New Jersey Devils at Buffalo Sabres

Thu, Apr 8, 2021 · KeyBank Center · 2020–21 Regular Season

New Jersey Devils

6 – 3

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The New Jersey Devils beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–3 on Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at KeyBank Center. Pavel Zacha scored twice. Aaron Dell made 24 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 38–27.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NJD	3	0	3	6	38
BUF	1	2	0	3	27

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	00:53	BUF	EV	Victor Olofsson (11) · snap	Henri Jokiharju (3), Kyle Okposo (10)	0–1
1st	02:06	NJD	PP	Pavel Zacha (9) · backhand	Ty Smith (18), Jesper Bratt (17)	1–1
1st	03:47	NJD	PP	Pavel Zacha (10) · wrist	Ty Smith (19), Jesper Bratt (18)	2–1
1st	16:04	NJD	EV	Jack Hughes (8) · wrist	Janne Kuokkanen (12), Yegor Sharangovich (6)	3–1
2nd	11:56	BUF	PP	Tage Thompson (3) · snap	Brandon Montour (9), Colin Miller (5)	3–2
2nd	18:21	BUF	EV	Jeff Skinner (4) · backhand	Sam Reinhart (12), Rasmus Dahlin (13)	3–3
3rd	08:45	NJD	EV	Jesper Boqvist (1) · wrist	Michael McLeod (3)	4–3
3rd	18:17	NJD	EV	Yegor Sharangovich (9) · snap	Jack Hughes (11), Janne Kuokkanen (13)	5–3
3rd	19:28	NJD	SH EN	Janne Kuokkanen (6) · wrist	Yegor Sharangovich (7), Jack Hughes (12)	6–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	01:30	BUF	Cody Eakin	holding	2
1st	03:03	BUF	Tage Thompson	holding	2
1st	10:27	NJD	Dmitry Kulikov	tripping	2
2nd	10:20	NJD	Pavel Zacha	interference	2
2nd	12:44	NJD	Miles Wood	tripping	2
2nd	15:37	BUF	Steven Fogarty	high sticking	2
3rd	14:14	BUF	Rasmus Ristolainen	high sticking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: NJD 4.23 · BUF 2.29 · xG% NJD 64.9

New Jersey Devils

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
86	Jack Hughes	C	1	2	3	+3	0	4	0	0	33.3	19:44	22
17	Yegor Sharangovich	C	1	2	3	+3	0	3	0	0	66.7	19:12	28
59	Janne Kuokkanen	C	1	2	3	+3	0	1	0	0		15:58	22
24	Ty Smith	D	0	2	2	+2	0	3	0	0		21:37	24
37	Pavel Zacha	C	2	0	2	0	2	6	1	0	61.1	18:59	25
63	Jesper Bratt	L	0	2	2	0	0	3	0	0		18:01	23
20	Michael McLeod	C	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	0	63.6	16:40	24
90	Jesper Boqvist	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	0	40.0	9:52	17
28	Damon Severson	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0		22:19	24
76	P.K. Subban	D	0	0	0	+2	0	4	0	1		19:16	26
45	Sami Vatanen	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1		18:57	25
11	Andreas Johnsson	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	100.0	17:50	22
70	Dmitry Kulikov	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	3		16:43	25
22	Ryan Murray	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		16:42	19
44	Miles Wood	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		14:38	21
23	Mikhail Maltsev	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0		10:39	13
39	Nick Merkley	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		8:48	14
12	Tyce Thompson	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0		8:29	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
47	Aaron Dell	W	27	24	3	.889	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0		21:32	23
62	Brandon Montour	D	0	1	1	-1	0	3	1	1		21:25	19
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	1	1	-2	0	1	0	0	20.0	21:19	25
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	3	0		19:52	21
68	Victor Olofsson	L	1	0	1	-1	0	3	0	0		19:17	23
53	Jeff Skinner	L	1	0	1	-1	0	3	0	0	100.0	18:40	23
33	Colin Miller	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	2	3		15:05	16
72	Tage Thompson	C	1	0	1	0	2	4	0	1		15:01	21
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	0	66.7	14:23	23
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	2	0		20:34	20
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	58.3	17:28	22
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	1		16:37	18
13	Tobias Rieder	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1		15:14	23
17	Steven Fogarty	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	33.3	14:49	19
20	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	55.6	14:19	21
15	Riley Sheahan	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	50.0	12:37	21
74	Rasmus Asplund	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		12:22	19
44	Matt Irwin	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4:58	6

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Linus Ullmark	L	37	32	5	.865	59:08