Buffalo Sabres vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Friday, February 7, 2020 · Madison Square Garden
ESPN+ · TVAS · MSG-B · MSG
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 3–2 on Friday, February 7, 2020 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Sabres 39–28.
Goals came from Zemgus Girgensons, Sam Reinhart, Jimmy Vesey, Mika Zibanejad and Chris Kreider.
Carter Hutton made 37 saves on 39 shots for the win; Alexandar Georgiev stopped 25 of 28.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Zemgus Girgensons (10)Colin Miller (8)1–010:26 BUF
2nd period
Sam Reinhart (20)Jack Eichel (36), Jimmy Vesey (9)2–015:16 BUF
3rd period
Jimmy Vesey (8)Jack Eichel (37)3–011:56 BUF
Mika Zibanejad (22)Artemi Panarin (45), Marc Staal (6)3–117:07 NYR
Chris Kreider (20)Kaapo Kakko (11), Mika Zibanejad (25)3–218:20 NYR ·
Team stats
BUFNYR
2839
47%53%
0/11/2
42
2525
1817
1315
87
Penalties
- 10:21 into the second period
Artemi Panarin · holding2 min - 3:18 into the third period
Henri Jokiharju · holding2 min - 18:02 into the third periodRasmus Ristolainen · hooking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Jack EichelC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 21:29 |
| 13Jimmy VeseyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 15:32 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 19:36 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:26 |
| 33Colin MillerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:29 |
| 20Scott WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 12:45 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:52 |
| 27Curtis LazarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:45 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:16 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:20 |
| 67Michael FrolikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:19 |
| 71Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:44 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:15 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:04 |
| 19Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:16 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:18 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 24:19 |
| 62Brandon MontourD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 22:55 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Jonas JohanssonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Carter HuttonG | W | 39 | 2 | .949 |
New York Rangers
| 93Mika ZibanejadC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 20:47 |
| 10Artemi PanarinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:52 |
| 20Chris KreiderC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:41 |
| 24Kaapo KakkoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 14:29 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 15:23 |
| 14Greg McKeggC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:13 |
| 16Ryan StromeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:09 |
| 17Jesper FastR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:12 |
| 21Brett HowdenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:00 |
| 33Phillip Di GiuseppeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 13:44 |
| 48Brendan LemieuxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:52 |
| 72Filip ChytilC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 11:59 |
| 89Pavel BuchnevichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:36 |
| 8Jacob TroubaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 22:10 |
| 23Adam FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22:12 |
| 55Ryan LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:13 |
| 76Brady SkjeiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 19:29 |
| 77Tony DeAngeloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:02 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Alexandar GeorgievG | L | 28 | 3 | .893 |