BUFFALO, N.Y. — The New Jersey Devils didn’t bounce back from their opening-night crusher.
Rookie Victor Olofsson scored twice and the Buffalo Sabres kicked off the home-opening portion of their 50th anniversary season with a 7-2 romp over the Devils on Saturday night.
With former stars including Gilbert Perreault on hand, the Sabres had a sold-out house in a full-throated roar from the pregame ceremony, through a three-goal second period and once more when Sam Reinhart capped the rout with a breakaway goal with 3:44 remaining.
The Devils came out flat a night after a monumental season-opening collapse in which they blew a 4-0 second-period lead in a 5-4 shootout loss to the Winnipeg Jets.