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2020-21 regular season

Sabres at Devils

🗓 📍 Prudential Center, Newark 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 2–1

Sabres beat Devils 3–2 at Prudential Center on February 20, 2021.

BUF – NJD
29–27
Shots on goal
1/1–1/3
Power play
19–13
Hits
18–3
Blocked shots
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The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Sam Reinhart
2 G
3 shots · 14:50 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Colin Miller
1 G
1 shots · 20:46 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Taylor Hall
1 A
3 shots · 13:27 TOI

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Colin Miller Go-ahead 1st · 05:26
Assists: Taylor Hall, Eric Staal · beat Mackenzie Blackwood
1–0
2nd period
⚔️ Sam Reinhart 2nd · 08:07
Assists: Matt Irwin, Brandon Montour · beat Mackenzie Blackwood
2–0
⚔️ Sam Reinhart PP 2nd · 17:46
Assists: Jack Eichel, Rasmus Dahlin · beat Mackenzie Blackwood
3–0
3rd period
😈 Kyle Palmieri 3rd · 00:40
Assists: Jack Hughes, Will Butcher · beat Linus Ullmark
3–1
😈 P.K. Subban PP 3rd · 16:44
Assists: Pavel Zacha, Jesper Bratt · beat Linus Ullmark
3–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Rieder · Olofsson · Eakin 16:45
L2 Eichel · Sheahan · Okposo 15:55
L3 Hall · Lazar · Reinhart 14:50
L4 Skinner · Cozens · Staal 10:54
D1 Montour · Miller 21:14
D2 Irwin · McCabe 19:42
D3 Borgen · Dahlin 18:49
😈Devils
L1 Bratt · Hughes · Zacha 20:10
L2 Johnsson · Hischier · Palmieri 16:29
L3 Wood · Zajac · Kuokkanen 13:40
L4 Sharangovich · McLeod · Bastian 11:27
D1 Smith · Severson 23:04
D2 Subban · Vatanen 18:38
D3 Kulikov · Butcher 16:32

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF NJD😈
29 Shots on goal 27
1/1 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
19 Hits 13
18 Blocked shots 3
3 Takeaways 8
3 Giveaways 8
6 Penalty minutes 2
BUF shooting 10.3% (3/29) NJD shooting 7.4% (2/27)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Linus Ullmark
25/27
.926 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
😈Devils
Mackenzie Blackwood
26/29
.897 SV% · 3 GA · 58:46 TOI

Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located
Colin Miller · 1st 05:26 · 1–0 Sam Reinhart · 2nd 08:07 · 2–0 Sam Reinhart · 2nd 17:46 · 3–0 Kyle Palmieri · 3rd 00:40 · 3–1 P.K. Subban · 3rd 16:44 · 3–2
BUF NJD
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Devils
Devils — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 0-1-1 (0% win rate, 2 games)

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 2–1
Jan 312021 😈NJD @ ⚔️BUF 5–3 Jan 302021 😈NJD @ ⚔️BUF 3–4 SO Dec 22019 😈NJD @ ⚔️BUF 1–7 Oct 52019 😈NJD @ ⚔️BUF 2–7 Mar 252019 ⚔️BUF @ 😈NJD 1–3
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Who won Sabres vs Devils on February 20, 2021?

Sabres won 3–2. The final score was Sabres 3, Devils 2.

Who scored for Sabres?

Sam Reinhart (2), Colin Miller.

Who scored for Devils?

Kyle Palmieri, P.K. Subban.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Linus Ullmark made 25 saves on 27 shots (.926 save percentage).

How did the Devils goalie play?

Mackenzie Blackwood made 26 saves on 29 shots (.897 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Devils played?

At Prudential Center in Newark, the Devils home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Devils season series?

Sabres lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeFeb 18 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 1–3 AfterFeb 22 ⚔️BUF @ 🏝️NYI 2–3
😈 Devils
BeforeFeb 18 😈NJD @ 🐻BOS 3–2 AfterFeb 21 😈NJD @ 🦅WSH 3–4
Also on February 20
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