Buffalo Sabres 5–2 New York Rangers · Thursday, January 8, 2026

Final

Thursday, January 8, 2026

Madison Square Garden, New York

MSG-B, MSG

Scoring

1st period

04:07

Josh Doan (14)Mattias Samuelsson (15), Jason Zucker (10) · wrist1–0

2nd period

06:58

Alex Tuch (14)Bowen Byram (14), Josh Norris (10) · snap2–0

09:34

Mika Zibanejad (16)Artemi Panarin (31) · slap2–1

12:34

Jason Zucker (10)ppRasmus Dahlin (25), Tage Thompson (18) · deflected3–1

3rd period

00:51

Vincent Trocheck (11)J.T. Miller (13), Artemi Panarin (32) · wrist3–2

14:38

Mattias Samuelsson (7)shRyan McLeod (16) · snap4–2

18:30

Ryan McLeod (9)empty netUnassisted · wrist5–2

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	HITS	BLK	GVA	TKA	FO%	TOI	SHF
6	Z. Benson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	100	16:04	19
9	J. Norris	C	0	1	1	+2	0	1	1	1	0	0	57	13:27	19
12	J. Greenway	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	13:49	19
17	J. Zucker	L	1	1	2	+2	0	3	1	0	0	0	–	15:00	19
19	P. Krebs	C	0	0	0	-1	4	1	4	1	1	1	25	11:29	18
22	J. Quinn	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	0	–	14:12	18
29	B. Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2	2	1	–	12:01	18
71	R. McLeod	C	1	1	2	+2	0	2	0	0	1	0	53	17:30	24
72	T. Thompson	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	1	0	1	29	16:39	21
86	N. Ostlund	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	–	12:59	18
89	A. Tuch	R	1	0	1	+2	0	1	0	0	0	1	–	17:30	23
91	J. Doan	R	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	0	2	0	–	16:09	21
4	B. Byram	D	0	1	1	+3	0	0	0	2	1	1	–	23:45	28
23	M. Samuelsson	D	1	1	2	+1	0	1	2	4	1	0	–	23:56	28
25	O. Power	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	2	1	–	22:15	28
26	R. Dahlin	D	0	1	1	-2	0	3	1	3	2	0	–	23:41	26
73	Z. Metsa	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	–	12:39	14
78	J. Bryson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	10:55	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	U. Luukkonen		0	0	0	–	00:00
92	C. EllisSTART	W	32	30	2	.938	60:00

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	HITS	BLK	GVA	TKA	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	J. Miller	C	0	1	1	-1	0	3	2	0	0	0	67	20:24	24
10	A. Panarin	L	0	2	2	-3	0	4	0	0	0	0	–	20:53	22
13	A. Lafrenière	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	1	0	–	14:38	21
14	T. Raddysh	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	–	16:30	18
16	V. Trocheck	C	1	0	1	0	2	3	4	1	2	0	71	19:47	25
22	J. Brodzinski	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	38	14:12	16
25	A. Blidh	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	07:35	13
39	S. Carrick	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	71	10:08	16
50	W. Cuylle	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	1	0	0	–	16:34	21
73	M. Rempe	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	–	09:43	15
93	M. Zibanejad	C	1	0	1	-2	0	3	2	1	1	1	58	19:33	22
94	G. Perreault	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	100	15:11	17
4	B. Schneider	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	0	–	21:19	24
17	W. Borgen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	3	2	0	–	18:08	26
24	C. Soucy	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	3	2	1	–	14:30	21
29	M. Robertson	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	–	18:21	26
44	V. Gavrikov	D	0	0	0	-3	0	4	2	1	2	0	–	24:37	27
60	S. Morrow	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	16:51	22

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32	J. QuickSTART	L	20	16	4	.800	58:25
41	S. Martin		0	0	0	–	00:00

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