Buffalo 4, New Jersey 3

First Period_None. Penalties_Johnsson, NJ (Interference), 7:15; Staal, BUF (Slashing), 12:15; Montour, BUF (Tripping), 12:15.

Second Period_1, Buffalo, Staal 3 (Montour, Hall), 9:03. 2, New Jersey, Smith 2 (Zacha, Subban), 18:35 (pp). Penalties_Johnsson, NJ (Holding Stick), 0:57; Wood, NJ (Slashing), 5:58; Hall, BUF (Holding), 12:05; Staal, BUF (Hooking), 18:11.

Third Period_3, New Jersey, Johnsson 1 (Hughes, Severson), 1:37. 4, Buffalo, Rieder 3 (Eakin, Miller), 2:18. 5, Buffalo, Olofsson 4 (Hall, Dahlin), 10:56 (pp). 6, New Jersey, Kuokkanen 1 (McLeod, Bastian), 14:41. Penalties_Skinner, BUF (Delay of Game), 2:55; Smith, NJ (Hooking), 10:21; Severson, NJ (Tripping), 18:08.

Overtime_None. Penalties_None.

Shootout_Buffalo 1 (Eichel G, Dahlin NG, Olofsson NG), New Jersey 0 (Bratt NG, Gusev NG, Palmieri NG).

Shots on Goal_New Jersey 6-11-15-2_34. Buffalo 7-14-8-2_31.

Power-play opportunities_New Jersey 1 of 5; Buffalo 1 of 5.

Goalies_New Jersey, Wedgewood 1-3-1 (31 shots-28 saves). Buffalo, Ullmark 3-1-2 (34-31).

A_0 (19,070). T_2:37.

Referees_Chris Rooney, Furman South. Linesmen_Kory Nagy, James Tobias.