Follow usTage Thompson’s notched 4 goals, including the go-ahead goal with almost 5 minutes until the end and the Buffalo Sabres defeated the New Jersey Devils 5-2 at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, NY to stop Devils’ late-campaign postseason push.
SABRES WIN ⚔️#LetsGoBuffalo pic.twitter.com/8rh5sIYig4
— Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) March 30, 2024
Tage natural hat trick rallied the Sabres from 2 goals behind, and he notched his final goal into an empty net 6 seconds before the end of the match.
Tage was on another planet. 🪐
He put up four including a natural hat trick in a 5-2 @BuffaloSabres victory!
Hat Trick Challenge presented by @AstraZenecaUS pic.twitter.com/xCdXW6A9nm
— NHL (@NHL) March 30, 2024
The defeat left New Jersey 5 points behind the Capitals, who are in the East’s 8th and final postseason position. The Devils were defeated for just the 3rd time this campaign – 16-2-1 — when leading after the 1st period.
Sabres, at the same time, stayed mathematically in the race by climbing to the 12th position in the Eastern Conference, 1 point ahead of the Penguins but 6 behind Washington.
New Jersey will welcome the Penguins next week on Tuesday, while Buffalo will host the Maple Leafs tomorrow night.
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