New York Rangers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, April 1, 2021 · KeyBank Center
MSG-B · MSG
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 in overtime on Thursday, April 1, 2021 at KeyBank Center. The Rangers outshot the Sabres 47-23.
Goals came from Rasmus Asplund, Colin Blackwell, Filip Chytil, Tage Thompson and Mika Zibanejad.
Igor Shesterkin made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Dustin Tokarski stopped 44 of 47.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Rasmus Asplund (3)Jeff Skinner (2), Cody Eakin (4)0–102:06 BUF
2nd period
Colin Blackwell (9)Artemi Panarin (24), Ryan Strome (23)1–106:40 NYR
3rd period
Filip Chytil (7)Julien Gauthier (6), Alexis Lafrenière (6)2–106:17 NYR
Tage Thompson (2)Casey Mittelstadt (5), Sam Reinhart (10)2–219:56 BUF
OT period
Mika Zibanejad (12)Artemi Panarin (25), Adam Fox (27)3–204:32 NYR
Team stats
NYRBUF
47Shots on goal23
58%Faceoff %42%
0/4Power play0/1
2Penalty minutes8
8Hits17
7Blocked shots13
6Giveaways3
4Takeaways11
Penalties
- 1st 17:34
Casey Mittelstadt · roughing2 min - 1st 19:56
Phillip Di Giuseppe · slashing2 min - 2nd 14:55Colin Miller · tripping2 min
- 3rd 07:39Rasmus Ristolainen · holding2 min
- 3rd 13:55Steven Fogarty · interference goalkeeper2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 10Artemi PanarinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 7 | 23:50 |
| 12Julien GauthierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 07:16 |
| 13Alexis LafrenièreL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 08:11 |
| 16Ryan StromeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 22:22 |
| 43Colin BlackwellC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 13:44 |
| 72Filip ChytilC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:02 |
| 93Mika ZibanejadC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 25:22 |
| 23Adam FoxD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28:27 |
| 17Kevin RooneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 11:31 |
| 20Chris KreiderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:15 |
| 24Kaapo KakkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18:29 |
| 33Phillip Di GiuseppeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:18 |
| 89Pavel BuchnevichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:05 |
| 8Jacob TroubaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | 22:15 |
| 25Libor HajekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:36 |
| 42Brendan SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:43 |
| 55Ryan LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:52 |
| 79K'Andre MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:24 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Igor ShesterkinG | W | 23 | 21 | 2 | .913 | 64:26 |
| 40Alexandar GeorgievG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 20Cody EakinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:03 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:20 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:12 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:15 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:55 |
| 74Rasmus AsplundC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 10:12 |
| 4Taylor HallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:09 |
| 13Tobias RiederC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:39 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:19 |
| 17Steven FogartyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:31 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:37 |
| 68Victor OlofssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:32 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:52 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:43 |
| 33Colin MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:41 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 23:57 |
| 62Brandon MontourD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:00 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:32 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Dustin TokarskiG | O | 47 | 44 | 3 | .936 | 62:39 |
| 35Linus UllmarkG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |