National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New Jersey 6, Buffalo 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, April 8, 2021
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Reid Anderson, Francis Charron
Linesmen: Kyle Flemington, James Tobias
Attendance: N/A
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New Jersey 3036
Buffalo 1203
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
0:53 - Sabres Victor Olofsson (EV) Assists: Henri Jokiharju , Kyle Okposo
2:06 - Devils Pavel Zacha (PP) Assists: Ty Smith , Jesper Bratt
3:47 - Devils Pavel Zacha (PP) Assists: Ty Smith , Jesper Bratt
16:04 - Devils Jack Hughes (EV) Assists: Janne Kuokkanen , Yegor Sharangovich
Penalties
1:30 - Sabres Cody Eakin (2) Holding
 3:03 - Sabres Tage Thompson (2) Holding
 10:27 - Devils Dmitry Kulikov (2) Tripping
2nd Period
Scoring
11:56 - Sabres Tage Thompson (PP) Assists: Brandon Montour , Colin Miller
18:21 - Sabres Jeff Skinner (EV) Assists: Sam Reinhart , Rasmus Dahlin
Penalties
10:20 - Devils Pavel Zacha (2) Interference
 12:44 - Devils Miles Wood (2) Tripping
 15:37 - Sabres Steven Fogarty (2) High sticking
3rd Period
Scoring
8:45 - Devils Jesper Boqvist (EV) Assists: Michael McLeod
18:17 - Devils Yegor Sharangovich (EV) Assists: Jack Hughes , Janne Kuokkanen
19:28 - Devils Janne Kuokkanen (EV) (EN) Assists: Yegor Sharangovich , Jack Hughes
Penalties
14:14 - Sabres Rasmus Ristolainen (2) High sticking
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 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Aaron Dell G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 49:04 5:20 5:36 0 0 - - - - -
Andreas Johnsson LW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 22 17:50 10:53 4:34 2:23 0 0 2 - 1 0 100
Tyce Thompson RW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 12 8:29 8:23 0:06 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Yegor Sharangovich C 1 2 3 +3 0 3 28 19:12 15:19 0:40 3:13 0 0 - - 2 1 67
Michael McLeod C 0 1 1 -1 0 3 24 16:40 13:25 0:09 3:06 0 0 - - 7 4 64
Ryan Murray D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 19 16:42 16:42 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mikhail Maltsev LW 0 0 0 -2 0 2 13 10:39 10:33 0:06 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Ty Smith D 0 2 2 +2 0 3 24 21:37 17:03 4:34 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Damon Severson D 0 0 0 E 0 4 24 22:19 18:48 0:40 2:51 0 0 2 - - - -
Pavel Zacha C 2 0 2 E 2 6 25 18:59 12:44 4:34 1:41 2 0 1 - 11 7 61
Nicholas Merkley RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 14 8:48 8:48 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Miles Wood LW 0 0 0 E 2 0 21 14:38 14:01 0:37 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Sami Vatanen D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 25 18:57 15:10 0:00 3:47 0 0 - 1 - - -
Janne Kuokkanen LW 1 2 3 +3 0 1 22 15:58 15:18 0:40 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jesper Bratt LW 0 2 2 E 0 3 23 18:01 12:38 4:34 0:49 0 0 - - - - -
Dmitry Kulikov D 0 0 0 E 2 2 25 16:43 14:44 0:06 1:53 0 0 2 3 - - -
P.K. Subban D 0 0 0 +2 0 4 26 19:16 15:49 0:46 2:41 0 0 - 1 - - -
Jack Hughes C 1 2 3 +3 0 4 22 19:44 15:10 4:34 0:00 0 0 - - 4 8 33
Jesper Boqvist LW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 17 9:52 9:52 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - 2 3 40
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Dustin Tokarski G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Linus Ullmark G 0 0 0 0 0 59:08 48:12 5:36 5:20 0 0 - - - - -
Henri Jokiharju D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 21 19:52 19:34 0:14 0:04 0 0 3 - - - -
Tobias Rieder LW 0 0 0 E 0 3 23 15:14 13:28 0:00 1:46 0 0 - 1 0 1 0
Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 21 12:37 9:14 0:00 3:23 0 0 - - 5 5 50
Steven Fogarty C 0 0 0 E 2 1 19 14:49 14:49 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 2 1 2 33
Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 E 2 0 21 14:19 12:29 0:00 1:50 0 0 1 2 5 4 56
Kyle Okposo RW 0 1 1 -1 0 3 23 14:23 9:16 1:38 3:29 0 0 - - 4 2 67
Sam Reinhart RW 0 1 1 -2 0 1 25 21:19 17:14 3:58 0:07 0 0 - - 2 8 20
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 E 0 1 23 21:32 17:55 3:33 0:04 0 0 1 - - - -
Colin Miller D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 16 15:05 12:03 2:07 0:55 0 0 2 3 - - -
Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 E 0 1 22 17:28 13:43 3:45 0:00 0 0 1 - 7 5 58
Matt Irwin D 0 0 0 E 0 0 6 4:58 3:16 0:00 1:42 0 0 - - - - -
Jeff Skinner LW 1 0 1 -1 0 3 23 18:40 16:55 1:40 0:05 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 20 20:34 14:38 3:17 2:39 0 0 2 - - - -
Brandon Montour D 0 1 1 -1 0 3 19 21:25 17:42 2:01 1:42 0 0 1 1 - - -
Victor Olofsson LW 1 0 1 -1 0 3 23 19:17 15:21 3:56 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tage Thompson RW 1 0 1 E 2 4 21 15:01 13:10 1:51 0:00 1 0 - 1 - - -
Rasmus Asplund C 0 0 0 E 0 0 19 12:22 12:22 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 18 16:37 13:03 0:00 3:34 0 0 1 1 - - -
Goaltending
New Jersey
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Aaron Dell W (1-2-0) 27 24 3 .889 0 60:00
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Linus Ullmark L (8-6-3) 37 32 5 .865 0 59:08