Buffalo Sabres vs New York Rangers

NHL

Sabres

23-15-4, 50 PTS

5-2

Final

Rangers

20-19-6, 46 PTS

Madison Square Garden

TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

BUF shoots leftNYR shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
BUF	4	14	3	21
NYR	7	11	14	32

In net

Colten Ellis30/32 SV, .938

Jonathan Quick16/20 SV, .800

Team	1	2	3	T
BUF	1	2	2	5
NYR	0	1	1	2

Who won: Sabres 5-2

The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 5-2 on Thursday, January 8, 2026 at Madison Square Garden. The series is tied 1-1. Jason Zucker led the Sabres in goals (1). Vincent Trocheck led the Rangers in goals (1).

BUF

NYR

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Anton BlidhLW	0	4	0	0	7:35	0:00	0:00	7:35	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Jonny BrodzinskiC	0	0	1	0	14:12	0:00	0:00	14:12	16	0	4	0	2	0	3	5	37.5	1	0	0
Sam CarrickC	0	0	0	0	10:08	0:00	0:00	10:08	16	0	1	0	1	2	5	2	71.4	1	0	0
Will CuylleLW	1	3	0	-1	16:34	1:50	1:35	13:09	21	0	10	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Alexis LafreniereLW	0	0	0	-2	14:38	1:58	0:00	12:40	21	0	9	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
J.T. MillerLW	0	2	0	-1	20:24	4:47	1:05	14:32	24	0	10	1	3	0	10	5	66.7	0	0	0
Artemi PanarinLW	0	0	0	-3	20:53	5:11	0:00	15:42	22	0	16	2	4	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Gabe PerreaultRW	0	1	1	0	15:11	1:13	0:00	13:58	17	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	100.0	0	0	0
Taylor RaddyshRW	0	0	1	0	16:30	1:19	0:47	14:24	18	0	7	0	1	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Matt RempeC	0	6	0	0	9:43	0:00	0:00	9:43	15	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Vincent TrocheckC	1	4	0	0	19:47	4:24	0:16	15:07	25	1	11	0	3	0	5	2	71.4	2	1	2
Mika ZibanejadC	1	2	1	-2	19:33	4:37	1:40	13:16	22	1	16	0	3	1	7	5	58.3	1	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Will BorgenD	3	1	0	-1	18:08	0:00	1:13	16:55	26	2	0	1	2	0	0
Vladislav GavrikovD	1	2	0	-3	24:37	4:37	1:27	18:33	27	7	4	2	2	0	0
Scott MorrowD	0	0	0	1	16:51	1:33	0:00	15:18	22	0	0	1	1	0	0
Matthew RobertsonD	0	1	0	0	18:21	0:00	1:01	17:20	26	2	2	0	0	1	2
Braden SchneiderD	2	4	0	0	21:19	0:00	1:40	19:39	24	2	2	1	0	0	0
Carson SoucyD	3	2	1	1	14:30	0:00	0:00	14:30	21	3	0	0	2	0	0