Buffalo Sabres at New Jersey Devils

Tue, Apr 6, 2021 · Prudential Center · 2020–21 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

5 – 3

Final

New Jersey Devils

The Buffalo Sabres beat the New Jersey Devils 5–3 on Tue, Apr 6, 2021 at Prudential Center. Rasmus Dahlin led the way with 2 points. Linus Ullmark made 27 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 18–30.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	2	1	2	5	18
NJD	2	1	0	3	30

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	04:22	NJD	EV	Damon Severson (3) · snap	Tyce Thompson (1), Mikhail Maltsev (1)	0–1
1st	09:56	BUF	EV	Rasmus Asplund (4) · slap	Casey Mittelstadt (6)	1–1
1st	19:17	BUF	EV	Brandon Montour (5) · snap	Tage Thompson (3), Colin Miller (4)	2–1
1st	19:59	NJD	PP	Jesper Bratt (5) · deflected	Travis Zajac (11), Pavel Zacha (14)	2–2
2nd	11:03	NJD	EV	Pavel Zacha (8) · snap	Jesper Bratt (16), Miles Wood (5)	2–3
2nd	15:19	BUF	EV	Rasmus Dahlin (3) · wrist	Riley Sheahan (6), Kyle Okposo (9)	3–3
3rd	10:20	BUF	PP	Casey Mittelstadt (4) · tip-in	Rasmus Dahlin (12)	4–3
3rd	18:29	BUF	SH EN	Rasmus Ristolainen (4) · slap	Unassisted	5–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	19:45	BUF	Brandon Montour	tripping	2
2nd	06:13	BUF	Steven Fogarty	tripping	2
2nd	15:54	BUF	Colin Miller	delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd	02:42	NJD	Sami Vatanen	interference	2
3rd	09:03	NJD	Yegor Sharangovich	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 2.47 · NJD 3.53 · xG% BUF 41.2

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	1	1	2	0	0	1	3	0		19:09	19
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	1	1	2	+1	0	1	0	0	54.5	16:47	20
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	1	0	1	+2	0	2	6	1		24:21	22
62	Brandon Montour	D	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	1		17:48	20
33	Colin Miller	D	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0		17:25	21
15	Riley Sheahan	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	76.9	16:52	20
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0	33.3	16:13	21
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	1	1	+2	0	4	1	0		15:25	21
74	Rasmus Asplund	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	2	0		14:07	19
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	1		20:46	19
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	57.1	19:40	24
68	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		17:39	22
13	Tobias Rieder	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0		16:47	24
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		16:17	18
20	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	38.5	15:33	24
17	Steven Fogarty	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	66.7	15:12	25
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		10:53	14
44	Matt Irwin	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		4:52	8

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Linus Ullmark	W	30	27	3	.900	60:00

New Jersey Devils

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
37	Pavel Zacha	C	1	1	2	+1	0	3	0	0	50.0	18:17	22
63	Jesper Bratt	L	1	1	2	+1	0	2	1	0		15:56	21
28	Damon Severson	D	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	2		21:22	23
19	Travis Zajac	C	0	1	1	-3	0	0	2	0	54.2	18:42	27
44	Miles Wood	L	0	1	1	+1	0	6	0	0		15:10	19
12	Tyce Thompson	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0		9:44	16
23	Mikhail Maltsev	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0		9:38	16
24	Ty Smith	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0		21:43	28
86	Jack Hughes	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	1	33.3	21:37	23
76	P.K. Subban	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2		19:41	23
70	Dmitry Kulikov	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		19:31	25
59	Janne Kuokkanen	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0		18:45	23
22	Ryan Murray	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		17:22	21
45	Sami Vatanen	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0		17:05	23
17	Yegor Sharangovich	C	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0		16:27	22
11	Andreas Johnsson	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0		13:42	18
39	Nick Merkley	R	0	0	0	-3	0	2	1	0		11:24	16
20	Michael McLeod	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	50.0	10:55	18

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Scott Wedgewood	L	17	13	4	.765	59:42