Wednesday, April 8, 2026 · Madison Square Garden
Sabres 5 at Rangers 3
Final
Three Stars
Scoring
1st Period
-
4:40
Ryan McLeod
(13)
Jason Zucker (19), Conor Timmins (8)
· Snap
BUF 1 – 0 NYR
-
8:58
Zach Benson
(11)
Rasmus Dahlin (53), Bowen Byram (31)
· Deflection
BUF 2 – 0 NYR
-
19:21
Alexis Lafrenière
(23)
PPG
Adam Fox (43), J.T. Miller (34)
· Tip-in
BUF 2 – 1 NYR
2nd Period
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2:57
Alexis Lafrenière
(24)
Drew Fortescue (2)
· Snap
BUF 2 – 2 NYR
-
14:44
Adam Fox
(9)
PPG
Vincent Trocheck (37), Mika Zibanejad (43)
· Wrist
BUF 2 – 3 NYR
3rd Period
-
5:51
Alex Tuch
(31)
Peyton Krebs (27), Tage Thompson (41)
· Deflection
BUF 3 – 3 NYR
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7:14
Jason Zucker
(24)
Ryan McLeod (40)
· Wrist
BUF 4 – 3 NYR
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18:45
Zach Benson
(12)
EN
Josh Doan (26), Josh Norris (19)
· Wrist
BUF 5 – 3 NYR
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Zucker L | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 18:14 | 2.03 |
| Zach Benson L | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 12:59 | 1.98 |
| Ryan McLeod C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 17:10 | 1.53 |
| Alex Tuch R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 19:05 | 1.13 |
| Conor Timmins D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | +2 | 16:26 | 1.10 |
| Josh Norris C | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 14:46 | 1.03 |
| Rasmus Dahlin D | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 24:30 | 1.03 |
| Tage Thompson C | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 22:18 | 0.98 |
| Bowen Byram D | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 22:07 | 0.98 |
| Josh Doan R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 13:08 | 0.80 |
| Peyton Krebs C | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | +1 | 15:04 | 0.78 |
| Jack Quinn R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 19:24 | 0.43 |
| Michael Kesselring D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 10:37 | 0.32 |
| Owen Power D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 20:09 | 0.22 |
| Tyson Kozak C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10:50 | 0.10 |
| Mattias Samuelsson D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +1 | 20:39 | 0.05 |
| Beck Malenstyn L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10:15 | 0.00 |
| Tanner Pearson L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8:52 | 0.00 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | W | 20 | 17 | 3 | .850 | 60:00 | -0.55 |
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexis Lafrenière L | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 15:07 | 1.30 |
| Adam Fox D | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 23:20 | 1.10 |
| J.T. Miller C | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 20:51 | 0.75 |
| Drew Fortescue D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 13:34 | 0.48 |
| Vincent Trocheck C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 18:48 | 0.38 |
| Mika Zibanejad C | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 18:44 | 0.33 |
| Tye Kartye L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:07 | 0.08 |
| Braden Schneider D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | -2 | 22:35 | 0.08 |
| Adam Sykora L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 11:16 | -0.02 |
| Conor Sheary L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:28 | -0.05 |
| Jonny Brodzinski C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 12:03 | -0.08 |
| Matthew Robertson D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 15:52 | -0.08 |
| Gabe Perreault R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 12:09 | -0.10 |
| Noah Laba C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 13:33 | -0.13 |
| Will Cuylle L | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | -2 | 15:46 | -0.13 |
| Jaroslav Chmelar R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 11:15 | -0.15 |
| Vladislav Gavrikov D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 24:41 | -0.22 |
| Will Borgen D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 15:24 | -0.25 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Igor Shesterkin | L | 26 | 22 | 4 | .846 | 58:27 | -0.80 |