Devils goals to Ty Smith (2 Power Play), Andreas Johnsson (1), and Janne Kuokkanen (1).
New Jersey earns one point but takes their third loss in a row.
The Devils will rematch Buffalo Sunday at 1:00.
Hell Raisers
1) Before the game, the Devils placed Travis Zajac into Covid-19 protocol.
Zajac will miss both of the contests in Buffalo until his diagnosis is decided.
2) The Devils again lose a shootout without a score and one thing that many of the Devils have been doing in the shootout- they skate up very slowly and wait to shoot until they are almost on top of the goalie.
This gives the goalie time to read and commit to the shot but leaves the shooter with no other avenue for the shot.
3) Myles Wood on the power play continues to use himself on the man advantage as a parking cone and quite effectively.
On Ty Smith's goal, it was Wood directly in front of Linus Ullmark, screening him and allowing Smith's shot to go through.
4) Smith may have been the victim of a bad call in the third period and it cost the Devils a goal.
Smith was called for hooking and I didn't see a hook AT ALL.
The resulting penalty kill saw the Sabres score on Victor Olofsson's shot and take a 3-2 lead.
5) Those faceoff woes continue as the Devils won only 25 of 64 against the Sabres.
6) Janne Kuokkanen scored his first goal in the league and Andreas Johnsson scored his first in a Devils sweater in the defeat.
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