Buffalo Sabres 5–3 New York Rangers · Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Final

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Madison Square Garden, New York

TNT, truTV, HBO MAX, MSG

Scoring

1st period

04:40

Ryan McLeod (13)Jason Zucker (19), Conor Timmins (8) · snap1–0

08:58

Zach Benson (11)Rasmus Dahlin (53), Bowen Byram (31) · deflected2–0

19:21

Alexis Lafrenière (23)ppAdam Fox (43), J.T. Miller (34) · tip-in2–1

2nd period

02:57

Alexis Lafrenière (24)Drew Fortescue (2) · snap2–2

14:44

Adam Fox (9)ppVincent Trocheck (37), Mika Zibanejad (43) · wrist2–3

3rd period

05:51

Alex Tuch (31)Peyton Krebs (27), Tage Thompson (41) · deflected3–3

07:14

Jason Zucker (24)Ryan McLeod (40) · wrist4–3

18:45

Zach Benson (12)empty netJosh Doan (26), Josh Norris (19) · wrist5–3

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	HITS	BLK	GVA	TKA	FO%	TOI	SHF
6	Z. Benson	L	2	0	2	+1	0	3	0	1	0	1	–	12:59	16
9	J. Norris	C	0	1	1	+2	2	2	0	2	0	0	22	14:46	17
17	J. Zucker	L	1	1	2	+2	0	4	0	1	0	0	50	18:14	20
19	P. Krebs	C	0	1	1	+1	2	2	3	1	1	0	–	15:04	20
22	J. Quinn	R	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	0	0	1	–	19:24	21
29	B. Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	–	10:15	14
48	T. Kozak	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	25	10:50	15
70	T. Pearson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	08:52	12
71	R. McLeod	C	1	1	2	+1	2	2	0	1	1	0	62	17:10	21
72	T. Thompson	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	1	0	0	63	22:18	22
89	A. Tuch	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	2	0	1	63	19:05	25
91	J. Doan	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	2	1	–	13:08	16
4	B. Byram	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	1	0	0	–	22:07	23
8	M. Kesselring	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	0	1	0	–	10:37	15
21	C. Timmins	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	4	2	0	–	16:26	19
23	M. Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	1	3	0	–	20:39	23
25	O. Power	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1	2	1	–	20:09	24
26	R. Dahlin	D	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	1	3	1	–	24:30	25

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	U. LuukkonenSTART	W	20	17	3	.850	60:00
92	C. Ellis		0	0	0	–	00:00

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	HITS	BLK	GVA	TKA	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	J. Miller	C	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	1	0	0	61	20:51	25
13	A. Lafrenière	L	2	0	2	-2	0	2	0	0	1	0	–	15:07	19
16	V. Trocheck	C	0	1	1	-1	2	0	3	1	1	1	47	18:48	23
22	J. Brodzinski	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0	0	100	12:03	15
24	T. Kartye	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	–	16:07	22
38	A. Sykora	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	0	0	–	11:16	15
42	N. Laba	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	2	0	75	13:33	21
43	C. Sheary	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	–	12:28	16
49	J. Chmelar	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	11:15	15
50	W. Cuylle	L	0	0	0	-2	0	3	8	1	2	0	–	15:46	22
93	M. Zibanejad	C	0	1	1	-3	0	2	1	1	1	0	44	18:44	24
94	G. Perreault	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	1	1	–	12:09	16
4	B. Schneider	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	5	2	0	1	–	22:35	27
17	W. Borgen	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	1	0	0	–	15:24	24
23	A. Fox	D	1	1	2	-1	2	1	1	0	1	0	–	23:20	27
29	M. Robertson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	1	0	–	15:52	22
44	V. Gavrikov	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	0	0	–	24:41	27
45	D. Fortescue	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	13:34	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	I. ShesterkinSTART	L	26	22	4	.846	58:27
32	J. Quick		0	0	0	–	00:00

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