Buffalo Sabres vs New York Rangers
Playoffs · Sunday, May 6, 2007 · Madison Square Garden
NBC (HD) · TSN (HD) · RDS
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 5–4 on Sunday, May 6, 2007 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Sabres 36–29.
Michael Nylander scored twice and Jochen Hecht scored twice. Dmitri Kalinin, Jason Pominville, Paul Mara, Chris Drury and Jaromir Jagr also scored.
Ryan Miller made 32 saves on 36 shots for the win; Henrik Lundqvist stopped 24 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Michael Nylander (5)Paul Mara (2), Martin Straka (6)0–117:10 NYR
2nd period
Dmitri Kalinin (2)Ales Kotalik (2), Daniel Brière (7)1–101:29 BUF
Jason Pominville (4)Adam Mair (4), Paul Gaustad (1)2–102:53 BUF
Paul Mara (2)Karel Rachunek (3)2–204:40 NYR · 
Jochen Hecht (1)Chris Drury (3), Dainius Zubrus (7)3–207:41 BUF
Chris Drury (7)Daniel Brière (8), Dainius Zubrus (8)4–211:15 BUF ·
3rd period
Jaromir Jagr (5)Martin Straka (7), Karel Rachunek (4)4–305:08 NYR · - Jochen Hecht (2)Daniel Brière (9)5–314:50 BUF
- Michael Nylander (6)Martin Straka (8), Michal Rozsival (4)5–417:09 NYR ·
Team stats
BUFNYR
2936
46%54%
1/43/4
1010
2028
2519
210
310
Penalties
- 2:43 into the first period
Brendan Shanahan · hooking2 min - 6:46 into the first periodMatt Cullen · roughing2 min
- 4:09 into the second period
Daniel Brière · tripping2 min - 9:57 into the second periodRyan Callahan · holding2 min
- 4:02 into the third periodToni Lydman · hooking2 min
- 7:44 into the third periodAles Kotalik · tripping2 min
- 8:25 into the third periodJaromir Jagr · tripping2 min
- 12:16 into the third periodRyan Miller · diving2 min
- 12:16 into the third periodJaromir Jagr · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 16:00 into the third periodToni Lydman · hooking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 48Daniel BrièreC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | 14:13 |
| 15Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 20:45 |
| 23Chris DruryC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 20:31 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 20:48 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:54 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 05:36 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 09:19 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:07 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 19:50 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:52 |
| 19Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:51 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:02 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:27 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 23:36 |
| 6Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:29 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 24:43 |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:02 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:13 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | W | 36 | 4 | .889 |
| 35Ty ConklinG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 82Martin StrakaC | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 22:04 |
| 92Michael NylanderC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 21:58 |
| 23Karel RachunekD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | 18:41 |
| 27Paul MaraD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | 17:35 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 22:52 |
| 3Michal RozsivalD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 26:42 |
| 5Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:25 |
| 10Nigel DawesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 09:02 |
| 14Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 16:08 |
| 16Sean AveryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | 19:13 |
| 19Blair BettsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 10:42 |
| 25Petr PruchaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:05 |
| 41Jed OrtmeyerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:29 |
| 43Ryan CallahanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:57 |
| 81Marcel HossaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:56 |
| 8Marek MalikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:08 |
| 46Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 15:26 |
| 51Fedor TyutinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 16:08 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | L | 29 | 5 | .828 |
| 40Steve ValiquetteG | 0 | 0 | – |