Buffalo Sabres vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Tuesday, April 27, 2021 · Madison Square Garden
MSG-B · MSG
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Sabres 41-37.
Goals came from Brendan Smith, Sam Reinhart, Alexis Lafrenière and Mika Zibanejad.
Igor Shesterkin made 36 saves on 37 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 38 of 41.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Brendan Smith (5)Unassisted0–102:22 NYR
Sam Reinhart (22)Casey Mittelstadt (9)1–119:56 BUF · PPG
3rd period
Alexis Lafrenière (10)Ryan Strome (31), Adam Fox (42)1–209:49 NYR
Mika Zibanejad (20)Chris Kreider (10), Ryan Strome (32)1–313:49 NYR · PPG
Team stats
BUFNYR
37Shots on goal41
50%Faceoff %50%
1/2Power play1/3
11Penalty minutes9
13Hits25
7Blocked shots16
9Giveaways8
8Takeaways6
Penalties
- 2nd 19:27
Filip Chytil · tripping2 min - 3rd 03:12
Jeff Skinner · holding2 min - 3rd 06:57Kevin Rooney · boarding2 min
- 3rd 06:57Kevin Rooney · fighting5 min
- 3rd 06:57Dylan Cozens · fighting5 min
- 3rd 11:08Tage Thompson · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 12:24Drake Caggiula · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:06 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:00 |
| 13Tobias RiederC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 09:41 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:38 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:11 |
| 25Arttu RuotsalainenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 10:33 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17:15 |
| 68Victor OlofssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:04 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:50 |
| 74Rasmus AsplundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:05 |
| 91Drake CaggiulaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:12 |
| 96Anders BjorkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 12:57 |
| 3Will BorgenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:12 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:12 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:05 |
| 54Mattias SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:27 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:06 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:14 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | L | 41 | 38 | 3 | .927 | 57:47 |
| 31Dustin TokarskiG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
New York Rangers
| 16Ryan StromeC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 20:27 |
| 13Alexis LafrenièreL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:57 |
| 20Chris KreiderC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 16:58 |
| 93Mika ZibanejadC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:33 |
| 23Adam FoxD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26:58 |
| 42Brendan SmithD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 20:22 |
| 10Artemi PanarinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 22:12 |
| 17Kevin RooneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:35 |
| 21Brett HowdenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:39 |
| 24Kaapo KakkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 12:47 |
| 43Colin BlackwellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:12 |
| 72Filip ChytilC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 14:34 |
| 74Vitali KravtsovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:35 |
| 89Pavel BuchnevichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:18 |
| 6Zac JonesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:05 |
| 25Libor HajekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:38 |
| 55Ryan LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:11 |
| 79K'Andre MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | 21:58 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Igor ShesterkinG | W | 37 | 36 | 1 | .973 | 59:32 |
| 40Alexandar GeorgievG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |