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Final · January 8, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.

Buffalo Sabres5
New York Rangers2

Shots on goal : BUF 21 — NYR 32 · Madison Square Garden

Three stars

BUFGame statsNYR

21Shots on goal32
39 %Faceoff win %61 %
1/2Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes4
16Hits32
20Blocked shots12
17Giveaways13
9Takeaways5

Shots by period

P1P2P3Total
BUF414321
NYR7111432

Season seriesBUF 2 – 1 NYR

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot
← BUF 5 / 21 / 362 / 32 / 45 NYR →
Missed shot — Will Cuylle (NYR), P1 00:18 · slapMissed shot — Vladislav Gavrikov (NYR), P1 06:31 · wristMissed shot — Josh Doan (BUF), P1 08:59 · snapMissed shot — Owen Power (BUF), P1 10:12 · slapMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 11:08 · wristMissed shot — Jason Zucker (BUF), P1 14:21 · wristMissed shot — Jason Zucker (BUF), P1 17:14 · tip-inMissed shot — Alex Tuch (BUF), P1 17:41 · snapMissed shot — Will Borgen (NYR), P1 19:47 · snapMissed shot — Jack Quinn (BUF), P2 04:31 · snapMissed shot — Bowen Byram (BUF), P2 05:09 · snapMissed shot — Jason Zucker (BUF), P2 08:11 · tip-inMissed shot — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P2 08:55 · snapMissed shot — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P2 15:05 · snapMissed shot — Alexis Lafrenière (NYR), P2 17:32 · wristMissed shot — Artemi Panarin (NYR), P2 18:17 · wristMissed shot — Artemi Panarin (NYR), P3 02:52 · wristMissed shot — Sam Carrick (NYR), P3 06:30 · wristMissed shot — Braden Schneider (NYR), P3 07:03 · wristMissed shot — Jordan Greenway (BUF), P3 10:18 · wristMissed shot — Sam Carrick (NYR), P3 10:41 · backhandMissed shot — Mika Zibanejad (NYR), P3 15:18 · slapMissed shot — Vladislav Gavrikov (NYR), P3 15:43 · wristMissed shot — Scott Morrow (NYR), P3 16:39 · wristMissed shot — Gabe Perreault (NYR), P3 17:06 · wristMissed shot — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P3 18:23 · wristMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 18:57 · snapMissed shot — Zach Benson (BUF), P3 19:42 · backhandShot on goal — Taylor Raddysh (NYR), P1 01:47 · tip-inShot on goal — Will Cuylle (NYR), P1 06:27 · snapShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P1 09:26 · snapShot on goal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P1 11:12 · wristShot on goal — Matthew Robertson (NYR), P1 13:14 · wristShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 14:18 · snapShot on goal — Gabe Perreault (NYR), P1 15:47 · tip-inShot on goal — Braden Schneider (NYR), P1 16:01 · wristShot on goal — Sam Carrick (NYR), P1 16:10 · wristShot on goal — Will Cuylle (NYR), P1 16:57 · snapShot on goal — Artemi Panarin (NYR), P2 00:33 · wristShot on goal — Mika Zibanejad (NYR), P2 00:34 · snapShot on goal — Jonny Brodzinski (NYR), P2 01:37 · snapShot on goal — Josh Norris (BUF), P2 03:03 · snapShot on goal — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P2 06:39 · snapShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P2 08:05 · wristShot on goal — Josh Doan (BUF), P2 08:06 · snapShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P2 08:53 · slapShot on goal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P2 11:21 · wristShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 12:06 · wristShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P2 12:32 · slapShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P2 13:07 · snapShot on goal — Vincent Trocheck (NYR), P2 13:29 · snapShot on goal — Gabe Perreault (NYR), P2 13:32 · wristShot on goal — J.T. Miller (NYR), P2 13:33 · wristShot on goal — Jonny Brodzinski (NYR), P2 14:08 · snapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 15:45 · wristShot on goal — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P2 16:44 · wristShot on goal — Zach Metsa (BUF), P2 17:01 · slapShot on goal — Vincent Trocheck (NYR), P2 18:37 · wristShot on goal — J.T. Miller (NYR), P2 18:41 · wristShot on goal — Vladislav Gavrikov (NYR), P2 19:35 · snapShot on goal — Matthew Robertson (NYR), P3 03:33 · wristShot on goal — Braden Schneider (NYR), P3 04:30 · wristShot on goal — Artemi Panarin (NYR), P3 04:42 · wristShot on goal — Vladislav Gavrikov (NYR), P3 06:44 · wristShot on goal — Matt Rempe (NYR), P3 06:58 · wristShot on goal — J.T. Miller (NYR), P3 07:26 · wristShot on goal — Will Cuylle (NYR), P3 08:07 · slapShot on goal — Mika Zibanejad (NYR), P3 08:14 · snapShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P3 09:33 · snapShot on goal — Vladislav Gavrikov (NYR), P3 10:39 · wristShot on goal — Artemi Panarin (NYR), P3 15:36 · slapShot on goal — Artemi Panarin (NYR), P3 17:13 · wristShot on goal — Vladislav Gavrikov (NYR), P3 18:12 · snapShot on goal — Alexis Lafrenière (NYR), P3 18:20 · tip-inGoal — Josh Doan (BUF), P1 04:07 · wristGoal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 06:58 · snapGoal — Mika Zibanejad (NYR), P2 09:34 · slapGoal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P2 12:34 · deflectedGoal — Vincent Trocheck (NYR), P3 00:51 · wristGoal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P3 14:38 · snapGoal — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P3 18:30 · wrist

Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.

Goals

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Penalties

2nd period

  • 06:58NYRVincent Trocheck — Abuse of officials (2 min)
  • 11:53NYRMatthew Robertson — Holding (2 min) · drawn by Zach Benson
  • 18:28BUFNoah Ostlund — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Artemi Panarin

3rd period

  • 14:24BUFPeyton Krebs — High sticking double minor (4 min) · drawn by Vincent Trocheck

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
Z. BensonL0001016:04
J. NorrisC0121113:27
J. GreenwayL0000213:49
J. ZuckerL1123115:00
P. KrebsC00-11411:29
J. QuinnR0003014:12
B. MalenstynL00-10112:01
R. McLeodC1122017:30
T. ThompsonC01-12116:39
N. OstlundC0000012:59
A. TuchR1021017:30
J. DoanR1002316:09
B. ByramD0130023:45
M. SamuelssonD1111223:56
O. PowerD0010022:15
R. DahlinD01-23123:41
Z. MetsaD0001012:39
J. BrysonD0010010:55
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
U. Luukkonen0/0—00:00
C. Ellis(W)30/3293.8 %60:00

New York Rangers

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
J. MillerC01-13220:24
A. PanarinL02-34020:53
A. LafrenièreL00-21014:38
T. RaddyshR0001016:30
V. TrocheckC1003419:47
J. BrodzinskiC0002014:12
A. BlidhL0000407:35
S. CarrickC0001010:08
W. CuylleL00-13316:34
M. RempeC0001609:43
M. ZibanejadC10-23219:33
G. PerreaultR0002115:11
B. SchneiderD0002421:19
W. BorgenD00-10118:08
C. SoucyD0010214:30
M. RobertsonD0002118:21
V. GavrikovD00-34224:37
S. MorrowD0010016:51
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
J. Quick(L)16/2080.0 %58:25
S. Martin0/0—00:00

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