Buffalo Sabres vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Saturday, January 3, 2015 · Madison Square Garden
MSG-B · MSG
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-1 on Saturday, January 3, 2015 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Sabres 39-25.
Goals came from Derick Brassard, Chris Kreider, Rick Nash, Dan Boyle, Carl Hagelin, Drew Stafford and Jesper Fast.
Henrik Lundqvist made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Michal Neuvirth stopped 5 of 9.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Derick Brassard (10)Martin St. Louis (17), Dan Boyle (4)0–108:46 NYR · PPG
Chris Kreider (7)J.T. Miller (2), Ryan McDonagh (11)0–209:53 NYR · PPG
Rick Nash (24)Martin St. Louis (18), Derick Brassard (20)0–311:18 NYR · PPG
Dan Boyle (3)Rick Nash (14), Mats Zuccarello (14)0–412:34 NYR
2nd period
Carl Hagelin (8)Matt Hunwick (8), Kevin Klein (6)0–502:26 NYR
Drew Stafford (6)Andre Benoit (4)1–502:48 BUF
Jesper Fast (3)Kevin Hayes (9)1–615:00 NYR
Team stats
BUFNYR
25Shots on goal39
61%Faceoff %39%
0/3Power play3/4
10Penalty minutes8
17Hits12
18Blocked shots9
8Giveaways11
2Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 08:32
Andrej Meszaros · tripping2 min - 1st 08:46Bench · abusive language2 min
- 1st 09:53Cody McCormick · hooking2 min
- 1st 13:15
Chris Kreider · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 1st 13:15Cody McCormick · roughing2 min
- 1st 13:15Chris Kreider · roughing2 min
- 2nd 12:18Mike Weber · boarding2 min
- 3rd 02:25Lee Stempniak · tripping2 min
- 3rd 09:15Carl Hagelin · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 21Drew StaffordR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:55 |
| 61Andre BenoitD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:32 |
| 8Cody McCormickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:38 |
| 19Cody HodgsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 12:36 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:23 |
| 25Mikhail GrigorenkoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14:54 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 15:58 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:33 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:57 |
| 44Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:12 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:28 |
| 65Brian FlynnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:08 |
| 80Chris StewartR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:06 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:54 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 19:09 |
| 41Andrej MeszarosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:23 |
| 51Nikita ZadorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 22:01 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 23:27 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jhonas EnrothG | 30 | 28 | 2 | .933 | 47:26 | |
| 34Michal NeuvirthG | L | 9 | 5 | 4 | .556 | 12:34 |
New York Rangers
| 16Derick BrassardC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 16:03 |
| 26Martin St. LouisR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15:55 |
| 61Rick NashL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 17:31 |
| 22Dan BoyleD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 21:12 |
| 10J.T. MillerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 13:37 |
| 13Kevin HayesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 12:53 |
| 19Jesper FastR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 13:39 |
| 20Chris KreiderC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:59 |
| 36Mats ZuccarelloC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:58 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 14:49 |
| 8Kevin KleinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 21:15 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 20:06 |
| 44Matt HunwickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:49 |
| 12Lee StempniakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:19 |
| 21Derek StepanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:22 |
| 28Dominic MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:25 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:33 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 18:50 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | W | 25 | 24 | 1 | .960 | 59:45 |
| 33Cam TalbotG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |