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
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Chris Rooney, Furman South
Linesmen: Kory Nagy, James Tobias
Attendance: N/A
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
| New Jersey | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Buffalo | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 21:25 | 16:35 | 4:50 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Eichel | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 21:58 | 17:08 | 4:50 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 17 | 8 | 68 |
| Eric Staal | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 13:44 | 12:58 | 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 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 12:23 | 11:37 | 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 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 13:50 | 13:41 | 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 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 20:27 | 16:21 | 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 (1-3-0) | 36 | 32 | 4 | .889 | 0 | 58:03 |