Buffalo Sabres 5 — 3 New York Rangers
2026-04-08 · Madison Square Garden
Shots on goal by period
| Period | BUF | NYR |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 12 |
| 2 | 8 | 7 |
| 3 | 8 | 1 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Igor Shesterkin start | NYR | L | 22 | 26 | 4 | 18/22 | 4/4 | 0/0 | 58:27 |
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen start | BUF | W | 17 | 20 | 3 | 16/17 | 0/2 | 1/1 | 60:00 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Zucker | L | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18:14 |
| Zach Benson | L | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:59 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:10 |
| Josh Norris | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14:46 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22:18 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24:30 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 15:04 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22:07 |
| Josh Doan | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:08 |
| Conor Timmins | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 16:26 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19:05 |
| Michael Kesselring | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:37 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:24 |
| Owen Power | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:09 |
| Tyson Kozak | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10:50 |
| Tanner Pearson | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 08:52 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10:15 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 20:39 |
NYR skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexis Lafrenière | L | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:07 |
| Adam Fox | D | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:20 |
| J.T. Miller | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20:51 |
| Mika Zibanejad | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18:44 |
| Vincent Trocheck | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 18:48 |
| Drew Fortescue | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:34 |
| Will Cuylle | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 15:46 |
| Braden Schneider | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 22:35 |
| Matthew Robertson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15:52 |
| Tye Kartye | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:07 |
| Adam Sykora | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11:16 |
| Noah Laba | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13:33 |
| Jonny Brodzinski | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:03 |
| Vladislav Gavrikov | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:41 |
| Conor Sheary | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:28 |
| Will Borgen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15:24 |
| Jaroslav Chmelar | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:15 |
| Gabe Perreault | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12:09 |
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 |