National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New Jersey 3, Buffalo 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Where: Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey
Referees: Brandon Blandina, Trevor Hanson
Linesmen: Tyson Baker, Tony Sericolo
Attendance: 1800
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 0202
New Jersey 1113
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
17:40 - Devils Yegor Sharangovich (EV) Assists: Damon Severson , Travis Zajac
Penalties
13:30 - Sabres Cody Eakin (2) Hooking
 18:15 - Devils Dmitry Kulikov (2) Holding
2nd Period
Scoring
6:13 - Sabres Tobias Rieder (EV) Assists: Brandon Montour , Kyle Okposo
7:10 - Sabres Jeff Skinner (EV) Assists: Casey Mittelstadt , Brandon Montour
10:39 - Devils Sami Vatanen (EV) Assists: Janne Kuokkanen , Ryan Murray
Penalties
3:51 - Devils Sami Vatanen (2) Interference
 11:05 - Sabres Jeff Skinner (2) Roughing
 11:05 - Devils Nathan Bastian (2) Roughing
3rd Period
Scoring
4:52 - Devils Miles Wood (PP) Assists: Jesper Bratt , P.K. Subban
Penalties
3:37 - Sabres Colin Miller (2) Slashing
 6:33 - Sabres Brandon Davidson (2) Hooking
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Jonas Johansson G 0 0 0 0 0 58:01 48:46 4:00 5:15 0 0 - - - - -
Carter Hutton G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Taylor Hall LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 15 12:07 10:59 1:08 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 19 16:06 16:00 0:00 0:06 0 0 2 1 - - -
Eric Staal C 0 0 0 E 0 6 20 16:05 14:29 1:36 0:00 0 0 1 - 8 5 62
Tobias Rieder LW 1 0 1 +1 0 4 17 12:01 10:35 0:00 1:26 0 0 - - - - -
Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 23 15:28 11:54 0:15 3:19 0 0 1 - 6 8 43
Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 +1 2 1 16 11:50 11:09 0:00 0:41 0 0 2 1 7 3 70
Kyle Okposo RW 0 1 1 -1 0 3 20 15:41 13:15 0:58 1:28 0 0 1 - 2 0 100
Sam Reinhart RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 25 20:13 17:49 2:24 0:00 0 0 1 - 0 2 0
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 E 0 1 25 22:19 19:20 2:24 0:35 0 0 2 - - - -
Curtis Lazar C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 18 12:54 9:38 0:00 3:16 0 0 2 - 8 3 73
Colin Miller D 0 0 0 E 2 2 24 19:51 16:05 1:51 1:55 0 0 2 - - - -
Casey Mittelstadt C 0 1 1 E 0 1 19 16:03 13:55 1:58 0:10 0 0 - - 5 2 71
Jeff Skinner LW 1 0 1 E 2 2 22 14:56 13:20 1:36 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 28 24:07 18:04 2:09 3:54 0 0 4 3 - - -
Brandon Montour D 0 2 2 +1 0 0 22 19:35 17:30 0:00 2:05 0 0 1 1 - - -
Victor Olofsson LW 0 0 0 +1 0 4 21 18:02 15:25 2:27 0:10 0 0 1 - - - -
Tage Thompson RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 16 10:38 9:24 1:14 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brandon Davidson D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 22 16:48 14:53 0:00 1:55 0 0 4 2 - - -
New Jersey Devils
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Mackenzie Blackwood G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 50:45 5:15 4:00 0 0 - - - - -
Scott Wedgewood G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andreas Johnsson LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 14 7:31 7:31 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Nathan Bastian RW 0 0 0 +1 2 2 22 12:59 11:08 0:00 1:51 0 0 7 1 - - -
Yegor Sharangovich C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 26 18:38 13:45 2:51 2:02 0 0 - - - - -
Travis Zajac C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 32 20:26 17:08 1:09 2:09 0 0 3 - 7 16 30
Kyle Palmieri RW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 25 18:53 16:29 2:24 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Ryan Murray D 0 1 1 E 0 0 26 18:13 16:46 0:00 1:27 0 0 - 2 - - -
Mikhail Maltsev LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 14 8:29 8:29 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 3 2 60
Ty Smith D 0 0 0 E 0 1 23 17:14 17:12 0:02 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Damon Severson D 0 1 1 E 0 1 27 24:01 19:02 2:31 2:28 0 0 3 - - - -
Pavel Zacha C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 29 18:21 13:43 2:40 1:58 0 0 - - 7 8 47
Miles Wood LW 1 0 1 -1 0 5 23 16:27 14:48 1:39 0:00 1 0 - 2 - - -
Sami Vatanen D 1 0 1 E 2 2 21 14:31 13:19 0:00 1:12 0 0 - - - - -
Janne Kuokkanen LW 0 1 1 +2 0 3 21 16:26 13:33 2:53 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jesper Bratt LW 0 1 1 E 0 1 22 13:47 11:27 2:20 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Dmitry Kulikov D 0 0 0 E 2 2 24 17:35 16:14 0:00 1:21 0 0 2 - - - -
P.K. Subban D 0 1 1 E 0 0 28 22:19 18:12 2:35 1:32 0 0 1 - - - -
Jack Hughes C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 22 17:40 14:53 2:47 0:00 0 0 - - 5 10 33
Nikita Gusev LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 13 8:51 6:36 2:15 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Jonas Johansson L (0-5-1) 27 24 3 .889 0 58:01
New Jersey
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood W (6-8-1) 35 33 2 .943 0 60:00