New Jersey 5, Buffalo 3

First Period_1, New Jersey, McLeod 2 (Murray, Subban), 0:20. 2, New Jersey, Johnsson 2 (Bratt, Smith), 19:43. Penalties_Kuokkanen, NJ (High Sticking), 9:28; Irwin, BUF (Tripping), 14:35.

Second Period_3, Buffalo, Lazar 3 (Ristolainen, McCabe), 14:11. 4, Buffalo, Dahlin 1 (Eichel, Olofsson), 15:23 (pp). 5, New Jersey, Wood 4 (Kuokkanen), 19:59. Penalties_Kulikov, NJ (Hooking), 1:40; Smith, NJ (Holding), 15:07.

Third Period_6, Buffalo, Ristolainen 2 (Olofsson, Eichel), 3:53 (pp). 7, New Jersey, McLeod 3 (Bastian, Wood), 10:40. 8, New Jersey, Wood 5 (Zacha, Severson), 19:52. Penalties_Montour, BUF (Slashing), 1:10; Johnsson, NJ (Faceoff Violation), 2:19; Dahlin, BUF (Holding), 7:50.

Shots on Goal_New Jersey 11-14-12_37. Buffalo 9-15-9_33.

Power-play opportunities_New Jersey 0 of 3; Buffalo 2 of 4.

Goalies_New Jersey, Comrie 1-0-0 (33 shots-30 saves). Buffalo, Hutton 1-3-0 (36-32).

A_0 (19,070). T_2:24.

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