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Sabres Fall 6-2 Against New Jersey - Game Recap

New Jersey earned a 6-2 victory over Buffalo behind a 2-goal performance from Tomas Tatar on Tuesday at Prudential Center.

New Jersey was favored by -230 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 7.0.

Tomas Tatar(2), Miles Wood, Jesper Boqvist, Jack Hughes, and Jonas Siegenthaler each scored for the Devils in the victory. Boqvist opened the scoring for New Jersey.

Vitek Vanecek stopped 36 of 38 Buffalo shots in the victory.

Mattias Samuelsson, and Jeff Skinner scored for the Sabres, finding the net behind Vitek Vanecek.

Buffalo got a 24-stop effort from Devon Levi in the loss.

On the power play, New Jersey went 0-for-2, while the Sabres were 0-for-2 with the man advantage.

Buffalo outshot New Jersey 38-30 in the game.

Next game, New Jersey takes its act on the road to face Washington looking for another win. For Buffalo, they head home to face Ottawa.