5 Buffalo 1st Atlantic50-23-8-1

3 New York 8th Metropolitan34-39-8-1

FINAL 5 FINAL 3 7:00PM ET · Apr 08, 2026

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Sabres vs Rangers Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Livescore Details
Team	1	2	3	Total	In Goal
BUF Buffalo	2	0	3	5	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
NYR NY Rangers	1	2	0	3	Igor Shesterkin

Player Stats


Team	ML	O/U (Margin)	ATS
BUF Buffalo	-142	6o (2)	-1.5 (0.5)
NYR NY Rangers	+118	6u	+1.5

Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary
Scoring - Period 1
4:40		R. McLeod Assisted by: C. Timmins , J. Zucker
8:58		Z. Benson Assisted by: B. Byram , R. Dahlin
19:21		A. Lafreniere (PP) Assisted by: J. Miller , A. Fox
Scoring - Period 2
2:57		A. Lafreniere Assisted by: D. Fortescue ,
14:44		A. Fox (PP) Assisted by: V. Trocheck , M. Zibanejad
Scoring - Period 3
5:51		A. Tuch Assisted by: T. Thompson , P. Krebs
7:14		J. Zucker Assisted by: R. McLeod ,
18:45		Z. Benson (EN) Assisted by: J. Norris , J. Doan

Penalty Summary

Penalties - Period 1
18:24		R. McLeod (2:00) Tripping
Penalties - Period 2
0:23		A. Fox (2:00) Tripping
14:14		P. Krebs (2:00) Hooking
16:31		V. Trocheck (2:00) Slashing
17:35		V. Gavrikov (2:00) Cross Checking
Penalties - Period 3
10:00		W. Borgen (2:00) Undefined
10:44		J. Norris (2:00) Hooking

Shots On Goal

Shots On Goal
	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
Buffalo	11	8	8	27
NY Rangers	12	7	1	20

Team Statistics

Team Statistics
	G	SOG	S%	PP%	PK%	FW	PEN	PIM
Buffalo	5	27	18.52	0.00	33.33	23	3	6
NY Rangers	3	20	15.00	66.67	100.00	29	4	8

Goaltending

Buffalo

Buffalo Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
U. Luukkonen	20	17	3	.850	0	60:00

NY Rangers

NY Rangers Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
I. Shesterkin	26	22	4	.846	0	58:27

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	FW	FL	F%
4	D	B. Byram	0	1	1	1	0	2	23	22:07	21:09	0:58	0:00	-	-	-
6	LW	Z. Benson	2	0	2	1	0	3	16	12:59	11:20	1:09	0:30	-	-	-
8	D	M. Kesselring	0	0	0	1	0	3	15	10:37	10:37	0:00	0:00	-	-	-
9	C	J. Norris	0	1	1	2	2	2	17	14:46	10:13	4:33	0:00	2	7	22
17	LW	J. Zucker	1	1	2	2	0	4	20	18:14	13:34	4:40	0:00	1	1	50
19	C	P. Krebs	0	1	1	1	2	2	20	15:04	15:04	0:00	0:00	-	4	0
21	D	C. Timmins	0	1	1	2	0	1	19	16:26	15:12	0:00	1:14	-	-	-
22	RW	J. Quinn	0	0	0	2	0	1	21	19:24	14:51	4:32	0:01	-	-	-
23	D	M. Samuelsson	0	0	0	1	0	0	23	20:39	18:28	0:00	2:11	-	-	-
25	D	O. Power	0	0	0	1	0	1	24	20:09	19:06	0:06	0:57	-	-	-
26	D	R. Dahlin	0	1	1	2	0	2	25	24:30	19:40	4:50	0:00	-	-	-
29	LW	B. Malenstyn	0	0	0	E	0	0	14	10:15	9:18	0:00	0:57	-	-	-
48	C	T. Kozak	0	0	0	E	0	0	15	10:50	10:23	0:00	0:27	2	6	25
70	LW	T. Pearson	0	0	0	E	0	0	12	8:52	8:52	0:00	0:00	-	-	-
71	C	R. McLeod	1	1	2	1	2	2	21	17:10	15:18	1:08	0:44	8	5	62
72	C	T. Thompson	0	1	1	1	0	2	22	22:18	17:25	4:53	0:00	5	3	62
89	RW	A. Tuch	1	0	1	1	0	1	25	19:05	16:27	0:55	1:43	5	3	62
91	RW	J. Doan	0	1	1	1	0	1	16	13:08	11:52	1:16	0:00	-	-	-
1	G	U. Luukkonen	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	60:00	52:01	5:48	2:11	-	-	-

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	PPG	FW	FL	F%
4	D	B. Schneider	0	0	0	-2	0	3	27	22:35	18:07	0:00	4:28	0	-	-	-
8	C	J. Miller	0	1	1	-1	0	3	25	20:51	15:42	2:11	2:58	0	11	7	61
13	LW	A. Lafreniere	2	0	2	-2	0	2	19	15:07	13:00	2:07	0:00	1	-	-	-
16	C	V. Trocheck	0	1	1	-1	2	0	23	18:48	15:03	2:11	1:34	0	7	8	47
17	D	W. Borgen	0	0	0	-1	2	0	24	15:24	13:56	0:04	1:24	0	-	-	-
22	C	J. Brodzinski	0	0	0	-1	0	1	15	12:03	12:03	0:00	0:00	0	1	-	100
23	D	A. Fox	1	1	2	-1	2	1	27	23:20	20:20	2:11	0:49	1	-	-	-
24	LW	T. Kartye	0	0	0	E	0	1	22	16:07	14:01	0:00	2:06	0	-	-	-
29	D	M. Robertson	0	0	0	-1	0	1	22	15:52	15:13	0:00	0:39	0	-	-	-
38	LW	A. Sykora	0	0	0	-1	0	1	15	11:16	11:16	0:00	0:00	0	-	-	-
42	C	N. Laba	0	0	0	-1	0	1	21	13:33	12:00	0:00	1:33	0	6	2	75
43	LW	C. Sheary	0	0	0	E	0	0	16	12:28	12:28	0:00	0:00	0	-	-	-
44	D	V. Gavrikov	0	0	0	-1	2	1	27	24:41	21:30	0:00	3:11	0	-	-	-
45	D	D. Fortescue	0	1	1	-1	0	0	15	13:34	13:34	0:00	0:00	0	-	-	-
49	RW	J. Chmelar	0	0	0	-1	0	0	15	11:15	11:15	0:00	0:00	0	-	-	-
50	LW	W. Cuylle	0	0	0	-2	0	3	22	15:46	15:06	0:00	0:40	0	-	1	0
93	C	M. Zibanejad	0	1	1	-3	0	2	24	18:44	13:39	2:11	2:54	0	4	5	44
94	RW	G. Perreault	0	0	0	-1	0	0	16	12:09	12:09	0:00	0:00	0	-	-	-
31	G	I. Shesterkin	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	58:27	50:28	2:11	5:48	0	-	-	-

Game Info

Location Madison Square Garden

Referees Furman South , Michael Sullivan

Linesmen Dan Kelly, Matt MacPherson

Attendance 18,006 attendance

BUF vs NYRRecords

Team Table
Team	Record	ATS	O/U	Away	Home
BUF	47-23-8	41-37-0	36-39-3	22-13-4	25-10-4
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

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Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Apr 06, '26	TB	W 4 - 2	W -110	u6.5	30	25	0-4	1-5
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

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

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Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Apr 05, '26	WAS	W 8 - 1	W -110	o6.5	33	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

Buffalo at

NY Rangers

Last Meeting ( Jan 8, 2026 ) Buffalo 5, NY Rangers 2

After getting back to their game and snapping a mini-skid, the Buffalo Sabres hope to stay on track and keep pace atop the Atlantic Division when they visit the New York Rangers on Wednesday.

The Sabres (47-23-8, 102 points) earned a share of top spot in the division when they defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 on Monday to end a two-game slide, but could find themselves needing to tie the Lightning again, with their division foes in action Tuesday against the Ottawa Senators. A Tampa Bay win would put Buffalo two points behind; a loss would open the door for the Sabres to reclaim sole possession of first.

"We've got to take this and take the confidence that we get away from wins like this, and we've got to roll with it, honestly, because when it comes down to playoffs, it's usually the hottest team that makes it the farthest, the team that has a really good base and structure, and some of the deepest teams," winger Alex Tuch said. "I think we can check off all those boxes."

Tuch scored his 30th goal of the season in the victory, reaching the mark for the third time in the past four seasons, and delivered one of his best outings of the season. His speed and skill were on display as he pumped six shots on goal, including three in a span of several seconds on a short-handed opportunity in the second period.

"I thought he skated incredible in the game. I thought his penalty killing was really good. It was a big night for him," Buffalo coach Lindy Ruff said. "I thought our top players had a good night. (Josh) Norris had a good night, and Alex had a good night. (Tage Thompson) really skated well, competed. It was a night we needed our top guys, and I thought they came through for us."

Across the state, four games remain in what has been a disappointing campaign for the Rangers (33-36-9, 75 points), who will play their final home game before a three-game road trip wraps up their season.

Home ice has been anything but an advantage for New York, which is just 14-19-7 as the hosts. Their 14 wins are fewest in the Eastern Conference and third-fewest in the NHL overall.

It's been a touch better over the past month, however, with half of those 14 victories coming since March 5 -- including a 5-1-0 stretch through the first six games of their final homestand of the season after officially being eliminated from postseason contention.

The Rangers are coming off an 8-1 win against the Washington Capitals on Sunday. It marked a season high in goals scored and was their largest margin of victory.

Will Cuylle scored his first NHL hat trick in the victory, giving him 20 goals on the season to match last year's career high in four fewer games.

"That's a big deal," New York coach Mike Sullivan said. "It's hard to score in this league. You get an opportunity to get a hat trick, it's a big deal for a player and it means a lot. I think it means a lot to our whole team when a player is able to accomplish it."

--Field Level Media

BUF vs NYRInjury report

Buffalo's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
J. Kulich	C	Out For Season - Ear( May 18, '26)	May 18, '26
The Sabres said on Tuesday (May 19) that Kulich had his blood clot removed and will be able to play hockey again, per Bill Hoppe of the Olean Times Herald.
N. Ostlund	C	Out - Lower Body( May 02, '26)	May 02, '26
The Sabres said on Sunday (May. 3) that Ostlund isn't expected to be available to play in the second round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs, according to Rachel Lenzi of The Buffalo News.
J. Danforth	RW	Out For Season - Kneecap( 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	45	Riley Fiddler-Schultz
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
C	92	Anton Wahlberg
C	94	Konsta Helenius

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	27	Devon Levi
D	33	Ryan Johnson
G	34	Alex Lyon
D	57	Radim Mrtka
D	64	Logan Stanley
D	73	Zach Metsa
D	76	Vsevolod Komarov
G	92	Colten Ellis

New York's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date	Note
No injuries to report.

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

GoaltendersLast 5

Buffalo
NY Rangers

W/L

3-2-0-0

GAA

2.50

Save %

.822

Buffalo Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
U.Luukkonen	Apr 6, 2026	BUF 4 - TB 2	W	2	25	.920	-	W -110	u6.5
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

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
3.46	Total	3.05
1.01	1st Period	0.95
1.18	2nd Period	1.00
1.17	3rd Period	0.99
0.04	OT	0.10

Shots

Shots
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
28.27	Total	29.10
7.45	1st Period	8.47
8.58	2nd Period	8.69
6.92	3rd Period	8.21
0.27	OT	0.40

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct
SHOOTING	Stat	SAVE PCT.
0.12	Total	0.90
0.14	1st Period	0.89
0.14	2nd Period	0.88
0.17	3rd Period	0.88
0.14	OT	0.74

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Power Play vs Penalty Kill
POWERPLAY	Stat	PENALTY KILL
48 - 235	G/Att vs. GA/Att	49 - 237
20.43	PP % vs. PK %	79.32

Goaltenders

Goaltenders table
Buffalo Goaltenders
Name	S	SV	SV%	WL
Colten Ellis	390	349	0.895	7-4-1
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	893	812	0.909	20-9-3
Alex Lyon	979	887	0.906	20-10-4

Sabres vs Rangers Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Scoring Summary

Penalty Summary

Shots On Goal

Team Statistics

Goaltending

Player Stats

Game Info

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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