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Buffalo Sabres at New York Rangers

Jan 8, 2026 · Madison Square Garden

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 5 21
New York Rangers 2 32

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
04:07 BUF Josh Doan (14) Mattias Samuelsson (15), Jason Zucker (10) 1 - 0
2nd Period
06:58 BUF Alex Tuch (14) Bowen Byram (14), Josh Norris (10) 2 - 0
09:34 NYR Mika Zibanejad (16) Artemi Panarin (31) 2 - 1
12:34 BUF Jason Zucker (10) PP Rasmus Dahlin (25), Tage Thompson (18) 3 - 1
3rd Period
00:51 NYR Vincent Trocheck (11) J.T. Miller (13), Artemi Panarin (32) 3 - 2
14:38 BUF Mattias Samuelsson (7) SH Ryan McLeod (16) 4 - 2
18:30 BUF Ryan McLeod (9) Unassisted 5 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
2nd Period
06:58 NYR Vincent Trocheck Abuse of officials 2
11:53 NYR Matthew Robertson Holding 2
18:28 BUF Noah Ostlund Tripping 2
3rd Period
14:24 BUF Peyton Krebs High sticking double minor 4

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 49 36 21 5 4.5 41.1
New York Rangers 65 45 32 2 3.0 58.9

How the game went

10505101520Start2nd3rdNew York Rangers aheadBuffalo Sabres ahead

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while New York Rangers had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 4.5 expected, 5 scored · New York Rangers: 3.0 expected, 2 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 4:07 of 1st, a 19% chanceBUF goal, 6:58 of 2nd, a 7% chanceBUF goal, 12:34 of 2nd, a 36% chanceBUF goal, 14:38 of 3rd, a 11% chanceBUF goal, 18:30 of 3rd, a 69% chanceNYR goal, 9:34 of 2nd, a 7% chanceNYR goal, 0:51 of 3rd, a 5% chanceBUF 4.5NYR 3.0

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Buffalo Sabres
New York Rangers

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan McLeod · Jack Quinn · Zach Benson11:4966.793.20-0
Jason Zucker · Alex Tuch · Josh Norris9:5347.652.31-0
Tage Thompson · Peyton Krebs · Josh Doan9:0845.539.40-1
Jordan Greenway · Beck Malenstyn · Noah Ostlund7:4623.514.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin16:4536.745.50-1
Bowen Byram · Owen Power15:0742.945.51-0
Jacob Bryson · Zach Metsa8:3346.760.60-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
17 Jason Zucker L 1 1 2 2 0 3 1 15:00 0.82 15-14 1.13-0.53
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 23:56 0.12 17-22 1.06-0.75
71 Ryan McLeod C 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 17:30 0.21 10-7 0.76-0.06
89 Alex Tuch R 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 17:30 0.18 13-16 0.94-0.57
91 Josh Doan R 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 16:09 0.29 9-10 0.46-0.33
9 Josh Norris C 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 13:27 0.19 12-13 0.64-0.47
24 Bowen Byram D 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 23:45 0.01 12-21 0.47-0.60
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 -2 0 3 1 23:41 0.13 12-23 0.57-0.73
72 Tage Thompson C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 16:39 0.57 10-11 0.75-0.43
6 Zach Benson L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:04 0.12 11-13 0.77-0.42
12 Jordan Greenway L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:49 0.07 5-16 0.12-0.61
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 -1 4 1 4 11:29 0.13 5-9 0.17-0.38
22 Jack Quinn R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:12 0.64 10-12 0.76-0.37
25 Owen Power D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22:15 0.02 13-19 0.66-0.67
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:01 5-16 0.10-0.60
73 Zach Metsa D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:39 0.02 9-12 0.76-0.51
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10:55 11-8 0.99-0.47
86 Noah Ostlund C 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12:59 6-23 0.15-0.83
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
92 Colten Ellis W 32 30 2 60:00 2.87 +0.87

New York Rangers

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jonny Brodzinski · Taylor Raddysh · Gabe Perreault11:5164.331.10-0
Mika Zibanejad · Artemi Panarin · Will Cuylle10:4453.651.31-2
Vincent Trocheck · J.T. Miller · Alexis Lafrenière10:3964.356.80-0
Sam Carrick · Anton Blidh · Matt Rempe6:1950.029.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Vladislav Gavrikov · Braden Schneider17:0571.073.90-1
Will Borgen · Matthew Robertson15:0953.333.80-1
Carson Soucy · Scott Morrow12:5845.031.41-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
10 Artemi Panarin L 0 2 2 -3 0 4 0 20:53 0.27 20-16 0.70-0.92
16 Vincent Trocheck C 1 0 1 0 2 3 4 19:47 0.30 17-8 0.53-0.49
93 Mika Zibanejad C 1 0 1 -2 0 3 2 19:33 0.24 21-13 0.73-0.60
10 J.T. Miller C 0 1 1 -1 0 3 2 20:24 0.57 19-7 0.77-0.34
4 Braden Schneider D 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 21:19 0.12 23-12 0.98-0.62
7 Carson Soucy D 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 14:30 11-11 0.27-0.59
10 Sam Carrick C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:08 0.20 9-9 0.42-0.56
13 Alexis Lafrenière L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 14:38 0.12 9-6 0.22-0.27
14 Taylor Raddysh R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:30 0.06 9-6 0.23-0.51
17 Will Borgen D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 18:08 0.01 19-14 0.62-1.04
22 Jonny Brodzinski C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:12 0.06 9-7 0.23-0.60
25 Anton Blidh L 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 07:35 7-8 0.23-0.56
29 Matthew Robertson D 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 18:21 0.01 18-14 0.58-1.04
44 Vladislav Gavrikov D 0 0 0 -3 0 4 2 24:37 0.22 23-9 0.93-0.33
50 Will Cuylle L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 16:34 0.30 16-14 0.63-0.64
60 Scott Morrow D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:51 0.03 11-14 0.36-0.88
73 Matt Rempe C 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 09:43 0.12 11-10 0.42-0.65
94 Gabe Perreault R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:11 0.33 13-7 0.48-0.60
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
32 Jonathan Quick L 20 16 4 58:25 3.40 -0.60