Buffalo Sabres at New Jersey Devils

Tue, Mar 16, 2021 · Prudential Center · 2020–21 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

2 – 3

Final

New Jersey Devils

The New Jersey Devils beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 on Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at Prudential Center. Mackenzie Blackwood made 33 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 35–27.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	2	0	2	35
NJD	1	1	1	3	27

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	17:40	NJD	EV	Yegor Sharangovich (6) · snap	Damon Severson (8), Travis Zajac (8)	0–1
2nd	06:13	BUF	EV	Tobias Rieder (5) · wrist	Brandon Montour (5), Kyle Okposo (4)	1–1
2nd	07:10	BUF	EV	Jeff Skinner (2) · backhand	Casey Mittelstadt (4), Brandon Montour (6)	2–1
2nd	10:39	NJD	EV	Sami Vatanen (1) · wrist	Janne Kuokkanen (7), Ryan Murray (4)	2–2
3rd	04:52	NJD	PP	Miles Wood (9) · tip-in	Jesper Bratt (10), P.K. Subban (11)	2–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	13:30	BUF	Cody Eakin	hooking	2
1st	18:15	NJD	Dmitry Kulikov	holding	2
2nd	03:51	NJD	Sami Vatanen	interference	2
2nd	11:05	BUF	Jeff Skinner	roughing	2
2nd	11:05	NJD	Nathan Bastian	roughing	2
3rd	03:37	BUF	Colin Miller	slashing	2
3rd	06:33	BUF	Brandon Davidson	hooking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 3.52 · NJD 3.38 · xG% BUF 51.1

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
62	Brandon Montour	D	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	1		19:35	22
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	71.4	16:03	19
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	100.0	15:41	20
53	Jeff Skinner	L	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0		14:56	22
13	Tobias Rieder	L	1	0	1	+1	0	4	0	0		12:01	17
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	4	3		24:07	28
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		22:19	25
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		20:13	25
33	Colin Miller	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0		19:51	24
68	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0		18:02	21
88	Brandon Davidson	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	4	2		16:48	22
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	1		16:06	19
12	Eric Staal	C	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	61.5	16:05	20
15	Riley Sheahan	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	42.9	15:28	23
27	Curtis Lazar	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	0	72.7	12:54	18
4	Taylor Hall	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		12:07	15
20	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	1	70.0	11:50	16
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		10:38	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34	Jonas Johansson	L	27	24	3	.889	58:01

New Jersey Devils

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
28	Damon Severson	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	0		24:01	27
76	P.K. Subban	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		22:28	27
19	Travis Zajac	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	3	0	30.4	20:26	32
17	Yegor Sharangovich	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0		18:38	26
22	Ryan Murray	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2		18:13	26
44	Miles Wood	L	1	0	1	-1	0	5	0	2		16:27	23
59	Janne Kuokkanen	C	0	1	1	+2	0	3	0	0		16:26	21
45	Sami Vatanen	D	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0		14:31	21
63	Jesper Bratt	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0		13:47	22
21	Kyle Palmieri	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	100.0	18:53	25
37	Pavel Zacha	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	46.7	18:21	29
86	Jack Hughes	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	33.3	17:40	22
70	Dmitry Kulikov	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0		17:35	24
24	Ty Smith	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		17:14	23
14	Nathan Bastian	R	0	0	0	+1	2	2	7	1		12:59	22
97	Nikita Gusev	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		8:51	13
23	Mikhail Maltsev	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	60.0	8:29	14
11	Andreas Johnsson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		7:31	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Mackenzie Blackwood	W	35	33	2	.943	60:00