NHL Recaps: Friday, Mar 29, 2024

1 game: what happened that matters for your fantasy team, built from the play-by-play and shift charts.

Game recaps

Final

Full report

New Jersey Devils

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres beat New Jersey Devils 5–2

Buffalo Sabres beat New Jersey Devils 5–2 at home. Tage Thompson (BUF) led the scoring with 4G 0A. Owen Power (BUF) played 28:51, +6:01 up on his 22:50 season average over 75 games.

•Tage Thompson had 4 goals (4 points) on 6 shots in 16:07.
•Alex Tuch had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:06.
•Owen Power (BUF) played 28:51, +6:01 up on his 22:50 season average over 75 games.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Tage Thompson for BUF vs NJD, 70.3 mph. Full game report →

Tage Thompson (BUF vs NJD): Forecheck turnover, 1 pass, 70.3 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Tage Thompson BUF	vs NJD	4	0	4	6	5	1	16:07	—
Alex Tuch BUF	vs NJD	0	2	2	2	1	1	20:06	—

Line changes

New look for BUF: Girgensons–Olofsson–Jost skated 6:19 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Jake Allen NJD	at BUF	L	34	3	.912
Devon Levi BUF	vs NJD	W	30	2	.933

Next up: tonight's starting goalies, today's line combinations and today's games. Takeaways are generated from the numbers with fixed rules; nothing is written by a language model.