Buffalo Sabres vs New Jersey Devils

Regular season · Tuesday, February 23, 2021 · Prudential Center

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4–1

Final

SOG 37–42

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the New Jersey Devils 4-1 on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at Prudential Center. The Devils outshot the Sabres 42-37.

Goals came from Victor Olofsson, Rasmus Asplund, Dylan Cozens, Nikita Gusev and Cody Eakin.

Linus Ullmark made 41 saves on 42 shots for the win; Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 33 of 36.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	1	3	4	37
NJD	0	0	1	1	42

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Victor Olofsson (7)Rasmus Dahlin (6), Sam Reinhart (6)1–010:20 BUF · PPG

3rd period

Rasmus Asplund (1)Sam Reinhart (7), Jack Eichel (12)2–005:16 BUF
Dylan Cozens (3)Taylor Hall (10), Eric Staal (4)3–006:50 BUF
Nikita Gusev (2)P.K. Subban (5), Pavel Zacha (5)3–119:32 NJD
Cody Eakin (1)Kyle Okposo (1)4–119:59 BUF · EN

Team stats

BUFNJD

37Shots on goal42

50%Faceoff %50%

1/2Power play0/2

4Penalty minutes4

18Hits20

13Blocked shots10

4Giveaways10

5Takeaways6

Penalties

2nd 03:17Michael McLeod · tripping2 min
2nd 05:45Jacob Bryson · tripping2 min
2nd 08:27Sami Vatanen · tripping2 min
3rd 17:10Victor Olofsson · holding2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

23Sam ReinhartC	0	2	2	+1	2	1	0	0	100	17:59
4Taylor HallL	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	17:28
9Jack EichelC	0	1	1	+1	2	2	1	0	33	17:31
12Eric StaalC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	43	14:42
20Cody EakinC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	1	0	62	14:06
21Kyle OkposoR	0	1	1	+1	5	2	1	0	–	13:02
24Dylan CozensC	1	0	1	+1	1	1	1	0	100	14:33
68Victor OlofssonR	1	0	1	-1	2	1	0	2	100	18:19
74Rasmus AsplundC	1	0	1	+2	1	2	0	0	–	12:15
26Rasmus DahlinD	0	1	1	0	3	0	2	0	–	23:31
15Riley SheahanC	0	0	0	-1	4	1	0	0	50	13:27
27Curtis LazarC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	67	13:41
37Casey MittelstadtC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	12:33
10Henri JokiharjuD	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	–	18:56
33Colin MillerD	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	–	16:40
44Matt IrwinD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	0	–	19:47
62Brandon MontourD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	0	–	19:31
78Jacob BrysonD	0	0	0	+2	1	1	1	2	–	17:59

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Linus UllmarkG	W	42	41	1	.976	60:00
40Carter HuttonG		0	0	0	–	00:00

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

37Pavel ZachaC	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	50	15:55
97Nikita GusevL	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	–	15:16
76P.K. SubbanD	0	1	1	-1	5	0	0	0	–	19:34
11Andreas JohnssonL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	12:18
13Nico HischierC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	71	18:48
14Nathan BastianR	0	0	0	0	3	4	1	0	–	11:14
19Travis ZajacC	0	0	0	+1	1	3	0	0	36	15:54
20Michael McLeodC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	2	58	12:49
21Kyle PalmieriC	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	100	19:05
44Miles WoodL	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0	0	–	13:31
59Janne KuokkanenC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	09:20
63Jesper BrattL	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	–	15:41
86Jack HughesC	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	0	30	19:09
22Ryan MurrayD	0	0	0	-2	3	1	1	0	–	18:15
24Ty SmithD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	–	22:01
28Damon SeversonD	0	0	0	-1	1	4	2	0	–	24:47
45Sami VatanenD	0	0	0	+1	4	0	2	2	–	17:09
70Dmitry KulikovD	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	–	17:48

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Mackenzie BlackwoodG	L	36	33	3	.917	57:33
47Aaron DellG		0	0	0	–	00:00