Buffalo Sabres 5 — 2 New York Rangers
2026-01-08 · Madison Square Garden
Shots on goal by period
| Period | BUF | NYR |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 14 | 11 |
| 3 | 3 | 14 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Quick start | NYR | L | 16 | 20 | 4 | 11/13 | 5/6 | 0/1 | 58:25 |
| Colten Ellis start | BUF | W | 30 | 32 | 2 | 23/25 | 7/7 | 0/0 | 60:00 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Zucker | L | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:00 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:30 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 23:56 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 23:41 |
| Josh Doan | R | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:09 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16:39 |
| Josh Norris | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13:27 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:30 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23:45 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:12 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11:29 |
| Zach Metsa | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12:39 |
| Zach Benson | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:04 |
| Owen Power | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22:15 |
| Noah Ostlund | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:59 |
| Jordan Greenway | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13:49 |
| Jacob Bryson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:55 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12:01 |
NYR skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artemi Panarin | L | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20:53 |
| Vincent Trocheck | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 19:47 |
| Mika Zibanejad | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19:33 |
| J.T. Miller | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:24 |
| Vladislav Gavrikov | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 24:37 |
| Will Cuylle | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16:34 |
| Gabe Perreault | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:11 |
| Matthew Robertson | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:21 |
| Braden Schneider | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 21:19 |
| Jonny Brodzinski | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:12 |
| Sam Carrick | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:08 |
| Taylor Raddysh | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:30 |
| Alexis Lafrenière | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:38 |
| Matt Rempe | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 09:43 |
| Scott Morrow | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:51 |
| Will Borgen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 18:08 |
| Anton Blidh | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 07:35 |
| Carson Soucy | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14:30 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-08 | 2025-26 | BUF | 5 | NYR | 3 | |
| 2026-01-08 | 2025-26 | BUF | 5 | NYR | 2 | |
| 2025-10-09 | 2025-26 | NYR | 4 | BUF | 0 | |
| 2025-02-22 | 2024-25 | NYR | 2 | BUF | 8 | |
| 2024-12-11 | 2024-25 | NYR | 3 | BUF | 2 | |
| 2024-11-07 | 2024-25 | BUF | 6 | NYR | 1 | |
| 2023-12-23 | 2023-24 | BUF | 3 | NYR | 4 | OT |
| 2023-11-27 | 2023-24 | BUF | 5 | NYR | 1 | |
| 2023-10-12 | 2023-24 | NYR | 5 | BUF | 1 | |
| 2023-04-10 | 2022-23 | BUF | 3 | NYR | 2 | SO |