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
Zach BensonLW	1	0	1	0	16:04	0:28	0:36	15:00	19	0	4	0	1	1	1	0	100.0	0	0	0
Josh DoanRW	0	3	0	0	16:09	2:17	0:00	13:52	21	1	14	0	2	1	0	1	0.0	2	0	0
Jordan GreenwayLW	1	2	0	0	13:49	0:00	2:59	10:50	19	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Peyton KrebsC	1	4	1	-1	11:29	0:00	0:00	11:29	18	0	3	0	1	0	1	3	25.0	1	1	4
Beck MalenstynLW	2	1	1	-1	12:01	0:00	2:20	9:41	18	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	2	0	0
Ryan McLeodC	0	0	0	2	17:30	0:39	3:03	13:48	24	1	9	1	2	2	10	9	52.6	1	0	0
Josh NorrisC	1	1	0	2	13:27	2:02	0:00	11:25	19	0	5	1	1	0	4	3	57.1	0	0	0
Noah OstlundC	1	0	2	0	12:59	0:00	0:00	12:59	18	0	7	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	1	2
Jack QuinnRW	0	0	0	0	14:12	0:24	0:00	13:48	18	0	7	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	4	0	0
Tage ThompsonC	1	1	1	-1	16:39	2:19	0:00	14:20	21	0	21	1	2	2	4	10	28.6	0	0	0
Alex TuchRW	0	0	1	2	17:30	0:22	3:01	14:07	23	1	14	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Jason ZuckerLW	0	1	0	2	15:00	2:13	0:00	12:47	19	1	10	1	3	3	0	1	0.0	0	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV
Jacob BrysonD	0	0	0	1	10:55	0:00	0:00	10:55	15	0	1	0	0	0	0
Bowen ByramD	2	0	1	3	23:45	0:27	3:55	19:23	28	0	9	1	0	1	1
Rasmus DahlinD	3	1	0	-2	23:41	2:14	1:29	19:58	26	0	4	1	3	0	2
Zach MetsaD	2	0	0	0	12:39	0:00	0:00	12:39	14	0	1	0	1	0	0
Owen PowerD	1	0	1	1	22:15	0:00	3:11	19:04	28	0	3	0	0	1	2
Mattias SamuelssonD	4	2	0	1	23:56	0:00	3:26	20:30	28	1	7	1	1	1	1