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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
Where: Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey
Referees: Brandon Blandina, Trevor Hanson
Linesmen: Tyson Baker, Tony Sericolo
Attendance: 1800
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
| Buffalo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| New Jersey | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Periods:
- All
- 1
- 2
- 3
1
| Buffalo | New Jersey | |
|---|---|---|
| 0:00 | Travis Zajac wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. | |
| 0:07 | Travis Zajac wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. | |
| 0:35 | Janne Kuokkanen shoots Saved by Jonas Johansson. | |
| 0:35 | Pavel Zacha wins the faceoff against Cody Eakin. | |
| 0:56 | Shot by Kyle Palmieri misses the net | |
| Rasmus Dahlin hits Kyle Palmieri. | 1:01 | |
| 1:14 | Giveaway by Miles Wood. | |
| Sam Reinhart shoots Saved by Mackenzie Blackwood. | 1:32 | |
| Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Travis Zajac. | 1:32 | |
| 2:10 | Giveaway by Jack Hughes. | |
| 2:18 | Damon Severson hits Jeff Skinner. | |
| Shot by Curtis Lazar misses the net | 2:29 | |
| 2:36 | Nathan Bastian hits Curtis Lazar. | |
| 2:44 | Damon Severson hits Rasmus Ristolainen. | |
| Jeff Skinner shoots Saved by Mackenzie Blackwood. | 2:48 | |
| Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Travis Zajac. | 2:48 | |
| 2:53 | Travis Zajac wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. | |
| Cody Eakin wins the faceoff against Travis Zajac. | 3:13 | |
| Victor Olofsson shoots Saved by Mackenzie Blackwood. | 3:25 | |
| Victor Olofsson shoots Saved by Mackenzie Blackwood. | 3:59 | |
| Henri Jokiharju hits Miles Wood. | 4:18 | |
| 4:27 | Shot by Miles Wood misses the net | |
| Tobias Rieder shoots Saved by Mackenzie Blackwood. | 4:37 | |
| Curtis Lazar wins the faceoff against Jack Hughes. | 4:42 | |
| Curtis Lazar shoots Saved by Mackenzie Blackwood. | 4:56 | |
| Rasmus Ristolainen hits Jesper Bratt. | 5:15 | |
| 5:30 | Giveaway by Ty Smith. | |
| 5:45 | Ty Smith hits Sam Reinhart. | |
| 6:32 | Takeaway by Yegor Sharangovich. | |
| Kyle Okposo shoots Saved by Mackenzie Blackwood. | 6:46 | |
| 8:13 | Jesper Bratt hits Casey Mittelstadt. | |
| Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Mikhail Maltsev. | 8:50 | |
| Giveaway by Tage Thompson. | 8:54 | |
| 9:01 | Shot by Mikhail Maltsev misses the net | |
| 9:06 | Nathan Bastian hits Sam Reinhart. | |
| 9:42 | Giveaway by Travis Zajac. | |
| Cody Eakin wins the faceoff against Pavel Zacha. | 9:42 | |
| Victor Olofsson shoots Saved by Mackenzie Blackwood. | 9:49 | |
| Brandon Montour hits Miles Wood. | 10:06 | |
| 10:06 | Miles Wood blocks shot from Brandon Montour. | |
| 10:16 | Jack Hughes wins the faceoff against Eric Staal. | |
| Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Jack Hughes. | 10:23 | |
| Takeaway by Sam Reinhart. | 10:38 | |
| Shot by Sam Reinhart misses the net | 10:44 | |
| Brandon Davidson blocks shot from Andreas Johnsson. | 10:55 | |
| 10:59 | Mikhail Maltsev wins the faceoff against Casey Mittelstadt. | |
| Curtis Lazar hits Mikhail Maltsev. | 11:17 | |
| Colin Miller shoots Saved by Mackenzie Blackwood. | 11:19 | |
| 11:19 | Pavel Zacha wins the faceoff against Sam Reinhart. | |
| Shot by Tage Thompson misses the net | 11:42 | |
| Giveaway by Henri Jokiharju. | 12:32 | |
| 12:36 | Janne Kuokkanen shoots Saved by Jonas Johansson. | |
| 12:45 | Travis Zajac hits Cody Eakin. | |
| Brandon Davidson shoots Saved by Mackenzie Blackwood. | 12:59 | |
| 13:30 | Jesper Bratt shoots Saved by Jonas Johansson. | |
| Cody Eakin penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jesper Bratt. | 13:30 | |
| Curtis Lazar wins the faceoff against Pavel Zacha. | 13:30 | |
| Curtis Lazar wins the faceoff against Pavel Zacha. | 13:55 | |
| Rasmus Ristolainen blocks shot from Pavel Zacha. | 14:10 | |
| Rasmus Ristolainen hits Pavel Zacha. | 14:10 | |
| 14:50 | Shot by Pavel Zacha misses the net | |
| Tobias Rieder shoots Saved by Mackenzie Blackwood. | 14:54 | |
| Cody Eakin hits Yegor Sharangovich. | 15:41 | |
| Giveaway by Jeff Skinner. | 15:54 | |
| 15:57 | Miles Wood shoots Saved by Jonas Johansson. | |
| Sam Reinhart hits Nathan Bastian. | 16:28 | |
| 17:12 | Shot by Sami Vatanen misses the net | |
| Giveaway by Henri Jokiharju. | 17:12 | |
| 17:12 | Travis Zajac wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. | |
| 17:31 | Shot by Janne Kuokkanen misses the net | |
| Brandon Davidson hits Travis Zajac. | 17:37 | |
| 17:40 | Yegor Sharangovich scores. Assisted by Damon Severson and Travis Zajac. | |
| Curtis Lazar wins the faceoff against Pavel Zacha. | 17:40 | |
| 18:10 | P.K. Subban hits Curtis Lazar. | |
| Casey Mittelstadt shoots Saved by Mackenzie Blackwood. | 18:14 | |
| 18:15 | Dmitry Kulikov penalty for holding - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Curtis Lazar. | |
| Casey Mittelstadt wins the faceoff against Travis Zajac. | 18:15 | |
| 19:02 | Pavel Zacha wins the faceoff against Eric Staal. | |
| Shot by Colin Miller misses the net | 19:35 | |
| Giveaway by Victor Olofsson. | 20:00 |
2
| Buffalo | New Jersey | |
|---|---|---|
| Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Travis Zajac. | 0:00 | |
| Giveaway by Colin Miller. | 0:11 | |
| Tage Thompson shoots Saved by Mackenzie Blackwood. | 0:21 | |
| 0:32 | Dmitry Kulikov hits Rasmus Dahlin. | |
| Brandon Davidson hits Miles Wood. | 1:13 | |
| Rasmus Ristolainen hits Kyle Palmieri. | 1:25 | |
| 1:38 | Kyle Palmieri shoots Saved by Jonas Johansson. | |
| Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Jack Hughes. | 1:57 | |
| 2:18 | Damon Severson shoots Saved by Jonas Johansson. | |
| 2:30 | Shot by Damon Severson misses the net | |
| 2:34 | Nathan Bastian hits Tobias Rieder. | |
| Brandon Montour blocks shot Damon Severson shoots | 2:52 | |
| Colin Miller hits Nikita Gusev. | 3:17 | |
| Henri Jokiharju blocks shot from Nikita Gusev. | 3:22 | |
| Takeaway by Curtis Lazar. | 3:28 | |
| Sam Reinhart shoots Saved by Mackenzie Blackwood. | 3:51 | |
| 3:51 | Sami Vatanen penalty for interference - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Curtis Lazar. | |
| Casey Mittelstadt wins the faceoff against Travis Zajac. | 3:51 | |
| 4:14 | Pavel Zacha wins the faceoff against Sam Reinhart. | |
| 5:07 | Nathan Bastian blocks shot from Rasmus Dahlin. | |
| 5:22 | Takeaway by Yegor Sharangovich. | |
| 5:29 | Ryan Murray blocks shot from Jeff Skinner. | |
| Cody Eakin shoots misses the net | 6:10 | |
| Tobias Rieder scores. Assisted by Brandon Montour and Kyle Okposo. | 6:13 | |
| Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Jack Hughes. | 6:13 | |
| 6:19 | Shot by Jesper Bratt misses the net | |
| 6:20 | Nathan Bastian shoots Saved by Jonas Johansson. | |
| Taylor Hall hits Nathan Bastian. | 6:34 | |
| 6:35 | Nathan Bastian shoots Saved by Jonas Johansson. | |
| 6:58 | Nathan Bastian hits Henri Jokiharju. | |
| Jeff Skinner scores. Assisted by Casey Mittelstadt and Brandon Montour. | 7:10 | |
| Curtis Lazar wins the faceoff against Mikhail Maltsev. | 7:10 | |
| 7:48 | Andreas Johnsson hits Rasmus Ristolainen. | |
| 8:26 | Travis Zajac shoots Saved by Jonas Johansson. | |
| 8:39 | Yegor Sharangovich shoots Saved by Jonas Johansson. | |
| 8:42 | Travis Zajac hits Sam Reinhart. | |
| 8:44 | Kyle Palmieri wins the faceoff against Cody Eakin. | |
| 9:19 | Shot by P.K. Subban misses the net | |
| 9:34 | Kyle Palmieri shoots Saved by Jonas Johansson. | |
| Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Travis Zajac. | 9:34 | |
| 10:06 | Travis Zajac hits Brandon Montour. | |
| Riley Sheahan hits Travis Zajac. | 10:21 | |
| 10:39 | Sami Vatanen scores. Assisted by Janne Kuokkanen and Ryan Murray. | |
| 10:39 | Jack Hughes wins the faceoff against Curtis Lazar. | |
| Casey Mittelstadt wins the faceoff against Jack Hughes. | 10:53 | |
| Jeff Skinner penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Nathan Bastian. | 11:05 | |
| 11:05 | Nathan Bastian penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jeff Skinner. | |
| 11:05 | Nathan Bastian hits Jeff Skinner. | |
| Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Pavel Zacha. | 11:05 | |
| Colin Miller shoots Saved by Mackenzie Blackwood. | 11:44 | |
| 12:43 | Takeaway by Yegor Sharangovich. | |
| Rasmus Ristolainen hits Travis Zajac. | 12:54 | |
| Cody Eakin blocks shot from Yegor Sharangovich. | 13:01 | |
| 13:08 | Takeaway by Yegor Sharangovich. | |
| 13:20 | Giveaway by Yegor Sharangovich. | |
| Victor Olofsson hits Ryan Murray. | 13:35 | |
| 13:51 | Nikita Gusev shoots Saved by Jonas Johansson. | |
| Curtis Lazar hits Ryan Murray. | 14:01 | |
| 14:32 | Miles Wood shoots Saved by Jonas Johansson. | |
| Eric Staal shoots Saved by Mackenzie Blackwood. | 14:50 | |
| Rasmus Ristolainen shoots Saved by Mackenzie Blackwood. | 15:26 | |
| Rasmus Ristolainen shoots Saved by Mackenzie Blackwood. | 15:30 | |
| Takeaway by Tobias Rieder. | 15:30 | |
| Kyle Okposo wins the faceoff against Pavel Zacha. | 15:30 | |
| Cody Eakin hits Ty Smith. | 15:48 | |
| Cody Eakin shoots Saved by Mackenzie Blackwood. | 15:56 | |
| 16:09 | Giveaway by Damon Severson. | |
| Kyle Okposo shoots Saved by Mackenzie Blackwood. | 16:10 | |
| Curtis Lazar wins the faceoff against Travis Zajac. | 16:10 | |
| 16:43 | Travis Zajac shoots Saved by Jonas Johansson. | |
| Taylor Hall shoots Saved by Mackenzie Blackwood. | 17:12 | |
| Rasmus Ristolainen shoots Saved by Mackenzie Blackwood. | 17:19 | |
| 17:25 | Miles Wood shoots Saved by Jonas Johansson. | |
| 17:25 | Pavel Zacha wins the faceoff against Eric Staal. | |
| 17:25 | Miles Wood shoots Saved by Jonas Johansson. | |
| 17:33 | Dmitry Kulikov hits Sam Reinhart. | |
| 17:41 | Dmitry Kulikov shoots Saved by Jonas Johansson. | |
| Cody Eakin wins the faceoff against Jack Hughes. | 17:41 | |
| 18:16 | Dmitry Kulikov shoots Saved by Jonas Johansson. | |
| 18:20 | Nathan Bastian hits Kyle Okposo. | |
| Casey Mittelstadt wins the faceoff against Travis Zajac. | 18:46 | |
| 19:24 | Ty Smith blocks shot from Curtis Lazar. | |
| 19:24 | Pavel Zacha wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. |
3
| Buffalo | New Jersey | |
|---|---|---|
| 0:00 | Travis Zajac wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. | |
| 0:19 | Giveaway by Dmitry Kulikov. | |
| Cody Eakin wins the faceoff against Travis Zajac. | 0:21 | |
| Shot by Cody Eakin misses the net | 0:34 | |
| 0:46 | Giveaway by Pavel Zacha. | |
| Tobias Rieder shoots Saved by Mackenzie Blackwood. | 0:50 | |
| Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Jack Hughes. | 0:59 | |
| Shot by Colin Miller misses the net | 1:06 | |
| 1:24 | Takeaway by Ryan Murray. | |
| 1:29 | Sami Vatanen shoots Saved by Jonas Johansson. | |
| Shot by Eric Staal misses the net | 1:39 | |
| 1:39 | Travis Zajac wins the faceoff against Curtis Lazar. | |
| Giveaway by Casey Mittelstadt. | 2:12 | |
| 2:44 | Damon Severson hits Tage Thompson. | |
| Brandon Davidson hits Ty Smith. | 2:59 | |
| Victor Olofsson shoots Saved by Mackenzie Blackwood. | 3:12 | |
| 3:32 | Shot by Kyle Palmieri misses the net | |
| Colin Miller penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Pavel Zacha. | 3:37 | |
| Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Travis Zajac. | 3:37 | |
| Curtis Lazar shoots Saved by Mackenzie Blackwood. | 3:48 | |
| 3:48 | Jack Hughes wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. | |
| Rasmus Ristolainen blocks shot from Jesper Bratt. | 4:44 | |
| 4:52 | Miles Wood scores a power play goal. Assisted by Jesper Bratt and P.K. Subban. | |
| 4:52 | Travis Zajac wins the faceoff against Eric Staal. | |
| Curtis Lazar wins the faceoff against Jack Hughes. | 5:56 | |
| Brandon Davidson penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jack Hughes. | 6:33 | |
| Curtis Lazar wins the faceoff against Pavel Zacha. | 6:33 | |
| 6:59 | Nikita Gusev shoots Saved by Jonas Johansson. | |
| 7:25 | Kyle Palmieri shoots Saved by Jonas Johansson. | |
| Cody Eakin wins the faceoff against Travis Zajac. | 7:26 | |
| Cody Eakin wins the faceoff against Jack Hughes. | 7:32 | |
| Kyle Okposo shoots Saved by Mackenzie Blackwood. | 8:07 | |
| 8:07 | Jack Hughes wins the faceoff against Curtis Lazar. | |
| 8:38 | Shot by P.K. Subban misses the net | |
| 8:44 | Mikhail Maltsev wins the faceoff against Eric Staal. | |
| Henri Jokiharju hits Nathan Bastian. | 9:06 | |
| 9:21 | Shot by Sami Vatanen misses the net | |
| 9:59 | Jack Hughes wins the faceoff against Casey Mittelstadt. | |
| Takeaway by Jeff Skinner. | 10:12 | |
| Rasmus Ristolainen blocks shot from Jesper Bratt. | 10:22 | |
| Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Jack Hughes. | 10:43 | |
| 11:18 | Miles Wood blocks shot from Henri Jokiharju. | |
| Cody Eakin wins the faceoff against Travis Zajac. | 11:18 | |
| 11:33 | Janne Kuokkanen shoots Saved by Jonas Johansson. | |
| 11:33 | Pavel Zacha wins the faceoff against Cody Eakin. | |
| 11:44 | Takeaway by Miles Wood. | |
| 12:03 | Shot by Miles Wood misses the net | |
| Casey Mittelstadt wins the faceoff against Travis Zajac. | 12:03 | |
| Kyle Okposo hits Ryan Murray. | 12:19 | |
| Takeaway by Brandon Davidson. | 13:10 | |
| Brandon Davidson hits Jack Hughes. | 13:28 | |
| 13:33 | Ty Smith shoots Saved by Jonas Johansson. | |
| Eric Staal hits Kyle Palmieri. | 13:45 | |
| Brandon Davidson blocks shot from Mikhail Maltsev. | 13:46 | |
| Riley Sheahan shoots Saved by Mackenzie Blackwood. | 14:36 | |
| Colin Miller hits Sami Vatanen. | 14:43 | |
| 15:07 | Ryan Murray blocks shot from Taylor Hall. | |
| Kyle Okposo wins the faceoff against Pavel Zacha. | 15:11 | |
| Rasmus Dahlin shoots Saved by Mackenzie Blackwood. | 15:29 | |
| 15:54 | Takeaway by Kyle Palmieri. | |
| Eric Staal shoots Saved by Mackenzie Blackwood. | 16:11 | |
| 16:42 | Giveaway by Dmitry Kulikov. | |
| 16:56 | Nathan Bastian hits Colin Miller. | |
| 16:59 | Jack Hughes shoots Saved by Jonas Johansson. | |
| 16:59 | Mikhail Maltsev wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. | |
| Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Travis Zajac. | 18:09 | |
| Eric Staal shoots Saved by Mackenzie Blackwood. | 18:18 | |
| Rasmus Dahlin hits Kyle Palmieri. | 18:28 | |
| Eric Staal shoots Saved by Mackenzie Blackwood. | 18:47 | |
| Eric Staal shoots Saved by Mackenzie Blackwood. | 19:25 | |
| Eric Staal shoots Saved by Mackenzie Blackwood. | 19:25 | |
| Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Travis Zajac. | 19:27 |