Buffalo Sabres vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Tuesday, April 6, 2021 · Prudential Center
MSG+ · MSG-B
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New Jersey Devils 5–3 on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at Prudential Center. The Devils outshot the Sabres 30–18.
Goals came from Damon Severson, Rasmus Asplund, Brandon Montour, Jesper Bratt, Pavel Zacha, Rasmus Dahlin, Casey Mittelstadt and Rasmus Ristolainen.
Linus Ullmark made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Scott Wedgewood stopped 13 of 17.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Damon Severson (3)Tyce Thompson (1), Mikhail Maltsev (1)0–104:22 NJD
Rasmus Asplund (4)Casey Mittelstadt (6)1–109:56 BUF
Brandon Montour (5)Tage Thompson (3), Colin Miller (4)2–119:17 BUF
Jesper Bratt (5)Travis Zajac (11), Pavel Zacha (14)2–219:59 NJD ·
2nd period
Pavel Zacha (8)Jesper Bratt (16), Miles Wood (5)2–311:03 NJD
Rasmus Dahlin (3)Riley Sheahan (6), Kyle Okposo (9)3–315:19 BUF
3rd period
Casey Mittelstadt (4)Rasmus Dahlin (12)4–310:20 BUF · 
Rasmus Ristolainen (4)Unassisted5–318:29 BUF ·
Team stats
BUFNJD
1830
54%46%
1/21/3
64
2112
76
56
68
Penalties
- 19:45 into the first period
Brandon Montour · tripping2 min - 6:13 into the second periodSteven Fogarty · tripping2 min
- 15:54 into the second periodColin Miller · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 2:42 into the third period
Sami Vatanen · interference2 min - 9:03 into the third periodYegor Sharangovich · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 16:47 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19:09 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:52 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:13 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 15:25 |
| 74Rasmus AsplundC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:07 |
| 33Colin MillerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:25 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 24:21 |
| 62Brandon MontourD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:48 |
| 13Tobias RiederC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:47 |
| 17Steven FogartyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:12 |
| 20Cody EakinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:33 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:40 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:53 |
| 68Victor OlofssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:39 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:17 |
| 44Matt IrwinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:52 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 20:46 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Dustin TokarskiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Linus UllmarkG | W | 30 | 3 | .900 |
New Jersey Devils
| 37Pavel ZachaC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 18:17 |
| 63Jesper BrattL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 15:56 |
| 12Tyce ThompsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:44 |
| 19Travis ZajacC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | 18:42 |
| 23Mikhail MaltsevL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:38 |
| 44Miles WoodL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 15:10 |
| 28Damon SeversonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:22 |
| 11Andreas JohnssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 13:42 |
| 17Yegor SharangovichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 16:27 |
| 20Michael McLeodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:55 |
| 39Nick MerkleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 11:24 |
| 59Janne KuokkanenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 18:45 |
| 86Jack HughesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 21:37 |
| 22Ryan MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:22 |
| 24Ty SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 21:43 |
| 45Sami VatanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:05 |
| 70Dmitry KulikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:31 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:41 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mackenzie BlackwoodG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Scott WedgewoodG | L | 17 | 4 | .765 |