Buffalo Sabres vs New York Rangers NHL
Madison Square Garden
TV: Sportsnet+
NYR shoots right 1st 2nd 3rd T BUF 11 8 8 27 NYR 12 7 1 20
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen 17/20 SV, .850 Igor Shesterkin 22/26 SV, .846 Who won: Sabres 5-3 The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 5-3 on Wednesday, April 8, 2026 at Madison Square Garden. The Sabres win the series 2-1. The Sabres outscored the Rangers 3-0 in the 3rd period. Zach Benson led the Sabres in goals (2). Alexis Lafreniere led the Rangers in goals (2).
Summary Chat Box score Team stats Forwards BS HT TK +/- TOI PPTOI SHTOI ESTOI SHFT G YTDG A S SM SOG FW FL FO% GV PN PIM Zach Benson LW 1 0 1 1 12:59 1:09 0:30 11:20 16 2 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Josh Doan RW 0 0 1 1 13:08 1:16 0:00 11:52 16 0 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 Tyson Kozak C 2 3 0 0 10:50 0:00 0:27 10:23 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 6 25.0 0 0 0 Peyton Krebs C 1 3 0 1 15:04 0:00 0:00 15:04 20 0 11 1 2 0 0 0 4 0.0 1 1 2 Beck Malenstyn LW 0 5 0 0 10:15 0:00 0:57 9:18 14 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Ryan McLeod C 1 0 0 1 17:10 1:08 0:44 15:18 21 1 13 1 2 0 0 8 5 61.5 1 1 2 Josh Norris C 2 0 0 2 14:46 4:33 0:00 10:13 17 0 11 1 2 1 0 2 7 22.2 0 1 2 Tanner Pearson LW 0 3 0 0 8:52 0:00 0:00 8:52 12 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Jack Quinn RW 0 0 1 2 19:24 4:32 0:01 14:51 21 0 19 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Tage Thompson C 1 1 0 1 22:18 4:53 0:00 17:25 22 0 38 1 2 4 0 5 3 62.5 0 0 0 Alex Tuch RW 2 0 1 1 19:05 0:55 1:43 16:27 25 1 31 0 1 1 0 5 3 62.5 0 0 0 Jason Zucker LW 1 0 0 2 18:14 4:40 0:00 13:34 20 1 24 1 4 1 0 1 1 50.0 0 0 0
Defenses BS HT TK +/- TOI PPTOI SHTOI ESTOI SHFT G YTDG A S SM SOG FW FL FO% GV PN PIM Bowen Byram D 1 0 0 1 22:07 0:58 0:00 21:09 23 0 11 1 2 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Rasmus Dahlin D 1 0 1 2 24:30 4:50 0:00 19:40 25 0 18 1 2 2 0 0 0 0.0 3 0 0 Michael Kesselring D 0 1 0 1 10:37 0:00 0:00 10:37 15 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 Owen Power D 1 0 1 1 20:09 0:06 0:57 19:06 24 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 Mattias Samuelsson D 1 3 0 1 20:39 0:00 2:11 18:28 23 0 13 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 3 0 0 Conor Timmins D 4 0 0 2 16:26 0:00 1:14 15:12 19 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0
Goalies GA SA SOS SOSA SV SV% ESSV PPSV SHSV TOI YTDG PIM Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G 3 20 0 0 17 .850 16 0 1 60:00 0 0
BUF shoots leftNYR shoots right 
