1 win over Devils

Jack Hughes praises U.S. men’s and women’s hockey teams winning gold

Thompson had three goals and an assist in six games in Milan for the champion United States.

Peyton Krebs also had a goal and an assist, and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 27 saves. The Sabres have won seven of 10 to improve to 33-19-6.

Buffalo is looking to make the playoffs for the first time in 14 seasons. The Sabres entered Wednesday night in the top wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.

Thompson scored in the second period, and Krebs made it 2-0 midway through the third. Timo Meier scored for New Jersey with 2:30 to play.

U.S. Olympic hero Jack Hughes was honored by the Devils before the game, and assisted on Meier's goal. The Devils showed video of Hughes’ overtime goal in the United States’ 2-1 victory over Canada on Sunday in the gold-medal game.

Jake Allen had 28 saves for New Jersey. The Devils are 28-28-2.

Up next Sabres: At Florida on Friday night.

Devils: At Pittsburgh on Thursday night.

Regular Season Series

BUF wins series 2-1

Scoring Summary

Goal	2nd Period 8:10	Tage Thompson Goal (31) Wrist Shot, assists: Peyton Krebs (19), Bowen Byram (19)
Goal	3rd Period 10:36	Peyton Krebs Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Tage Thompson (30)
Goal	3rd Period 17:30	Timo Meier Goal (15) Wrist Shot, assists: Jack Hughes (25), Jesper Bratt (29)

Statistics

BUF		NJ
10	Blocked Shots	13
21	Hits	24
4	Takeaways	4
30	Shots	28
0	Power Play Goals	0
3	Power Play Opportunities	2
0.0	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
25	Faceoffs Won	29
46.3	Faceoff Win Percent	53.7
18	Giveaways	17
3	Total Penalties	4
9	Penalty Minutes	11