New Jersey Devils 5 — 3 Buffalo Sabres
2021-01-31 · KeyBank Center
Shots on goal by period
| Period | NJD | BUF |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 9 |
| 2 | 14 | 15 |
| 3 | 12 | 9 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Hutton start | BUF | L | 32 | 36 | 4 | 31/35 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 58:03 |
| Eric Comrie start | NJD | W | 30 | 33 | 3 | 22/23 | 8/10 | 0/0 | 60:00 |
NJD skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miles Wood | L | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:10 |
| Michael McLeod | C | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:03 |
| Jesper Bratt | L | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18:18 |
| Nathan Bastian | R | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:33 |
| Damon Severson | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22:39 |
| Pavel Zacha | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:58 |
| Andreas Johnsson | L | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:09 |
| Ty Smith | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:39 |
| P.K. Subban | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21:25 |
| Ryan Murray | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 21:50 |
| Janne Kuokkanen | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14:51 |
| Yegor Sharangovich | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:18 |
| Jack Hughes | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:41 |
| Nikita Gusev | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:41 |
| Matt Tennyson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:34 |
| Dmitry Kulikov | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:37 |
| Mikhail Maltsev | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:20 |
| Jesper Boqvist | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11:24 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Eichel | C | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21:57 |
| Rasmus Ristolainen | D | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 28:11 |
| Victor Olofsson | L | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20:26 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:32 |
| Curtis Lazar | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:29 |
| Jake McCabe | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 19:53 |
| Matt Irwin | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13:15 |
| Taylor Hall | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:24 |
| Colin Miller | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:19 |
| Eric Staal | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:45 |
| Jeff Skinner | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:51 |
| Cody Eakin | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:11 |
| Riley Sheahan | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:01 |
| Kyle Okposo | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 09:51 |
| Tobias Rieder | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:02 |
| Brandon Montour | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22:46 |
| Dylan Cozens | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:24 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10:40 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-25 | 2025-26 | BUF | 2 | NJD | 1 | |
| 2025-12-21 | 2025-26 | BUF | 3 | NJD | 1 | |
| 2025-11-28 | 2025-26 | NJD | 5 | BUF | 0 | |
| 2025-02-02 | 2024-25 | NJD | 3 | BUF | 4 | |
| 2024-10-05 | 2024-25 | BUF | 1 | NJD | 3 | |
| 2024-10-04 | 2024-25 | NJD | 4 | BUF | 1 | |
| 2024-03-29 | 2023-24 | NJD | 2 | BUF | 5 | |
| 2023-11-25 | 2023-24 | BUF | 2 | NJD | 7 | |
| 2023-10-27 | 2023-24 | BUF | 4 | NJD | 5 | |
| 2023-04-11 | 2022-23 | BUF | 2 | NJD | 6 |