Buffalo Sabres vs New Jersey Devils

Regular season · Tuesday, March 16, 2021 · Prudential Center

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2–3

Final

SOG 35–27

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Game summary

The New Jersey Devils beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 on Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at Prudential Center. The Sabres outshot the Devils 35-27.

Goals came from Yegor Sharangovich, Tobias Rieder, Jeff Skinner, Sami Vatanen and Miles Wood.

Mackenzie Blackwood made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Jonas Johansson stopped 24 of 27.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	2	0	2	35
NJD	1	1	1	3	27

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Yegor Sharangovich (6)Damon Severson (8), Travis Zajac (8)0–117:40 NJD

2nd period

Tobias Rieder (5)Brandon Montour (5), Kyle Okposo (4)1–106:13 BUF
Jeff Skinner (2)Casey Mittelstadt (4), Brandon Montour (6)2–107:10 BUF
Sami Vatanen (1)Janne Kuokkanen (7), Ryan Murray (4)2–210:39 NJD

3rd period

Miles Wood (9)Jesper Bratt (10), P.K. Subban (11)2–304:52 NJD · PPG

Team stats

BUFNJD

35Shots on goal27

61%Faceoff %39%

0/2Power play1/3

8Penalty minutes6

25Hits19

8Blocked shots6

7Giveaways9

5Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 13:30Cody Eakin · hooking2 min
1st 18:15Dmitry Kulikov · holding2 min
2nd 03:51Sami Vatanen · interference2 min
2nd 11:05Jeff Skinner · roughing2 min
2nd 11:05Nathan Bastian · roughing2 min
3rd 03:37Colin Miller · slashing2 min
3rd 06:33Brandon Davidson · hooking2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

62Brandon MontourD	0	2	2	+1	0	1	1	0	–	19:35
13Tobias RiederC	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	–	12:01
21Kyle OkposoR	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	100	15:41
37Casey MittelstadtC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	71	16:03
53Jeff SkinnerC	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	–	14:56
4Taylor HallL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	12:07
12Eric StaalC	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	62	16:05
15Riley SheahanC	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	43	15:28
20Cody EakinC	0	0	0	+1	1	2	1	2	70	11:50
23Sam ReinhartC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	20:13
27Curtis LazarC	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	0	73	12:54
68Victor OlofssonR	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	–	18:02
72Tage ThompsonC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	10:38
10Henri JokiharjuD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	–	16:06
26Rasmus DahlinD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	22:19
33Colin MillerD	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	–	19:51
55Rasmus RistolainenD	0	0	0	-1	3	4	3	0	–	24:07
88Brandon DavidsonD	0	0	0	-1	1	4	2	2	–	16:48

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34Jonas JohanssonG	L	27	24	3	.889	58:01
40Carter HuttonG		0	0	0	–	00:00

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

17Yegor SharangovichC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	18:38
19Travis ZajacC	0	1	1	+1	2	3	0	0	30	20:26
44Miles WoodL	1	0	1	-1	5	0	2	0	–	16:27
59Janne KuokkanenC	0	1	1	+2	3	0	0	0	–	16:26
63Jesper BrattL	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	–	13:47
22Ryan MurrayD	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	–	18:13
28Damon SeversonD	0	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	–	24:01
45Sami VatanenD	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	–	14:31
76P.K. SubbanD	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	–	22:28
11Andreas JohnssonL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	07:31
14Nathan BastianR	0	0	0	+1	2	7	1	2	–	12:59
21Kyle PalmieriC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	100	18:53
23Mikhail MaltsevL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	60	08:29
37Pavel ZachaC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	47	18:21
86Jack HughesC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	33	17:40
97Nikita GusevL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	08:51
24Ty SmithD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	17:14
70Dmitry KulikovD	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	–	17:35

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Mackenzie BlackwoodG	W	35	33	2	.943	60:00
41Scott WedgewoodG		0	0	0	–	00:00