New Jersey Devils at Buffalo Sabres

HSBC Arena, Buffalo Regular Season Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the New Jersey Devils 2–0 on Saturday, March 26, 2011 at home.

Final score, New Jersey Devils at Buffalo Sabres
Team Goals 2010-2011 record
New Jersey Devils 0 38-39-5
at Buffalo Sabres 2 43-29-10

Goals by period

Goals by period, New Jersey Devils at Buffalo Sabres
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
New Jersey Devils 0 0 0 0
Buffalo Sabres 2 0 0 2

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, New Jersey Devils at Buffalo Sabres
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
New Jersey Devils 9 10 11 30
Buffalo Sabres 16 7 5 28

Three stars

  1. R. Miller, Buffalo Sabres (goaltender)
  2. N. Gerbe, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)
  3. J. Pominville, Buffalo Sabres (1 assist)

Scoring summary

Every goal, New Jersey Devils at Buffalo Sabres. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 04:17 Buffalo Sabres Nathan Gerbe (1) Paul Gaustad (1), Brad Boyes (1) Even strength NJD 0, BUF 1
1st 16:17 Buffalo Sabres Thomas Vanek (1) Jason Pominville (1), Tim Connolly (1) Even strength NJD 0, BUF 2

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, New Jersey Devils at Buffalo Sabres
Stat New Jersey Devils Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal 30 28
Power play 0 of 2 0 of 2
Penalty minutes 4 4
Hits 14 9
Blocked shots 11 13
Giveaways 8 5
Takeaways 3 7
Faceoffs won 20/38 (52.6%) 18/38 (47.4%)

Box score

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 8 D. Zubrus C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 17:38
Number 10 R. Pelley C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 10:59
Number 11 A. Mair C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 09:58
Number 12 B. Rolston R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 18:13
Number 16 J. Josefson C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 71.4% 15:07
Number 17 I. Kovalchuk L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 0 22:29
Number 19 T. Zajac C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 0 41.7% 18:24
Number 21 M. Tedenby R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 11:38
Number 23 D. Clarkson R 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 13:56
Number 25 D. Steckel C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 75% 13:06
Number 26 P. Elias C 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 36.4% 17:01
Number 32 N. Palmieri R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 0 13:25
Number 2 M. Fraser D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:19
Number 6 A. Greene D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 3 27:43
Number 7 H. Tallinder D 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 1 27:03
Number 29 A. Salmela D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 2 18:29
Number 33 J. Leach D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12:48
Number 34 M. Fayne D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 1 19:25
New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 30 M. Brodeur 28 26 2 .929 59:19 Loss

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 8 C. McCormick C 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 50% 12:00
Number 19 T. Connolly C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 0 50% 17:08
Number 20 R. Niedermayer C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11:18
Number 21 D. Stafford R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 100% 15:55
Number 22 B. Boyes R 0 1 1 +1 0 2 2 0 16:40
Number 25 M. Grier R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11:03
Number 26 T. Vanek L 1 0 1 +1 0 2 0 0 14:45
Number 28 P. Gaustad C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 1 63.6% 16:09
Number 29 J. Pominville R 0 1 1 +1 0 3 0 0 16:44
Number 42 N. Gerbe C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 2 0 16:32
Number 55 J. Hecht C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 40% 14:29
Number 63 T. Ennis R 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 15:11
Number 4 S. Montador D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18:12
Number 6 M. Weber D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 18:18
Number 27 S. Morrisonn D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 16:03
Number 34 C. Butler D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 21:26
Number 44 A. Sekera D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 0 1 23:13
Number 57 T. Myers D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 1 1 20:54
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 30 R. Miller 30 30 0 1.000 60:00 Win

Penalties

Penalties, New Jersey Devils at Buffalo Sabres
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
2nd 16:27 Buffalo Sabres Tyler Ennis Tripping 2
2nd 18:01 New Jersey Devils Patrik Elias Boarding 2
3rd 02:52 Buffalo Sabres Cody McCormick High sticking 2
3rd 07:17 New Jersey Devils Henrik Tallinder Tripping 2

Game information

New Jersey Devils head coach
Jacques Lemaire
Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Referees
Don VanMassenhoven, Rob Martell
Linesmen
Tim Nowak, Tony Sericolo
New Jersey Devils scratches
Colin White, Anton Volchenkov, Vladimir Zharkov
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Patrick Lalime, Jordan Leopold, Patrick Kaleta, Mark Mancari

2010-2011 season series

Other NHL games on Mar 26

Sources and further reading

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