Sun, Jan 31, 2021·KeyBank Center, Buffalo
New Jersey Devils 5, Buffalo Sabres 3
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 87% of the time.
Play-by-play
Model-basedEvery event the NHL recorded. Goals show how much they moved the win probability, and who was on the ice.
- P1 0:00Period start
- P1 0:20Goal by McLeod (Subban, Murray)+16 pts WP
On ice: BUF Okposo, Eakin, Irwin, Rieder, Montour · NJD Subban, Murray, Wood, Bastian, McLeod
- P1 2:36Shot by Irwin, saved by Comrie
- P1 3:01Shot by Gusev, saved by Hutton
- P1 3:44Shot by Hall, saved by Comrie
- P1 5:13Shot by Johnsson, saved by Hutton
- P1 5:45Shot by Maltsev, saved by Hutton
- P1 5:56Shot by Smith, saved by Hutton
- P1 6:12Shot by Staal, saved by Comrie
- P1 7:01Shot by Ristolainen, saved by Comrie
- P1 9:00Shot by Sharangovich, saved by Hutton
- P1 9:28Kuokkanen: High sticking (2 min)
On ice: BUF Staal, Irwin, Skinner, Montour, Cozens · NJD Severson, Zacha, Kuokkanen, Boqvist, Smith
- P1 10:04Shot by Eichel, saved by Comrie5v4
- P1 10:54Shot by Hall, saved by Comrie5v4
- P1 11:57Shot by Skinner, saved by Comrie
- P1 13:33Shot by Wood, saved by Hutton
- P1 14:35Irwin: Tripping (2 min)
On ice: BUF Irwin, Hall, Montour, Olofsson, Eichel · NJD Subban, Murray, Johnsson, Bratt, Hughes
- P1 17:10Shot by Wood, saved by Hutton
- P1 17:25Shot by Eichel, saved by Comrie
- P1 17:49Shot by Boqvist, saved by Hutton
- P1 19:13Shot by McCabe, saved by Comrie
- P1 19:42Shot by Bratt, saved by Hutton
- P1 19:43Goal by Johnsson (Bratt, Smith)+15 pts WP
On ice: BUF Sheahan, Miller, Lazar, Mittelstadt, Dahlin · NJD Severson, Johnsson, Bratt, Smith, Hughes
- P1 0:00Period end
- P2 0:00Period start
- P2 0:16Shot by Eichel, saved by Comrie
- P2 1:32Shot by Staal, saved by Comrie
- P2 1:40Shot by Irwin, saved by Comrie
- P2 1:40Kulikov: Hooking (2 min)
On ice: BUF Okposo, Eakin, Irwin, Rieder, Montour · NJD Kulikov, Tennyson, Johnsson, Bratt, Hughes
- P2 1:53Shot by Dahlin, saved by Comrie5v4
- P2 2:29Shot by Olofsson, saved by Comrie5v4
- P2 2:57Shot by Eichel, saved by Comrie5v4
- P2 3:25Shot by Miller, saved by Comrie5v4
- P2 3:32Shot by Sharangovich, saved by Hutton5v4
- P2 4:34Shot by Irwin, saved by Comrie
- P2 8:22Shot by Bastian, saved by Hutton
- P2 8:27Shot by Bastian, saved by Hutton
- P2 8:29Shot by Wood, saved by Hutton
- P2 9:21Shot by Zacha, saved by Hutton
- P2 10:12Shot by Gusev, saved by Hutton
- P2 10:27Shot by Sharangovich, saved by Hutton
- P2 10:37Shot by Eichel, saved by Comrie
- P2 12:07Shot by Dahlin, saved by Comrie
- P2 13:25Shot by Miller, saved by Comrie
- P2 13:54Shot by Lazar, saved by Comrie
- P2 14:11Goal by Lazar (Ristolainen, McCabe)+16 pts WP
On ice: BUF Sheahan, McCabe, Ristolainen, Lazar, Mittelstadt · NJD Subban, Murray, Gusev, Johnsson, Hughes
- P2 14:48Shot by Hughes, saved by Hutton
- P2 14:48Shot by Bratt, saved by Hutton
- P2 15:07Smith: Holding (2 min)
On ice: BUF Okposo, Eakin, Rieder, Montour, Dahlin · NJD Severson, Wood, Bastian, McLeod, Smith
- P2 15:23Goal by Dahlin (Olofsson, Eichel)5v4+26 pts WP
On ice: BUF Hall, Ristolainen, Olofsson, Eichel, Dahlin · NJD Murray, Severson, Zacha, Bastian
- P2 16:35Shot by Sharangovich, saved by Hutton
- P2 17:08Shot by Severson, saved by Hutton
- P2 17:55Shot by Zacha, saved by Hutton
- P2 19:44Shot by Irwin, saved by Comrie
- P2 19:57Shot by Wood, saved by Hutton
- P2 19:59Goal by Wood (Kuokkanen)+28 pts WP
On ice: BUF Irwin, Hall, Miller, Olofsson, Eichel · NJD Kulikov, Tennyson, Wood, McLeod, Kuokkanen
- P2 0:00Period end
- P3 0:00Period start
- P3 0:28Shot by Hall, saved by Comrie
- P3 0:29Shot by Eichel, saved by Comrie
- P3 0:30Shot by Ristolainen, saved by Comrie
- P3 1:07Shot by Tennyson, saved by Hutton
- P3 1:10Montour: Slashing (2 min)
On ice: BUF Staal, Skinner, Montour, Dahlin, Cozens · NJD Kulikov, Tennyson, Johnsson, Bratt, Hughes
- P3 2:19Johnsson: Delaying game bench face off violation (2 min)4v5
On ice: BUF Sheahan, Rieder, Miller, Ristolainen · NJD Severson, Gusev, Johnsson, Bratt, Hughes
- P3 2:41Shot by Subban, saved by Hutton4v4
- P3 3:27Shot by Dahlin, saved by Comrie5v4
- P3 3:52Shot by Ristolainen, saved by Comrie5v4
- P3 3:53Goal by Ristolainen (Olofsson, Eichel)5v4+27 pts WP
On ice: BUF Hall, Ristolainen, Olofsson, Eichel, Dahlin · NJD Subban, Murray, Zacha, McLeod
- P3 4:10Shot by Severson, saved by Hutton
- P3 5:14Shot by Kulikov, saved by Hutton
- P3 6:05Shot by Irwin, saved by Comrie
- P3 6:25Shot by Olofsson, saved by Comrie
- P3 7:26Shot by Hughes, saved by Hutton
- P3 7:50Dahlin: Holding (2 min)
On ice: BUF Sheahan, Ristolainen, Lazar, Mittelstadt, Dahlin · NJD Murray, Johnsson, Bratt, Smith, Hughes
- P3 10:40Goal by McLeod (Wood, Bastian)+35 pts WP
On ice: BUF Staal, Skinner, McCabe, Ristolainen, Cozens · NJD Kulikov, Murray, Wood, Bastian, McLeod
- P3 11:12Shot by Eichel, saved by Comrie
- P3 13:19Shot by Bastian, saved by Hutton
- P3 15:10Shot by Hughes, saved by Hutton
- P3 15:36Shot by Severson, saved by Hutton
- P3 15:49Shot by Bratt, saved by Hutton
- P3 17:31Shot by Wood, saved by Hutton
- P3 19:52Goal by Wood (Zacha, Severson)6v5+3 pts WP
On ice: BUF Hall, Ristolainen, Olofsson, Eichel, Mittelstadt, Dahlin · NJD Kulikov, Severson, Wood, Zacha, Sharangovich
- P3 0:00Period end
- P3 0:00Final