Buffalo Sabres vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, April 25, 2021 · Madison Square Garden
ESPN+ · MSG-B · MSG
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-3 on Sunday, April 25, 2021 at Madison Square Garden. The Sabres outshot the Rangers 34-29.
Mika Zibanejad scored a hat trick and Kaapo Kakko scored twice. Jeff Skinner, Victor Olofsson, Sam Reinhart and Kevin Rooney also scored.
Igor Shesterkin made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Dustin Tokarski stopped 23 of 28.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Mika Zibanejad (17)Alexis Lafrenière (8), Ryan Lindgren (15)0–104:49 NYR
Jeff Skinner (6)Colin Miller (6), Jacob Bryson (6)1–106:16 BUF
Kaapo Kakko (7)Adam Fox (39), Filip Chytil (12)1–212:02 NYR- Mika Zibanejad (18)Artemi Panarin (39), Adam Fox (40)1–317:10 NYR · PPG
2nd period
- Mika Zibanejad (19)Pavel Buchnevich (23), Adam Fox (41)1–402:05 NYR
Victor Olofsson (13)Sam Reinhart (14), Casey Mittelstadt (8)2–414:47 BUF · PPG
3rd period
- Kaapo Kakko (8)Pavel Buchnevich (24), Zac Jones (1)2–507:06 NYR · PPG
Sam Reinhart (21)Rasmus Dahlin (18), Dustin Tokarski (1)3–510:34 BUF
Kevin Rooney (8)Brett Howden (6)3–619:05 NYR · SHG · EN
Team stats
BUFNYR
34Shots on goal29
54%Faceoff %46%
1/4Power play2/3
6Penalty minutes8
13Hits27
3Blocked shots11
4Giveaways16
8Takeaways11
Penalties
- 1st 16:17
Rasmus Dahlin · interference2 min - 2nd 10:49
Ryan Strome · tripping2 min - 2nd 12:53Pavel Buchnevich · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 16:11Tobias Rieder · hooking2 min
- 3rd 05:52Anders Bjork · tripping2 min
- 3rd 14:29Vitali Kravtsov · tripping2 min
- 3rd 18:28Ryan Strome · hooking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 21:02 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 2 | 18:36 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:40 |
| 68Victor OlofssonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 20:13 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 27:17 |
| 33Colin MillerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:55 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:54 |
| 13Tobias RiederC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:53 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:38 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:42 |
| 25Arttu RuotsalainenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:33 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 | 14:11 |
| 74Rasmus AsplundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 12:33 |
| 91Drake CaggiulaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:05 |
| 96Anders BjorkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:52 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:18 |
| 54Mattias SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:24 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:32 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 31Dustin TokarskiG | L | 28 | 23 | 5 | .821 | 58:23 |
New York Rangers
| 93Mika ZibanejadC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 7 | 17:41 |
| 23Adam FoxD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 24:45 |
| 24Kaapo KakkoR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 13:05 |
| 89Pavel BuchnevichL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 15:36 |
| 10Artemi PanarinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:45 |
| 13Alexis LafrenièreL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:03 |
| 17Kevin RooneyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:14 |
| 21Brett HowdenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:56 |
| 72Filip ChytilC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:19 |
| 6Zac JonesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 12:10 |
| 55Ryan LindgrenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 21:05 |
| 16Ryan StromeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:33 |
| 20Chris KreiderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:31 |
| 43Colin BlackwellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:27 |
| 74Vitali KravtsovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:43 |
| 25Libor HajekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:34 |
| 42Brendan SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:36 |
| 79K'Andre MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:35 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Igor ShesterkinG | W | 34 | 31 | 3 | .912 | 59:56 |
| 40Alexandar GeorgievG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |