New Jersey Devils at Buffalo Sabres
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | Score | Status |
| New Jersey Devils | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Buffalo Sabres | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | F/SO |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 2nd Period | |
| 9:03 | Buffalo Sabres, goal by Eric Staal (Assist: Brandon Montour, Taylor Hall) |
| 18:35 | New Jersey Devils, power play goal by Ty Smith (Assist: P.K. Subban, Pavel Zacha) |
| 3rd Period | |
| 1:37 | New Jersey Devils, goal by Andreas Johnsson (Assist: Damon Severson, Jack Hughes) |
| 2:18 | Buffalo Sabres, goal by Tobias Rieder (Assist: Cody Eakin, Colin Miller) |
| 10:56 | Buffalo Sabres, power play goal by Victor Olofsson (Assist: Rasmus Dahlin, Taylor Hall) |
| 14:41 | New Jersey Devils, goal by Janne Kuokkanen (Assist: Michael McLeod, Nathan Bastian) |
| Shootout | |
| Buffalo Sabres, Shootout GOAL scored by Jack Eichel on Scott Wedgewood | |
| New Jersey Devils, Shootout attempt by Jesper Bratt saved by Linus Ullmark | |
| Buffalo Sabres, Shootout attempt by Rasmus Dahlin saved by Scott Wedgewood | |
| New Jersey Devils, Shootout attempt by Nikita Gusev saved by Linus Ullmark | |
| Buffalo Sabres, Shootout attempt by Victor Olofsson saved by Scott Wedgewood | |
| New Jersey Devils, Shootout attempt by Kyle Palmieri MISSES | |
| Penalty Summary | |
| 1st Period | |
| 7:15 | New Jersey Devils, Andreas Johnsson 2 minutes for Interference Taylor Hall |
| 12:15 | Buffalo Sabres, Eric Staal 2 minutes for Slashing Jesper Bratt |
| 12:15 | Buffalo Sabres, Brandon Montour 2 minutes for Tripping Jesper Bratt |
| 2nd Period | |
| 0:57 | New Jersey Devils, Andreas Johnsson 2 minutes for Holding Stick Victor Olofsson |
| 5:58 | New Jersey Devils, Miles Wood 2 minutes for Slashing Rasmus Dahlin |
| 12:05 | Buffalo Sabres, Taylor Hall 2 minutes for Holding Andreas Johnsson |
| 18:11 | Buffalo Sabres, Eric Staal 2 minutes for Hooking Damon Severson |
| 3rd Period | |
| 2:55 | Buffalo Sabres, Jeff Skinner 2 minutes for Delay of game |
| 10:21 | New Jersey Devils, Ty Smith 2 minutes for Hooking Taylor Hall |
| 18:08 | New Jersey Devils, Damon Severson 2 minutes for Tripping Jack Eichel |
| New Jersey Devils | ||||||||||||
| Player | G | A | +/- | S | SM | BS | PN | PIM | HT | TK | GV | TOI |
| N. Bastian RW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14:41 |
| J. Bratt LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:49 |
| N. Gusev LW | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13:53 |
| J. Hughes C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 23:49 |
| A. Johnsson LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:12 |
| J. Kuokkanen C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:52 |
| M. McLeod C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17:02 |
| N. Merkley RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7:07 |
| K. Palmieri RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18:23 |
| Y. Sharangovich C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:01 |
| M. Wood LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:57 |
| P. Zacha C | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:29 |
| D. Kulikov D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:20 |
| R. Murray D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:50 |
| D. Severson D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24:51 |
| T. Smith D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:50 |
| P.K. Subban D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22:40 |
| M. Tennyson D | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14:59 |
| Buffalo Sabres | ||||||||||||
| Player | G | A | +/- | S | SM | BS | PN | PIM | HT | TK | GV | TOI |
| D. Cozens C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:30 |
| C. Eakin C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:31 |
| J. Eichel C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22:49 |
| T. Hall LW | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22:00 |
| C. Lazar C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12:00 |
| K. Okposo RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11:22 |
| V. Olofsson RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21:08 |
| T. Rieder C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12:47 |
| R. Sheahan C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:38 |
| J. Skinner LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:05 |
| E. Staal C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:08 |
| T. Thompson RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:44 |
| R. Dahlin D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:56 |
| H. Jokiharju D | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:00 |
| J. McCabe D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:51 |
| C. Miller D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19:30 |
| B. Montour D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:07 |
| R. Ristolainen D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26:50 |
Last updated on Sunday, January 31, 2021 1:00 AM.