New Jersey Devils at Buffalo Sabres

Sun, Jan 31, 2021 · KeyBank Center · 2020–21 Regular Season

New Jersey Devils

5 – 3

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The New Jersey Devils beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–3 on Sun, Jan 31, 2021 at KeyBank Center. Michael McLeod scored twice; Miles Wood scored twice. Eric Comrie made 30 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 37–33.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NJD	2	1	2	5	37
BUF	0	2	1	3	33

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	00:20	NJD	EV	Michael McLeod (2) · wrist	P.K. Subban (3), Ryan Murray (2)	1–0
1st	19:43	NJD	EV	Andreas Johnsson (2) · deflected	Jesper Bratt (1), Ty Smith (6)	2–0
2nd	14:11	BUF	EV	Curtis Lazar (3) · tip-in	Rasmus Ristolainen (4), Jake McCabe (2)	2–1
2nd	15:23	BUF	PP	Rasmus Dahlin (1) · slap	Victor Olofsson (5), Jack Eichel (8)	2–2
2nd	19:59	NJD	EV	Miles Wood (4) · wrist	Janne Kuokkanen (2)	3–2
3rd	03:53	BUF	PP	Rasmus Ristolainen (2) · wrist	Victor Olofsson (6), Jack Eichel (9)	3–3
3rd	10:40	NJD	EV	Michael McLeod (3) · wrist	Miles Wood (3), Nathan Bastian (3)	4–3
3rd	19:52	NJD	SH EN	Miles Wood (5) · wrist	Pavel Zacha (2), Damon Severson (3)	5–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	09:28	NJD	Janne Kuokkanen	high sticking	2
1st	14:35	BUF	Matt Irwin	tripping	2
2nd	01:40	NJD	Dmitry Kulikov	hooking	2
2nd	15:07	NJD	Ty Smith	holding	2
3rd	01:10	BUF	Brandon Montour	slashing	2
3rd	02:19	NJD	Bench	delaying game bench face off violation	2
3rd	07:50	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	holding	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: NJD 6.95 · BUF 3.67 · xG% NJD 65.4

New Jersey Devils

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
44	Miles Wood	L	2	1	3	+4	0	7	0	0		14:10	23
20	Michael McLeod	C	2	0	2	+3	0	2	1	0	27.8	17:03	23
28	Damon Severson	D	0	1	1	+2	0	3	0	1		22:39	23
22	Ryan Murray	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	2		21:50	23
76	P.K. Subban	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2		21:25	27
63	Jesper Bratt	L	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	1		18:18	22
24	Ty Smith	D	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	1		16:39	21
37	Pavel Zacha	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	54.5	15:58	20
59	Janne Kuokkanen	C	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	1		14:51	20
11	Andreas Johnsson	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	100.0	14:09	20
14	Nathan Bastian	R	0	1	1	+2	0	3	0	0		13:33	21
70	Dmitry Kulikov	D	0	0	0	+3	2	1	1	0		20:37	24
86	Jack Hughes	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	38.5	18:41	23
7	Matt Tennyson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0		14:34	18
17	Yegor Sharangovich	C	0	0	0	+1	0	4	0	0		14:18	15
97	Nikita Gusev	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		13:41	15
90	Jesper Boqvist	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		11:24	15
23	Mikhail Maltsev	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	42.9	10:20	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Eric Comrie	W	33	30	3	.909	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	1	1	2	-1	0	4	4	1		28:11	26
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	2	2	-1	0	7	0	0	68.0	21:57	22
68	Victor Olofsson	L	0	2	2	-1	0	2	0	0		20:26	22
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	1	0	1	-2	2	4	2	0		21:32	23
19	Jake McCabe	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	4	1		19:53	24
27	Curtis Lazar	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0		12:29	18
62	Brandon Montour	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2		22:46	24
4	Taylor Hall	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0		21:24	22
33	Colin Miller	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	1		14:19	19
13	Tobias Rieder	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1		14:02	17
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0		13:51	15
12	Eric Staal	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	57.1	13:45	15
44	Matt Irwin	D	0	0	0	-2	2	5	3	2		13:15	16
20	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	35.7	13:11	18
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	100.0	12:24	14
15	Riley Sheahan	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	66.7	12:01	19
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	50.0	10:40	14
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1		9:51	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Carter Hutton	L	36	32	4	.889	58:03