New York Rangers at Buffalo Sabres

HSBC Arena, Buffalo Regular Season Final/SO

Final score

The New York Rangers beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 in a shootout on Monday, March 10, 2008 on the road.

Final score, New York Rangers at Buffalo Sabres
Team Goals 2007-2008 record
New York Rangers 3 42-27-13
at Buffalo Sabres 2 39-31-12

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, New York Rangers at Buffalo Sabres
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Overtime Shootout Total
New York Rangers 8 7 8 3 0 26
Buffalo Sabres 7 8 3 3 0 21

Scoring summary

Every goal, New York Rangers at Buffalo Sabres. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 00:16 Buffalo Sabres Jason Pominville (23) Paul Gaustad (20), Jochen Hecht (22) Even strength NYR 0, BUF 1
1st 01:22 New York Rangers Fedor Tyutin (5) Nigel Dawes (14), Brendan Shanahan (20) Even strength NYR 1, BUF 1
2nd 08:26 New York Rangers Jaromir Jagr (18) Sean Avery (15), Brandon Dubinsky (21) Even strength NYR 2, BUF 1
2nd 14:14 Buffalo Sabres Thomas Vanek (28) Jason Pominville (42), Maxim Afinogenov (15) Power play NYR 2, BUF 2

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

Shootout

Shootout attempts in order
Round Team Shooter Result
1 Buffalo Sabres Drew Stafford Saved
1 New York Rangers Brendan Shanahan Goal
2 Buffalo Sabres Ales Kotalik Saved
2 New York Rangers Nigel Dawes Saved
3 Buffalo Sabres Jason Pominville Goal
3 New York Rangers Scott Gomez Goal

Team stats

Team stats, New York Rangers at Buffalo Sabres
Stat New York Rangers Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal 26 21
Power play 0 of 3 1 of 8
Penalty minutes 31 21
Hits 29 26
Blocked shots 14 17
Giveaways 11 19
Takeaways 4 9
Faceoffs won 27/54 (50%) 27/54 (50%)

Box score

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 10 N. Dawes L 0 1 1 +1 2 1 3 1 0 15:35
Number 14 B. Shanahan L 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 1 0 17:06
Number 15 B. Betts C 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 1 0 66.7% 12:09
Number 16 S. Avery L 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 14:31
Number 17 B. Dubinsky C 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 1 0 44.4% 17:28
Number 19 S. Gomez C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 0 0 44.4% 19:51
Number 20 F. Sjostrom L 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 07:03
Number 23 C. Drury C 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 0 50% 18:30
Number 24 R. Callahan R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 13:15
Number 28 C. Orr R 0 0 0 0 15 0 2 0 0 06:16
Number 68 J. Jagr R 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 18:56
Number 82 M. Straka C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 15:37
Number 3 M. Rozsival D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 3 0 27:29
Number 5 D. Girardi D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 3 1 0 22:56
Number 18 M. Staal D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 0 0 24:06
Number 34 J. Strudwick D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 4 0 0 14:43
Number 51 F. Tyutin D 1 0 1 +1 2 5 1 1 0 23:35
Number 55 C. Backman D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 0 0 16:19
New York Rangers goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 30 H. Lundqvist 21 19 2 .905 65:00 Win

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 9 D. Roy C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 70.6% 27:44
Number 12 A. Kotalik R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 1 0 11.1% 16:35
Number 19 T. Connolly C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 20:34
Number 20 D. Paille L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 100% 06:25
Number 21 D. Stafford R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 17:14
Number 22 A. Mair C 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 66.7% 03:20
Number 26 T. Vanek L 1 0 1 -1 2 6 2 3 1 22:07
Number 28 P. Gaustad C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 2 1 0 40% 19:51
Number 29 J. Pominville R 1 1 2 +1 0 3 0 0 0 26:39
Number 55 J. Hecht C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 4 0 0 46.2% 20:30
Number 61 M. Afinogenov R 0 1 1 -1 0 2 2 1 0 19:46
Number 76 A. Peters L 0 0 0 0 15 1 0 0 0 02:55
Number 4 N. Pratt D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 19:13
Number 5 T. Lydman D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 4 0 29:28
Number 6 J. Spacek D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 05:11
Number 38 N. Paetsch D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 17:04
Number 44 A. Sekera D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 25:42
Number 45 D. Kalinin D 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 13:42
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 30 R. Miller 26 24 2 .923 65:00 OT loss

Penalties

Penalties, New York Rangers at Buffalo Sabres
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 03:11 Buffalo Sabres Andrew Peters Fighting (major) 5
1st 03:11 New York Rangers Colton Orr Fighting (major) 5
1st 06:03 New York Rangers Chris Drury Tripping 2
2nd 00:42 New York Rangers Marc Staal Hooking 2
2nd 03:06 New York Rangers Sean Avery Roughing 2
2nd 03:06 New York Rangers Fedor Tyutin Hooking 2
2nd 08:47 New York Rangers Blair Betts Roughing 2
2nd 11:11 Buffalo Sabres Dmitri Kalinin Slashing 2
2nd 13:39 New York Rangers Fredrik Sjostrom Interference goalkeeper 2
2nd 14:36 Buffalo Sabres Adam Mair Roughing 2
2nd 18:42 New York Rangers Nigel Dawes Interference 2
3rd 06:54 New York Rangers Fredrik Sjostrom Tripping 2
3rd 07:37 Buffalo Sabres Thomas Vanek High sticking 2
3rd 20:00 Buffalo Sabres Andrew Peters Misconduct (misconduct) 10
3rd 20:00 New York Rangers Colton Orr Misconduct (misconduct) 10

Game information

New York Rangers head coach
Tom Renney
Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Referees
Bill McCreary, Stephane Auger
Linesmen
Steve Barton, Tim Nowak
New York Rangers scratches
Marek Malik, Paul Mara, Ryan Hollweg, Thomas Pock, Petr Prucha, Ivan Baranka, Greg Moore, Dane Byers
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Teppo Numminen, Henrik Tallinder, Michael Ryan, Steve Bernier, Clarke MacArthur, Michael Funk, Patrick Kaleta, Marc-Andre Gragnani, Mike Weber

2007-2008 season series

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