Buffalo Sabres vs New York Rangers

NHL

Sabres

48-23-8, 104 PTS

5-3

Final

Rangers

33-37-9, 75 PTS

Madison Square Garden

TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

BUF shoots leftNYR shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
BUF	11	8	8	27
NYR	12	7	1	20

In net

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen17/20 SV, .850

Igor Shesterkin22/26 SV, .846

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

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).

BUF

NYR

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Jonny BrodzinskiC	0	1	0	-1	12:03	0:00	0:00	12:03	15	0	6	0	1	0	1	0	100.0	0	0	0
Jaroslav ChmelarRW	0	1	0	-1	11:15	0:00	0:00	11:15	15	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Will CuylleLW	1	8	0	-2	15:46	0:00	0:40	15:06	22	0	20	0	3	0	0	1	0.0	2	0	0
Tye KartyeLW	0	0	0	0	16:07	0:00	2:06	14:01	22	0	6	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Noah LabaC	1	1	0	-1	13:33	0:00	1:33	12:00	21	0	9	0	1	0	6	2	75.0	2	0	0
Alexis LafreniereLW	0	0	0	-2	15:07	2:07	0:00	13:00	19	2	24	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
J.T. MillerLW	1	0	0	-1	20:51	2:11	2:58	15:42	25	0	17	1	3	0	11	7	61.1	0	0	0
Gabe PerreaultRW	1	1	1	-1	12:09	0:00	0:00	12:09	16	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Conor ShearyLW	0	0	1	0	12:28	0:00	0:00	12:28	16	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	0	0
Adam SykoraLW	1	0	0	-1	11:16	0:00	0:00	11:16	15	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Vincent TrocheckC	1	3	1	-1	18:48	2:11	1:34	15:03	23	0	16	1	0	0	7	8	46.7	1	1	2
Mika ZibanejadC	1	1	0	-3	18:44	2:11	2:54	13:39	24	0	33	1	2	3	4	5	44.4	1	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Will BorgenD	1	1	0	-1	15:24	0:04	1:24	13:56	24	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	2
Drew FortescueD	0	1	0	-1	13:34	0:00	0:00	13:34	15	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Adam FoxD	0	1	0	-1	23:20	2:11	0:49	20:20	27	1	9	1	1	1	1	1	2
Vladislav GavrikovD	0	1	0	-1	24:41	0:00	3:11	21:30	27	0	14	0	1	1	0	1	2
Matthew RobertsonD	1	1	0	-1	15:52	0:00	0:39	15:13	22	0	5	0	1	0	1	0	0
Braden SchneiderD	2	5	1	-2	22:35	0:00	4:28	18:07	27	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	0

Goalies	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Igor ShesterkinG	4	26	0	0	22	.846	18	4	0	58:27	0	0