New York Rangers vs New Jersey Devils

Regular season · Thursday, March 4, 2021 · Prudential Center

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6–1

Final

SOG 19–36

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Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the New Jersey Devils 6-1 on Thursday, March 4, 2021 at Prudential Center. The Devils outshot the Rangers 36-19.

Chris Kreider scored a hat trick. Jack Hughes, Pavel Buchnevich, Brendan Smith and Alexis Lafrenière also scored.

Igor Shesterkin made 32 saves on 33 shots for the win; Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 11 of 15.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYR	0	2	4	6	19
NJD	1	0	0	1	36

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Jack Hughes (5)Sami Vatanen (1)0–107:12 NJD

2nd period

Chris Kreider (11)Ryan Strome (8), Pavel Buchnevich (10)1–108:28 NYR · PPG
Chris Kreider (12)Ryan Lindgren (9), Ryan Strome (9)2–113:57 NYR

3rd period

Chris Kreider (13)Filip Chytil (2)3–100:23 NYR
Pavel Buchnevich (7)Alexis Lafrenière (3)4–103:57 NYR
Brendan Smith (2)Phillip Di Giuseppe (6), Kevin Rooney (3)5–115:25 NYR
Alexis Lafrenière (4)Mika Zibanejad (6)6–118:27 NYR

Team stats

NYRNJD

19Shots on goal36

36%Faceoff %64%

1/2Power play0/4

13Penalty minutes9

17Hits18

13Blocked shots4

14Giveaways18

10Takeaways12

Penalties

1st 15:31Filip Chytil · interference2 min
2nd 07:52Kyle Palmieri · slashing2 min
2nd 14:57Libor Hajek · cross checking2 min
3rd 04:11Michael McLeod · fighting5 min
3rd 04:11Brendan Smith · fighting5 min
3rd 07:02Ryan Lindgren · hooking2 min
3rd 10:34Brendan Lemieux · roughing2 min
3rd 13:06Michael McLeod · interference goalkeeper2 min

Season series

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

20Chris KreiderC	3	0	3	+2	5	0	1	0	33	13:27
13Alexis LafrenièreL	1	1	2	+1	1	0	0	0	–	14:35
16Ryan StromeC	0	2	2	+2	0	1	0	0	50	16:26
89Pavel BuchnevichL	1	1	2	0	1	1	2	0	–	16:18
17Kevin RooneyC	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	0	25	14:56
33Phillip Di GiuseppeL	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	100	11:45
72Filip ChytilC	0	1	1	+3	2	0	0	2	–	16:46
93Mika ZibanejadC	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	38	13:04
42Brendan SmithD	1	0	1	+3	1	1	2	5	–	19:32
55Ryan LindgrenD	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	2	–	20:55
12Julien GauthierR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	12:59
21Brett HowdenC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	42	15:32
43Colin BlackwellC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	13:47
48Brendan LemieuxL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	–	13:45
23Adam FoxD	0	0	0	+2	2	1	1	0	–	25:18
25Libor HajekD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	–	16:50
27Jack JohnsonD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	15:54
79K'Andre MillerD	0	0	0	+2	1	2	1	0	–	20:05

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Igor ShesterkinG	W	33	32	1	.970	54:08
40Alexandar GeorgievG		3	3	0	1.000	05:52

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

86Jack HughesC	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	42	18:39
45Sami VatanenD	0	1	1	-1	1	1	1	0	–	17:09
11Andreas JohnssonL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	16:51
14Nathan BastianR	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	100	12:16
17Yegor SharangovichC	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	75	15:39
19Travis ZajacC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	71	17:39
20Michael McLeodC	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	7	75	08:58
21Kyle PalmieriC	0	0	0	-2	5	0	0	2	–	16:10
23Mikhail MaltsevL	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	–	09:15
37Pavel ZachaC	0	0	0	-3	2	1	0	0	70	18:42
44Miles WoodL	0	0	0	-4	1	0	0	0	–	16:44
59Janne KuokkanenC	0	0	0	+1	5	0	0	0	–	18:02
63Jesper BrattL	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	11:01
8Will ButcherD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	17:07
24Ty SmithD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	–	21:18
28Damon SeversonD	0	0	0	-3	4	1	0	0	–	20:19
70Dmitry KulikovD	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	0	–	19:19
76P.K. SubbanD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	22:23

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Mackenzie BlackwoodG	L	15	11	4	.733	43:57
47Aaron DellG		4	2	2	.500	15:56