New York Rangers at Buffalo Sabres

HSBC Arena, Buffalo Regular Season Final

Final score

The New York Rangers beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–3 on Saturday, February 23, 2008 on the road.

Final score, New York Rangers at Buffalo Sabres
Team Goals 2007-2008 record
New York Rangers 4 42-27-13
at Buffalo Sabres 3 39-31-12

Goals by period

Goals by period, New York Rangers at Buffalo Sabres
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
New York Rangers 2 1 1 4
Buffalo Sabres 1 2 0 3

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, New York Rangers at Buffalo Sabres
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
New York Rangers 7 18 10 35
Buffalo Sabres 13 9 7 29

Scoring summary

Every goal, New York Rangers at Buffalo Sabres. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 06:10 New York Rangers Jaromir Jagr (16) Fedor Tyutin (12), Brandon Dubinsky (18) Even strength NYR 1, BUF 0
1st 08:48 Buffalo Sabres Ales Kotalik (17) Derek Roy (29), Henrik Tallinder (10) Even strength NYR 1, BUF 1
1st 09:49 New York Rangers Nigel Dawes (9) Chris Drury (25), Michal Rozsival (20) Even strength NYR 2, BUF 1
2nd 04:05 Buffalo Sabres Jason Pominville (17) Toni Lydman (17), Tim Connolly (30) Even strength NYR 2, BUF 2
2nd 10:11 Buffalo Sabres Ales Kotalik (18) Derek Roy (30), Thomas Vanek (22) Even strength NYR 2, BUF 3
2nd 10:45 New York Rangers Brandon Dubinsky (12) Michal Rozsival (21), Sean Avery (13) Even strength NYR 3, BUF 3
3rd 14:55 New York Rangers Sean Avery (10) Brendan Shanahan (17) Even strength NYR 4, BUF 3

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, New York Rangers at Buffalo Sabres
Stat New York Rangers Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal 35 29
Power play 0 of 3 0 of 4
Penalty minutes 13 11
Hits 27 23
Blocked shots 12 8
Giveaways 1 9
Takeaways 2 8
Faceoffs won 25/57 (43.9%) 32/57 (56.1%)

Box score

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 10 N. Dawes L 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 14:05
Number 14 B. Shanahan L 0 1 1 +2 0 0 1 1 19:31
Number 15 B. Betts C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 50% 08:19
Number 16 S. Avery L 1 1 2 +2 7 2 0 0 14:12
Number 17 B. Dubinsky C 1 1 2 0 0 9 2 1 55.6% 17:44
Number 19 S. Gomez C 0 0 0 +1 0 3 1 0 46.2% 19:22
Number 23 C. Drury C 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 29.4% 19:13
Number 24 R. Callahan R 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 13:44
Number 28 C. Orr R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 07:14
Number 44 R. Hollweg L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 0 06:37
Number 68 J. Jagr R 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 0 18:05
Number 82 M. Straka C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 18:48
Number 3 M. Rozsival D 0 2 2 +2 2 1 2 3 26:09
Number 5 D. Girardi D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 24:11
Number 8 M. Malik D 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 21:24
Number 18 M. Staal D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 18:10
Number 27 P. Mara D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01:29
Number 51 F. Tyutin D 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 1 25:20
New York Rangers goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 30 H. Lundqvist 29 26 3 .897 60:00 Win

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 9 D. Roy C 0 2 2 +1 0 3 0 0 53.8% 21:35
Number 12 A. Kotalik R 2 0 2 +1 0 3 2 0 57.1% 18:17
Number 19 T. Connolly C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 0 53.8% 20:22
Number 20 D. Paille L 0 0 0 -2 0 4 2 0 15:23
Number 22 A. Mair C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 50% 11:17
Number 26 T. Vanek L 0 1 1 +1 0 5 2 0 19:03
Number 28 P. Gaustad C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 1 57.9% 17:21
Number 29 J. Pominville R 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 21:21
Number 36 P. Kaleta R 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 100% 03:52
Number 41 C. MacArthur L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0 19:20
Number 76 A. Peters L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 04:19
Number 4 N. Pratt D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:27
Number 5 T. Lydman D 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 20:14
Number 6 J. Spacek D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 1 23:58
Number 10 H. Tallinder D 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 18:39
Number 17 M. Gragnani D 0 0 0 -1 4 0 1 0 06:28
Number 45 D. Kalinin D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 16:01
Number 51 B. Campbell D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 2 25:16
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 30 R. Miller 35 31 4 .886 58:47 Loss

Penalties

Penalties, New York Rangers at Buffalo Sabres
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 03:12 New York Rangers Marc Staal Roughing 2
1st 17:04 New York Rangers Sean Avery Holding 2
1st 19:58 Buffalo Sabres Patrick Kaleta Fighting (major) 5
1st 19:58 New York Rangers Sean Avery Fighting (major) 5
2nd 06:46 Buffalo Sabres Jaroslav Spacek Holding 2
2nd 10:50 Buffalo Sabres Marc-Andre Gragnani Hooking 2
3rd 01:05 Buffalo Sabres Marc-Andre Gragnani Hooking 2
3rd 03:39 New York Rangers Marek Malik High sticking 2
3rd 19:37 New York Rangers Michal Rozsival Interference 2

Game information

New York Rangers head coach
Tom Renney
Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Referees
Dan Marouelli, Greg Kimmerly
Linesmen
Greg Devorski, Brad Kovachik
New York Rangers scratches
Jason Strudwick, Marcel Hossa, Thomas Pock, Petr Prucha, Ivan Baranka, Greg Moore, Dane Byers
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Teppo Numminen, Jochen Hecht, Maxim Afinogenov, Michael Ryan, Nathan Paetsch, Drew Stafford, Michael Funk, Andrej Sekera, Mike Weber

2007-2008 season series

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