New Jersey Devils vs Buffalo Sabres 3-1, Dec 29, 1997: Box Score | AskScores

New Jersey Devils

3

1

Final · KeyBank Center

Score by period
Team	1	2	3	T
NJ	3	0	0	3
BUF	1	0	0	1

The New Jersey Devils beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 on Dec 29, 1997 at KeyBank Center.

Top performers

Steve Thomas
Steve Thomas had 1 goal for the Devils.
Martin Brodeur
Martin Brodeur made 22 saves on 23 shots for the Devils.
Michael Peca
Michael Peca had 1 goal for the Sabres.
Dominik Hasek
Dominik Hasek made 16 saves on 19 shots for the Sabres.

Before and after

Devils · 1997-98 season · Previous Dec 26, 1997: NYI 3, NJ 4 · Next Dec 30, 1997: CHI 6, NJ 2
Sabres · 1997-98 season · Previous Dec 27, 1997: BUF 1, CAR 4 · Next Dec 31, 1997: OTT 0, BUF 3

Other Devils vs Sabres games

Other New Jersey Devils vs Buffalo Sabres games

Apr 15, 1998	BUF at NJ	4-5	Regular
Nov 15, 1997	NJ at BUF	3-2	Regular
Oct 11, 1997	BUF at NJ	2-3	Regular
Feb 25, 2026	BUF at NJ	2-1	Regular
Dec 21, 2025	BUF at NJ	3-1	Regular
Nov 28, 2025	NJ at BUF	5-0	Regular

New Jersey Devils box score

Skaters

New Jersey Devils skaters, Dec 29, 1997

Dave Andreychuk	0	1	1	1	0	0	0:00
Steve Thomas	1	0	1	1	2	0	0:00
Bill Guerin	1	0	1	0	2	0	0:00
Peter Zezel	0	1	1	1	0	0	0:00
Randy McKay	1	0	1	1	1	0	0:00
Sheldon Souray	0	1	1	1	1	7	0:00
Scott Stevens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Patrik Elias	0	0	0	0	0	2	0:00
Doug Gilmour	0	0	0	0	2	2	0:00
Bobby Holik	0	0	0	1	4	0	0:00
Scott Niedermayer	0	0	0	1	1	0	0:00
Brian Rolston	0	0	0	1	1	0	0:00
Lyle Odelein	0	0	0	1	2	2	0:00
Doug Bodger	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Valeri Zelepukin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Krzysztof Oliwa	0	0	0	0	0	9	0:00
Denis Pederson	0	0	0	0	2	4	0:00
Kevin Dean	0	0	0	1	0	0	0:00
Team	3	3	6	10	19	26

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

New Jersey Devils goalies, Dec 29, 1997
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Martin Brodeur	23	22	1	.957	59:58

What the columns mean: SV · GA · SV%

Buffalo Sabres box score

Skaters

Buffalo Sabres skaters, Dec 29, 1997

Michael Peca	1	0	1	0	2	2	0:00
Jason Dawe	0	1	1	0	1	0	0:00
Derek Plante	0	1	1	0	2	0	0:00
Brad May	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0:00
Alexei Zhitnik	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0:00
Jason Woolley	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Donald Audette	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Matthew Barnaby	0	0	0	0	0	7	0:00
Miroslav Satan	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0:00
Curtis Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Darryl Shannon	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0:00
Michal Grosek	0	0	0	0	1	2	0:00
Dixon Ward	0	0	0	0	4	0	0:00
Brian Holzinger	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0:00
Vaclav Varada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Richard Smehlik	0	0	0	0	5	0	0:00
Bob Boughner	0	0	0	-1	0	7	0:00
Mike Wilson	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0:00
Team	1	2	3	-10	23	20

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

Buffalo Sabres goalies, Dec 29, 1997
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Dominik Hasek	19	16	3	.842	57:21

What the columns mean: SV · GA · SV%