Buffalo 2nd Atlantic46-23-8-0

New York 8th Metropolitan33-36-8-1

7:00PM ET 7:00PM ET · Apr 08, 2026

Sabres vs Rangers Game Overview

BUF vs NYRRecords

Team Table
Team	Record	ATS	O/U	Away	Home
BUF	26-16-4	25-21-0	22-23-1	10-10-2	16-6-2
NYR	33-36-9	42-36-0	35-41-2	19-17-2	14-19-7

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Win / Loss

6-4

Over / Under

4-5-1

Head-To-Head
Date	Home	Result	ML	O/U	HSOG	ASOG	HPP	APP
Jan 08, '26	NYR	5 - 2	BUF -126	o6.0	32	21	0-3	1-2
Oct 09, '25	BUF	4 - 0	NYR -120	u6.5	37	33	0-4	0-3
Feb 22, '25	BUF	8 - 2	BUF +114	o6.5	33	28	1-3	1-4
Dec 11, '24	BUF	3 - 2	NYR -144	u6.5	31	28	0-2	1-4
Nov 07, '24	NYR	6 - 1	BUF +172	o6.5	26	22	0-4	1-4
Dec 23, '23	NYR	4 - 3 (OT)	NYR -157	o6.5	33	30	1-4	0-1
Nov 27, '23	NYR	5 - 1	BUF +195	P6.0	26	39	1-3	0-2
Oct 12, '23	BUF	5 - 1	NYR -134	u6.5	25	31	0-3	1-4
Apr 10, '23	NYR	3 - 2 (SO)	BUF +185	u6.5	28	39	1-2	0-2
Mar 31, '23	BUF	3 - 2 (OT)	BUF +131	u6.5	34	33	0-2	0-1

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

5-3-2-0

Over / Under

5-5-0

-$125

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Apr 04, '26	@ WAS	L 2 - 6	L -113	o6.5	39	28	0-5	0-2
Apr 02, '26	@ OTT	L 1 - 4	L +100	u6.5	22	22	0-2	0-2
Mar 31, '26	NYI	W 4 - 3	W -170	o6.0	33	28	2-4	1-3
Mar 28, '26	SEA	W 3 - 2 (SO)	W -192	u6.5	36	34	1-3	0-4
Mar 27, '26	DET	L 2 - 5	L -137	o6.5	30	19	0-3	2-6
Mar 25, '26	BOS	L 3 - 4 (OT)	L -205	o6.5	25	31	2-3	0-2
Mar 22, '26	@ ANA	L 5 - 6 (OT)	L -125	o6.5	29	33	0-3	3-4
Mar 21, '26	@ LA	W 4 - 1	W -130	u6.5	33	27	1-1	1-3
Mar 19, '26	@ SJ	W 5 - 0	W -142	u6.5	16	23	0-2	0-2
Mar 17, '26	@ VEG	W 2 - 0	W +116	u6.5	25	29	0-2	0-3

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Apr 09, '26	CLB	L 1-5	L -110	p6.0
Apr 13, '26	@ CHI	W 9-3	W -188	o6.5
Apr 15, '26	DAL	W 4-1	W +126	u6.0

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

5-4-0-1

Over / Under

4-6-0

-$77

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Apr 05, '26	WAS	W 8 - 1	W -110	o6.5	32	21	2-4	0-3
Apr 04, '26	DET	W 4 - 1	W +118	u6.5	20	32	1-2	0-4
Apr 02, '26	MON	L 2 - 3	L +105	u6.5	24	25	0-3	0-2
Mar 31, '26	NJ	W 4 - 1	W +102	u6.0	23	23	1-3	1-3
Mar 29, '26	FLA	W 3 - 1	W -182	u6.0	22	27	0-1	0-3
Mar 27, '26	CHI	W 6 - 1	W -176	o6.5	38	28	1-3	0-3
Mar 25, '26	@ TOR	L 3 - 4	L -130	o6.0	43	18	2-4	0-2
Mar 23, '26	OTT	L 1 - 2	L +158	u6.0	10	33	0-3	1-7
Mar 22, '26	WIN	L 2 - 3 (SO)	L -114	u6.0	29	37	1-3	1-4
Mar 19, '26	@ CLB	L 3 - 6	L +184	o6.0	25	36	1-6	1-5

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Apr 11, '26	@ DAL	W 3-2 (OT)	W +104	u5.5
Apr 13, '26	@ FLA	W 3-1	W -182	u6.0
Apr 15, '26	@ TB	L 1-4	L -125	u6.5

BUF vs NYR Preview

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BUF vs NYRInjury report

Buffalo's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
N. Ostlund	C	Day To Day - Upper-Body( Apr 04, '26)	Apr 04, '26
Ostlund did not play on Saturday's (Apr. 4) game against the Capitals.
S. Carrick	C	Out - Arm( Apr 01, '26)	Apr 01, '26
The Sabres said on Thursday (Apr. 2) that Carrick is week to week with an arm injury, per Mike Harrington of The Buffalo News.
J. Kulich	C	Out For Season - Ear( Mar 05, '26)	Mar 05, '26
The Sabres said that Kulich is expected to miss the remainder of the 2025-26 season.
J. Danforth	RW	Out - Lower Body( Jan 25, '26)	Jan 25, '26
The Buffalo Sabres said on Monday (Jan. 26) that Danforth is trending toward a post-Olympic return to action, per Bill Hoppe of the Olean Times Herald.

Buffalo Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
LW	6	Zach Benson
C	9	Josh Norris
C	10	Sam Carrick
LW	12	Jordan Greenway
LW	17	Jason Zucker
C	19	Peyton Krebs
RW	22	Jack Quinn
LW	29	Beck Malenstyn
C	44	Josh Dunne
C	48	Tyson Kozak
LW	70	Tanner Pearson
C	71	Ryan McLeod
C	72	Tage Thompson
C	86	Noah Ostlund
RW	89	Alex Tuch
RW	91	Josh Doan

Defense
POS	#	Player
G	1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
D	4	Bowen Byram
D	5	Luke Schenn
D	8	Michael Kesselring
D	21	Conor Timmins
D	23	Mattias Samuelsson
D	25	Owen Power
D	26	Rasmus Dahlin
G	34	Alex Lyon
D	64	Logan Stanley
D	73	Zach Metsa
G	92	Colten Ellis

New York's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
U. Vaakanainen	D	Out - Upper-body( Apr 02, '26)	Apr 02, '26
The Rangers said on Friday (Apr. 3) that Vaakanainen was practicing in a regular jersey, per Mollie Walker of the New York Post.
M. Rempe	C	Out For Season - Thumb( Mar 22, '26)	Mar 22, '26
The Rangers said on Monday (Mar. 23) that Rempe probably won't be ready to return before the end of the 2025-26 regular season, according to Vince Z. Mercogliano of The Athletic.

New York Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
C	8	J.T. Miller
LW	13	Alexis Lafreniere
RW	14	Taylor Raddysh
C	16	Vincent Trocheck
C	22	Jonny Brodzinski
LW	24	Tye Kartye
LW	38	Adam Sykora
C	42	Noah Laba
LW	43	Conor Sheary
RW	49	Jaroslav Chmelar
LW	50	Will Cuylle
C	84	Adam Edstrom
C	93	Mika Zibanejad
RW	94	Gabe Perreault

Defense
POS	#	Player
D	4	Braden Schneider
D	6	Vincent Iorio
D	17	Will Borgen
D	18	Urho Vaakanainen
D	23	Adam Fox
D	29	Matthew Robertson
G	31	Igor Shesterkin
G	32	Jonathan Quick
G	33	Dylan Garand
D	44	Vladislav Gavrikov
D	45	Drew Fortescue

W/L

2-3-0-0

GAA

2.83

Save %

.800

Buffalo Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
A.Lyon	Apr 4, 2026	WAS 6 - BUF 2	L	3	5	.400	-	L -113	o6.5
C.Ellis	Apr 4, 2026	WAS 6 - BUF 2	-	3	23	.870	-	L -113	o6.5
U.Luukkonen	Apr 2, 2026	OTT 4 - BUF 1	L	2	22	.909	-	L +100	u6.5
U.Luukkonen	Mar 31, 2026	BUF 4 - NYI 3	W	3	28	.893	-	W -170	o6.0
U.Luukkonen	Mar 28, 2026	BUF 3 - SEA 2 (SO)	W	2	34	.941	-	W -192	u6.5
A.Lyon	Mar 27, 2026	BUF 2 - DET 5	L	4	19	.789	-	L -137	o6.5

W/L

4-1-0-0

GAA

1.40

Save %

.944

NY Rangers Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
I.Shesterkin	Apr 5, 2026	NYR 8 - WAS 1	W	1	21	.952	-	W -110	o6.5
J.Quick	Apr 4, 2026	NYR 4 - DET 1	W	1	32	.969	-	W +118	u6.5
I.Shesterkin	Apr 2, 2026	NYR 2 - MON 3	L	3	25	.880	-	L +105	u6.5
I.Shesterkin	Mar 31, 2026	NYR 4 - NJ 1	W	1	23	.957	-	W +102	u6.0
I.Shesterkin	Mar 29, 2026	NYR 3 - FLA 1	W	1	27	.963	-	W -182	u6.0

BUF vs NYRStats

Offense vs Defense

BUFBuffalo Offense
NYRNY Rangers Offense

Goals

Goals
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
3.33	Total	3.05
0.91	1st Period	0.95
1.24	2nd Period	1.00
1.04	3rd Period	0.99
0.07	OT	0.10

Shots

Shots
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
27.96	Total	29.10
8.50	1st Period	8.38
10.43	2nd Period	8.60
8.17	3rd Period	8.12
0.26	OT	0.40

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct
SHOOTING	Stat	SAVE PCT.
0.12	Total	0.90
0.11	1st Period	0.89
0.12	2nd Period	0.88
0.13	3rd Period	0.88
0.25	OT	0.74

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Power Play vs Penalty Kill
POWERPLAY	Stat	PENALTY KILL
27 - 139	G/Att vs. GA/Att	49 - 237
19.42	PP % vs. PK %	79.32

Goaltenders

Goaltenders table
Buffalo Goaltenders
Name	S	SV	SV%	WL
Colten Ellis	314	282	0.898	6-4-0
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	450	407	0.904	10-6-1
Alex Lyon	577	523	0.906	10-6-3

Sabres vs Rangers Game Overview

BUF vs NYRRecords

BUF vs NYRRecords

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

BUF vs NYR Preview

BUF vs NYRInjury report

Buffalo's Injuries

Buffalo Starters Last Game

New York's Injuries

New York Starters Last Game

GoaltendersLast 5

BUF vs NYRStats

Offense vs Defense

Goals

Shots

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Goaltenders

Betting Terminology

Betting Terminology

Betting Terminology

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