New Jersey Devils vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, February 25, 2021 · KeyBank Center
MSG+ 2 · MSG-B
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 in overtime on Thursday, February 25, 2021 at KeyBank Center. The Devils outshot the Sabres 40-32.
Goals came from Riley Sheahan, Jesper Bratt, Casey Mittelstadt, Miles Wood, Nico Hischier, Sam Reinhart and Pavel Zacha.
Mackenzie Blackwood made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Carter Hutton stopped 21 of 25.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Riley Sheahan (2)Victor Olofsson (8)0–106:28 BUF
2nd period
Jesper Bratt (1)Pavel Zacha (6)1–105:27 NJD
Casey Mittelstadt (1)Eric Staal (5), Colin Miller (3)1–208:03 BUF · PPG
3rd period
Miles Wood (6)Nikita Gusev (2), Ty Smith (7)2–204:25 NJD · PPG
Nico Hischier (1)Pavel Zacha (7)3–206:45 NJD
Sam Reinhart (7)Taylor Hall (11), Rasmus Dahlin (7)3–315:30 BUF · PPG
OT period
Pavel Zacha (5)Jesper Bratt (5), Ty Smith (8)4–301:17 NJD
Team stats
NJDBUF
40Shots on goal32
44%Faceoff %56%
1/4Power play2/4
8Penalty minutes8
14Hits14
6Blocked shots14
2Giveaways10
1Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 16:17
Damon Severson · slashing2 min - 2nd 06:11Dmitry Kulikov · slashing2 min
- 2nd 09:20Nico Hischier · tripping2 min
- 2nd 11:51
Colin Miller · hooking2 min - 2nd 17:01Brandon Montour · interference2 min
- 3rd 02:58Taylor Hall · high sticking double minor4 min
- 3rd 14:14Travis Zajac · high sticking2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 37Pavel ZachaC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 16:05 |
| 63Jesper BrattL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 14:41 |
| 24Ty SmithD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 23:56 |
| 13Nico HischierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:40 |
| 44Miles WoodL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:04 |
| 97Nikita GusevL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13:11 |
| 11Andreas JohnssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:05 |
| 14Nathan BastianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:03 |
| 17Yegor SharangovichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:31 |
| 19Travis ZajacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:02 |
| 20Michael McLeodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:51 |
| 21Kyle PalmieriC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:08 |
| 86Jack HughesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 8 | 20:53 |
| 22Ryan MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 14:38 |
| 28Damon SeversonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:30 |
| 45Sami VatanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:42 |
| 70Dmitry KulikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:04 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:42 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mackenzie BlackwoodG | W | 32 | 29 | 3 | .906 | 61:14 |
| 47Aaron DellG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 4Taylor HallL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 5 | 19:18 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 18:04 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:12 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:24 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:22 |
| 68Victor OlofssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:16 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:39 |
| 33Colin MillerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:59 |
| 20Cody EakinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:22 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:25 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 15:39 |
| 27Curtis LazarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:09 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 07:57 |
| 74Rasmus AsplundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:42 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 18:55 |
| 44Matt IrwinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 17:47 |
| 62Brandon MontourD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 21:32 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:08 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Linus UllmarkG | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1.000 | 19:34 | |
| 40Carter HuttonG | O | 25 | 21 | 4 | .840 | 41:17 |