Top Cheddar 2026-27

Thursday, January 8, 2026 · Madison Square Garden

Sabres 5 at Rangers 2

Final

Three Stars

L 87OVR Jason Zucker Sabres First Star 1G · 1A · 3 SOG D 85OVR Mattias Samuelsson Sabres Second Star 1G · 1A · 1 SOG G 68OVR Colten Ellis Sabres Third Star 30 SV · .938 RC

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 4:07 Josh Doan (14) Mattias Samuelsson (15), Jason Zucker (10) · Wrist BUF 1 – 0 NYR

2nd Period

  1. 6:58 Alex Tuch (14) Bowen Byram (14), Josh Norris (10) · Snap BUF 2 – 0 NYR
  2. 9:34 Mika Zibanejad (16) Artemi Panarin (31) · Slap BUF 2 – 1 NYR
  3. 12:34 Jason Zucker (10) PPG Rasmus Dahlin (25), Tage Thompson (18) · Deflection BUF 3 – 1 NYR

3rd Period

  1. 0:51 Vincent Trocheck (11) J.T. Miller (13), Artemi Panarin (32) · Wrist BUF 3 – 2 NYR
  2. 14:38 Mattias Samuelsson (7) SHG Ryan McLeod (16) · Snap BUF 4 – 2 NYR
  3. 18:30 Ryan McLeod (9) EN Unassisted · Wrist BUF 5 – 2 NYR

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Jason Zucker L 1 1 3 1 0 +2 15:00 1.90
Ryan McLeod C 1 1 2 0 0 +2 17:30 1.78
Mattias Samuelsson D 1 1 1 2 4 +1 23:56 1.75
Alex Tuch R 1 0 1 0 0 +2 17:30 1.18
Bowen Byram D 0 1 0 0 2 +3 23:45 1.18
Josh Norris C 0 1 1 1 1 +2 13:27 1.05
Josh Doan R 1 0 2 3 0 0 16:09 0.80
Tage Thompson C 0 1 2 1 1 -1 16:39 0.73
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 3 1 3 -2 23:41 0.60
Zach Benson L 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:04 0.18
Zach Metsa D 0 0 1 0 2 0 12:39 0.18
Owen Power D 0 0 0 0 1 +1 22:15 0.15
Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 10:55 0.15
Jack Quinn R 0 0 3 0 0 0 14:12 0.02
Jordan Greenway L 0 0 0 2 1 0 13:49 0.00
Noah Ostlund C 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:59 0.00
Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 1 2 -1 12:01 -0.10
Peyton Krebs C 0 0 1 4 1 -1 11:29 -0.32
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Colten Ellis W 32 30 2 .938 60:00 1.50

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Artemi Panarin L 0 2 4 0 0 -3 20:53 1.10
Vincent Trocheck C 1 0 3 4 1 0 19:47 0.77
Mika Zibanejad C 1 0 3 2 1 -2 19:33 0.73
J.T. Miller C 0 1 3 2 0 -1 20:24 0.70
Braden Schneider D 0 0 2 4 2 0 21:19 0.25
Carson Soucy D 0 0 0 2 3 +1 14:30 0.25
Gabe Perreault R 0 0 2 1 0 0 15:11 0.20
Jonny Brodzinski C 0 0 2 0 0 0 14:12 0.15
Taylor Raddysh R 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:30 0.13
Will Cuylle L 0 0 3 3 1 -1 16:34 0.12
Scott Morrow D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 16:51 0.10
Matt Rempe C 0 0 1 6 0 0 9:43 0.08
Sam Carrick C 0 0 1 0 0 0 10:08 0.02
Anton Blidh L 0 0 0 4 0 0 7:35 0.00
Matthew Robertson D 0 0 2 1 0 0 18:21 0.00
Will Borgen D 0 0 0 1 3 -1 18:08 -0.10
Vladislav Gavrikov D 0 0 4 2 1 -3 24:37 -0.20
Alexis Lafrenière L 0 0 1 0 0 -2 14:38 -0.28
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jonathan Quick L 20 16 4 .800 58:25 -1.40