Buffalo Sabres vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Tuesday, March 2, 2021 · Madison Square Garden

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2–3

Final

SOG 24–19

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MSG-B · MSG 2

Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 on Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at Madison Square Garden. The Sabres outshot the Rangers 24-19.

Goals came from Pavel Buchnevich, Sam Reinhart, Alexis Lafrenière, Chris Kreider and Tobias Rieder.

Igor Shesterkin made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Carter Hutton stopped 16 of 19.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	1	0	2	24
NYR	2	1	0	3	19

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Pavel Buchnevich (6)Mika Zibanejad (5), Adam Fox (10)0–100:28 NYR
Sam Reinhart (8)Victor Olofsson (9), Jack Eichel (13)1–100:55 BUF
Alexis Lafrenière (3)Pavel Buchnevich (9)1–202:36 NYR

2nd period

Chris Kreider (10)Ryan Lindgren (8), Adam Fox (11)1–309:32 NYR
Tobias Rieder (4)Rasmus Dahlin (8), Rasmus Ristolainen (5)2–316:21 BUF

Team stats

BUFNYR

24Shots on goal19

59%Faceoff %41%

0/1Power play0/2

9Penalty minutes7

24Hits23

9Blocked shots17

8Giveaways4

6Takeaways12

Penalties

1st 10:04Jack Eichel · tripping2 min
1st 12:16Kevin Rooney · interference2 min
2nd 04:27Brandon Montour · holding2 min
3rd 07:11Ryan Lindgren · fighting5 min
3rd 07:11Dylan Cozens · fighting5 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

9Jack EichelC	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	2	56	19:55
13Tobias RiederC	1	0	1	+1	2	1	1	0	–	12:49
23Sam ReinhartC	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	–	19:46
68Victor OlofssonR	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	–	17:36
26Rasmus DahlinD	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	–	22:52
55Rasmus RistolainenD	0	1	1	0	4	4	1	0	–	24:01
4Taylor HallL	0	0	0	-2	1	3	0	0	–	15:38
12Eric StaalC	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	56	13:14
15Riley SheahanC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	80	14:23
20Cody EakinC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	57	12:05
21Kyle OkposoR	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0	–	12:28
24Dylan CozensC	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	5	–	10:55
27Curtis LazarC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	75	15:27
53Jeff SkinnerC	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	14:12
10Henri JokiharjuD	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	–	18:08
33Colin MillerD	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	–	17:12
62Brandon MontourD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	2	–	17:55
78Jacob BrysonD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	18:39

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34Jonas JohanssonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Carter HuttonG	L	19	16	3	.842	58:45

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

89Pavel BuchnevichL	1	1	2	+2	4	0	1	0	–	18:11
23Adam FoxD	0	2	2	+1	1	0	2	0	–	23:47
13Alexis LafrenièreL	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	18:35
20Chris KreiderC	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	–	17:00
93Mika ZibanejadC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0	73	16:36
55Ryan LindgrenD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	5	–	19:14
12Julien GauthierR	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	–	13:56
16Ryan StromeC	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	50	17:56
17Kevin RooneyC	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	–	14:33
21Brett HowdenC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	38	10:26
33Phillip Di GiuseppeL	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	–	10:58
43Colin BlackwellC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	15:41
48Brendan LemieuxL	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	–	11:49
72Filip ChytilC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	16:08
25Libor HajekD	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	–	17:28
27Jack JohnsonD	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	–	17:50
42Brendan SmithD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	17:07
79K'Andre MillerD	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	20:51

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Igor ShesterkinG	W	24	22	2	.917	59:54
40Alexandar GeorgievG		0	0	0	–	00:00