Final · April 8, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
Shots on goal : BUF 27 — NYR 20 · Madison Square Garden
Three stars
- 1★
J. ZuckerBUF · L · 1B 1A - 2★
R. McLeodBUF · C · 1B 1A - 3★
A. LafrenièreNYR · L · 2B 0A
BUFGame statsNYR 
- 27Shots on goal20
- 44 %Faceoff win %56 %
- 0/4Power play2/3
- 6Penalty minutes8
- 19Hits26
- 19Blocked shots11
- 17Giveaways12
- 6Takeaways4
Shots by period
| P1 | P2 | P3 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 11 | 8 | 8 | 27 |
| NYR | 12 | 7 | 1 | 20 |
Season seriesBUF 2 – 1 NYR
Official NHL reports
Shot map
← BUF 5 / 27 / 413 / 20 / 29 NYR →
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
- Ryan McLeodBUF · 04:40Assists : Jason Zucker, Conor Timmins1 – 0▶ Watch
Zach BensonBUF · 08:58Assists : Rasmus Dahlin, Bowen Byram2 – 0▶ Watch- Alexis LafrenièreNYR · 19:21 · PPAssists : Adam Fox, J.T. Miller2 – 1▶ Watch
2nd period
- Alexis LafrenièreNYR · 02:57Assists : Drew Fortescue2 – 2▶ Watch
Adam FoxNYR · 14:44 · PPAssists : Vincent Trocheck, Mika Zibanejad2 – 3▶ Watch
3rd period
Alex TuchBUF · 05:51Assists : Peyton Krebs, Tage Thompson3 – 3▶ Watch- Jason ZuckerBUF · 07:14Assists : Ryan McLeod4 – 3▶ Watch
- Zach BensonBUF · 18:45Assists : Josh Doan, Josh Norris5 – 3▶ Watch
Penalties
1st period
- 18:24BUFRyan McLeod — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Adam Sykora
2nd period
- 00:23NYRAdam Fox — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Tage Thompson
- 14:14BUFPeyton Krebs — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Tye Kartye
- 16:31NYRVincent Trocheck — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Bowen Byram
- 17:35NYRVladislav Gavrikov — Cross checking (2 min) · drawn by Jason Zucker
3rd period
- 10:00NYRWill Borgen — Holding the stick (2 min) · drawn by Beck Malenstyn
- 10:44BUFJosh Norris — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Tye Kartye
Box score
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Z. BensonL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12:59 |
| J. NorrisC | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14:46 |
| J. ZuckerL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 18:14 |
| P. KrebsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 15:04 |
| J. QuinnR | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19:24 |
| B. MalenstynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10:15 |
| T. KozakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:50 |
| T. PearsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 08:52 |
| R. McLeodC | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17:10 |
| T. ThompsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 22:18 |
| A. TuchR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19:05 |
| J. DoanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13:08 |
| B. ByramD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22:07 |
| M. KesselringD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10:37 |
| C. TimminsD | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16:26 |
| M. SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:39 |
| O. PowerD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20:09 |
| R. DahlinD | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 24:30 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| U. Luukkonen(W) | 17/20 | 85.0 % | 60:00 |
| C. Ellis | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. MillerC | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 20:51 |
| A. LafrenièreL | 2 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 15:07 |
| V. TrocheckC | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 18:48 |
| J. BrodzinskiC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 12:03 |
| T. KartyeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:07 |
| A. SykoraL | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 11:16 |
| N. LabaC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 13:33 |
| C. ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:28 |
| J. ChmelarR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 11:15 |
| W. CuylleL | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 8 | 15:46 |
| M. ZibanejadC | 0 | 1 | -3 | 2 | 1 | 18:44 |
| G. PerreaultR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 12:09 |
| B. SchneiderD | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 5 | 22:35 |
| W. BorgenD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 15:24 |
| A. FoxD | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 23:20 |
| M. RobertsonD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 15:52 |
| V. GavrikovD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 24:41 |
| D. FortescueD | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 13:34 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| I. Shesterkin(L) | 22/26 | 84.6 % | 58:27 |
| J. Quick | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
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