Buffalo Sabres at New Jersey Devils

Tue, Feb 23, 2021 · Prudential Center · 2020–21 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

4 – 1

Final

New Jersey Devils

The Buffalo Sabres beat the New Jersey Devils 4–1 on Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at Prudential Center. Sam Reinhart led the way with 2 points. Linus Ullmark made 41 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 37–42.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	1	3	4	37
NJD	0	0	1	1	42

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	10:20	BUF	PP	Victor Olofsson (7) · slap	Rasmus Dahlin (6), Sam Reinhart (6)	1–0
3rd	05:16	BUF	EV	Rasmus Asplund (1) · tip-in	Sam Reinhart (7), Jack Eichel (12)	2–0
3rd	06:50	BUF	EV	Dylan Cozens (3) · backhand	Taylor Hall (10), Eric Staal (4)	3–0
3rd	19:32	NJD	PP	Nikita Gusev (2) · snap	P.K. Subban (5), Pavel Zacha (5)	3–1
3rd	19:59	BUF	SH EN	Cody Eakin (1) · snap	Kyle Okposo (1)	4–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
2nd	03:17	NJD	Michael McLeod	tripping	2
2nd	05:45	BUF	Jacob Bryson	tripping	2
2nd	08:27	NJD	Sami Vatanen	tripping	2
3rd	17:10	BUF	Victor Olofsson	holding	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: BUF 3.56 · NJD 2.82 · xG% BUF 55.8

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	2	2	+1	0	2	1	0	100.0	17:59	19
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	2		23:31	23
68	Victor Olofsson	L	1	0	1	-1	2	2	1	0	100.0	18:19	20
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	1	33.3	17:31	20
4	Taylor Hall	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		17:28	20
12	Eric Staal	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	42.9	14:42	20
24	Dylan Cozens	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	1	100.0	14:33	20
20	Cody Eakin	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	1	61.5	14:06	22
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	1	1	+1	0	5	2	1		13:02	20
74	Rasmus Asplund	C	1	0	1	+2	0	1	2	0		12:15	19
44	Matt Irwin	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	2		19:47	23
62	Brandon Montour	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	2		19:31	24
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2		18:56	26
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	+2	2	1	1	1		17:59	23
33	Colin Miller	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0		16:40	21
27	Curtis Lazar	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	66.7	13:41	19
15	Riley Sheahan	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	0	50.0	13:27	19
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		12:33	18

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Linus Ullmark	W	42	41	1	.976	60:00

New Jersey Devils

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
76	P.K. Subban	D	0	1	1	-1	0	5	0	0		19:34	24
37	Pavel Zacha	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	50.0	15:55	20
97	Nikita Gusev	L	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0		15:16	19
28	Damon Severson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	2		24:47	24
24	Ty Smith	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1		22:01	22
86	Jack Hughes	C	0	0	0	-2	0	4	0	0	30.0	19:09	23
21	Kyle Palmieri	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	100.0	19:05	24
13	Nico Hischier	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	70.6	18:48	26
22	Ryan Murray	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	1		18:15	22
70	Dmitry Kulikov	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2		17:48	20
45	Sami Vatanen	D	0	0	0	+1	2	4	0	2		17:09	21
19	Travis Zajac	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	0	35.7	15:54	24
63	Jesper Bratt	L	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	1		15:41	22
44	Miles Wood	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	0		13:31	18
20	Michael McLeod	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	58.3	12:49	20
11	Andreas Johnsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		12:18	19
14	Nathan Bastian	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	1		11:14	16
59	Janne Kuokkanen	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		9:20	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Mackenzie Blackwood	L	36	33	3	.917	57:33