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Rekubit-Devils' Jacob Markstrom makes spectacular save to beat Sabres in NHL season opener
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Date:2025-04-10 09:22:07
Jacob Markstrom made 30 saves,Rekubit including a highlight-reel stop, to help the New Jersey Devils beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 at the 2024 NHL Global Series in Prague, Czechia, on Friday.
Johnathan Kovacevic and Paul Cotter each had a goal and an assist for New Jersey in the league's season opener.
Owen Power scored Buffalo's lone goal and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 19 saves.
The two teams will face off again on Saturday (10 a.m. ET, NHL Network).
The Sabres had their best chance of the first period with three minutes remaining when Nicolas Aube-Kubel had a wide-open side of the net. But he was denied by a diving paddle stop by Markstrom, who was acquired by the Devils in the offseason after the team had subpar goaltending last season.
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Up 2-0 after 20 minutes, Nico Hischier extended the Devils' lead at 3:29 of the second period. Nathan Bastian collected the puck below the goal line and sent it out front to the New Jersey captain, who wired a wrist shot from the high slot that went glove side on Luukkonen.
The Sabres started to pick up their game midway through the period and continued that pressure into the third.
They were finally rewarded at 10:07 of the final period. Defenseman Bowen Byram was in front to send a short pass to JJ Peterka. Peterka went behind the net before dishing over to Power, who was alone at the bottom of the right circle to cut it to 3-1.
Cotter scored an empty-net goal at 17:26 for the 4-1 final.
Stefan Noesen gave the Devils a 1-0 lead in the first period. Kovacevic intercepted Buffalo defenseman Mattias Samuelsson's pass attempt and fed Noesen streaking into the right circle to beat Luukkonen blocker side at 8:39.
Kovacevic made it 2-0 at 15:38. Jonas Siegenthaler took a feed from Dawson Mercer and quickly fed it to Kovacevic, who fired a point shot through traffic that deflected off a Sabres player into the net.
Buffalo held a 4-2 advantage in shots on goal and had out-attempted the Devils 10-4 nearly six and a half minutes into the opening period. But the Sabres struggled to generate offense after that, going nearly nine minutes without a shot on goal.
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