National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New Jersey 5, Buffalo 3
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, January 31, 2021
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Chris Rooney, Furman South
Linesmen: Kory Nagy, James Tobias
Attendance: N/A
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New Jersey 2125
Buffalo 0213
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
0:20 - Devils Michael McLeod (EV) Assists: P.K. Subban , Ryan Murray
19:43 - Devils Andreas Johnsson (EV) Assists: Jesper Bratt , Ty Smith
Penalties
9:28 - Devils Janne Kuokkanen (2) High sticking
 14:35 - Sabres Matt Irwin (2) Tripping
2nd Period
Scoring
14:11 - Sabres Curtis Lazar (EV) Assists: Rasmus Ristolainen , Jake McCabe
15:23 - Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (PP) Assists: Victor Olofsson , Jack Eichel
19:59 - Devils Miles Wood (EV) Assists: Janne Kuokkanen
Penalties
1:40 - Devils Dmitry Kulikov (2) Hooking
 15:07 - Devils Ty Smith (2) Holding
3rd Period
Scoring
3:53 - Sabres Rasmus Ristolainen (PP) Assists: Victor Olofsson , Jack Eichel
10:40 - Devils Michael McLeod (EV) Assists: Miles Wood , Nathan Bastian
19:52 - Devils Miles Wood (EV) (EN) Assists: Pavel Zacha , Damon Severson
Penalties
1:10 - Sabres Brandon Montour (2) Slashing
 2:19 - Devils Bench (2) Delay of game
 7:50 - Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (2) Holding
New Jersey Devils
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Eric Comrie G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 49:52 5:09 4:59 0 0 - - - - -
Scott Wedgewood G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Tennyson D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 18 14:34 14:27 0:00 0:07 0 0 1 - - - -
Andreas Johnsson LW 1 0 1 E 0 2 20 14:09 12:16 1:53 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Nathan Bastian RW 0 1 1 +2 0 3 21 13:33 11:18 0:00 2:15 0 0 - - - - -
Yegor Sharangovich C 0 0 0 +1 0 4 15 14:18 12:29 0:00 1:49 0 0 - - - - -
Michael McLeod C 2 0 2 +3 0 2 23 17:03 14:31 0:00 2:32 0 0 1 - 5 13 28
Ryan Murray D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 23 21:50 18:40 0:00 3:10 0 0 1 2 - - -
Mikhail Maltsev LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 13 10:20 10:20 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - 3 4 43
Ty Smith D 0 1 1 +1 2 1 21 16:39 14:50 1:49 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Damon Severson D 0 1 1 +2 0 3 23 22:39 15:11 4:31 2:57 0 0 - 1 - - -
Pavel Zacha C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 20 15:58 11:26 1:34 2:58 0 0 1 - 12 10 55
Miles Wood LW 2 1 3 +4 0 7 23 14:10 12:36 1:34 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Janne Kuokkanen LW 0 1 1 +1 2 0 20 14:51 11:35 3:16 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Jesper Bratt LW 0 1 1 +1 0 3 22 18:18 14:31 3:35 0:12 0 0 - 1 - - -
Dmitry Kulikov D 0 0 0 +3 2 1 24 20:37 19:25 0:00 1:12 0 0 1 - - - -
P.K. Subban D 0 1 1 E 0 1 27 21:25 17:26 1:27 2:32 0 0 - 2 - - -
Jack Hughes C 0 0 0 E 0 3 23 18:41 14:54 3:35 0:12 0 0 1 - 5 8 38
Jesper Boqvist LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 15 11:24 11:24 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 0 1 0
Nikita Gusev LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 15 13:41 11:10 2:31 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Linus Ullmark G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Carter Hutton G 0 0 0 0 0 58:03 47:55 4:59 5:09 0 0 - - - - -
Taylor Hall LW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 22 21:24 16:34 4:50 0:00 0 0 1 - 0 1 0
Jack Eichel C 0 2 2 -1 0 7 22 21:57 17:07 4:50 0:00 0 0 - - 17 8 68
Eric Staal C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 15 13:45 12:59 0:46 0:00 0 0 - - 4 3 57
Tobias Rieder LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 17 14:02 11:14 0:00 2:48 0 0 - 1 - - -
Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 E 0 0 19 12:01 9:15 0:00 2:46 0 0 - - 8 4 67
Jake McCabe D 0 1 1 E 0 1 24 19:53 16:27 0:00 3:26 0 0 4 1 - - -
Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 18 13:11 10:49 0:00 2:22 0 0 - - 5 9 36
Kyle Okposo RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 14 9:51 9:51 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 14 12:24 11:38 0:46 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Rasmus Dahlin D 1 0 1 -2 2 4 23 21:32 17:19 4:13 0:00 1 0 2 - - - -
Curtis Lazar C 1 0 1 E 0 2 18 12:29 10:08 0:00 2:21 0 0 1 - - - -
Colin Miller D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 19 14:19 12:55 0:47 0:37 0 0 - 1 - - -
Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 14 10:40 10:40 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 1 1 50
Matt Irwin D 0 0 0 -2 2 5 16 13:15 12:10 0:00 1:05 0 0 3 2 - - -
Jeff Skinner LW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 15 13:51 13:42 0:09 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Rasmus Ristolainen D 1 1 2 -1 0 4 26 28:11 20:09 4:12 3:50 1 0 4 1 - - -
Brandon Montour D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 24 22:46 21:09 0:17 1:20 0 0 - 2 - - -
Victor Olofsson LW 0 2 2 -1 0 2 22 20:26 16:20 4:05 0:01 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
New Jersey
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Eric Comrie W (1-0-0) 33 30 3 .909 0 60:00
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Carter Hutton L (1-10-1) 36 32 4 .889 0 58:03