Buffalo Sabres vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Saturday, March 24, 2018 · Madison Square Garden

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Final

SOG 44–23

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Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-1 on Saturday, March 24, 2018 at Madison Square Garden. The Sabres outshot the Rangers 44-23.

Jimmy Vesey scored twice. Chris Kreider, Neal Pionk, Mika Zibanejad and Sam Reinhart also scored.

Alexandar Georgiev made 43 saves on 44 shots for the win; Robin Lehner stopped 8 of 12.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	0	1	1	44
NYR	2	3	0	5	23

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Chris Kreider (15)Mika Zibanejad (19), Jesper Fast (18)0–116:29 NYR
Jimmy Vesey (16)Mats Zuccarello (35)0–218:02 NYR

2nd period

Neal Pionk (1)Jimmy Vesey (8), Kevin Hayes (17)0–303:59 NYR
Mika Zibanejad (27)Chris Kreider (21), Neal Pionk (13)0–408:45 NYR · PPG
Jimmy Vesey (17)Ryan Spooner (28), Kevin Hayes (18)0–514:47 NYR · PPG

3rd period

Sam Reinhart (20)Kyle Okposo (28), Ryan O'Reilly (33)1–515:26 BUF · PPG

Team stats

BUFNYR

44Shots on goal23

56%Faceoff %44%

1/3Power play2/3

11Penalty minutes11

19Hits16

10Blocked shots7

10Giveaways9

2Takeaways13

Penalties

2nd 08:23Jordan Nolan · holding2 min
2nd 09:17Marco Scandella · fighting5 min
2nd 09:17Peter Holland · fighting5 min
2nd 10:25Chris Kreider · holding2 min
2nd 13:28Jack Eichel · slashing2 min
3rd 04:50Ryan Sproul · hooking2 min
3rd 14:13Mika Zibanejad · tripping2 min
3rd 15:33Jordan Nolan · hooking2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

21Kyle OkposoR	0	1	1	-2	1	1	0	0	–	17:02
23Sam ReinhartC	1	0	1	-1	4	2	1	0	–	16:12
90Ryan O'ReillyC	0	1	1	-1	5	0	0	0	44	15:53
13Nick BaptisteR	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	12:27
15Jack EichelC	0	0	0	-2	4	3	2	2	50	19:16
17Jordan NolanC	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	4	–	13:05
20Scott WilsonC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	13:24
22Johan LarssonL	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	69	15:23
28Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	–	16:05
29Jason PominvilleR	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	100	13:56
67Benoit PouliotL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	12:47
71Evan RodriguesC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	58	13:30
4Josh GorgesD	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	0	–	17:34
6Marco ScandellaD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	5	–	18:45
8Casey NelsonD	0	0	0	-3	2	0	2	0	–	19:40
45Brendan GuhleD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	18:21
55Rasmus RistolainenD	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	–	25:34
93Victor AntipinD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	17:25

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Linus UllmarkG		11	10	1	.909	31:15
40Robin LehnerG	L	12	8	4	.667	28:45

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

26Jimmy VeseyL	2	1	3	+2	3	0	0	0	–	15:53
13Kevin HayesR	0	2	2	+2	1	0	0	0	50	18:37
20Chris KreiderC	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	2	–	13:14
93Mika ZibanejadC	1	1	2	+1	4	0	1	2	50	15:39
44Neal PionkD	1	1	2	+1	3	2	1	0	–	23:24
17Jesper FastR	0	1	1	+1	4	2	0	0	–	13:51
23Ryan SpoonerC	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	50	17:54
36Mats ZuccarelloC	0	1	1	+2	2	0	1	0	–	16:35
8Cody McLeodL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	10:00
12Peter HollandC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	36	11:15
28Paul CareyC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	11:48
89Pavel BuchnevichL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	17:03
90Vladislav NamestnikovC	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	16:10
18Marc StaalD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	21:32
25Ryan SproulD	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	2	–	14:25
46Rob O'GaraD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	19:56
58John GilmourD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	14:36
76Brady SkjeiD	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	0	–	22:58

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Ondrej PavelecG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Alexandar GeorgievG	W	44	43	1	.977	59:57