Buffalo Sabres vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Tuesday, January 3, 2017 · Madison Square Garden
NBCSN · MSG
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 4-1 on Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Sabres 25-19.
Goals came from Zemgus Girgensons, Evander Kane, Justin Bailey, Nick Holden and Jack Eichel.
Anders Nilsson made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Henrik Lundqvist stopped 15 of 19.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Zemgus Girgensons (4)William Carrier (2), Brian Gionta (10)1–012:17 BUF
Evander Kane (9)Sam Reinhart (15), Kyle Okposo (14)2–019:21 BUF
2nd period
Justin Bailey (1)Unassisted3–001:03 BUF
Nick Holden (8)J.T. Miller (15), Oscar Lindberg (5)3–115:55 NYR
3rd period
Jack Eichel (8)Sam Reinhart (16), Matt Moulson (8)4–101:10 BUF · PPG
Team stats
BUFNYR
19Shots on goal25
54%Faceoff %46%
1/5Power play0/1
2Penalty minutes10
18Hits24
12Blocked shots15
7Giveaways19
1Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 03:27
Brady Skjei · interference2 min - 2nd 06:34Dan Girardi · slashing2 min
- 2nd 09:33
William Carrier · interference2 min - 3rd 00:18Jimmy Vesey · hooking2 min
- 3rd 04:07Nick Holden · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 17:31Brady Skjei · holding2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 17:19 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 20:46 |
| 12Brian GiontaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:13 |
| 15Jack EichelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 19:49 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:49 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:09 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:31 |
| 48William CarrierL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:35 |
| 56Justin BaileyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:29 |
| 27Derek GrantC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:09 |
| 44Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:54 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:46 |
| 6Cody FransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:30 |
| 29Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 20:54 |
| 38Taylor FedunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:11 |
| 41Justin FalkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:36 |
| 47Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:08 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 26:17 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Anders NilssonG | W | 25 | 24 | 1 | .960 | 59:55 |
| 40Robin LehnerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
New York Rangers
| 10J.T. MillerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:45 |
| 24Oscar LindbergC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:51 |
| 22Nick HoldenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:25 |
| 13Kevin HayesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:30 |
| 19Jesper FastR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:46 |
| 20Chris KreiderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:48 |
| 21Derek StepanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 19:56 |
| 26Jimmy VeseyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 13:09 |
| 36Mats ZuccarelloC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 19:15 |
| 39Nicklas JensenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:27 |
| 40Michael GrabnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:06 |
| 46Marek HrivikL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:32 |
| 73Brandon PirriC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:38 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:56 |
| 8Kevin KleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:40 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:15 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 23:39 |
| 76Brady SkjeiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | L | 19 | 15 | 4 | .789 | 60:00 |
| 32Antti RaantaG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |