New Jersey Devils vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, January 31, 2021 · KeyBank Center
NHLN · SN · TVAS · MSG+
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–3 on Sunday, January 31, 2021 at KeyBank Center. The Devils outshot the Sabres 37–33.
Michael McLeod scored twice and Miles Wood scored twice. Andreas Johnsson, Curtis Lazar, Rasmus Dahlin and Rasmus Ristolainen also scored.
Eric Comrie made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win; Carter Hutton stopped 32 of 36.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Michael McLeod (2)P.K. Subban (3), Ryan Murray (2)1–000:20 NJD
Andreas Johnsson (2)Jesper Bratt (1), Ty Smith (6)2–019:43 NJD
2nd period
Curtis Lazar (3)Rasmus Ristolainen (4), Jake McCabe (2)2–114:11 BUF
Rasmus Dahlin (1)Victor Olofsson (5), Jack Eichel (8)2–215:23 BUF · 
Miles Wood (4)Janne Kuokkanen (2)3–219:59 NJD
3rd period
Rasmus Ristolainen (2)Victor Olofsson (6), Jack Eichel (9)3–303:53 BUF · - Michael McLeod (3)Miles Wood (3), Nathan Bastian (3)4–310:40 NJD
- Miles Wood (5)Pavel Zacha (2), Damon Severson (3)5–319:52 NJD ·
Team stats
NJDBUF
3733
42%58%
0/32/4
86
915
910
410
109
Penalties
- 9:28 into the first period
Janne Kuokkanen · high sticking2 min - 14:35 into the first period
Matt Irwin · tripping2 min - 1:40 into the second periodDmitry Kulikov · hooking2 min
- 15:07 into the second periodTy Smith · holding2 min
- 1:10 into the third periodBrandon Montour · slashing2 min
- 2:19 into the third periodBench · delaying game bench face off violation2 min
- 7:50 into the third periodRasmus Dahlin · holding2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 44Miles WoodL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 7 | 14:10 |
| 20Michael McLeodC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 17:03 |
| 11Andreas JohnssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:09 |
| 14Nathan BastianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 13:33 |
| 37Pavel ZachaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:58 |
| 59Janne KuokkanenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:51 |
| 63Jesper BrattL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:18 |
| 22Ryan MurrayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:50 |
| 24Ty SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:39 |
| 28Damon SeversonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 22:39 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:25 |
| 17Yegor SharangovichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 14:18 |
| 23Mikhail MaltsevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:20 |
| 86Jack HughesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:41 |
| 90Jesper BoqvistC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:24 |
| 97Nikita GusevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:41 |
| 7Matt TennysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:34 |
| 70Dmitry KulikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 20:37 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Eric ComrieG | W | 33 | 3 | .909 |
| 41Scott WedgewoodG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Jack EichelC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 7 | 21:57 |
| 68Victor OlofssonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | 20:26 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | 28:11 |
| 27Curtis LazarC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:29 |
| 19Jake McCabeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:53 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | 21:32 |
| 4Taylor HallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 21:24 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 13:45 |
| 13Tobias RiederC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:02 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:01 |
| 20Cody EakinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:11 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:51 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 12:24 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:40 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 13:51 |
| 33Colin MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 14:19 |
| 44Matt IrwinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | 13:15 |
| 62Brandon MontourD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 22:46 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Linus UllmarkG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Carter HuttonG | L | 36 | 4 | .889 |