Buffalo Sabres vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Thursday, January 18, 2018 · Madison Square Garden
NBCSN · MSG
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 on Thursday, January 18, 2018 at Madison Square Garden. The Sabres outshot the Rangers 37-34.
Rick Nash scored twice. Kyle Okposo, J.T. Miller, Justin Falk, Rasmus Ristolainen and Pavel Buchnevich also scored.
Henrik Lundqvist made 34 saves on 37 shots for the win; Robin Lehner stopped 30 of 34.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Rick Nash (12)Pavel Buchnevich (17)0–101:24 NYR
Kyle Okposo (8)Sam Reinhart (7), Jack Eichel (24)1–118:41 BUF · PPG
2nd period
J.T. Miller (10)David Desharnais (17)1–208:26 NYR
Justin Falk (1)Evan Rodrigues (4), Sam Reinhart (8)2–217:10 BUF
3rd period
- Rick Nash (13)Ryan McDonagh (21), Nick Holden (6)2–306:49 NYR
Rasmus Ristolainen (3)Kyle Okposo (18), Jack Eichel (25)3–314:59 BUF · PPG
Pavel Buchnevich (12)Mika Zibanejad (12), Rick Nash (10)3–416:02 NYR
Team stats
BUFNYR
37Shots on goal34
53%Faceoff %47%
2/4Power play0/2
8Penalty minutes12
30Hits22
14Blocked shots19
12Giveaways16
5Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 10:13
Casey Nelson · cross checking2 min - 1st 17:49
Brendan Smith · tripping2 min - 2nd 06:08Casey Nelson · holding2 min
- 2nd 11:21Mats Zuccarello · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 14:56Kevin Shattenkirk · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 14:56Sam Reinhart · embellishment2 min
- 2nd 16:52Rasmus Ristolainen · roughing2 min
- 2nd 16:52Brendan Smith · roughing2 min
- 3rd 13:43Brendan Smith · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 19:21Mats Zuccarello · hooking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 15Jack EichelC | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 6 | 21:18 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 | 19:24 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18:24 |
| 71Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:27 |
| 41Justin FalkD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 17:00 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 26:18 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7 | 17:17 |
| 17Jordan NolanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:38 |
| 20Scott WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:21 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 09:21 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:24 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:15 |
| 67Benoit PouliotL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 14:06 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:12 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:07 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 23:48 |
| 8Casey NelsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:46 |
| 19Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 22:40 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Robin LehnerG | L | 34 | 30 | 4 | .882 | 58:03 |
New York Rangers
| 61Rick NashL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 15:36 |
| 89Pavel BuchnevichL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 13:41 |
| 10J.T. MillerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:34 |
| 51David DesharnaisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:29 |
| 93Mika ZibanejadC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | 17:04 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 22:30 |
| 55Nick HoldenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 20:23 |
| 12Peter HollandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:45 |
| 17Jesper FastR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:58 |
| 26Jimmy VeseyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:06 |
| 28Paul CareyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:37 |
| 36Mats ZuccarelloC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:08 |
| 40Michael GrabnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:59 |
| 95Vinni LettieriC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:54 |
| 22Kevin ShattenkirkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:17 |
| 42Brendan SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 18:29 |
| 47Steven KampferD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:03 |
| 76Brady SkjeiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:40 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | W | 37 | 34 | 3 | .919 | 60:00 |
| 31Ondrej PavelecG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |