New Jersey Devils vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, April 8, 2021 · KeyBank Center
MSG+ 2 · MSG-B
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-3 on Thursday, April 8, 2021 at KeyBank Center. The Devils outshot the Sabres 38-27.
Pavel Zacha scored twice. Victor Olofsson, Jack Hughes, Tage Thompson, Jeff Skinner, Jesper Boqvist, Yegor Sharangovich and Janne Kuokkanen also scored.
Aaron Dell made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Linus Ullmark stopped 32 of 37.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Victor Olofsson (11)Henri Jokiharju (3), Kyle Okposo (10)0–100:53 BUF
Pavel Zacha (9)Ty Smith (18), Jesper Bratt (17)1–102:06 NJD · PPG- Pavel Zacha (10)Ty Smith (19), Jesper Bratt (18)2–103:47 NJD · PPG
Jack Hughes (8)Janne Kuokkanen (12), Yegor Sharangovich (6)3–116:04 NJD
2nd period
Tage Thompson (3)Brandon Montour (9), Colin Miller (5)3–211:56 BUF · PPG
Jeff Skinner (4)Sam Reinhart (12), Rasmus Dahlin (13)3–318:21 BUF
3rd period
Jesper Boqvist (1)Michael McLeod (3)4–308:45 NJD
Yegor Sharangovich (9)Jack Hughes (11), Janne Kuokkanen (13)5–318:17 NJD
Janne Kuokkanen (6)Yegor Sharangovich (7), Jack Hughes (12)6–319:28 NJD · EN
Team stats
NJDBUF
38Shots on goal27
52%Faceoff %48%
2/4Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes8
9Hits13
6Blocked shots11
2Giveaways1
3Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 01:30
Cody Eakin · holding2 min - 1st 03:03Tage Thompson · holding2 min
- 1st 10:27
Dmitry Kulikov · tripping2 min - 2nd 10:20Pavel Zacha · interference2 min
- 2nd 12:44Miles Wood · tripping2 min
- 2nd 15:37Steven Fogarty · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 14:14Rasmus Ristolainen · high sticking2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 17Yegor SharangovichC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 19:12 |
| 59Janne KuokkanenC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | 15:58 |
| 86Jack HughesC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 4 | 19:44 |
| 37Pavel ZachaC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 18:59 |
| 63Jesper BrattL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18:01 |
| 24Ty SmithD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 21:37 |
| 20Michael McLeodC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 16:40 |
| 90Jesper BoqvistC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:52 |
| 11Andreas JohnssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:50 |
| 12Tyce ThompsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 08:29 |
| 23Mikhail MaltsevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 10:39 |
| 39Nick MerkleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:48 |
| 44Miles WoodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:38 |
| 22Ryan MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:42 |
| 28Damon SeversonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22:19 |
| 45Sami VatanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:57 |
| 70Dmitry KulikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:43 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | 19:16 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mackenzie BlackwoodG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 47Aaron DellG | W | 27 | 24 | 3 | .889 | 60:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 14:23 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 21:19 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 18:40 |
| 68Victor OlofssonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 19:17 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15:01 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:52 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:32 |
| 33Colin MillerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 15:05 |
| 62Brandon MontourD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 21:25 |
| 13Tobias RiederC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:14 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 12:37 |
| 17Steven FogartyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:49 |
| 20Cody EakinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:19 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:28 |
| 74Rasmus AsplundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:22 |
| 44Matt IrwinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:58 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:34 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:37 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Dustin TokarskiG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Linus UllmarkG | L | 37 | 32 | 5 | .865 | 59:08 |