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Buffalo Sabres at New York Rangers

Madison Square Garden, New York Regular Season Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 5–2 on Thursday, January 8, 2026 on the road.

Team Goals 2025-2026 record
Buffalo Sabres 5 50-23-9
at New York Rangers 2 34-39-9

Goals by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 1 2 2 5
New York Rangers 0 1 1 2

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 4 14 3 21
New York Rangers 7 11 14 32

Three stars

  1. J. Zucker, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal, 1 assist)
  2. M. Samuelsson, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. C. Ellis, Buffalo Sabres (goaltender)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 04:07 Buffalo Sabres Josh Doan (14) Mattias Samuelsson (15), Jason Zucker (10) Even strength BUF 1, NYR 0
2nd 06:58 Buffalo Sabres Alex Tuch (14) Bowen Byram (14), Josh Norris (10) Even strength BUF 2, NYR 0
2nd 09:34 New York Rangers Mika Zibanejad (16) Artemi Panarin (31) Even strength BUF 2, NYR 1
2nd 12:34 Buffalo Sabres Jason Zucker (10) Rasmus Dahlin (25), Tage Thompson (18) Power play BUF 3, NYR 1
3rd 00:51 New York Rangers Vincent Trocheck (11) J.T. Miller (13), Artemi Panarin (32) Even strength BUF 3, NYR 2
3rd 14:38 Buffalo Sabres Mattias Samuelsson (7) Ryan McLeod (16) Shorthanded BUF 4, NYR 2
3rd 18:30 Buffalo Sabres Ryan McLeod (9) Unassisted Even strength, Empty net BUF 5, NYR 2

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

Team stats

Stat Buffalo Sabres New York Rangers
Shots on goal 21 32
Power play 1 of 2 0 of 3
Penalty minutes 6 4
Hits 16 32
Blocked shots 20 12
Giveaways 17 13
Takeaways 9 5
Faceoffs won 20/51 (39.2%) 31/51 (60.8%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
6 Z. Benson L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 100% 16:04
9 J. Norris C 0 1 1 +2 0 1 1 1 0 57.1% 13:27
12 J. Greenway L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13:49
17 J. Zucker L 1 1 2 +2 0 3 1 0 1 15:00
19 P. Krebs C 0 0 0 -1 4 1 4 1 0 25% 11:29
22 J. Quinn R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 14:12
29 B. Malenstyn L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 2 0 12:01
71 R. McLeod C 1 1 2 +2 0 2 0 0 0 52.6% 17:30
72 T. Thompson C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 1 0 28.6% 16:39
86 N. Ostlund C 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 12:59
89 A. Tuch R 1 0 1 +2 0 1 0 0 0 17:30
91 J. Doan R 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 16:09
4 B. Byram D 0 1 1 +3 0 0 0 2 0 23:45
23 M. Samuelsson D 1 1 2 +1 0 1 2 4 0 23:56
25 O. Power D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 1 0 22:15
26 R. Dahlin D 0 1 1 -2 0 3 1 3 0 23:41
73 Z. Metsa D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 12:39
78 J. Bryson D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 10:55
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
92 C. Ellis 32 30 2 .938 60:00 Win

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters
Player
8 J. Miller C 0 1 1 -1 0 3 2 0 0 66.7% 20:24
10 A. Panarin L 0 2 2 -3 0 4 0 0 0 20:53
13 A. Lafrenière L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0 0 14:38
14 T. Raddysh R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:30
16 V. Trocheck C 1 0 1 0 2 3 4 1 0 71.4% 19:47
22 J. Brodzinski C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 37.5% 14:12
25 A. Blidh L 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 07:35
39 S. Carrick C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 71.4% 10:08
50 W. Cuylle L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 1 0 16:34
73 M. Rempe C 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 09:43
93 M. Zibanejad C 1 0 1 -2 0 3 2 1 0 58.3% 19:33
94 G. Perreault R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 100% 15:11
4 B. Schneider D 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 0 21:19
17 W. Borgen D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 3 0 18:08
24 C. Soucy D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 2 3 0 14:30
29 M. Robertson D 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 18:21
44 V. Gavrikov D 0 0 0 -3 0 4 2 1 0 24:37
60 S. Morrow D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 16:51
New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
32 J. Quick 20 16 4 .800 58:25 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
2nd 06:58 New York Rangers Vincent Trocheck Abuse of officials 2
2nd 11:53 New York Rangers Matthew Robertson Holding 2
2nd 18:28 Buffalo Sabres Noah Ostlund Tripping 2
3rd 14:24 Buffalo Sabres Peyton Krebs High sticking double minor 4

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
New York Rangers head coach
Mike Sullivan
Referees
Michael Markovic, Peter MacDougall
Linesmen
Devin Berg, Jeremy Faucher
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Zac Jones, Josh Dunne, Tyson Kozak
New York Rangers scratches
Justin Dowling, Urho Vaakanainen, Noah Laba

2025-2026 season series

Matchup Status Details
New York Rangers 4 at Buffalo Sabres 0 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 5 at New York Rangers 2 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 5 at New York Rangers 3 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Jan 8

Matchup Status Details
Calgary Flames 1 at Boston Bruins 4 Final Game page
Florida Panthers 2 at Montreal Canadiens 6 Final Game page
Vancouver Canucks 1 at Detroit Red Wings 5 Final Game page
Toronto Maple Leafs 2 at Philadelphia Flyers 1 Final/OT Game page
New Jersey Devils 1 at Pittsburgh Penguins 4 Final Game page
Anaheim Ducks 2 at Carolina Hurricanes 5 Final Game page
New York Islanders 1 at Nashville Predators 2 Final/SO Game page
Edmonton Oilers 4 at Winnipeg Jets 3 Final Game page
Ottawa Senators 2 at Colorado Avalanche 8 Final Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 3 at Vegas Golden Knights 5 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 3 at Seattle Kraken 2 Final/OT Game page

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