Buffalo Sabres at New Jersey Devils

Sat, Feb 20, 2021 · Prudential Center · 2020–21 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

3 – 2

Final

New Jersey Devils

The Buffalo Sabres beat the New Jersey Devils 3–2 on Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at Prudential Center. Sam Reinhart scored twice. Linus Ullmark made 25 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 29–27.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	2	0	3	29
NJD	0	0	2	2	27

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	05:26	BUF	EV	Colin Miller (2) · slap	Taylor Hall (9), Eric Staal (3)	1–0
2nd	08:07	BUF	EV	Sam Reinhart (4) · tip-in	Matt Irwin (2), Brandon Montour (3)	2–0
2nd	17:46	BUF	PP	Sam Reinhart (5) · tip-in	Jack Eichel (11), Rasmus Dahlin (4)	3–0
3rd	00:40	NJD	EV	Kyle Palmieri (3) · snap	Jack Hughes (7), Will Butcher (2)	3–1
3rd	16:44	NJD	PP	P.K. Subban (1) · slap	Pavel Zacha (3), Jesper Bratt (4)	3–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	07:36	BUF	Cody Eakin	broken stick	2
1st	14:28	BUF	Sam Reinhart	slashing	2
2nd	17:16	NJD	Dmitry Kulikov	holding	2
3rd	15:16	BUF	Jack Eichel	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 2.49 · NJD 1.66 · xG% BUF 60.0

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
23	Sam Reinhart	C	2	0	2	+1	2	3	1	1		14:50	22
62	Brandon Montour	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	2		21:43	26
33	Colin Miller	D	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	2		20:46	23
44	Matt Irwin	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	3	1		19:54	24
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	1		18:24	24
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	2	50.0	15:56	22
4	Taylor Hall	L	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0		13:27	19
12	Eric Staal	C	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0	85.7	10:36	17
19	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2		19:29	22
3	Will Borgen	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		19:14	27
20	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	1	57.1	17:27	25
13	Tobias Rieder	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		16:45	24
68	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		16:19	23
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0	100.0	15:55	23
15	Riley Sheahan	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	25.0	15:53	23
27	Curtis Lazar	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	62.5	15:38	23
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1		11:22	18
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	1		10:54	17

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Linus Ullmark	W	27	25	2	.926	60:00

New Jersey Devils

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
86	Jack Hughes	C	0	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	30.8	20:51	24
37	Pavel Zacha	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	0	55.6	20:10	24
76	P.K. Subban	D	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0		18:59	24
63	Jesper Bratt	L	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	0		18:45	24
21	Kyle Palmieri	C	1	0	1	0	0	5	2	0		15:47	22
8	Will Butcher	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0		15:08	19
24	Ty Smith	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		24:06	21
28	Damon Severson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		22:03	24
45	Sami Vatanen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1		18:17	19
70	Dmitry Kulikov	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0		17:56	18
11	Andreas Johnsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		17:27	23
13	Nico Hischier	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	63.6	16:29	23
19	Travis Zajac	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		15:22	19
44	Miles Wood	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		13:40	23
59	Janne Kuokkanen	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		12:56	14
17	Yegor Sharangovich	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	100.0	12:55	14
20	Michael McLeod	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	30.0	11:27	16
14	Nathan Bastian	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	33.3	8:25	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Mackenzie Blackwood	L	29	26	3	.897	58:46