Cory Schneider gave up one of the worst goals of the season amid one of his very best performances of this season. A bouncing puck from center ice by Sam Reinhart eluded Schneider in the first period. It led to a big groan at the Rock and from many watching on television. That would be the only blemish in an astonishing 45-save performance by Schneider that kept the New Jersey Devils in the game against the Buffalo Sabres and secured a 3-1 win over the Sabres.
Laughable as the goal against was, no one on Buffalo was laughing when Schneider robbed Alexander Nylander and Jack Eichel on Buffalo’s first power play of the night, a five-shot effort where Schneider kept it all out.