New Jersey Devils vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Tuesday, February 16, 2021 · Madison Square Garden
ESPN+ · MSG+ 2 · MSG
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the New York Rangers 5-2 on Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Devils 39-37.
Goals came from Pavel Zacha, Colin Blackwell, Will Butcher, Pavel Buchnevich, Yegor Sharangovich, Nick Merkley and Mikhail Maltsev.
Mackenzie Blackwood made 37 saves on 39 shots for the win; Igor Shesterkin stopped 32 of 36.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Pavel Zacha (3)Damon Severson (4), Janne Kuokkanen (3)1–007:37 NJD · PPG
Colin Blackwell (2)Brett Howden (2)1–111:32 NYR
Will Butcher (1)Nick Merkley (2), Janne Kuokkanen (4)2–117:14 NJD
Pavel Buchnevich (4)Chris Kreider (1), Jacob Trouba (3)2–219:27 NYR
3rd period
Yegor Sharangovich (2)P.K. Subban (4), Jesper Bratt (2)3–210:43 NJD
Nick Merkley (1)Janne Kuokkanen (5)4–214:09 NJD
Mikhail Maltsev (1)Kyle Palmieri (4)5–219:39 NJD · EN
Team stats
NJDNYR
37Shots on goal39
51%Faceoff %49%
1/2Power play0/0
5Penalty minutes9
21Hits30
17Blocked shots16
14Giveaways10
1Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 00:29
Chris Kreider · fighting5 min - 1st 00:29
Michael McLeod · fighting5 min - 1st 19:15Chris Kreider · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 2nd 06:37Mika Zibanejad · elbowing2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 59Janne KuokkanenC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | 14:49 |
| 39Nick MerkleyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 14:28 |
| 17Yegor SharangovichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 16:16 |
| 21Kyle PalmieriC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:23 |
| 23Mikhail MaltsevL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 13:41 |
| 37Pavel ZachaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:42 |
| 63Jesper BrattL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:21 |
| 8Will ButcherD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 17:40 |
| 28Damon SeversonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 24:48 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 19:40 |
| 11Andreas JohnssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:53 |
| 14Nathan BastianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:04 |
| 20Michael McLeodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 12:30 |
| 44Miles WoodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:41 |
| 86Jack HughesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:59 |
| 5Connor CarrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:14 |
| 7Matt TennysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:00 |
| 24Ty SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | 23:51 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mackenzie BlackwoodG | W | 39 | 37 | 2 | .949 | 60:00 |
| 41Scott WedgewoodG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
New York Rangers
| 20Chris KreiderC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 15:15 |
| 21Brett HowdenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:14 |
| 43Colin BlackwellC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:06 |
| 89Pavel BuchnevichL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 19:08 |
| 8Jacob TroubaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13:11 |
| 12Julien GauthierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 09:57 |
| 13Alexis LafrenièreL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:45 |
| 16Ryan StromeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 16:39 |
| 17Kevin RooneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:24 |
| 24Kaapo KakkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 16:46 |
| 33Phillip Di GiuseppeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 12:57 |
| 48Brendan LemieuxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:23 |
| 93Mika ZibanejadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:50 |
| 22Anthony BitettoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 19:13 |
| 23Adam FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 25:40 |
| 25Libor HajekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:14 |
| 42Brendan SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:01 |
| 55Ryan LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Igor ShesterkinG | L | 36 | 32 | 4 | .889 | 57:22 |
| 40Alexandar GeorgievG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |