New Jersey Devils vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Saturday, January 30, 2021 · KeyBank Center
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Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New Jersey Devils 4-3 in a shootout on Saturday, January 30, 2021 at KeyBank Center. The Devils outshot the Sabres 34-31.
Goals came from Eric Staal, Ty Smith, Andreas Johnsson, Tobias Rieder, Victor Olofsson and Janne Kuokkanen.
Linus Ullmark made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Scott Wedgewood stopped 28 of 31.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Eric Staal (3)Taylor Hall (7), Brandon Montour (2)0–109:03 BUF
Ty Smith (2)P.K. Subban (2), Pavel Zacha (1)1–118:35 NJD · PPG
3rd period
Andreas Johnsson (1)Jack Hughes (5), Damon Severson (2)2–101:37 NJD
Tobias Rieder (3)Cody Eakin (1), Colin Miller (2)2–202:18 BUF
Victor Olofsson (4)Rasmus Dahlin (2), Taylor Hall (8)2–310:56 BUF · PPG
Janne Kuokkanen (1)Michael McLeod (1), Nathan Bastian (2)3–314:41 NJD
SO period
Jack EichelUnassisted3–400:00 BUF
Team stats
NJDBUF
34Shots on goal31
39%Faceoff %61%
1/5Power play1/5
10Penalty minutes10
17Hits17
12Blocked shots12
7Giveaways2
5Takeaways12
Penalties
- 1st 07:15
Andreas Johnsson · interference2 min - 1st 12:15
Eric Staal · slashing2 min - 1st 12:15Brandon Montour · tripping2 min
- 2nd 00:57Andreas Johnsson · holding the stick2 min
- 2nd 05:58Miles Wood · slashing2 min
- 2nd 12:05Taylor Hall · holding2 min
- 2nd 18:11Eric Staal · hooking2 min
- 3rd 02:55Jeff Skinner · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 10:21Ty Smith · hooking2 min
- 3rd 18:08Damon Severson · tripping2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 11Andreas JohnssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:12 |
| 14Nathan BastianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:41 |
| 20Michael McLeodC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:02 |
| 37Pavel ZachaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 18:29 |
| 59Janne KuokkanenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:52 |
| 86Jack HughesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:49 |
| 24Ty SmithD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:50 |
| 28Damon SeversonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 24:51 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 22:40 |
| 17Yegor SharangovichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:01 |
| 21Kyle PalmieriC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:23 |
| 39Nick MerkleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:07 |
| 44Miles WoodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:57 |
| 63Jesper BrattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:49 |
| 97Nikita GusevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 13:53 |
| 7Matt TennysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:59 |
| 22Ryan MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:50 |
| 70Dmitry KulikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:20 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Eric ComrieG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Scott WedgewoodG | O | 31 | 28 | 3 | .903 | 64:57 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 4Taylor HallL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22:00 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:08 |
| 13Tobias RiederC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:47 |
| 20Cody EakinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:31 |
| 68Victor OlofssonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:08 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:56 |
| 33Colin MillerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:30 |
| 62Brandon MontourD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:07 |
| 9Jack EichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:49 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:38 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:22 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:30 |
| 27Curtis LazarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:00 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:05 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:44 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:00 |
| 19Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:51 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26:50 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Linus UllmarkG | W | 34 | 31 | 3 | .912 | 64:57 |
| 40Carter HuttonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |