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Buffalo Sabres at New York Rangers

Apr 8, 2026 · Madison Square Garden

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 5 27
New York Rangers 3 20

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
04:40 BUF Ryan McLeod (13) Jason Zucker (19), Conor Timmins (8) 1 - 0
08:58 BUF Zach Benson (11) Rasmus Dahlin (53), Bowen Byram (31) 2 - 0
19:21 NYR Alexis Lafrenière (23) PP Adam Fox (43), J.T. Miller (34) 2 - 1
2nd Period
02:57 NYR Alexis Lafrenière (24) Drew Fortescue (2) 2 - 2
14:44 NYR Adam Fox (9) PP Vincent Trocheck (37), Mika Zibanejad (43) 2 - 3
3rd Period
05:51 BUF Alex Tuch (31) Peyton Krebs (27), Tage Thompson (41) 3 - 3
07:14 BUF Jason Zucker (24) Ryan McLeod (40) 4 - 3
18:45 BUF Zach Benson (12) Josh Doan (26), Josh Norris (19) 5 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
18:24 BUF Ryan McLeod Tripping 2
2nd Period
00:23 NYR Adam Fox Tripping 2
14:14 BUF Peyton Krebs Hooking 2
16:31 NYR Vincent Trocheck Slashing 2
17:35 NYR Vladislav Gavrikov Cross checking 2
3rd Period
10:00 NYR Will Borgen Holding the stick 2
10:44 BUF Josh Norris Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 57 41 27 5 3.9 54.8
New York Rangers 48 29 20 3 2.3 45.2

How the game went

50510Start2nd3rdNew 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: 3.9 expected, 5 scored · New York Rangers: 2.3 expected, 3 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 4:40 of 1st, a 8% chanceBUF goal, 8:58 of 1st, a 25% chanceBUF goal, 5:51 of 3rd, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 7:14 of 3rd, a 45% chanceBUF goal, 18:45 of 3rd, a 72% chanceNYR goal, 19:21 of 1st, a 9% chanceNYR goal, 2:57 of 2nd, a 11% chanceNYR goal, 14:44 of 2nd, a 7% chanceBUF 3.9NYR 2.3

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
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · Peyton Krebs13:0662.539.61-0
Jason Zucker · Ryan McLeod · Jack Quinn11:2755.681.92-0
Josh Norris · Josh Doan · Zach Benson8:1838.156.81-0
Tanner Pearson · Beck Malenstyn · Tyson Kozak7:2650.016.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin8:3450.069.70-0
Bowen Byram · Owen Power7:4656.38.00-1
Rasmus Dahlin · Bowen Byram5:0470.0100.01-0

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
6 Zach Benson L 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 12:59 0.31 10-14 0.76-0.67
17 Jason Zucker L 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 18:14 0.84 11-8 0.63-0.14
71 Ryan McLeod C 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 17:10 0.09 14-9 0.64-0.24
89 Alex Tuch R 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 19:05 0.11 18-10 0.38-0.56
9 Josh Norris C 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 14:46 0.31 10-13 0.75-0.56
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 1 1 1 2 2 3 15:04 0.07 16-9 0.37-0.56
21 Conor Timmins D 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 16:26 0.01 11-16 0.65-0.52
24 Bowen Byram D 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 22:07 0.04 22-11 1.17-0.90
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 24:30 0.20 15-10 0.99-0.16
72 Tage Thompson C 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 22:18 0.51 17-10 0.37-0.56
91 Josh Doan R 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 13:08 0.18 14-14 0.77-0.67
7 Michael Kesselring D 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 10:37 0.03 11-13 0.18-0.49
22 Jack Quinn R 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 19:24 0.40 10-8 0.62-0.14
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 20:39 0.02 19-13 0.46-0.27
25 Owen Power D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 20:09 0.02 13-13 0.17-0.95
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10:15 0.04 6-6 0.06-0.28
48 Tyson Kozak C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:50 7-6 0.07-0.28
70 Tanner Pearson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 08:52 6-7 0.06-0.28
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen W 20 17 3 60:00 2.25 -0.75

New York Rangers

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
J.T. Miller · Conor Sheary · Tye Kartye10:5438.972.70-0
Jaroslav Chmelar · Adam Sykora · Noah Laba9:4223.548.20-1
Vincent Trocheck · Jonny Brodzinski · Will Cuylle9:1873.763.20-0
Mika Zibanejad · Alexis Lafrenière · Gabe Perreault9:0653.838.71-2
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Vladislav Gavrikov · Adam Fox15:3456.076.90-1
Will Borgen · Matthew Robertson11:4338.944.30-1
Braden Schneider · Drew Fortescue11:3160.933.80-2

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
13 Alexis Lafrenière L 2 0 2 -2 0 2 0 15:07 0.19 7-8 0.36-0.58
23 Adam Fox D 1 1 2 -1 2 1 1 23:20 0.10 16-17 0.82-0.28
10 J.T. Miller C 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 20:51 0.41 8-14 0.56-0.21
16 Vincent Trocheck C 0 1 1 -1 2 0 3 18:48 17-10 0.50-0.31
45 Drew Fortescue D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 13:34 0.01 15-14 0.51-0.93
93 Mika Zibanejad C 0 1 1 -3 0 2 1 18:44 0.30 8-12 0.36-1.05
4 Braden Schneider D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 5 22:35 0.05 16-18 0.40-0.94
17 Will Borgen D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 15:24 7-12 0.42-0.53
22 Jonny Brodzinski C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:03 0.15 17-10 0.50-0.72
24 Tye Kartye L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:07 0.18 9-12 0.56-0.27
29 Matthew Robertson D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:52 0.01 7-14 0.42-0.65
38 Adam Sykora L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:16 0.10 5-13 0.23-0.24
42 Noah Laba C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:33 0.10 5-13 0.23-0.24
43 Conor Sheary L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:28 8-12 0.56-0.27
44 Vladislav Gavrikov D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 24:41 0.09 15-18 0.71-0.32
49 Jaroslav Chmelar R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:15 5-13 0.23-0.24
50 Will Cuylle L 0 0 0 -2 0 3 8 15:46 0.54 16-13 0.40-0.73
94 Gabe Perreault R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:09 0.10 9-7 0.46-0.57
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Igor Shesterkin L 26 22 4 58:27 3.04 -0.96